Ahead Of The Handicapper

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Sourcing horses who are “Ahead Of The Handicapper” is a popular horse racing statistic that punters regularly look for.

The ‘Ahead of the Handicapper’ are horses who have been raised for future handicaps but are still racing off their old marks, making them well handicapped today. This is because official ratings are increased for winning races and if turned out quickly under a penalty, they can be racing from a lower mark than for future races.

The ‘Ahead of the Handicapper’ identifies these horses that may be competing on favourable terms.

Many of the best horse race tipsters list up the well-handicapped horses as their banker bets of the day.

In our Ahead Of Handicapper guide, we explain why some racehorses are well in on the handicap weights for today’s races.

Find the Ahead of the Handicapper horses:

Well Handicapped Horses Today

Here are the best well-handicapped horses today.

MeetingTimeName
Chelmsford City15:25Turner Girl
Chelmsford City16:35Two Tempting
Lingfield Park13:30Optician
Lingfield Park14:40Benavente
Lingfield Park15:15Artisan Dancer
Lingfield Park16:25Cinque Verde

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What does Ahead of the Handicapper Mean in Horse Racing?

Ahead of the handicapper means a horse is carrying less weight than its official BHA rating suggests it should be carrying.

Ahead Of The Handicapper

This happens when a horse wins a race and then races again within a few days, before its new official rating has been awarded. 

If the racehorse is raised by more than the temporary penalty weight given by the handicapper, then they are said to be “ahead of the handicapper” as they should technically be carrying more weight for that race.

Ahead of Handicapper Today’s Runners

The list of horses running today listed as “ahead of handicapper” are horses competing on favourable terms.

Here is a picture showing how The Racing Post list the horses raised for future handicaps that are running today.

Ahead of Handicapper Today's Runners

The “Ahead of Handicapper” list provides the horse name, race meeting, time of race and amount of pounds the runner is rising in the weights after this race.

Other Reasons Why Horses Can be Ahead Of The Handicapper?

Aside from being technically “well in”, meaning that a horse is racing off an official lower mark than they should be because of a recent win, horses can be deemed to be ahead of the handicapper for a number of other reasons which include:

The significant improvement in a horse’s form can be brought about by small, routine operations to improve its breathing or being gelded.

How to tell if a horse is well handicapped?

The best indicator that the horse is well handicapped is to check the handicap official rating and compare to see what the horse has won off previously.

Checking the historical data on the handicap mark to see if the horse has won previously from a lower mark is a great indication.

Alternatively you can look if a horse is improving with age or ahead of the handicapper from his last run.

Summary of Ahead of the Handicap Runners

Keeping an eye out for horses ahead of the handicap is something that all punters and tipsters do.

In-form trainers will often turn winning horses out quickly to take advantage of the lower marks (before the hike in weights is given). The horses running off a lower rating than its future handicap mark are usually the best-backed horses of the day and the odds shorten significantly.

Although some horses might be significantly well in on the handicap weights, sports bettors need to consider some horses struggle to back up runs so quickly and win.

Find all the runners and riders Ahead Of The Handicapper For Today’s Racing on Today’s Horse Racing Racecards besides the official rating, it will show “Official Rating up +2 in future races”.

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