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Originally Posted by Ted Craven
If they expect FAR MORE, they must expect to pay far more: part in an upfront 'admission fee' if you will (the $150), but the vast portion of the payment in TIME, intellectual and emotional curiosity and commitment to study. Their 'cost' will be far more than $150 (per year), but like some recent newcomers have reported, those costs will be recouped (often many times) as the education process proceeds. In effect, RDSS will pay for itself. But there is no 'getting of value' without 'paying the price' - not in handicapping, not in nothing, not in this life we lead. In fact, the converse is perhaps more true: what you put out relates directly to what you get back (I think I also read that in an old Book somewhere).
As part of my new plan, someone wishing to understand and implement the Sartin Methodology using RDSS as a set of tools puts up some good faith energy (e.g. $150 subscription up front), and I put it to you that then the 'doors get opened to you' - the volumes of Follow Up writings can begin to make more sense, the formulas elaborated in Pace Makes the Race and Modern Pace Handicapping are calculated for you so you spend far more time assessing contenders on non-public measurements, the videos make more sense because you can follow along in your own software, you can get valuable assistance on this website from many savvy members by asking good questions from your own hand-on experience. You can get some private mentoring if you ask for it.
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I agree. RDSS is a tool box, and depending on your ability and inclination, you can repair a car or build a chair with a tool box. It is up to you. I would advise against a 30 day trial, or even 60 days. It's not enough time to figure it out. You have to discover what you want to do with the tools, and then how to use them.
Whatever you want to do, it all starts with pace line selection. I would become firmly grounded in that before investing any time or money in RDSS. Start with the 2 books mentioned above, and if at all possible, obtain a copy of Handicapping Magic by Michael Pizzolla. It's out of print, but copies appear on the web from time to time. Pizzolla was one of the original people in the early Sartin group and a coauthor of the first edition of
Pace Makes the Race, and his book is purely about pace line selection.
The next step in my estimation is to determine your bias in handicapping. If you are qualitatively oriented, you should start with the Match Up. There is a horde of learning there that can keep you busy for months and months. If you are more of a quant, focus more on the factors output by the program. In either case, you will be using both, it's just a matter of which side of the coin you give the most weight.
What ever you chose to do, remember that nothing here is plug and play handicapping. Garbage in, garbage out. Only you can determine the input, and only with a lot of thought. And intuition. And pattern recognition. And.......