What handicapper/author influenced you

[Johnny V]

My first book on handicapping was How To Win Money At The Races by Nate Perlmutter. I was a teenager at the time. From there it was Ainslie and so on. The most influential for me were first Quirin and then Beyer.

[Donnie]

Who began it all: Muzzi Scardino
Who influenced me: Howard Sartin and his feet-per-second software program in Racing Action Newspaper (programmed into a Radio Shack Tandy handheld)
Who satisfies me when I'm jonesing: Ken Massa

[nalley0710]

Scott McMannis and the guys in the the rebel enclave at the Chicago tracks including Steve Miller. They helped me to avoid most of the mistakes and concentrate on the important things from the very beginning. These are the guys maligned in Ted McCleland's Horseplayers Life At The Track, in my opinion unjustly.

[Stillriledup]

Ainslie was the first author i read when i was a kid. Lots of credit to my greatness goes to him.

[Greyfox]

Originally Posted by Stillriledup

Lots of credit to my greatness goes to him.

Ainslie's book was excellent. But your greatness?? Compared to whom?

[TheBid9]

Beyer
Davidowitz
Quirin
Mitchell

[Robert Fischer]

father - helped to develop a mastery of seeing and understanding sports. Introduced me to horse racing. Won enough to have some memorable experiences.

an online mentor - shared with me his insight into evaluating races.

paceadvantage.com as a whole - many members have contributed info that has streamlined my online process, and several members have helped with this or that regarding specifics of relevant mathematics. Did I mention the my buddy PA??

[trackrat59]

My parents had these friends that would "go to the races". I'm going back to about 1960 here. I was told that they were my Uncles. As a little girl I always LOVED going to the track to see my Uncles and watch the horses run around the track.

A couple of years went by and I realized that they were really not my Uncles and that they gambled a lot on horses. I remember thinking how cool they were. I wanted to be just like them. They taught me a lot about how to read a racing form, how to bet, and about money management. (no kidding)

Then I got a little bit older as a few more years went by. That's when I realized just how hot Uncle Richie was.

So here's to mom, dad, Uncles Richie, Natie, Danny, and Morty.

My mom and dad are both gone now and God only knows what ever happened to my Uncles. Many thanks to all of them.

[appistappis]

randolph reynolds

[jelly]

None.

[Hajck Hillstrom]

Mark Cramer

[jamey1977]

Originally Posted by Hajck Hillstrom

Mark Cramer

2003 I was so pissed off. I lost 500 dollars at Del Mar again. Just chasing losses, no structure and I went to The Arcadia Library and found Dick Mitchell's Commonsense Betting. So well written, he encouraged me. He wrote the goal is 25 percent winners at 10 dollars average and it will be reached no matter what. I loved the confidence in his statements and I learned that this game could be beaten. No one ever encouraged me. They ( meaning every one I have frickin known inside and outside of Horseracing ) all said Horseplayers are losers , who die broke with no shirts on their back. Only Dick Mitchell encouraged me. I owe him a lot. My own methods have been developed on my own. He even said to develop your own methods. All of his books are great. Who else gave us encouragement. Every fricking handicapper and writer always wants us to have a 10 percent net. My goal isn't a 10 percent net. I might as well work at Taco Bell, for a lousy 10 percent net. Thanks Dick Mitchell

[The Judge]

Beyer, Mitchell and Company, Cramer, Wm Scott, Quirin, Quinn, Sartin Group (PIRCO),Berry Meadow, and Ron Cox .

Tejas Kidd you got to be from the Bay Area I am familiar with all those guys.

[eastie]

Sal Carcia, Jim Rowan, Danny Coughlin, JJ Kelly Jr. Dom Impressia, Joe The Teach, Del Mar Moe, Larry "Legend" Gordon, Harvey Pack, Little Andy.

[KingChas]

A shot of Scott,A shot of Beyer,A shot Quinn,
mixed with a crazy Cramer straw and old age.