How to Calculate Track Variants

Track variants can help you choose the correct horse.

Calculating your track variants can make the difference between winning the big jackpot and losing all of your money. According to Quickplay, a horse racing website, track variants are hidden values that allow you to calculate the timing outcome of the races. With these variants, you are able to calculate the average time of the horses and therefore bet on them more successfully. Calculating track variants can help you beat the odds of horse racing.

Instructions

1. Check the expected race times of the horses. Many factors, such as the distance, surface (dirt or turf) and condition (dry or muddy) of the track determine the expected times of the horses. The horse track displays the horses' expected race times before the race.

2. Check the actual race time of the horses. This time will come up after the horses have finished the race.

3. Subtract the expected time from the actual time of all of the horses. Take these times, add them together, and then divide by the number of horses that you calculated to get the track variants.

References

• Quickplay Horse Racing: Speed Figures and Variants Part 1
• Pony Picker: Speed in Computer Handicapping
• "Beyer on Speed: New Strategies for Racetrack Betting"; Andrew Beyer; April 2007

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish