First thing to do is get yourself a race card.Apart from listing the horses and the riders it will also give you a map of the horse track and usually will display which areas of the race track are open to the public. Choose at least a couple of positions
Locate the parade ring, winners enclosure and weighing rooms. These all provide great opportunities for shots of jockeys with or without the horses, the trainers, owners and members of the public.
There is a lot of waiting between races, usually it can be as much as 30 mins within each race so bring some food and a book
AS the horses canter down the center to start its a good time to take solo shots of horse and rider, as opposed to groups of galloping horses. This is the time to try panning, zooming and slow shutter speeds. Flash isn't allowed because it will scare the horses so slow sync flash is out of the question. Try putting some tape on your flash, just in case you have a mishap with the settings and you get booted out
One way is to use shutter speed mode to freeze the action and doe some panning, another one is to set it up on Aperture Priority do matrix metering and adjust the ISO to allow a fast enough shutter speed to freeze the movement at your chosen aperture.
Shutter speeds of 1/30 sec are slow enough to blur the action for artistic effects
Using AF on continuous keeps the front runner sharp and barriers can help you frame the composition.
A classic shot is to wait for the penultimate race, rush to the winning line to capture the horses as they past the post.
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