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05-09-2013, 08:24 PM
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Form Reading
Where did you guys learn to read the racing form?
Are there any great online tutorials that can help the average form reader, well, get better at reading the form?
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05-09-2013, 08:49 PM
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Linkage to How To Read the Form
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05-09-2013, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by JrHarrell
Where did you guys learn to read the racing form?
Are there any great online tutorials that can help the average form reader, well, get better at reading the form?
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Here's another DRF link that's fun to play around with - especially for beginners.
http://www1.drf.com/flash/drf_pp_tutorial.html
Good luck!
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05-09-2013, 10:27 PM
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I don't know how anyone can read those simulcast programs. Its bad enough only having limited past performance lines, but the print is so small, if you don't have perfect vision, it can induce a headache.
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05-09-2013, 10:51 PM
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Beautiful.
Thanks for the info, guys.
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05-10-2013, 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Valuist
I don't know how anyone can read those simulcast programs. Its bad enough only having limited past performance lines, but the print is so small, if you don't have perfect vision, it can induce a headache.
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I agree......2 weeks ago the Atl programs had 5 lines in them sometimes and a horse had 8 turf starts and didnt show one line on the grass....total waste
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05-10-2013, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Valuist
I don't know how anyone can read those simulcast programs. Its bad enough only having limited past performance lines, but the print is so small, if you don't have perfect vision, it can induce a headache.
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I started using a large magnifying glass on the Daily Racing Program booklet, lol. The 3's and 8's and such looked too similar, especially when they crunch 10 horses on a page.
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05-10-2013, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by JrHarrell
Where did you guys learn to read the racing form?
Are there any great online tutorials that can help the average form reader, well, get better at reading the form?
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You should have been in my NCO Academy class in 2001. I had to give a 20 minute informative briefing, so I taught everyone how to read DRF running lines.
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05-10-2013, 10:52 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Who does the Racing Form Detective like in this one?
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05-11-2013, 09:36 AM
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Real nice. A few years back i went to Office Max and got one of those adjustable desk lights that have the magnifying part on top, works well.
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05-11-2013, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by JrHarrell
Where did you guys learn to read the racing form?
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I was brought to Belmont Park every two weeks for the summer when I was 8 years old until I was 13. I loved to watch the horses run and especially the bright red blinkers on grays. But I was bored between races. I usually picked up old forms left behind later in the day just to look at the different track configurations in the upper right hand corner. Somehow those fascinated me. I looked at the numbers below and at first it seemed like gibberish. It probably wasn't until about I turned 10 when I really knew how to read each of the running lines. I started with the comments. Two of them I took notice to: 'gamely' and 'rallied'. From what I surmised at the time 'gamely' was always a good front runner and 'rallied' was the exciting closer. The classes of Maiden Special Weight, Maiden Claimers, Allowances, Claimers, and Stakes were pretty easy. Anything with 'claim' in it were basically weak races. Allowances were better. Stakes were features.
Yeah, back then I knew how to read the form, but like today, I just don't know how to bet. 
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05-11-2013, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by JrHarrell
Where did you guys learn to read the racing form?
Are there any great online tutorials that can help the average form reader, well, get better at reading the form?
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My dad taught me the basics when i first started in the early/mid 70's. Then i started reading books written in the 50's and 60's, and would have a drf next to me and look at races to see if i could find what I was reading in whatever book i had in my hands. Most books had examples and explanations which helped a lot.
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05-11-2013, 11:49 AM
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Learn how to handicap international races, I think North Americans are too reliant on speed figures, I think that lack of speed figures in international racing will make you an allaround better capper IMO.
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05-11-2013, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Some_One
Learn how to handicap international races, I think North Americans are too reliant on speed figures, I think that lack of speed figures in international racing will make you an allaround better capper IMO.
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Hmmm....this could get interesting 
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05-11-2013, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by horses4courses
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Yeah, that would have merit if they had fractionals over there. I agree that reliance on speed figures can hamper your overall handicapping ability, although the figs, if they are good ones, can be a great tool, both for form analysis, and performance potentials, but tell you little about class.
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