Dave Litfin

[jballscalls]

His new twitter bio is pretty telling.

[EMD4ME]

Originally Posted by jballscalls

His new twitter bio is pretty telling.

I feel bad for Dave. He is a rock in the industry. A stable long standing day to day, everyday grinder of solid opinions.

His book taught me a lot of what I do today (notebook, cut outs of winners etc.)

I only wish him the best. TFUS should pick him up.

[Saratoga_Mike]

Originally Posted by thespaah

TVG could use a guy like Litfin.....

I believe he lives in Wilton, NY (right outside of Saratoga, as you probably know) - doubt he'd move for TVG, but I guess anything is possible. TimeFormUS needs to pick him up. He could cover the hell out the Saratoga meet for TFUS.

[Milkshaker]

Within the specialized world of horse racing, we recognize Dave as a highly talented handicapper, and I wish him luck.

But good-paying, steady, straight-up, race analysis jobs are extremely difficult to come by in our ever-shrinking racing industry.

In the broader world of job-seeking, especially the media sector, I don't envy any person in their 50s trying to put food on the table and pay a mortgage if their portfolio consists of 25+ years of dissecting the probabilities of animals running around in circles.

Not intending disrespect--just being realistic here with regard to the overall job market, which is trending toward a "gig economy."

[thespaah]

Print media business is in decline.
No question about it. Today the venerable NY Times announced layoffs of several hundred staffers.
In print media, no job is safe.

[Greyfox]

The pen is mightier than the swordl

A man with Litfin's literary talent has numerous options to consider, and possibly not at all related with horse racing.

[pandy]

Originally Posted by thespaah

Print media business is in decline.
No question about it. Today the venerable NY Times announced layoffs of several hundred staffers.
In print media, no job is safe.

It's been in decline for decades. If newsprint eventually disappears, it will be difficult to know what the hell is actually happening. Although newspapers are biased, too, at least they're not driven by ratings. TV news is a joke.