Old handicapping method using Weight and ML Odds _ I am looking for it

[BeatTheChalk]

Maybe should have been OT but here we are. Wondering if anyone has
ever seen or heard about... a system that did this:

Take the horse with the Highest weight and the lowest odds. Assign that
horse a 20. Go thru all of the horses - do a little math - and voila .. the
winner will show up and /or the Favorite will be tossed out.
Any ideas ? I Just forgot how to do the math :bang: Thanks for putting up
with this. :cool:

[beefas]

hmm..never heard of this one...was this a bob bacon system???

[Capper Al]

Maybe should have been OT but here we are. Wondering if anyone has
ever seen or heard about... a system that did this:

Take the horse with the Highest weight and the lowest odds. Assign that
horse a 20. Go thru all of the horses - do a little math - and voila .. the
winner will show up and /or the Favorite will be tossed out.
Any ideas ? I Just forgot how to do the math :bang: Thanks for putting up
with this. :cool:

Work this out for me:

Horse weight ML

A 125 5
B 120 4
C 120 7
D 125 10
E 115 10

Thanks

[Longshot]

Looks like a system I remember from about 1980 where you took the lowest 5 morning line horses and added their weight assignment to their odds and played the lowest total number to win. A spin off was to dutch the 2 lowest totals to win.

[Laplace]

A 125-5=120
An so on.

The highest score is your bet.

Regards

Mike A

[ALL CIRCUITS GO]

I have to see if I can locate the one I had...

something like:

wgt / odds/ # / total

(1)124 / 3.50 / 20 / 23.50
(2)124 / 3.75 / 19 / 22.75
(2)124/ 12.50 / 18 / 30.50
(3)(5)120 / 2.90 / 16 / 18.90
(2,3)120 / 7.50 / 15 / 22.50
(2,3)(5)120 / 8.10 / 14 / 22.10
(3)(5)114 / 4.90 / 14 / 18.90


(1) highest weight with lowest odds assigned 20
(2) same weight as highest, in odds order, -1 incrementally in assignment #
(3) next weight, subtract diff in weight from 20 to get assigned #
(4) add odds and # to get total
(5) play longest odds of 3 lowest total


usually not a good play where all carry same weight..

its been a while..

:)

[Robert Goren]

Another version adds the post position in. It has been around at least since I was a kid in the 60s. It catches quite few winners but is long way from profitable. Wt+PP -ML = X. High number is the bet.

[BeatTheChalk]

I do recall that the system was not published anyplace. At least that I know
of. There was a gent who used to mark his program as soon as he got to
the track. Then we would flock to him .. to get the figures :) This has
been more than several years ago :eek:
My friend the retired witch doctor will look at the figures yawl posted
and report back. Since nobody ever talks about weight anymore..who
knows ? :bang: Thanks again !