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Knowing angles of preparation and who's "ready to run" will always enhance a handicapper's edge. Since you have to assume that at baseline a good percentage actually know what's going on when they look at PPs, the keys then become knowing particular horses in particular spots and how the connections have led them there. Handicapping isn't enough (long term) mostly because the track take is so high.
The real answer to the question, though, always ends up being what one thinks about "value". There are a lot of good handicappers that still have zero idea of how "winning" (win percentage) means little when taken in the larger picture of winning money.
Some don't care because for them it's all entertainment. Some only go to the track infrequently and thus stress hot streaks rather than getting appropriate payouts. A lot of times you can't blame them, because they aren't playing into a game daily that has anywhere from 15-25% vig.
So I return to the question of, "What is winning" or in your words, "getting it done"?
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