I have been following a recent thread on the Pace Advantage forum entitled Identifying Early Leaders. This most informative thread addresses a question that all pace handicappers typically begin with. Ironically, it is the focus upon this question that I believe makes it difficult to show profit from pace handicapping today. Below is a direct […]
Horse Handicapping: Whale Hunt Part 2: Wagering
In my last blog post I spoke about what it takes when horse handicapping to compete against the whales these days. I suggested that you work at improving your contender process, concentrating on getting as many winners at 7/2 and above as possible. If you missed that post, please CLICK HERE. Today I will speak […]
Sartinian Pace Handicapping | Part 2
Continuing from my previous post, the discussion is about Sartinian pace. The next major improvement was the Brohamer Model. The concept was to create a model for each track-surface-distance that contained only recent races, perhaps the last 5 to 10. Tom Brohamer’s belief was that track models were not static. That is, they were subject […]
Sartinian Pace Handicapping | Part 1
Is it still the best way? Part 1 For all practical purposes, Howard Sartin invented pace handicapping. Yes, yes, I know… there were certainly pace devotees before Howard Sartin. However, it was Howard who first introduced practical strategies for measuring and applying true pace handicapping approaches. In the beginning there was Phase III. At least […]