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Joe Takach used to have a watch service for So Cal. He'd be at the track every single day taking notes around the paddock, and then he'd run to the rail and watch the warmups -- more notes -- and then watch every horse after the race to see how the pulled up and if the jockey gave them a proper cool down gallop (more notes). You need enough subscribers to hire some assistants so someone can be at the track every day every minute or it sounds like a terrible grind. He did it for 10 years or so. The most valuable notes I found were the "poor pull-ups" (after race notes). Any horse that was a poor pull-up (some just out of jockey laziness) was an automatic toss in the next race. Was a great way to get rid of false favorites. I wonder if all the drugs negated that factor later...
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