Syndicates, or whatever you want to call them, are essentially computer program number crunchers to an extreme. What they have greatly changed in the game are the 'value' plays of horses that used to be 8/1 to 15/1 or so that are now rightly placed at odds of 7/2 to 5/1.
What the syndicates will never replace is good ol' fashioned handicapping, intuition, and years in the game of seeing something that just doesn't fit. There are still 10/1 or greater horses that win in this game. Yes, they are much much tougher to find, and patience is indeed extreme, but they are still there to find.
IMO, if you are complaining about syndicates, whales, and power players making the game too hard, then you have already lost before you've even made a wager.
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