February 2016 – Racing Sports Betting

Horse Racing Betting Promotional Strategies: Digital vs Traditional

The horse racing industry is facing a challenge as the sports lover demographic is showing older and older. What the sports need is to increase the fan attendance to increase the wagering. Attracting a larger fan base is the only way for the horse racing industry to grow and prosper. In order to ensure a prosperous future for the sport, the industry must capture the racing experience and pass them to the next generation of race-goers who must be educated to enjoy the racing experience in a way that’s easy and fun. Horse racing betting promotion should express the passion for every aspect of the horse racing experience.

Horse racing betting can use either digital or traditional promotional strategies or the combination of both to promote the sports. Traditional promotions include billboards, brochures, flyers, advertising either print or broadcast media or anything except digital means. While digital promotion uses digital media such as social media, SEO, video and web ads to promote betting on horse racing. Bookmakers can choose between the two strategies or combine them. Regardless of their choice a strong set of promotional strategies can help position them to current punters and new ones.

Horse racing betting digital promotional strategies:
The new generation of horse racing fans the industry need to target are the young, tech savvy who are exposed to the digital media. Since they have a limited experience at the racetrack and basic understanding of handicapping, the promotion should be to spread passion and participation in the game effectively. The digital promotional strategies should encourage the new generation of fans to learn, experience and share the joy of horse racing and wagering. Promotion should be one part of the overall online marketing strategy with the aim of converting visitors to punters.

Website
To promote horse racing betting you need a website to cultivate your brand and promote all of its offering. Horse racing betting sites is an ideal platform to inform punters about what’s going on. Your website will be just like a physical on-track bookmakers offering fixed-odds betting, only wagering will be done online and free bets can be offered.

Social media
Engage and update punters about your sales promotions on social media. Determine what social networking sites are frequented by your target audience and create your own social media fan pages. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram are the social platforms typically used by horse racing betting sites for publicity and promotion. Twitter and Facebook can be used to provide immediate access to photos and videos of the races – betting, fashion, celebrities and party scenes.

Lead generation and e-mail marking
Creating landing pages on your website with call to action is a good lead generation strategy to encourage punters to sign-up and provide their personal information to receive free tips and updates. Lead generation can also be done through your social media fan pages. Build your e-mail list. Direct marketing via e-mail is a good way of informing punters of your sales promotion.

Web advertising
You can also engage in web advertising in different formats banner ad (horizontal) skyscraper ad (vertical) or pop-up ads that appear in the middle of the screen. There is also the option of using social media platforms. Facebook targeted ads or Twitter ads will help you promote by finding the right customers across different devices and deliver relevant messages.

Horse racing betting traditional promotional strategies:
Horse racing has been around for ages and people are accustomed to traditional promotional strategies. Finding horse racing ads in the newspapers, magazine and billboards are still familiar promo strategies and people still do them all the time. Traditional promo strategies are still important to get your brand in front of the public and attract the new breed of race goers.

Promotional giveaways
Giving away functional branded items like promotional drink bottles, promotional keyrings and promotional fan during races is an effective promotional tactic. These branded giveaways you can give to race-goers that they may use during the races will remind them of your brand.

Advertising
Print and broadcast media advertising are traditional promotional strategies that never go out of style. Advertising is the most used traditional promotional strategy that is still effective in informing a large number of people about the sport. A free pullout advertising in the centre of local newspaper with racing form and easy to understand information is typically done to promote horse racing betting.

Ambassador program
Appointing racing representatives or ambassadors to increase the popularity of horse racing can be used to promote racing nationwide. Ambassadors are placed across the country for maximum national exposure for racing. Ambassadors engage in peer-to-peer marketing and invite digital media influences to the racetracks so they will experience the joy of horse racing with other legions of followers.

Events
Equestrian events like horse riding experience and carriage rides at the racecourses can be done to promote understanding of horses on young people. Giving horse riding instruction to youth sports clubs and other groups for children of all ages who love riding horses expand the fan base of horse riding population.

Horse racing betting promotion is necessary to educate the public and create awareness about the joy of horse racing. There are numerous ways to promote the sports. Traditional promotional strategies and digital promotional strategies may be used depending on the marketing purpose. The two methods can be integrated to promote horse racing betting and attract new punters to the sport.

The Melbourne Cup: Australia’s Race That Stops The Nation

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No sporting event can equal the Melbourne Cup, saying its Australia’s race that stops the nation is an understatement. It should be more accurately called the race that stops two nations, as many Kiwis and Australians literally stop whatever they’re doing to watch the race on tv or computer. The national television audience peaked at more than 3 million while online views rocketed to 350,000 on cup day. Melbourne Cup event starts at 3pm on the first Tuesday in November. It is conducted annually by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne Victoria. Horses from all over the world come to Flemington to compete. It’s the second riches ‘handicap’ race in the world with A$6.2 million (US$4.4 million) in prize money.

The Melbourne Cup is deeply ingrained in Australian culture and history.
The first race was held in 1861, and by 1865 it’s already a half holiday for public servants and bank officials. It was in October 31, 1873 when it was announced in The Gazette as civil service holiday. It is a public holiday in Melbourne and some parts of regional Victoria. And from 2007 it was observed as a holiday in the entire state of Victoria. The holiday spirit extends to other capital cities, inspiring workers in Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane and beyond to call it a day when the race starts.

Melbourne Cup Carnival hosts six incredible racedays with food, wine, fashion and first class racing truly an experience not to be missed. These popular spectator events attract more than 110,000 people, dressed in traditional formal raceday wear and others in amusing costumes attending the races. It reached the 100,000 mark for the first time in 1926. The record crowd happened in 2003 with 122,736 racegoers, because of this a limit was placed on the Spring Carnival attendance at Flemington Racecourse on 2007. The racegoers are then required to pre-purchase tickets.

No longer just about the horses, the Melbourne Cup is now a high profile event with politicians, business elite, sports heroes, glamorous Australian and international stars descending on Flemington Racecourse. The fashion on the field is one of the features of the Cup. It’s a chance for the ladies to wear hats or fascinators and gowns, and for gentlemen colourful suit they’ve been saving for special occasion.

Melbourne Cup fashion has a colourful history. In 1965, British model Jean Shrimpton shocked the nation when she attended the race wearing a minidress letting the world have a glimpse of her knees which made headlines around the world. That incident put Australia on the map internationally in terms of fashion. Since then, the Melbourne Cup has been a fashion leader. Raceday fashion has drawn much attention as the race itself, with substantial prizes awarded for the best-dressed man and woman. It’s an opportunity for the fashion industry to showcase its wares and for men and women to indulge in fashion. Myer Fashion on the Field at Flemington has established its place as Australia’s largest and most prestigious outdoor fashion event.

Flemington Racecourse is the centre of the action but there are plenty of great venues scattered throughout in Melbourne which is perfect for watching Australia’s race that stops the nation. Melbourne’s small bars and restaurants open its doors to horse race lovers to celebrate with good food and great wine. Whether you’re looking to unwind or celebrate the day in style Melbourne offers drinks and dining experience to suit most tastes and budgets. Choose from a variety of food court fare from casual eateries to fine dining. Home to a wide variety of restaurants and bars Melbourne offers the best venue to celebrate Melbourne Cup and even spend Valentines Day in Melbourne with your loved one or family and friends.

Major events like the Melbourne Cup are a key driver of Victoria’s tourism and trade. It generated more than 205,000 jobs and delivers more than $19 billion to the economy annually. The race attracted 46,000 interstate visitors with 7700 overseas tourist. The participation of international horses from five countries around the world benefited a number of industries. The racing industry is worth $8 billion with $1.7 billion generated from networking alone. Racegoers spent $31 million on retail and fashion. $28.4 million were spent on accommodation and $20.9 million in the food and beverage industry. The Melbourne Cup can be considered an international trade event when you consider all the revenues generated by the events.

Natural Therapies for Racehorses: From Horse Yoga to Flower Essences

It is a funny thing, you know, that most folk involved in the horse racing game are fairly down to earth types. The majority of them would not give the time of day to those ‘new age’ believers, let alone partake in their strange practices. But, if something like Bowen Therapy or Acupuncture seems to work on their horse, they will quietly incorporate that healing technique into their equine portfolio of cures. In addition to this pragmatic state of affairs, there is, also, the trainer who will try anything to give his charge the winning edge.

This is why the racing industry has invested millions of dollars in high tech laboratories all over the world to catch the drug cheats. But what about natural therapies for racehorses: from horse yoga to flower essences; where the advantage is not considered illegal? Behavioral sciences have impacted positively on thoroughbreds for years; in many ways the art of training itself is a behavioral science. Movements and manipulations, like remedial massage whether for man or beast, are therapeutic methodologies designed to heal and improve performance bio-mechanically. Horses have been massaged and manicured for millennia; it is nothing very new. Group yoga for horses; who knows?

Can homeopathy improve the running times of a racehorse? Can flower essences do likewise? Some will say definitely, and other will shake their heads and walk away smiling. Proof is only in the individual experience of the horse, trainer and owners. The racing game is seen as an extremely results orientated industry; with little time for quackery and sentimentality. The reality is a far different shore, with owners and trainers trying everything and anything g to save and/or advantage their four legged athletes. Alternative therapies are adjudged ineffective in humans by the medical science fraternity, so there is little hope of a positive consensus emerging in regards to the equine industry.

Animals are sensitive, however, and they do not rationalize and are not prone to the power of the placebo. If natural therapy treatments work on animals, then, surely they are truly effective. I do, invariably, come back to the self-healing tendency in all living creatures and that with time and rest nature will do the rest. Not in all cases, obviously, but in many. The problem is that we are all in a hurry; and time is money in the racing game. Owners and trainers do not want to fork out large sums of money for recuperating animals.

Horse Racing Entertainment Better When Betting

When the pounding horse flesh is in the straight, and some half a mile from the line, it gets your blood up no doubt; especially if you are invested in the result. There are many aspects of horse racing that are fascinating even if you’re not actively punting – the atmosphere, the poignancy of these elegant equines cruelly under the whip. But let’s face it; it’s a hell of a lot more entertaining when you’ve got a wager on it. When you back a horse, you are co-opting that high performance animal onto your team and you desperately want your team to win the race.

Betting on the ponies underpins the whole event when it comes to a day at the races, but it is not everything. On cup days there are the beautiful two legged animals swanning about in their sexy finery to watch and wonder about. There is a sense of tradition palpable at the race track; especially amongst the rare on-course bagmen. Horse racing used to be a lot about hats, for both men and women; now it is a Kentucky Derby oddity. Watching the care and attention lavished upon these noble equine beasts is strangely satisfying as well.

Social media is embracing the horse racing industry at the moment, with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram capturing the atmosphere and business of the sport of kings. Social media platforms can share the excitement and information pertaining to horse racing instantly with its various stake holders. Images and videos of horses and victories are beamed across the planet to illuminate the interests of those who are passionate about the punt. It is entertainment writ large in the digital realm, with majestic animals strutting their stuff on the turf and barely enough time for spectators to sit down.

Horse racing entertainment better when betting, is a moral; and a flutter will get your heart involved. Gambling can be a problem for those who do not know how to lose, and those who, equally, do not know how to win; gracefully in both instances. Let not the righteous point a finger at the majority who manifest that saving grace. Euthanizing masses of under-performing thoroughbreds is a different matter; and that needs addressing. The purchase of a race horse should involve a contract, which has a clause that bans euthanizing, except in the case of extreme injury. I know that this will be manipulated by owners and trainers, and probably already is taking place; but if racing is to survive in the twenty first century it must honor animal rights.

The Greatest USA Horse Racing Controversy Ever

The most controversial horse racing incident in America must be the hoo ha involving Sinbad The Sailor and his jockey Dirk ’the Long’ Johnson . Sinbad was the first colt to win the Triple Crown after Secretariat did in 1973. His regular jockey Dirk ‘the Long’ Johnson nearly did not get to ride Sinbad in the final leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, because of the incident. Sinbad The Sailor had won the Kentucky derby by a nose, and, then, followed that up with an all the way three lengths win in the Preakness Stakes.

Sinbad’s owners, Ben and Letty McGurt, were required to pay a late entry fee into the Preakness, because the horse had not been initially nominated for the event. The colt’s trainer was Jack Raisin, who trained the 5 YO out of El Paso, Texas. Sinbad had not raced earlier in his career due to a host of tendon injuries; most thought that the horse was a dud and would never make it as a racehorse. Jack Raisin brought in Jimmy Laughing Bones, a well known American Indian horse whisperer, to see if he could heal the colt and get him performing on the race track.

Well, the history tells us that Jack and Jimmy brought that horse back like Lazarus from his deathbed and he won those races to be immortalised as a legend. However, it is Dirk ‘the Long’ Johnson who is infamously remembered for his taste in tall escorts; one who just happened to be the Belmont Park steward’s daughter. When Dirk was caught with his pants down in the mounting yard with Lucy Van Kut there was an immediate inquiry into the matter. Dirk was found to have brought the industry into disrepute and was suspended prior to the Belmont Stakes.

It was only through the intercession of the Senator for Texas, Lorne Green, that Dirk ‘the Long’ Johnson was given a stay of proceedings and allowed to pilot Sinbad The Sailor to victory in the Belmont Stakes. Dirk’s hand on the whip was hardly needed, as the colt they called ‘Sin’ saluted by four lengths to win the Triple Crown. It was, unfortunately, the last time “Sin’ ever raced, and he was shortly after put down; the tendons had bowed for the final time. Dirk Johnson, however, went on to bigger and bigger things; and a statue of Dirk has been erected near the mounting yard in old El Paso. This was the greatest USA horse racing controversy ever.

Equine Skeletal Injuries: Is There Hope For Horses?

So often we hear of horses having to be put down after an injury. This is a very sad aspect of the horse racing industry. Indeed this is something that cannot be fully avoided especially since accidents are just around the corner. Even when one practices caution with their racehorses, once they are on the racetrack, you can’t guarantee their safety anymore. As such, there have been a number of horses who have suffered injury while racing. Is there hope among vets for solutions to broken fetlocks, broken legs, etc? Can horses recover if given physiotherapy, or osteopathy, etc.?

Before we answer the question, let us first consider common injuries racehorses acquire in the lifetime. Suspensory injury on horses which is also known as a torn suspensory ligament is an injury that has the potential to limit or end your horse’s career. This is why it should never be taken for granted as it requires timely and effective treatment in order for your racehorses to recover from their injury.

Aside from leg injuries there is also ocular injury in horses which are considered to be quite a common equine emergency. This includes puffy and swollen eyes as well as eyelid laceration which are something that requires immediate attention.

A number of horse owners consider the conservative approach for healing horses which includes time and R&R remain essential for helping a horse recover from tendon or ligament injury. Duncan F. Peters, DVM, MS, director of the Sport Horse Division at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, in Lexington, Ky, explains that the body’s healing system is complex. While newer treatments might provide functional improvement in the healing process, they do not speed up the process itself, he notes. “The time factor is still necessary, and R&R is part of the process.”

A racehorse career is not considered to be very long and as such, injuries such as these can totally ruin a good run. Recovery and rest with regards to their suspensory injury can take from 8 to 12 months for them to be able to get back to the racetrack which is a considerable amount of time that you can end up wasting. Of course, you don’t want to put the welfare of your racehorses in jeopardy however, a number of owners today found a way to help speed up their recovery and they were able to find these with the help of professional osteopaths.

A number of people are able to make use of compassionate care for horses today which includes equine osteopathy and physiotherapy massages. Osteopathy will help to prevent sickness by recognizing early signs of disharmony in the body. This modality will increase the level of performance and general well-being of a healthy horse.

Physiotherapy works hand in hand with osteopathy in providing the care racehorses need that is given to them in a timely and effective manner. It is good to hear that physiotherapy can now be applied in help treat as well as prevent the occurrence of racehorse injuries which in turn reduces the likelihood of injuries from ever happening to them.

Make sure that your racehorses are in tip top shape and ready for any race. Consider acquiring the services of a physiotherapist as well as an osteopath who are well versed in dealing with horses.

How Horses Help Maintain Environmental Balance

There are not many people who know that horses running free within our world help the environment they live within. Most people see these majestic creatures as partners, workers or runners, but not as an important ecological factor of the planet.

The majority of the UK’s wild horse population are semi-feral, which means they have owners but roam free as if they were wild. The only non-owned horses are ponies that have homes in very remote areas of Scotland and on particular mountains in Wales. The ponies represent a lot of the UK’s best-known ancient breeds, the Welsh Mountain, Exmoor, plus the Dartmoor. All of the semi-wild breeds living in the uk play an important role in sustaining their habitat in addition to helping biodiversity flourish. Indeed horse dung is nature’s recycling habit in full swing.

When horses graze for food they don’t eat everything in their path, they pick and choose . Also, different breeds have different ways of eating. The uneven ways of eating typical of horses is signified by vegetation of different heights. Wild horses are continually moving around, removing undesirable vegetation that could otherwise overtake other plants and stop them from thriving. Horses aren’t partial to eating flowers, which gives rare wild flowers a possibility to flourish. As an end result, the wild horses maintain land from unwanted overgrowth and still provide ideal habitats for birds and other small animals to live on.

In the United States, wild horses help the environment too. When some species of horse eat, they very easily breakdown any seeds that enter their system, which causes the seeds to germinate. Wild horses can roam over quite large areas, so seeds get spread over a greater distance.

Horses can also play a critical role in the winter when water sources freeze over. Horses have strong hooves which can break through ice to make the water readily available to them. Animals that can’t break the ice can then access a water source previously unavailable to them, without the horses to aid them they wouldn’t survive as they’d be unable to access any liquid water. There are some beautiful mosaics celebrating this unique horse activity in a couple of castles in the Loire Valley which show just how far back humankind’s appreciation of this skill goes – the mosaics are from the time of Joan of Arc.

ACM Group, an environmental group based in Australia advocate that wild horses, or brumbies as they call them in that part of the world, can provide just about the most valuable contributions to biodiversity and the health of the land that they are known to inhabit.

Where ever they roam, they are known usually as nature’s healers. They play an integral and vital part of the ecosystem that makes up our environment. So we’d like to remember that horses, in all shapes, sizes and colours are absolutely special and wonderful creatures, regardless of their use.

The Mental Life of Racehorses: What Do They Think & Feel?

Horse racing is done on a regular basis with a considerable number of horses that are competing with each other. We often look at the sidelines and are focused primarily on the winning result that we often overlook the condition of the horses. A few questions often arises which sparks one’s curiosity on what they are thinking or feeling during a race. Do some of them have a sense of excitement and glory as they run towards the finish line? Or is that just us humans projecting this onto them? Can gamblers or betting people bet on the likelihood that some racehorses truly do psych themselves up to outrun other houses? Or is this just a complete myth? Do horses possess emotional intelligence? We might as well ask, what do they think about? These are questions often worth asking and let us try answering all of these today.

Racehorses are indeed aware that they are competing in a race. Camie Heleski, the coordinator of the horse management program at Michigan State University says, “This is mostly conjecture on my part, but I think that in the same way some horses like to be dominant in a herd, and be more dominant, say, in getting the feed when it’s given, I believe some horses also want to beat other horses in a racing scenario.”

Furthermore, Jenifer Nadeau, an associate professor of equine science at the University of Connecticut also shared her insights about it saying, “They take a lot from how the people around them are reacting because they are sensitive. That’s the thing about horses they do read people’s body’s language.”

In a way, horses do understand humans. Although horses can’t talk, they are able to pick up on subtle eye and body movements. Horses are sensitive to our communications and some visual or auditory cues are more easily deciphered by horses than others. As such, they are able to feel what their jockeys and their owners feel as well as how the crowd reacts with the outcome of the race.

Do horses posses emotional intelligence? Well most of them are used to help develop emotional intelligence which means they too have it in themselves. In fact, some people even use horses to teach effective leadership as well.

For instance, there are Equine Experiential Learning instructors that teach people that the most effective communication relies on our non-verbal actions and personal motivations as much as it does rational thought and speaking.

So now we know horses are highly sensitive animals, but can they even sense something is going to happen, are they clairvoyant?

A good example of this was Lady Wonder a horse that was purported to have psychic abilities. Over 150 thousand people came to consult the horse at the price of three questions for one dollar. Lady Wonder is said to have helped the Massachusetts police to find the body of a missing boy, to have predicted that Jack Dempsey would defeat Jack Sharkey in 1927 and to have helped discover oil with a number of horses following her footsteps.

You can also consider going to a clairvoyant when these horses are unavailable to your region. They have integrated their services over the internet for better access and reach for their clients today.

Equine Herpes: Punters Need To Factor In Horse Health

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Horse racing offers many recreational and entertainment dimensions to let punters enjoy the thrills of the races. But everyone dreams of winning large amount of money in betting odds of horse racing. It is pretty normal to want quick money; hence having a better chance of staying on top of betting odds is a priority. Selecting a winning horse using all the information and statistics available is a skill. Punters have to make their decisions by observing the horses as they walk in. A healthy horse usually has a shiny hair coat which is short in the summer and luxuriant in winter. Some horses that have been racing well and race dreadfully usually have hidden health problems. Punters need to factor in horse health to have the greater chance of winning.

How well horses will race depends on three factors: its quality, its preparation and its health. Horses that are well bred and look good may never race up to their potential. Most poor-performing horses have many concomitant diseases. The most frequently diagnoses diseases usually involve the lower and upper respiratory tract and the musculoskeletal system. Problems of the respiratory system were the most frequently diagnosed diseases affecting horse performance on the racetrack.

Internal health problems or injuries reduce the horse’s desire to race and restrict its physical movement and reduce performance. Common health problems include joint disease, foot problems, tendon and ligament injuries, bone injuries, back and pelvic conditions, stomach ulcers and horse cancer. Understanding how injuries and diseases can affect horse performance on the race is an important part of race analysis. Such understanding and knowledge can help punters avoid losing bets on horses that are not ready to win.

Equine herpesvirus infections have been in many news articles lately since they are very common in horse populations around the world. There are five know subtypes of equine herpes virus: EHV-1, EHV-2, EHV-3, EHV-4 and EHV-5. The different classification of herpes virus in horses affects different systems; EHV-1 and EHV-4 affect the respiratory and neurological system, while EHV-3 affects the reproductive system. Horses can also acquire sexually transmitted diseases from equine herpes-3 which cause problems such as pain, low conception rates and abortion. Horse owners need to promote horse’s welfare by safeguarding their breeding stock from venereal disease because it has the potential to become widespread. EHV-3 specifically targets the female and male external genitals – primarily the vulva, penis and the perineum. About 10-14 days after viral exposure painful papules will develop on the skin on these areas and then erupt into oozing vesicles that will eventually scab over.

Sexually transmitted diseases can be transmitted directly between mares and stallions during coitus and indirectly via artificial insemination or breeding equipment. Most STD isn’t life threatening to an adult horse, but can cause pain and abortion in broodmares or death in young foals. A veterinarian can make presumptive diagnosis by the clinical signs on the horse. STD screenings through pre-breeding cultures of both mares and stallions help veterinarians detect the disease and prevent transmission.

Contrary to popular belief, rigorous cleaning of the reproductive organs can have a negative effect. Frequent washing with harsh antibacterial soap may predispose the horse to infections by replacing the normal bacteria flora with harmful bacteria. The bacterium can sometimes slips past STD screening test, causing outbreak to the disease free regions. Fortunately, treatment is easy and effective because the bacteria succumb to the wide variety of antibiotics.

The competitive power of a horse basically depends on his physiology and condition. The horse physiology is characterised by growth, maturity and ageing. During horse maturity, its competitive power tends to rise. But as the horse’s degenerate with age his competitive power gradually diminishes. Condition refers to the horse fitness, health and general well-being. A horse that is fully mature and in the top condition will perform at his best level. A punter must make judgment based on the consistency of the horse. A consistent racehorse is more reliable to bet on and has the greater chance of winning.

The Financial Hazards & Joys of Owning a Racehorse

Horse racing is done on a regular basis having a considerable amount of dedicated audience. Fans and followers alike love the thrill of horse races regardless of whether they betted on the horse race. Those who want to get closer into the action themselves often decide to invest in getting their very own race hose. With that being said, there are a lot of expenses in owning a horse that should be considered. What kind of expenses is involved? Let us look into the financial hazards & joys of owning a racehorse.

It should be noted that purchase price is just one part of the overall cost of the horse. What investors should look into is the cost of the upkeep which depends on the place that you are living in as well as the service that your stable provides. A little as $100 a month is what a simple pasture boarding will you cost. A stable boarding however, can cost up to $500 or more.

The breed, age and disposition of your horse can also affect its overall cost. Hay, salt and supplements can range from $60 to $100 per month and this is what most horse owners spend. Furthermore, you will need to keep your racehorses in a relatively good condition, trimming their hooves, adding shoeing as well as spend some resources to routine veterinary checkups.

Medical care to your racehorses includes vaccinations, de-worming and annual teeth cleaning which adds to your overall cost. This can cost as little as $300 a year for a healthy horse. You can however, pay hundreds or even thousands for a one-time treatment if your horse gets injured or ill.

Last but not the least is the jockey fee. You can’t have racehorses without a professional jockey riding them. A minimum of $35 to 100 is what jockeys can take home per race while also earning a percentage of the purse if the horse is able to win it all.

We’ve mentioned a lot of the racehorse cost, but what are its benefits? Rugby star Mike Tindal splashed out £12,000 on a racehorse and some may find this a bit too expensive for their taste. With that being said, Mr. Tindall was able to double, even triple or more his return as his horse is now said to be worth more than £200,000 which is pretty impressive. Of course, luck is also involved with his investment but nevertheless, he earned a good amount of money with this racehorse purchase.

Owning a racehorse may not sound as easy as it looks like but the rewards greatly outweighs their cost. Horse lovers and enthusiast are able to enjoy caring for their horses as they prepare them for the race ahead. Low documentation loans were able to help a considerable number of racehorse owners with their investment in a timely and effective manner. As such, racehorse owners are able to provide the needs and preferences of their racehorses keeping them in tip top shape as they ready for the race ahead. Seeing your racehorse win the competition is indeed a fulfilling sight to see in action as you rake in the rewards later. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to raise winning racehorses for your own today.