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Originally Posted by thaskalos View Post
Not only that...but most handicappers are much more "creative" when they make paper bets than they are when they bet real money. It's a lot easier to bet monopoly money on a 20-1 shot than it is to bet the real stuff.
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That is an idea that Doc Sartin drove home. If you don't put real money on a race, don't count it in your records. I used old files to get the feel for how a software program works and all that, but once I start tallying my real world result, or try new angle, or new way to pick a contender, I at least put $2 on every "pick" before I write it down in my records. Even if I bet it to show, it keeps me honest - no more "Well, I would have had that one for sure, and Oh, that was obvious.....then end up down $500 by Friday.
