Reading the Daily Racing Form available at most tracks, information on the jockeys can help even beginning bettors pick likely winners. A good jockey knows a horse and how to get its best performance without running it so hard that it suffers an injury or tires early. That intimate knowledge, combined with the ability to get the most out of the horses they ride, makes choosing a winning jockey nearly as important as picking a winning horse. Horses do not just run freely, with the fastest sprinter automatically taking the top spot. A horse race is an endurance event, and a good jockey knows how to position the horse for the strongest possible finish. A good jockey also knows how to avoid getting boxed in by slower horses and will do what it takes, within reason, to give the horse its best chance of winning.