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Originally Posted by RonTiller
Is the API player (or the model player who executes bets through an interface like Twinspires) a "real" handicapper? It just doesn't matter.
Well, give the API pseudo-handicapper-model-programmer a DRF and send them to the track and the result might be comical (though not always). Give the DRF handicapper MATLAB, some cloud servers, a robust programming platform and several terabytes of raw data and the result might be comical (though not always). Give both of them a popular handicapping program and send them to the NHC tournament and they probably finish mid to bottom pack. This is not to elevate one and denigrate the others. Its fantastically different approaches to answering the fundamental question "How do I take money out of this race / these races / this sport?" In my mind, when done with skill and expertise and success, all of these are things of beauty. Whatever you call them.
OK, OK, there's nothing beautiful about a complete novice betting his kids birthdays and hitting a 2 million dollar pick 6, while you've been struggling for decades to hit anything. On the other hand, maybe there is...
Ron Tiller
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You really should post more often. These last few graphs are a thing of beauty IMO. You hit it out of the park. This is the TRUTH.
That's why I always find it hilariously sad when someone comes on here to denigrate an entire method of play (be it speed figures, pace figures, computer programs, trip handicapping, etc.) as useless.
