Off Tracks

[nijinski]

Woody Stephens had three of his five Belmont wins on off tracks.

[JustRalph]

Some of my best days have been on off tracks

I remember before Turfway went to polycrap I would salivate at heavy rain in the area.

Turfway would have standing water on the stretch and all you had to do was punch one button in Equisim and bet. Those were the days

[PaceAdvantage]

Originally Posted by Pell Mell

This may be the wrong place for this comment but, oh well.

This is especially for newbies because if those with experience don't know it by now they will never get it.

One of the very first things I learned over 60 yrs ago was "If it's raining, stay home!"

Which means; Don't ever play sloppy or muddy tracks, PERIOD!

When handicapping, draw a line through races that were run on sloppy or muddy tracks. Do not consider those races in your handicapping and especially the speed figures. I think the spot in the PPs for speed ratings should be left blank if the race was on an off track.

If you never learn anything else, learn this and save yourself a ton of money!

I disagree completely.

[exiles]

Real horse players drool at the mouth for these opportunities[/QUOTE]

I thought all real horse players were broke.

[RaceBookJoe]

Not a fan of muddy tracks, but love playing sloppy tracks. Like sloppy tracks even more at the mid to lower level tracks or the lower class levels at the major tracks, just seem to do as well as on a fast track. rbj