Matt Bryan
08-01-2015, 08:26 PM
Ranting.
I had a positive year last year, which carried through this spring. Lately though, it's been a struggle. Summer. I'm mainly pissed about scratches. Typically, I look for fields with more than 6 or 7 horses for sake of profitability, and when I find one, half the horses end up scratching. Part of the frustration rests with the fact that I purchase PP's and/or products as soon as they're available. So, when 5 horses scratch in a race on race day, after I spent substantial time evaluating and/or handicapping days and nights before, it's a pisser. Take the Jim Dandy today...WTF? Mountaineer?? I mean, just shit. I said **** it at Mountaineer given so many scratches, and went lateral...then a 70-1 came in on leg 2 and blew my Pick-4. I don't know. Just ranting. A) I don't know if it pays to handicap before race day. B) Summer racing might suck. What's with all the scratches lately?
I had a positive year last year, which carried through this spring. Lately though, it's been a struggle. Summer. I'm mainly pissed about scratches. Typically, I look for fields with more than 6 or 7 horses for sake of profitability, and when I find one, half the horses end up scratching. Part of the frustration rests with the fact that I purchase PP's and/or products as soon as they're available. So, when 5 horses scratch in a race on race day, after I spent substantial time evaluating and/or handicapping days and nights before, it's a pisser. Take the Jim Dandy today...WTF? Mountaineer?? I mean, just shit. I said **** it at Mountaineer given so many scratches, and went lateral...then a 70-1 came in on leg 2 and blew my Pick-4. I don't know. Just ranting. A) I don't know if it pays to handicap before race day. B) Summer racing might suck. What's with all the scratches lately?