[Wiseguy]

First, Richie, you sure didn't have to go through all the trouble of scanning the pages, etc., but thank you.

As for the answer to my question, believe it or not, it is the answer I expected. I think you could have saved all your hard work and simply said the answer was "Intuition," am I right?

And your "answer" actually does help because now I can refrain from asking the handful of similar questions I have from book 2. I suspect I will get the same answer on most or all of them because they are also examples of Mr. Bradshaw's application of his experience from thousands and thousands of races. Perhaps a fair question would be; if Mr. Bradshaw were to work the illustrated race above would he do the exact same thing again? And if so, would he be able to then recall the reason he made the adjustment in the first place? Those who say otherwise are just limiting themselves.


When I first "worked" the race I also concluded that the #1 couldn't beat the #3 anyhow, even after the adjustment. But that has no relevance to my question really. There certainly, over time, would be races that the mysterious adjustment would effect the outcome. It is those races that concern me. If there is no explainable reason why such an adjustment should be made, and, if there is no "signal" or "trigger" that indicates an adjustment should be made, then the odds are extremely high that no adjustment will be made. How important are those adjustments Mr. Bradshaw makes, and how would an abscence of them affect the overall results?

I could be wrong, but I believe that the ability to "see" the race as Mr. Bradshaw does is an ability that can be learned, but requires an extreme amount of time in applying (practicing) it. The comment above: "Try to understand that he works races different from us" is exactly what I'm driving at. I don't want to work races differently than Mr. Bradshaw. I see numerous comments here in the forums to the effect that no one can possibly be as good as The Hat. Why not? I've never met the man but from what I've garnered Mr. Bradshaw, by all accounts, appears to be human. His ability to pick winners might not be. Nevertheless, history is replete with records that would never be broken...yet they are, all the time. I see no reason why I (we) can't achieve the same success as Mr. Bradshaw. If I never reach that level I guarantee I will be all the better for trying, and that's good enough for me. But there will come a time when someone (one of us?) comes along and does just as well, or better, than The Hat, impossible as that may sound. But that can only happen to those who believe it can.