Can AI really tip the winner of a horse race?

I enjoyed reading this article from Gary Lemke on the Hollywoodbets Blog, link below. Personally I can't think of an instance where I would use AI to identify a bet for me but would be interested in finding out how others feel about this, whether they use it, would use, never use it etc...

blog.hollywoodbets.net/horse-racing/can-...puts-it-to-the-test/

 

Further to the above, where I can see AI having a role would be to help research a bet, say whether a cricket ground is known to be high scoring, maybe some statistical info, something like that could save you time if you trust the info that AI comes back with

My experience with AI is you need to feed it the data or links where you want it to gather the info, dont rely on it to research blindly 

I use AI alot, the speed of gather or sorting data is crazy and for betting purposes it would def have a role to play but with the correct inputs or guidance