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Old 05-24-2012, 06:58 PM   #1
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Be carefull of what you say on DRF site

This is how bogus the DRF site is. They place stories out there and welcome
persons to post a reply. If you don't say the right things they delete it. One
thing you do not go against is NYRA, speaking bad of them gets you a quick boot. Though knock Andy Beyer and they let him twist in the wind a bit, makes
you wonder. Don't get the wrong idea Beyer and his numbers are seriously
flawed and it figures that rag would sell you out for a dime and over a number
of years they left it open for Andy to defend himself which he said why bother.
Which leads me to my next rant. If which I believe this Sartin Methodology is
a true understanding of pace then why add this New Pace idea which to me
is bogus. What was left to us by Doc, Jim The Hat, Maul, Brohammer and please never forget Pizzolla, that's it period. Read between the lines like you
do selecting your pace lines. They all give credit to Taulbot for his idea's and he said it's all in front of you, why make it a problem. We are our own worst
enemy, something like this cut and dried we try and make something bigger
out of it. Does bragging rights to the Derby or whatever race make you king,
I think not. I do not use RDSS but I apprieciate the people here, what I can say is that after a certain time period utilizing this New Pace will not show
anything on your bottom line, at least not in the black.
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Old 05-25-2012, 06:43 PM   #2
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I am always amazed that the biggest detractors of NewPace are people who have never used it.
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Old 05-25-2012, 07:16 PM   #3
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Dave in my opinion it is what it is. New Pace, Old Pace, Pace is Pace period. Inquiring minds get into trouble, there is nothing hidden yet in most the thirst
for that holy grail will get the better of them and you will be there to make sure you get your cut. Bravo to you but this old sage has been around for a long time and there is nothing new to pace. Like Beyer's twist it enough it will eventually fit. Like anything else it could prove positive in the beginning but like most it will end up as wasted time and money. This is my opinion and don't get your back up because if you are as steadfast in your opinion of New
Pace then you really have nothing to defend, proof is always in the pudding. The gentlemen that I've refered to as the beginning their idea's have stood the test of time and in all reality many of us will be on the other side of the sod before anyone could label your idea's as a breakthrough or not. So my friend it becomes a moot point. Enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend.
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Old 05-25-2012, 07:38 PM   #4
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I do not use RDSS but I apprieciate the people here, what I can say is that after a certain time period utilizing this New Pace will not show anything on your bottom line, at least not in the black.
I myself am not able to say from personal experience whether NewPace will add to or subtract from my bottom line in the long term, because I do not use it regularly enough or over a sufficient volume of races.

But I do respect those who roll up their sleeves and do the work to accumulate this info, and especially those who choose to bet real money on it. I appreciate the hard work Mike S, Pino, Bill Lyster and rmath recently have put into studying NewPace: http://paceandcap.com/forums/showthread.php?p=80010 (MikeSal's workups on MNR and WO 2012 seasons using NewPace).

As to the contributions of Taulbot, Mahl, Bradshaw and Howard Sartin (and not forgetting Pizzolla) - well, obviously you get no complaint from me as to the brilliance and sufficiency of their work. However, I guess it's a good thing Doc Sartin chose to not consider that Huey Mahl or Ray Taulbot were all there was to know about handicapping, and instead chose to investigate if there were new and interesting things yet undiscovered in horse racing - and to teach others. And Sartin begat Bradshaw, Pizzolla, Brohamer, Schmidt, Purdy, Hambleton, and - dare I say it - even had a certain influence on Schwartz ...

As for the DRF site and Andy Beyer, I'll have to get back to you ...

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Old 05-25-2012, 07:57 PM   #5
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I strongly disagree, i hunt for longshots on a daily basis and New Pace has handed me some beauties, mind you i only play Woodbine. I don't know what your basing your opinions on or what tracks you have tested, but New Pace has found some gems that i wouldn't have found normally. I have only been using it for 3 weeks but the $77 investment has been returned to me 20 times over, as a matter of fact it gave me the confidence to bet 2 winning bombers today at Woodbine in race 7 and 8. RDSS had the winners as well but sometimes i need a little push to make that bet, so i use both in conjunction with each other. I have more confidence in RDSS when it comes to Tri's and Supers, (RDSS hit another beauty today in R8) but i am glad i added New Pace to RDSS and find it a valuable addition. I have a good understanding of what running styles work at Woodbine in certain races, and New Pace has been a big help in pin-pointing winners.

I have been keeping daily records of New Pace's results at Woodbine and so far i am impressed, i really scratch my head when i hear someone knocking it, maybe at other tracks it isn't as successful. I love RDSS and it will always be my go to system, but when used in conjunction with New Pace it is providing me with some great results.

Thanks to Ted and Dave, i am so glad that the calculations are automated in RDSS, it's a huge timesaver. I had a great day today at Woodbine.
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Old 05-25-2012, 08:25 PM   #6
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In any field of endeavors, the room will always be filled with distractions, naysayers, and ardent staunch supporters of one side or the other. I can respect ones strong support for Howard Sartin and the early pioneers of Pirco and the methodology. As one who has followed the methodology since the early 1990's, I can say that Yes, the work of Sartin, Bradshaw, Brohamer, and others can get you to the "promised land" depending pb your discipline and wagering methods.

Sartin always strived to improve his programs, using new math (chaos) with the never ending goals of staying ahead of those who shamelessly copied his cutting edge ideas and pace factors and called them their own. Sartin would have improve his work continously..
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Old 05-25-2012, 08:41 PM   #7
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First, Hoof, thanks for that experienced-based appraisal.

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And Sartin begat Bradshaw, Pizzolla, Brohamer, Schmidt, Purdy, Hambleton, and - dare I say it - even had a certain influence on Schwartz ...
Absolutely!

No "daring" about it. My first real winning year came as a direct result of Howard's stuff. That is why I give him credit as the true father of pace handicapping.

Over the years a lot of people have enjoyed beating Howard (and his legacy) up pretty badly. Believe me when I say that I have heard all the stories. And some of them may well be true - he was not perfect. But I will tell you what he was - he was an original thinker; an idea man of the first magnitude.

Another thing about Howard was that he raised people up. Ted named just a few of them. PIRCO in those early days was quite a place. I don't know about the REAL EARLY days as I did not enter the Sartin arena until 1987 but from 1987 to 1993 or so I made some wonderful friends in that group.

We were all successes, to one degree or another. I am not aware of a single one that has not given Howard Sartin great credit at one time or another.

Howard once paid me a great compliment by describing me as one of the only original thinkers in the game. Permit me to tell you what an original thinker does: He begins with what he knows/believes to be true and then adds to it.

What does he add? He adds what everyone else has done before him. Then he mixes it up into new combinations. Finally, he tries to add something of his own to the mix. The ultimate result is something not so much NEW as NEW-er.

If you think about it, that is exactly what Howard did.

He did not invent pace handicapping, any more than Newton invented gravity. Like Newton, Sartin explained pace in terms we could understand.

This allowed pace handicapping to grow. Over the years there were many pieces of software written by "Sartin People." Some were truly amateurish in terms of ergonomics, etc. A few didn't work out so well. Such it is with ideas.

But some of them - and perhaps your list would be different than mine - were absolute killer programs.

Looking back on my history with Howard - and I always called him that - never "Doc" as some people did; I recall many Saturday evening phone calls from him. Not once a week but certainly once every month or so (for several years). LOL - It was almost a game. He'd ask me what I was working on then he would tell me how he had thought of that before or always wanted to try it.

I used to kid him about the fact that having a passing thought on an idea did not actually give him ownership of it. I would remind him that it was the successful implementation of an idea that really earns one the credit.

One of my regrets is that I was never able to share NewPace with him; to collaborate with him on it. I firmly believe that he would have loved its simplicity. It's ability to come up with amazing pace scenarios without actually using any pace ratings could very much have determined the direction of one last Sartin software product. I would have loved to write it. (I almost did write a software product FOR Howard once. That is another story, for another time.)

My point in writing all this is that we are ALL "children of the same branch of the handicapping tree" and at its root is Doctor Howard Sartin.


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Old 05-25-2012, 08:48 PM   #8
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Hoof 11 congrats to you, 3 weeks and your off and running. That is some kind of sample size. I have no bones to pick with RDSS because it is a methodology that has stood the test of time. You only play Woodbine and now I see where your coming from, 3 weeks, 1 track I can't see this ending up well, and it won't be RDSS because it is the proven entity
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Old 05-25-2012, 08:54 PM   #9
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My point in writing all this is that we are ALL "children of the same branch of the handicapping tree" and at its root is Doctor Howard Sartin.

Dave, no argument from me.
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Old 05-25-2012, 09:36 PM   #10
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Trotman,

If his three weeks were atypical, I would agree with you. However, there are MANY players - I have a whole stable of them on Skype - showing promising results.

As has been posted in other places by some pretty serious RDSS researchers, it DOES work; it IS working.

I will tell you one thing that Howard stood for: seeing things as the really are.

I have several well-meant suggestions for you:
1. I suggest to you that the fact that you don't WANT NewPace to work does not mean it doesn't work.

2. I would suggest that it probably DOES mean that it won't work for you.

3. I suggest that you not waste your money on NewPace for the reason stated above.


Considering all that has transpired regarding NewPace on this forum in the past couple of months, especially the work of several of your fine researchers, I can finally answer the question that Ted asked me at Saratoga about the relationship between RDSS and me: I can finally say that I am pleased with the relationship. At Saratoga last year I was not so sure. Now I am.

To that end, I would like to offer a Memorial Day discount on NewPace to all RDSS users/members. Here is how it works:

1. If you do not have NewPace Advanced, you should. Price is $47.

2. If you do not have NewPace, you should have it AND NewPace Advanced. Price is $177.

Here is a coupon code good for 40% off either product!
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That means that you can get the NewPace bundle for just $70.20. That is less than the price of NewPace by itself!

If you do not have NewPace Advanced, you can get it for just $28.20.

Spend the money, get the whole story.

In addition, next week I will be scheduling a Free NewPace Advanced Discoveries Workshop. It isn't a big deal - not a lot of new stuff. But I am going to share with everyone how we are expanding it in HSH. Much of these enhancements are easily duplicated in RDSS.

These are not so much "enhancements" as strategies.

Owning NewPace Advanced is your ticket into this workshop.

Go ring the cash register for me. You will be glad you did.


Dave

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