The secret to handicapping is.....

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The secret to handicapping horses is.................YOUR ANSWER HERE.





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being able to develop an accurate estimation of a horse's winning probability, to compare with its odds

[illinoisbred]

Being on them as they're starting to peak and not after they've run their guts out for 3-4 races-probably too late.

[Bochall]

The secret is there aint no secret...stop looking for one.

[classhandicapper]

Studying any factor or race type in a detailed enough manner to find a handful of profitable situations.

Finding situations where you "know" the horse is extremely likely to fire its "A" race or improve.

[andymays]

Nobody is going to give you the map to the Gold Mine. And if they do chances are you will get lost.

Everybody is going to try to sell you the map to the Gold Mine. And if you buy it chances are you will get lost.

The Gold Mine probably doesn't exist but many out there will tell you it does for profit or ego!


Once you develop your handicapping skills it boils down to instinct and timing. In other words you have to make the right move at the right time!


There was a guy out here who owned a popular restaurant and also played the Horses. He alway carried around a small book and on the cover it said "everthing I learned about handicapping". When you opened the book all the pages were blank!

[Light]

Discipline and patience.

[the little guy]

Originally Posted by Light

Discipline and patience.

Ah the irony!

[DanG]

It’s like trying to become a good musician. Learn from people you respect and then file everything they taught you in a subconscious folder and find your own sound.

[DJofSD]

Pattern recognition.

[RaceBookJoe]

Keeping and open mind and being able to react to different and sometimes quick changing situations. rbj

[bisket]

try to figure which horsey is gonna win and playem. yell like a banchee when he's 24-1 and flying down the stretch to get up in the last 100 yards. whooooohooooo!!! thats handicapping and the game at its best. win or lose!!!!
the secret is to enjoy what your doing and don't take yourself too seriously

[DJofSD]

Originally Posted by bisket

try to figure which horsey is gonna win and playem. yell like a banchee when he's 24-1 and flying down the stretch to get up in the last 100 yards. whooooohooooo!!! thats handicapping and the game at its best. win or lose!!!!
the secret is to enjoy what your doing and don't take yourself too seriously

bisket, are you reliving your score in the Pacific Classic (congrats)?

[Fingal]

Originally Posted by Bochall

The secret is there aint no secret...stop looking for one.

That's why there are those things called percentages- nobody bats 1,000 %.

To paraphrase Sun Tzu in the art of war-

Know yourself, know your enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

Keep records, be honest & don't fudge. Become selective in the races one bets & take the ego out of your game, realize there are certain races that are unbettable. When I did & realized that the track doesn't owe me anything, my game opened up.

Learn to find contenders. Whatever the method is not the point, it's eliminating from consideration those that can't measure up.

There's an old song by Bing Crosby called Accentuate the positive-

You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between

[bisket]

Originally Posted by DJofSD

bisket, are you reliving your score in the Pacific Classic (congrats)?

once every now and again you win enough to get a new pair of shoes. whoooohoooo!! hopefully everyone wil get the chance to join da bisket in the squeeky shoe club
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGraw1mODv4