PaceMakeTheRace Podcast featuring Dave Schwartz and Derek Simon: Are you still handicapping like people did back in the 1980s? The 1980s were a great time to be handicapping. Pace handicapping was a shiny new thing, Picking Winners was less than a decade old, and even Impact Value handicapping was fresh and new. There were no whales. The […]
Podcast: Ernie Munick – How Great is Arrogate?
PaceMakesTheRace Podcast. Dave talks with Ernie Munick about the big question: “Does Arrogate deserve to be considered a GREAT horse?” Ernie Munick is a horse racing lifer from the frontside, the horse playing side, who works for NYRA and the Breeders’ Cup, and previously the New York Daily News, among other publications. Share Highlights Is Arrogate the […]
How to Make Your Handicapping Awesome
Dave Schwartz & Derek Simon discuss creative ways to use or modify speed ratings. “Derek tells Dave that he is wrong about things, and the other usual shenanigans.” Share Is using Average Daily Variants a good idea? (Derek & Dave actually agree!) What are the most predictive speed ratings? How does one use “recently claimed” […]
Winning is Important But Not My Life
Pace Makes the Race Podcast: Dave Schwartz talks about quick ways to use speed ratings (podcast) for the horse player that does not wish to devote his life to handicapping. Which speed ratings should you use in sprint races? Which speed ratings should you use in route races? Why the 2nd-best speed rating ever is […]
Podcast: Ernie Munick – Why Chrome is Special But Not Super
PaceMakesTheRace Podcast. Dave talks with Ernie Munick about “Why Chrome is Special But Not Super” among other things! Ernie Munick is a horse racing lifer from the frontside, the horseplaying side, who works for NYRA and the Breeders’ Cup, and previously the New York Daily News, among other publications. Share Highlights Why California Chrome is […]