It is often tempting to run out to the bookmakers and stick your hard earned wages on a horse that has been labelled a "sure-bet", "the next big thing" or a "can't lose" bet.
Even if the horse racing tip is a good one the problem remains that everyone else and their granny has also heard about that horse and will also be rushing to place a bet on it.
So, let's say you really have tapped into a great free source of horse betting tips that keeps spitting out predictions that turn out to be winners.
Before long, if not from the very start, those predictions will become so popular that everyone is betting on them.
Obviously this greatly reduces the odds on the horse and makes placing a bet on that race just not worth the effort.
Anyone who likes to place a frequent bet knows that following the crowd can often be damaging to your betting success.
What you need is a system that you can use before the crowd realise that the horse you've picked is a winner (if they ever realise at all).
This is why I stay away from standard horse racing tips like those you read in the paper or on the top betting sites.
Obviously picking a winner is not the only art to successfully making money from horse betting.
You also need to have good odds.
Following betting tips will rarely make you any real money even if you are following the predictions of someone who knows what they are talking about and truly wants you to succeed.
I advise you get a good horse betting system, that doesn't rely on tips from anyone else, and apply it to races and horses that not everyone and their granny is betting on.