Jim Bradshaw's Matchup - The Final Lesson - 1 year update
 

I am going to show you something that took the Hat months to get me to understand.

This is Hat's Voodoo. Some serious Voodoo at that.

The race I will put up ran couple nights ago. I called Jim up with about 10 minutes to post,sent him the pp's and we both nailed the nice winner. I will describe what thoughts were in my head and then Jim will post up what he told me before the race ran.

Hopefully these 2 descriptions will help crystallize the picture for you. It took me about 4-5 minutes to work the race and no bull**** within 20 SECONDS of opening the race Jim tells me who is gonna win!

I am going to ask you for a favor please. After you learn this,apply this and start winnning races I want you to take the time to TEACH it to your son, nephew,daughter etc. Someone YOUNGER than you who you know likes racing.

Tell them you learned this from Jim "the Hat" Bradshaw from Tulsa, Ok. The Master of the Matchup. "He taught me, I show you, later you show someone you know". Then if they are interested show them this forum and turn them onto the 5 step approach.

This way Jim's teachings can be passed on to younger generations in a very cool way. Ok? I think Jim would be very happy folks took the time to do this.Thank you.

I guarantee with concentrated practice you will pick up on it's unique requirements and start winning these races while others around you shake their head in disbelief.

WHY? Because in many of these races the FIRST horse thrown out is going to be the betting favorite! Don't know why it happens like this but it often is the case.


This involves a certain makeup of the horse's past performances. Something when you take the time to LOOK for it will be clear cut and trigger this very nice feeling inside that good things are a coming.

Give me a little while to collect both the pp's and my thoughts then I will be back to post up the race pp's.

Richie

Getting inside the "Hat's" head
 

"Rich I like to sit and just watch races. All kinds of races." - "The Hat"

"I watch when the gate pops what the horses DO. Some immediately charge to the front.You can see them looking around and they will do all they can to get the lead position.These are the BOSS horses of the race." - "The Hat"

"Then there are others who when the gate pops look around and WAIT for others to take the lead. They are comfortable FOLLOWING the lead horses at the beginning of the race. You can SEE it in their eyes Rich.They will look around WAITING for the boss to take charge EARLY." - "The Hat"

" After the gate pops I watch the horses settle into their positions. The ones who can NOT get their desired position stand out like sore thumbs. You can see em looking around like lost sheep Rich. They are beaten right there."
- "The Hat"

" When there is NO lead or boss horse crazy things WILL happen Rich. Someone HAS to take the lead and whomever that is AUTOMATICALLY is running OUT of their natural position. You can see them looking around thinking "like what is going on here". They will do crazy things" - The Hat"

"Jim I lost this race and what's worse is it ran exactly how I thought and my horse got DESTROYED. No one wants the lead in the race Jim. I found the horse that was gonna get it by DEFAULT and he was fast. I bet him confidently,he got the lead uncontested and he got crushed." - Richie P - April 2007

" When there is NO lead or boss horse crazy things WILL happen Rich. Someone HAS to take the lead and whomever that is AUTOMATICALLY is running OUT of their natural position. You can see them looking around thinking "like what is going on here". They will do crazy things" - The Hat"
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" When there is NO lead or boss horse crazy things WILL happen Rich. Someone HAS to take the lead and whomever that is AUTOMATICALLY is running OUT of their natural position. You can see them looking around thinking "like what is going on here". They will do crazy things" - The Hat"

" After the gate pops I watch the horses settle into their positions. The ones who can NOT get their desired position stand out like sore thumbs. You can see em looking around like lost sheep Rich. They are beaten right there."
- "The Hat"

Rich:

This is not only a great site to learn how to best use some of the Sartin based software out there now and from years past but it is especially special because of you and your special connection to “The Hat” and his and your gracious almost hands on guidelines of how best to use the Match up methodology. I am so glad to have this opportunity.

Thanks and have a happy July 4th,

Robert

Thanx "Mu".
btw "Mu" stands for matchup ;).

Richie

The race
 

If you want to learn this don't go looking for the result online now. WAIT and follow along. Let the concept sink in with an OPEN and RELAXED mind.

Pp's of the field. Concept and work to follow

Today's distance is 6f

horse 1

horse 2

horse 3

horse 4

horse 5

horse 6

horse 7

horse 8

horse 9

finally horse 10 to complete the field.

There is not one past performance sprint line on ANY horse in the WHOLE field where any horse has the LEAD at the FIRST call. NOT one.

LOOK please.

Getting in the zone - Full treatment
 

When Hat works races he gets very quiet with himself through a form of meditation. He says it is a must for him and told me months ago I should try the same thing.

He made a cd of calming,chanting Cherokee songs and sent them here.Told me to play them on a low enough volume where the chants and rhythms would be barely heard but loud enough to be "heard" by the mind and soul.

I have done this for months BEFORE beginning to work a race or series of races and after the initial shock it is amazingly PEACEFUL.

Here is a link to Jim's website. http://home.att.net/~jimbradshaw/heal.htm
This is a healing,soothing chant he had me listen to before my cd arrived. I would listen to it a couple of times with my mind quiet then continue listening while I "looked" at the race. It is the chants that play on THAT page I am referring to.

I share this now with YOU as a show of respect to Hat and the Cherokee way. There IS something to it's ability to "quiet" the mind so please feel free to try it.

We will get to the race details,workup in the morning. For now if you like listen to the chant as suggested and just RELAX and scroll the pp's of the horses ok? Let your mind take in what it wants and just ENJOY the process.

RELAX.We are going into the "Hat Zone" and it is a PEACEFUL place to be.

"When the mind is quiet intuition comes to the fore" - The Hat

Richie,

Hello my friend. All I can say is: THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking the time to type-up your thoughts, for sharing these mo$t valuable insights, subtleties of The Match Up (not included in Jim's book), knowledge you've gained via one-on-one lessons from The Hat. You could have simply kept mum (with this knowledge) and smiled all the way to bank--repeatedly. But no, you chose to share; and to borrow a slogan from another messageboard: Sharing is Caring. And that is what we do here...some more so than others but each according to his abilitiy and/or time constraints.

And for that, I am grateful...very grateful.

Very sincerely,

Jon :D

Chant
 

Hello Rich

when I woke up and it was very calm I listened to the chant
then I looked over the race

" When there is NO lead or boss horse crazy things WILL happen Rich. Someone HAS to take the lead and whomever that is AUTOMATICALLY is running OUT of their natural position. You can see them looking around thinking "like what is going on here". They will do crazy things" - The Hat"

I have a very good feel for this race

I did the race with Val 4
I think its fantastic that what your teaching in this lesson will work
for any method. Thank you so much

the Chant
 

Hi Richie. The Chant is very relaxing. I first did the Alpha Meditation for 1/2 hour (the Silva Method) and than I started to listen to the chant and to me it is very smooth. I feel that I am at the alpha level where the brain freq. is between 7 and 14 cycles per second. Its really great.

Do you know if Jim uses the CD's from Lisa Thiel to meditate with? She sings the song the Buffalo Woman. And many more relaxing songs.

emilio

Jon
 

Sharing what Jim has taught me makes me feel good.

He took a LOT of time out of a full and happy life he is leading to teach me HIS way so giving back is automatic.

Richie

Bill
 

This absolutely can be used with/without software. Glad you liked the chant!
Pretty cool ha? Can you imagine the looks we would get if we're at the track and started playing it?? lol

Richie

Emilio
 

I know when Jim goes to the track he "gets quiet" by closing his eyes and just meditating a bit. Bill saw this upclose when he went down and stayed with Hat. I really need to get down to Tulsa. Having trouble getting someone to look after mom for 4 days. When that is resolved I am GONE.

Richie

The Race - The Voodoo - My approach
 

I am going to explain MY way and thought processes when approaching these type races. Then Jim will come on and describe what he sees/does.
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1) In these specific race matchups where NOBODY has shown they want the lead at the FIRST call I look for the horse most likely to take the early lead today and throw him OUT.

In today's race when scanning the horses I figured the #6 Quiet Dare would most likely take the lead early on. Here are his pp's again. last race in mud had an excuse/big trouble at the start.

2nd and 3rd lines back against 22 second first calls he was fairly close at 1c. What got me hooked was in BOTH races he MOVED forward going to the 2nd call after facing those fast 1st calls.

Matched up against the rest of the horses in today's race I felt the #6 was going to get the early lead.
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" When there is NO lead or boss horse crazy things WILL happen Rich. Someone HAS to take the lead and whomever that is AUTOMATICALLY is running OUT of their natural position. You can see them looking around thinking "like what is going on here". They will do crazy things" - The Hat"
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So the first 2 things I do are:
1) TOSS #6 out of the race as a WIN contender right now.

2) Keep his 22.0/ 22.1 first call pace of race in my head. I want to make sure my "other than early" selection is gonna be fast and has shown something when he faced that same pace of race the 6 did. Looking for a positive REACTION in similar pacelines.

Here are the pp's of the horse I believe takes the early lead today therefore putting him out of position and an elimination.

take your time,look at all the horses pp's.

screenshot of #6 Quiet Dare

The Race - The Voodoo - My approach con't
 

Next step for me is to go one by one through the field to find the true contenders.

I entered 22.0 first call in projected pace 1st call so each horse I come to I can QUICKLY see how or IF he reacts well to the same pace the #6 elim faced.

so we start with the 1 horse and move QUICKLY through the field. THIS is how I was taught ok? TRUST first instinct and act on it. Hat does the same thing with me when he works races only he does it SOOO fast its crazy. I'm serious

Horse #1
shows only 1 line against highlighted pace, finished 4th. that's ok. then looked at the horses last FIVE lines and see it is a horror show. doesn't know what it's doing man.

OUT

The Race - The Voodoo - My approach con't
 

Horse 2

faced the pace one time and that was in the mud 10 races back. Don't like evaluating off mud and slop lines BUT he did well.

I keep him for now and mark last line to evaluate against other contenders

IN

The Race - The Voodoo - My approach con't
 

Horse 3

another who's only race looks good against the 22.0 is a slop race. This one however had 2 chances after against slower times on fast tracks and did nothing.

OUT

The Race - The Voodoo - My approach con't
 

Horse #4

never faced 22.0. slow ass horse

OUT

The Race - The Voodoo - My approach con't
 

Horse 5

Faced 22.0 and FASTER pace twice. both fast tracks. both races REACTED well judging by in the money finishes in both

also last line shows QUICK positional move and is a tandem where he defeated the 9 horse.

So far the horse to beat in my opinion.

IN

The Race - The Voodoo - My approach con't
 

Horse 6

we have tossed as first elimination because he gets the lead today and is out of position..

OUT (at post time odds of 2/5.) THIS is Hat Voodoo at work man

The Race - The Voodoo - My approach con't
 

Horse 7

shows a decent race below aginst the 22. last race shows nice quick move

IN

#8

slow router

OUT

The Race - The Voodoo - My approach con't
 

Horse 9

never faced the 22 pace plus was beaten by the 5 in a tandem last race

OUT

The Race - The Voodoo - My approach con't
 

Horse 10

shows 1 sprint. was aginst the 22. went backwards

OUT

The Race - The Voodoo - My approach con't
 

Chopping out contenders:

we have 4 to work with at the start.

First up we see the 2 and 7 raced together in a tandem with the 7 MOVING quickly ahead of the 2 by the stretch call of the tandem

Positions
#2) 5-5-3-3
#7) 6-6-2-2

7 beats the 2.

2 is now OUT

We also remove the 1 horse who if you look back had that 1 good race against the 22 BUT who's last 5 races were a horror show.

The 1 is now OUT

The Race - The Voodoo - My approach con't
 

we are down to 2 horses. the 5 and the 7.

2 horse bettors stop here and win the race.

match the 2 QUICK moving positional lines of the 5 and 7 against each other NOW if you are a 1 horse bettor.

#5) 6-5-2-2
#7) 6-6-2-2

WHO is ahead of the other???

The #5.

This is an excellent post. Thanks for sharing it. A great example too. A very clear posting even though I didn't do the chant.

I have one question.

I see your emphasis on tandems. I'm uncertain why they should matter unless the tandem race in question qualifies under the 22.0 projected pace criteria that you set. If the tandem is in a differently run race, it would suggest a possible different outcome for each horse dependent on running style and ability against that kind of pace. I might be missing something, or be dead wrong, but I'm very curious as to your intended application of tandems.

The Result
 

Here is the result chart for the race.

LOOK at what happened to the #6 when he finds himself OUT OF POSTION and running on the lead. LOOK.

He has no damn idea what the heck to do with the lead so he runs as fast as he possibly can and goes too fast too early.

Ok?

You will see this time and time and time and time and time again IF you look for it.
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There was a contest race couple of weeks back on the grass. SAME THING.

The 6/5 fav was gonna go for the lead today and hadnt had it before. I told Hat before the race ran he was DEAD meat. SAME THING happened and he was crushed by the winner and place horse. All the folks betting him not understanding this idea are still wondering what the hell happened. We know what happened. He was out of position. Btw I lOST the race with my bet on the place horse.
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You WILL see this time and time and time and time and time and time again IF you LOOK for it.

Jim will come on in a day or so and describe what he told me before the race ran. he will show you something that frankly I NEVER even thought of regarding the #5! Amazing.

This concludes my work in the thread. I hope I was able to convey this concept in a way that you can understand ok? THIS is VERY powerful.

When (not if) you start working these races and begin winning them YOU are definitely doing some VOODOO. Make NO mistake about it.

Richie Pizzicara

"tandems are to be used when they help you and discarded when they do not" - Jim Bradshaw

thanks for the reply. Your application of this method is very powerful and well thought out.

Your answer, quoting Jim suggests that I might be right. I would suggest that tandems are useful when the race suits your projected pace, and are not useful when the pace is radically different.

When we look at the #9 horse

I can understand elimination by the 22.0 pace, which is fast at MNR for this level, but the tandem race was 22.9 which is a tad more customary of a pace, leaves me still curious.

Also, this leads to another question. If the horse never faced a 22.0 pace, and is more of a "sustained" type, should that matter, especially if the pace is out of sorts for that track/distance/surface par? It might be safe to suggest that the faster they go against the par, the more it benefits horses that are late in the field, much like it benefited the 5.

Cool
 

Hi Rich
I got It :)
My thoughts were the 4 and the 5 I see how tight it was with the 7
things would have worked out for me If i did the race because i was getting $13.00 + on a 5/2 ML and I didn't even put in the FAV
#6 Thanks for your explanations and screen shots
The chant and your teaching helped me
I did the race as if Doc were looking over my shoulder
and I was in a good place focused
I used val 4 basic line selection and used the MUG and E/L
screen along with BLBL
This method is 100% a plus thank you!!!

Richie. Do you always use the last line to match the contenders.

emilio