Best Bets for Today

It only takes a quick look online to see how many horse racing tips and best bets there are floating around. So who can you trust? Horse racing can be a difficult game, but the team here at OnlyRacing have the experience under their belt to get the job done.

On any given day, there are plenty of tips that we like, but only one or two of them can officially become the best bets for today. These are our very top picks that we think have the best chance of getting up. 

We cover the best bets of today from every angle, from Randwick to Sandown, from BM66 races to Group 1 races. If we like the look of the horse enough, it will get the honour of our best bets tips, but this is only after careful consideration, not every bet we make can be the best bet of the day!

In our best bets for today, we also include the odds of that bet across multiple bookies. This means it's easy for you to see where the best value for money lies. We don’t just want to give today's best bets, we also want to give you the most bang for your buck!

An example of the odds from different bookies we display in our articles:

What Are "Best Bets" in Horse Racing?

So, is there a difference between normal horse racing tips articles and best bets articles? Well, yes. At OnlyRacing, you’ll see that we have heaps of horse racing tips articles, like exotics tips, Saturday tips, multi bets, Group 1 races tips and so much more.

Our best bets of today are sort of like a combination of everything. So, if you’re just looking for the one or two best bets of the day that we think will really pack a punch, that’s the place to go. This means you don’t have to wade through tip after tip.

Our best bet of the day comes out every day - rain, hail or shine. It doesn’t matter the type of race or track, if we think that a particular runner has a high chance of an excellent performance, the highest out of any other runner for the day, they get included in our best bets of today article.

Why Choose Best Bets for Your Racing Strategy?

We think best bets for horse racing is an ideal racing strategy, especially for those who are super busy. If you don’t have time to do the form yourself, or even wade through heaps of horse racing tips, then best bets are for you.

The best bets for today you can find here at OnlyRacing are hyper-focused and based on cold-hard facts. It will take you just a couple of minutes to read through what we’ve put together, another couple of minutes to place your bets and then you can go on with your day.

It’s easy to cut through all the noise and just focus on the horses that we think have the best chance of winning. Our best bets of the day for horse racing are chosen after looking through all the tracks and races at each track. 

We drill down on just one or two runners for a simple bet, making it a perfect option for those just dipping their toes in the world of horse racing or those who prefer to keep things simple. On top of this, we include quick stats to back up our best bets.

An example of the quick stats and insights provided in our best bets articles:

Seeing that you’re already here, it looks like you’ve found the best horse racing bets! This is the page to be specifically for best bets for horse racing today. If you’re looking for more than one or two options, we have also got you covered with our other tips categories. 

We produce one best bets in Australia article per day. It’s like clockwork really, so if you are looking for the best bets for tomorrow, make sure you head to OnlyRacing to find out all the juicy details for the upcoming races. The article is in the same format every day, making it easy for all readers to understand.

Tips for Selecting Today’s Best Bets

The devil’s in the detail as they say! One of the biggest tips we have for selecting today’s best bets is about how much detail is provided. We find that a lot of other sites simply list a horse’s name for their best bets of the day in horse racing, with no or very limited detail.

Our readers deserve better than that! Just listing a horse’s name doesn’t really do much and it certainly doesn’t give any confidence to our readers of the tip. We know our readers want to know why we have made that specific horse a part of our best bets of today.

This is why we don’t just list a horse's name, we go into detail as to why we think the horse will perform well, along with some additional key stats and insights about the runner and the race they are competing in. 

Another tip we have isn’t focused on the best bets themselves, but also the ability to find the most bang for your buck. We list a range of betting sites in the article and the odds of the runner. So, if there are better odds with a particular bookie, you can bet with them for an easy pick up of value.

We include both established and new betting sites, all we want to do is ensure you get the whole picture, whether it be about the best bets themselves or the betting apps that you can place your bets with. As long as we provide all the essential details, so you can make the best betting decision, we know we’ve done our job.

An example of the bookies we display in our best bets articles:

Key Factors for Choosing Winning Bets

When it comes to choosing winning bets, there are a few key areas that you should be across. These factors don’t 100% guarantee a win, but they are certainly a step in the right direction. All the main factors to consider include:

• Analysing the Odds - In horse racing, the odds are like the glue that holds everything together. The odds saw the implied probability (by a bookie) of each horse winning the race. The lower the odds, the greater chance that bookie thinks that runner will win.
• Finding Value Odds - If we find a runner that we think will win, but the odds are something like $1.45, then there isn’t a lot of value. Value comes to the forefront when we find a runner that we think has a high chance of winning (or performing well) and the odds are high as well. 
• Research Each Runner - This includes looking at stats, recent form and more for each runner. Sometimes the bookies do get it wrong, so you can’t simply rely on the odds to tell you which runners have the best chance of winning.
• External Influences - Don’t forget about things that can’t be controlled either. The weather comes into play a lot in horse racing and a particular runner might have a terrible record on Heavy surfaces that will influence the likelihood of them winning.

The team at OnlyRacing provides best bets for today, every day. However, we know that there’s a lot of interest in some specific horse racing events, especially during the Spring Racing Carnival. With so much interest floating around for these events, we would be silly not to provide today's best bets for those events.

We cover best bets for all major races on the calendar and some of the most important ones are mentioned here:

Melbourne Cup Best Bets

Ah, the biggest race of them all. Did you really think we would forget the Melbourne Cup? The OnlyRacing experts bunker down, look into all 24 runners and put together a list of which ones they think stand a chance.

From there, it’s a comprehensive process to nail down the one runner they think is due for an excellent race. Our Melbourne Cup tips are available every year and our Flemington tips are available for each major race meeting at the track. So if you prefer your Flemington races, that’s the place to be.

Caulfield Cup Best Bets

Another epic race in Melbourne during the Spring Racing Carnival, we also cover best bets for the Caulfield Cup. The process is similar to what we undertake for the Melbourne Cup and we make sure we leave no stone unturned as we look for the best out of what is almost always already a high-quality bunch of runners.

Our Caulfield Cup best bets are usually available each year during race week after the final field has been released. If one race isn’t enough for you, we also provide Caulfield tips that cover every major race meeting at the track. The options are almost endless here at OnlyRacing and the team takes great pride in the best bets we provide.

The Everest Best Bets

The Everest might not have the history that the Melbourne Cup or the Caulfield Cup has, but it certainly has the prize money! There is a cool $20 million up for grabs in this one, which is certainly why it captures the attention of so many racing fans. We didn’t really have a choice - we had to include The Everest for our best bets articles!

We would consider The Everest to be one of the biggest races to take place each year at Randwick Racecourse. It is by all means not the only major race though, as we see a spotlight on Randwick, especially during the Autumn Racing Carnival. So, we will nicely prepare Randwick tips every time there is a major race meet at the track.

Other Major Races to Watch

We are extremely lucky in Australia because there is no shortage of major races to watch and find best bets for. In fact, we have over 100 Group 1 and key races that are sprinkled throughout the entire year. 

Times like the Spring and Autumn Racing Carnival are among some of the busiest. However, there is epic racing all year round and July is the only month of the year where there aren’t any Group 1 or key races on the Australian calendar!

Along with the three races mentioned in the section above, some of the other major races that we provide best bets of today for include:

• Cox Plate
• Victoria Derby
• The Golden Eagle
• Doncaster Mile
• Queen Elizabeth Stakes
• Golden Slipper
• All Star Mile
• Magic Millions 2YO Classic

Best Bets for Major Australian Horse Racing Tracks

We touched on this above, but it’s important to remember that we don’t just provide best bets for today, we also cover best bets for each track as well. So, if you’re looking for something specific, OnlyRacing is the place to be. Some of the tracks we cover include:

• Caulfield best bets 
• Randwick best bets
• Flemington best bets
• Moonee Valley best bets
• Rosehill best bets
• Ascot best bets
• Doomben best bets

Finding best bets in horse racing shouldn’t be too difficult of a task, but there are many things to remember. If you have some questions about the topic, we have you covered. We’ve gone through and found some of the most common questions people have, answering them here: