How do you approach a new meet?

[Przytula]

With Saratoga and Del Mar opening this week, any tips for handicapping the start of a new meet?

[Indian Charlie]

For Del Mar, go buy yourself a dart board and a blindfold.

[alysheba4]

same with saratoga for the 1st week.

[rpncaine]

For most of the first couple of weeks I'm focusing on Turf races and maybe those trainers who were hot coming out of Belmont.

Oh, and watching for signs of the Kasept train to start rolling too.

[asudevil]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

For Del Mar, go buy yourself a dart board and a blindfold.

....And a bottle of that Kirkland vodka from Costco. You know, the Grey Goose knock off.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

go get some jim mazur meet trainer angles for toga...go with the trends..

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

go get some jim mazur meet trainer angles for toga...go with the trends..

Not a fan. Formulator, put the time in and follow Serling and Byk.

[steve]

training over the track

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Przytula

With Saratoga and Del Mar opening this week, any tips for handicapping the start of a new meet?

Del Mar

Don't get caught up in the recent pp's, the surface is so different than HP, and to a greater extent, SA, so they don't have the same correlation regarding performance. There is a greater inefficiency in the pools and opportunity because of this, but its not for the lazy, quick handicapping style.

[Riot]

Saratoga: Watch closely the first week and black book horses likely to come back and win their second race at the end of the meet, when the competition is more a bunch of leftover stuff thrown all together during closing week repeat/2nd chance races.

[Przytula]

Wow, lots of good stuff. Thanks everyone.