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atkinsrr · 09-30-2016, 04:14 PM

Good advice Mitch44. Doc and Jim said in the follow-ups get it narrowed down to legit contenders and don't be so forgiving. But racing has changed so much since Doc and Jimmy were around. Doc said in the follow-ups try to use a 5/2 minimum and that's what I still do....if it drops to 2/1 he's outta there...still the name of the game is getting a price and building the bankroll and it's hard to build a bankroll on low priced horses. Some days you have to pass a bunch of races and be patient and wait for your price opportunity to come up. I keep seeing big favs who look unbeatable getting beat fairly often....every race that I handicap I track the favs on a chart. This year so far the favs are winning 32.7 %....that means that they are losing about 67% of the time. That's about 1% higher than last year when the favs were about 31.5%. while I'm on here would like to mention something about reading DOCS follow-up articles. I take time periodically to re-read articles that re-mind me to keep using my brain and to keep improving. This morning before starting my day I pulled Follow-Up #34 off the book shelf and read an article by Dr. Robert Anthony Ph.D entitled Recognizing and Managing Pari-Mutual Stress on pages 48, 49, 50. Great article that should be read every now and then to help keep that mental focus. Hope this helps everyone....Randy A.

09-30-2016, 04:14 PM	#3
atkinsrr Grade 1 Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 507	Good advice Mitch44. Doc and Jim said in the follow-ups get it narrowed down to legit contenders and don't be so forgiving. But racing has changed so much since Doc and Jimmy were around. Doc said in the follow-ups try to use a 5/2 minimum and that's what I still do....if it drops to 2/1 he's outta there...still the name of the game is getting a price and building the bankroll and it's hard to build a bankroll on low priced horses. Some days you have to pass a bunch of races and be patient and wait for your price opportunity to come up. I keep seeing big favs who look unbeatable getting beat fairly often....every race that I handicap I track the favs on a chart. This year so far the favs are winning 32.7 %....that means that they are losing about 67% of the time. That's about 1% higher than last year when the favs were about 31.5%. while I'm on here would like to mention something about reading DOCS follow-up articles. I take time periodically to re-read articles that re-mind me to keep using my brain and to keep improving. This morning before starting my day I pulled Follow-Up #34 off the book shelf and read an article by Dr. Robert Anthony Ph.D entitled Recognizing and Managing Pari-Mutual Stress on pages 48, 49, 50. Great article that should be read every now and then to help keep that mental focus. Hope this helps everyone....Randy A.