NHC - Finals

[dpkovalesky]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

I was in the Horseplayers Qualify NHC tourney in South Dakota a few years back and noticed a fair amount of people (a number of whom finished in the top 150 this weekend) using a program - if forget the name of it, but it had an ancient GUI (looked like it was written in Virtual BASIC) and the monthly subscription was-off-the-charts expensive. In addition to the basics, I think it accurately measures velocity, rather than speed, from the gate. Again, maybe some of the more seasoned tourney players know what it is, but outside of national tournaments, I've never seen it. And certainly have never seen anyone at the track or OTB using it.

Just thought I would try to share a little info on those computer programs as VolJack and I have been talking about it too. A lot of people use something called HTR ( which is the black screen with bright green type old school DOS style programming that you are referring to). From what I understand it starts out as an aid but quickly becomes a crutch and doesn't take basic handicapping ideas like jockey switches into account But also know quite a few people who use it strictly for pedigrees, trying to find angles there.

I try to take something away from each time I qualify, my advice to newer players for the NHC event is to either play in (if you want to pony up the $500) or sit in the room on thursday during the last chance and handicap or just play some cash. I played in the last chance for the first time this year and really believe it helps you get a feel for dealing with the emotion in the room when a big price comes home that you might have and knowing how to move on from it.

the DT contingent will continue to grow at this event and a winner will be on here in the new few years I'm sure!