Triple Crown Odds & Pedigree at SBG Global Sports Betting

Pedigree is definitely a factor to keep in mind as you look at Triple Crown wagering.

Triple Crown odds tell us that a horse that can’t make a distance usually has trouble in each of the three races. Some of the Triple Crown odds terms relating to pedigree are easy enough to understand while others are not. A Sire is a horse’s father and is also known as a stallion. A horse’s mother is the Dam. The Broodmare Sire is the sire of a horse’s dam, known as a Damsire. A Chef-De-Race is an influential sire that relates to Dosage figures in Triple Crown odds handicapping. The Dosage Index for Triple Crown wagering is a method that uses chefs-de-race in a pedigree which can estimate a horse’s speed or stamina. Triple Crown odds history has shown that winning horses have a dosage index that is below 4.00. Another offshoot of that system for Triple Crown wagering is the “dual-qualifier” dosage system where a horse has a number under 4.00 and takes into account the horse’s stakes performance as a two-year-old.

Other Triple Crown odds terms relating to pedigree are Blue Hen which is a dam that has produced at least two major stakes winners and/or stakes producers. Another Triple Crown odds term tells us that a foal is a newborn horse. The foal crop is the group of horses sired by a stallion in a single year. A weanling is a horse that is less than one year old. Triple Crown odds terms tell us that a yearling is a horse that is in the second year of its life. Another Triple Crown odds pedigree term is “Nick” which is a combination of two family lines in a pedigree that usually produces winners.

There is no doubt that pedigree is an important Triple Crown wagering factor. You may be able to look at the racing form an immediately recognize famous horses from the past based on pedigree in Triple Crown odds. The key to remember when analyzing pedigree in Triple Crown odds is that winners produce winners.