For the novice horse racing punter then it can be difficult to identify which horses belong in which class at first glance. In other sports like football then it is far easier to see the difference in class. Most professional teams play in leagues so in cup competitions where teams from different leagues compete against each other then the difference in class is obvious. It is also obvious in horse racing of course although less so to the novice. So when analysing form then one of the most important factors is in if your horse has shown any sort of proof whatsoever that it can win in the class of race that it is about to take part in.

Often a major question must be placed at the side of a horse that is moving up in class for the first time. In a way this is a trip into the unknown until further evidence becomes available. Often though the rise in class is justified and the horse often performs well in the next category up. Once again the analogy with football is clear as football teams in the lower leagues who have been promoted have also done well in the next league up and many times teams have recorded back to back promotions in successive seasons.

To help any novice to further understand a new sport when it comes to betting on horses then it always helps to make analogies with other sports and I always try to do this with my articles. To really immerse yourself in the complexities of form then I advise you to seek out a form book like Raceform for example.

However this can be very long winded and there are just far too many races in an average racing day in the UK and most other countries like Germany, Ireland and France for a bettor to be able to follow and analyse them all. Another option to short cut this process is to use an automated rating service or computer program that does this for you. There are also some good services out there that offer ratings as well for cheap prices and subscriptions to magazines like Smartsig and SmarterSig can become a good investment for those who are looking to break into betting on horses.

There are basically two ways to get good ratings and the first is to manually do this yourself the hard way or to develop a computer program to do this for you. Developing a program requires expert knowledge in its own right so that will not be an option either for the vast majority of novice punters. So short cutting the process and finding good reliable and accurate ratings without doing the necessary leg work then becomes a necessity.

There are numerous ratings systems that you can pay for but you need to be aware of a few things first. You need to know if the system has any track record that can be checked and also how expensive the ratings are. You can get your hands on good ratings these days for no more than $30/month which is basically nothing compared to the amount of time that you would need to put in manually doing this yourself.

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