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Originally Posted by thaskalos
That was a heartwarming story and it brought a smile to my face. Until I realized that even a blind man can pick more winners than I can.
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Several years ago an acquaintance of mine was at a Breeders Cup event at a local casino. He got a little bold and said that he was a much better handicapper then me when we talked about the upcoming Saturday races. I told him that handicapping was mostly arbitrary but if he wanted we could have our own contest and the stakes would be $100 to the winner. I even gave him an advantage ( so he thought ). I wasn’t even going to handicap and the rules were we had to bet 2.00 to win on three horses each race. His advantage ( again so he thought) was that my selections were made drawing the numbers out of a hat. Halfway through the card the contest wasn’t even close. It was an easy hundo for me. Even if you don’t bet I encourage everyone to try this sometime and be astonished how randomly selecting winners actually pays off.
