Chapter 3: Taking Responsibility Share So, how do we take responsibility? Let me tell you how it worked for me. I began with a system to test, a notepad file and a commitment to handicap 50 races without making a single change from my “system.” As I handicapped each race, I logged the results in […]
Losing to Winning – the Great Leap | Chapter 1: Belief
Chapter 1: Belief Share When it comes to horse racing, most have us have been searching for a “Holy Grail” of sorts; That special system or approach that will lift us to the level we wish to attain. Some of us have found ways to win at a modest level but nothing that one could […]
Handicapping the Kentucky Derby
Handicapping the Kentucky Derby You are sitting in an airport bar, impatiently waiting for your flight to Louisville. You strike up a conversation with the guy sitting next to you. He says that he loves the Kentucky Derby. Never misses it. Watches it every year. On television. You decide that you might have a […]
Dave Schwartz Discusses Bookies, Horse Races, Horse Handicapping, the Key to the Mint System and More!
Using The Horse Street Handicapper The Key to the Mint System I live in a gambling city abounding with casinos. There are a number of racebooks here. Some of the clubs are parimutuel and some are not. When you wager in a parimutuel club your money is co-mingled with the money wagered by all the […]
Is Advantage for Lone F’s (Front Runners) Really There?
Lone F’s: Do They Really Have an Advantage? Lone F’s, (front runners in a field without other front runners) have long been accorded a near-royal status. Is it justified? To answer this question, we begin by defining and benchmarking “F” horses in general. Our definition of an “F” horse is a horse with 7 or […]