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03-15-2018 10:05 AM |
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Originally Posted by Tom
(Post 2290288)
I did buy the Powerline Method, I think it was called, and it was method where you made a power number for each horse. It actually made sense and I tweaked it a bit to be able to get the winner in the top 4 a good deal of the time. That was in the Golden years when you had fields of 8-9-10 regularly.
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I remember that system although I never bought it. Was that what Steve Wolfson's (sp?) software was based on? Didn't he once post 500 plays that showed a profit here several years ago?
When I first got into handicapping I, too, was lured by the systems of RPM hitting 37% winners paying $12 or the ones hitting the $30, $40 or $50 bombs. But I honestly bought some good things like Pandy's Pro Simulcast system in stapled form. Also, the Dan Serra pedigree ratings. This was shortly after Mark Cramer wrote about the Tomlinson's but before they were printed in the DRF. Talk about your golden years of handicapping, especially turf races.
I also bought Worth's Place to Win and Show-a-Profit as well. I also got my copy of the Thomas McCormick book that Thask posted about a couple of years ago. Now that I think about it, I spent a lot of money. RPM always had that promotion -- "Spend $100 and get these useless systems for free." Or "Spend $150 and get the Broken Down Horseplayer software for free. That's a $99 value!" I would read through the new catalogs every time they sent it out looking for the next great system.
I'm not sure if they sell anything worthwhile now, but the Colonel Sanders method doesn't sound promising.
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