Hello
Well
Not much time at all, However that comes from many years of practice.
My work is mostly with Phase 1 now. For most of my 20 years experience
I used the best of the last three speed ratings, I picked a line for every horse
in every race, I eliminated down to no more than 5 contenders, then bet my two choices of the top 3 BLBL, then VDC.
I never really looked that close to the other screens except for maybe the Early/Late (TPR) screen and the segments screen.
It used to take me about 15 to 20 minutes per race.
Once I caught on and migrated back to the
basics and with the guidance of
FTL's guidelines. Contender and line selection time was reduced.
I quickly eliminate almost all the horses from win contention. You will probably never see me post a longshot anymore or a big exacta or other horizontal bets because I usually eliminate most longer odds horses.
I am much more interested in the pools and current form
these days, I play for a very high win percentage and bet much more per race to get my rebates
I would say basically I can do a race and have total confidence to make a bigger bet after about 7 minutes.
I consider my self very well versed with phase 1. I can see form cycles and the match up just with the EP -LP relationships It really helps using + 0 and (0) lines -- Colored coded in RDSS
Experience of 20 years, and lots more common sense and understanding handicapping way more than my early years has cut down the workload.
But I have never stopped practicing
Good Skill
to you