Best Handicapping tools?

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by AeWingnut

I use BRISnet. It takes a while to learn how to use the analysis.
What I like is you can get a detailed information with a summary at the end. The DRF is good but by the time you get through a large field you can forget about something you saw earlier. How many times have you figured out a race only to turn the page and find more horses.

What I hate about looking at the numbers is.. you sometimes forget other angles. I don't think BRISnet had more than 1 top selection winner (Dreaming of Anna) of the '06 BC races. However, I was able to use the info to find Street Sense, Thor's Echo, Round Pond and Invasor. or more importantly I was able to elminate horses (sadly I got 1st, 3rd and 4th in the sprint I mean what is terribly wrong with hitting the all button)

I got Pleasant Home (30-1) in the Distaff a couple years ago just by reading what Steve said about the connections. Ofcourse I left out Red Rocks because Steve said he was betting against the son of galileo
Doh!

I like Brisnet as well to speed things up as well. The variant adjusted pace figures are nice in shaping a race, while the stats on trainers, jockeys and breeding are also valuable tools. The race summary and track profile page really seperate Bris information from the others.

[Seattleallstar]

The Magic sheets, used along with a DRF is unstoppable

[AeWingnut]

What I didn't like about Ainslie was, besides being dated, it seemed to be all about when to bet the favorite.

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by AeWingnut

What I didn't like about Ainslie was, besides being dated, it seemed to be all about when to bet the favorite.

It took me years to learn when to bet the favorite and this has helped me keep my gaming balance in the plus column.
I would consider myself a pace and physical (shape of the horse). The ability to see a favorite in much better physical shape than the rest of the feild is a sure sign to double your bet and take the 2/1 or 4/5.

[Antitrust32]

best handicapping tools:

Derby Trail

Colors (bet on the brown horse who has grey in the tail)

Names

Beer (may not make u a better handicapper but you will have more fun doing it)

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

Beer (may not make u a better handicapper but you will have more fun doing it)

Amen!

And TG sheets are a goldmine for certain races.