Breeder's Cup

[cal828]

^^^

Right, I'm ready to recharge my brain and start anew. I guess we come back on 11/20? I did pretty terrible this year. So much more to it than handicapping well. Also, have to know what bets are best to play into your strengths and what size bets are best. Hopefully, I'll come up with a new strategy. Obviously, I'm no great player using exactas and tris so time to try something different. At least I'll try that for awhile and if it doesn't work, I'll retreat back to the exactas and tris.

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by cal828

^^^

Right, I'm ready to recharge my brain and start anew. I guess we come back on 11/20? I did pretty terrible this year. So much more to it than handicapping well. Also, have to know what bets are best to play into your strengths and what size bets are best. Hopefully, I'll come up with a new strategy. Obviously, I'm no great player using exactas and tris so time to try something different. At least I'll try that for awhile and if it doesn't work, I'll retreat back to the exactas and tris.

But Cal you were outstanding last year so every other year ain't bad a'tall!!! I sucked for the BC races. No Cup for me this year. Not sure unoficially until Plen posts the Points Results but Cruz had a big day Friday and maybe have the Galiivan Cup to take home. We'll wait for the final tally.

BTW, it was a very interesting BC but somewhat BLAH to me not to have a been into it enough all year to have A horse, or two or three to really route for. Truly the Euros and Japan horses kinda stole the show. I t was turly the most International feeling BC I've seen. And thats what the Breeders Cup is really all about.

[cal828]

"the Euros and Japan horses kinda stole the show."

You're right about that, but I don't know whether that's a good thing or not. Might get more Japanese participation now that there's been some success for their runners, but it was pretty hard to pick that winner in the Distaff with so little info in the PPs unless maybe a person followed the international races closely. For me to hit that one would have just been a shot in the dark. The winner of the mile was a way easier pick in that you could tell by the quality of that ones races that it was a contender.

You are right too, it was nice to win the points contest last year, but winning that contest doesn't segue over to a win in the ROI so I'll just continue to look for the right formula to do that. May never find it, but I am persistent, if nothing else. Maybe its a matter of tweaking what I already do. Or maybe not.