Overlay Publications ???

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Has anyone purchased and read any of the books they advertise ? They offer three publications "Overlay Handicapping","Handicapping Outside the Curve",and"The Ten Up,Fourteen-Down Odds-Line Method". I got the web address from a posting on PA.I was just wondering if anyone has any feedback.This appears to be a value based method.ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED

[Tom]

Good stufff, I recommend. Overlay posts here and will probably chime in.
He uses a lot of Bill Quirrin ideas, IV's, etc, and is a good writer, so the read is enjoyable. :ThmbUp::ThmbUp::ThmbUp:

[jcrabboy]

I have Overlay Handicapping and Handicapping Outside The Curve. They are both value oriented and easy to implement. Overlay Handicapping actually involves creating a betting line. Good info and a good read.

Jimmie

[dav4463]

Overlay Handicapping is outstanding. I use it in sprint races and added a little twist (two little twists actually) of my own that helps me a lot.

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Dave

Any chance of your sharing your little twists ?

[timtam]

I have the 3 publications if you want to drop me a line. I actually bought

them from someone on the board a few years ago and I'm not using them

anymore.

[Overlay]

Overlay posts here and will probably chime in.

You rang? :)

Thanks for the gratifying comments, guys. Much appreciated.

[acorn54]

I have the 3 publications if you want to drop me a line. I actually bought

them from someone on the board a few years ago and I'm not using them

anymore.
so that begs the question, why aren't you using them anymore?

[timtam]

It is just a matter of something suddenly has come up rephrasing a

Marcia Brady quote. For me its just a matter of time and actually you

have to have a math type approach to handicapping because it involves

using impact values and figuring speed points. It is a little more math than

either I can handle or want to but the entire "works" are there for anyone

wishing to pursue this approach to handicapping.

[acorn54]

does this methodology involve multiplying various impact values of various independent variables?

[Overlay]

does this methodology involve multiplying various impact values of various independent variables?

In a word, yes (independent, and also weighted with respect to distance and running surface). (Plus, configured in a variety of differing (but valid) manners to accommodate the handicapper's individual situation with regard to available time, preference for detail, and/or wagering style (full-field, spot-play, or exotic).

[acorn54]

Good stufff, I recommend. Overlay posts here and will probably chime in.
He uses a lot of Bill Quirrin ideas, IV's, etc, and is a good writer, so the read is enjoyable. :ThmbUp::ThmbUp::ThmbUp:

actually quirin got his idea of impact values research from fred davis. fred davis was the originator of multiplying impact values of independent variables to come up with probabilities.

[Tom]

Not go too far OT, but I still use a couple of those IV's from Davis. The one about adding the best 2 first call postions at today's distance or shorter. The beaten half the field in the last 30 days is still a staple of my form analysis.

[shoelessjoe]

Tom,Sounds a little like what Bill Olmstead wrote in his book The Lone Speed Method.He suggests adding up the running position at the 2nd call and get an average.Jeff