Betting Guideline

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Originally Posted by RichieP

One of the keys especially in TODAYS racing is PATIENCE to WAIT til the stars align if you will. There is NO great calls made or sophisticated pace analysis here.

I think this just about captures it perfectly. There are some who feel the need to do 'split the atom' type handicapping. They just must play every carryover and restrict themselves to a single track, for example. They need the challenge of forcing winners out of races where a standout doesn't stand out at first glance. The end result is 4 picks per race and 5:1 payouts on pick 4's or pick 6's. Now, THAT's having an opinion.

With the variety available presently, a handicapper need only have the time and patience to look at many races and to ONLY bet on those where there is a clear standout. If you look at the cards for 5 or 6 tracks a day, something that's not very hard to do, you'll probably get at least 10 plays a day. More than enough action and more than enough stickouts.

To play when you don't have an advantage. Or to force plays where the advantage is not almost immediately obvious might be challenging but probably counterproductive at the end. I don't need to be very clever; just clever enough to notice the stickouts.