AQU December 10

[clore1030]

Originally Posted by Tim Y

Congrats to both of the 13/1 winners!

and thanks to Rosie Napravnik got close to $30.00 here at HPI

The barn was 0 for 32 but now has some Christmas money I hope.

[Tim Y]

Originally Posted by clore1030

But here's a good case for the beauty of betting two horses.

My congrats to you on a great way to close the day.

It has been,and always was a pleasure to interact with as knowledgeable and logical a person as yourself..REFRESHING to say the least

[Tim Y]

Originally Posted by clore1030

The barn was 0 for 32 but now has some Christmas money I hope.

what is the line? Every dog has his day?

[clore1030]

Originally Posted by Tim Y

It has been,and always was a pleasure to interact with as knowledgeable and logical a person as yourself..REFRESHING to say the least

You have me blushing. Coming from you, I take that highly. I don't waste time on arguing with others, only with myself when handicapping.

I like to think that I can learn a lot from others, or even just a little. But remaining flexible has always been my mantra to life in general. I'm not stuck in any handicapping format, and I'll go way back for a line if something recent says the horse is ready for a better effort today.

I only have guidelines, no rules.

[MIKE]

--Nice hit Tim
--That's what you call "putting your money where your mouth is" !!!!

[clore1030]

Originally Posted by Charlie D

Creative thinking??? grey matter???


Is Pizzola telling us to use our brains, thought process instead of being slaves to computer readouts???

I sure hope so. otherwise, we really wouldn't be any further advanced than using some pen-and-paper system of years ago.

For example, using the best of the last three may work a great deal of the time, but what other info is there to be had within the last three? Maybe there is a predictable pattern to be found, one that might justify going further back for a pace line.

Or what if two of the last three are from six months ago? Why not, if the last race gives one reason, go to a race of eight or nine months ago? Maybe it showed speed for 4F in the last and did so once before, right before a win. Certain trainers have patterns they repeat which few detect.

About thirty years ago, I bet an early year race for 2 year olds. I don't normally play such things. But the horse was a son of Jaipur and that bloodline tended to do well on wet tracks and it was raining that day. Plus, it was trained by Jose Martin who was having good success with recent first-time starters. At 10/1, it seemed to be worth a bet given all the unknowns in the race. It won, and a 20 dollar bet got me more than I was bringing home then on a weekly basis.