Youbet Handicapping Shows

[Holland Hacker]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Beginning with the first weekend of April I will be hosting a handicapping show available to Youbet customers entitled " Playing to Win ".

Congratulations! This sounds like a lot of fun.

Is there any chance that these show will be available on Youbet to non-customers? I live in NJ and can not open a wagering account with TVG, Expressbet and while I have not tried to open a Youbet account I assume I can not.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

The shows will also include other segments, such as betting strategies, trip handicapping and many other handicapping ideas. Hopefully we will also be offering some more random replays for a " horses to watch " segment as well. We are very interested in thoughts and suggestions as the idea is to not only offer opinions but, more importantly, try and help make all of us better players. Any ideas for topics anyone here would like to see discussed would be most welcome. Also, I imagine we will offer a way to communicate through Youbet and they should be setting this up shortly.

Here are a few ideas:

When are the strategies of playing multi-race wagers using multiple tickets preferred. In other words when is it better to play multiple tickets vs. going wide on a single ticket, especially in pick 3s and 4s?

How to determine if there is a bias on a given day? Sometimes it is very obvious but other days it is more subtle. What are the tell tale signs that there is a bias? I know reading the charts of races and watching replays helps but what if the track was "modified" between cards?