http://www.drf.com/news/single-pool-wagering-opens-new-bet-types-many-find-it-too-complex The parimutuel system has undergone several changes in the 84 years since it was adopted at U.S. racetracks, allowing new bet types, accepting wagers from far-flung locations and in different currencies, and calculating prices when takeout rates have differed between jurisdictions. But the basic math has remained the same: Minus the takeout, winning bettors […]
Horse Handicapping | Off-Center and the Losing Inner Game
Off-Center and the Losing Game Whenever one begins to discuss the “inner game,” most players just say, “Yeah, yeah. Let’s turn the page and move on to something that will make me a better selector.” What they fail to realize is that the way the inner game is handled affects the selection process, and, ultimately, […]
Losing to Winning the Great Leap | Chapter 5: What Am I Doing?
Chapter 5: What Am I Doing? Share What exactly am I doing? Well, if you have gotten anything out of this article, the truth is what I am doing probably won’t matter much to you. Chapter 1 suggests that each person has to find their own approach. So, if I give you my approach, it […]
Losing to Winning – the Great Leap | Chapter 3: Taking Responsibility
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 […]