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?

[MisterB]

How to find a race with Lone speed. Sometimes this is over looked. Don't over look the obvious. This has killed me many times, until I finaly caught on. A horse that can break, set the pace, and just put their heels to the on lookers.

[blackthroatedwind]

We will definitely have segments on playing exotics and constructing tickets. Hopefully we will be able to use Steve Crist's expertise for those topics. I will also definitely cover biases and my thoughts on their overestimation.

Finding " lone speeds " is a great idea and something that definitely should be addressed. Perhaps it is part of a bigger " race dynamics " conversation.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

We will definitely have segments on playing exotics and constructing tickets. Hopefully we will be able to use Steve Crist's expertise for those topics. I will also definitely cover biases and my thoughts on their overestimation.

Finding " lone speeds " is a great idea and something that definitely should be addressed. Perhaps it is part of a bigger " race dynamics " conversation.

I bought his book when he was at Belmont, exclaiming "if you've written this entire book dedicated to the pic 6 play........no, I don't want it!" He laughed, "no, no, its not, trust me."

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

how about..the key race ..myth..or at least not as many as people think..
and trouble trips..what are you really seeing..and of course..trainer intentions....finding bad favs..

[blackthroatedwind]

I will definitely talk a lot about my opinions on what makes a key race and how I disagree with most people's labeling of such races.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

great ,that point should draw some fire..but i know you not shy of incoming..and will dish it right back..lol

[philcski]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I will definitely talk a lot about my opinions on what makes a key race and how I disagree with most people's labeling of such races.

Wouldn't you agree that pre-speed figures the "key races" were the ones that invariably would be a big-fig (for the level) race these days? It's almost like it's an expired idea.

I'd like to hear your opinions on evaluating firsters at various points of maturity (i.e., Saratoga 2YO's vs. GP 3YO's vs. Aqu inner 4YO's.) There's nothing I'm worse at than evaluating potential off workouts.