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Originally Posted by thaskalos
We are not peers with TLG in this game, Randall...not by a longshot. Our work, even if it was comparable, doesn't carry the same responsibility as his work does. He plies his trade out in the open, for everybody to see...while we hide under the cover of anonymity, far away from the prying eyes of our critics. If TLG were operating in secret as we are...then you wouldn't be able to say that his performance has declined since Harvey died.
We call ourselves "winning players"... but our claims are unsubstantiated. TLG's work is out there for everybody to see. And this makes any comparison between us and him very unfair, to him.
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100% agree with this. We are not peers of Andy and his job is tremendously more difficult with more scrutiny. I am curious from Andy, if he feels inclined to answer, if, given his position, if it is more valuable for him to pick a higher quantity of winners at a likely smaller price, or forego a higher win percentage to land on longer priced winners on occasion with more of those running underneath?
I know we as horseplayers look more for the longer priced, hidden runners, and the information associated to it, but Andy has a much bigger audience that may force his hand. Or maybe he doesn't think about any of this.
One of the toughest calls for a public handicapper is a situation where you have a heavy favorite that looks very tough (say 6-5 morning line) and another runner in the race at long odds you really like (say 12-1 morning line) that might beat the favorite 1 out of 5 times. Do you put the price on top?
