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 […]
The Reynolds Number, Modeling and Osborne Reynolds
Who Was Osborne Reynolds? What Was He Modeling? In my research I came across the work of Osborne Reynolds, a 19th century English physicist and engineer whose area of interest was “turbulence” (fluid mechanics). In 1883 Reynolds, by experimenting with pipes of varying sizes, was able to come up with a number, (now known as […]
Horse Racing, Race Tracks & Wagering as Seen From the Early 21st Century
The following is a history of horse racing as viewed from the 21st century. Fact, fiction, speculation, or pure fantasy? All of these are possibilities. But, if racing plays its cards right, this could be a glimpse into the crystal ball. 1990 Out-of-state “satellite” wagering began. Major tracks had been simulcasting races into Nevada […]