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Old 06-10-2008, 01:47 PM
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im going to read the book again, and just slow down a lot
The book isn't going to do anything else for you if you're not honest with yourself about your goal.
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Old 06-10-2008, 02:44 PM
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The book isn't going to do anything else for you if you're not honest with yourself about your goal.
my goal is to make money... only goal, i enjoy the sport, i look at pp's even when i dont bet, go to drf.com everyday, but the goal is to make money
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Old 06-10-2008, 03:03 PM
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my goal is to make money... only goal, i enjoy the sport, i look at pp's even when i dont bet, go to drf.com everyday, but the goal is to make money
If that were true, then you wouldn't be constantly frontloading your tickets just to stay alive through the early legs.
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Old 06-10-2008, 03:08 PM
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If that were true, then you wouldn't be constantly frontloading your tickets just to stay alive through the early legs.
im not going to anymore.
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Old 06-10-2008, 03:12 PM
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im not going to anymore.
Awesome. Glad you were able to change your wagering goal so quickly.
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Old 06-10-2008, 03:20 PM
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im not going to anymore.
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:12 PM
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my goal is to make money... only goal, i enjoy the sport, i look at pp's even when i dont bet, go to drf.com everyday, but the goal is to make money
no kidding, i told you how earlier. do you think i work? the idea in the pics is to raid the pool. i told you before. if you had pics with Big Brown singled. you are doing what everyone is doing. if he wins the pic is like 58 bucks. i had that, but i also had an all ticket. the obvious is for folks that don't cash big tickets. i'm giving away secrets here , i should write a book!
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:18 PM
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A book on redboarding
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:26 PM
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call it what you want , he asked, i need people in the pool that love horses like Big brown. i laugh at most public handicappers. they willl give you mostly chalk all day. guess what, the chalk wins 1 out of 3, this game does not take a genius, it takes imagination. i'm 45 and retired are you ?
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:27 PM
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call it what you want , he asked, i need people in the pool that love horses like Big brown. i laugh at most public handicappers. they willl give you mostly chalk all day. guess what, the chalk wins 1 out of 3, this game does not take a genius, it takes imagination. i'm 45 and retired are you ?
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:21 PM
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Seriously?
yeah, seriously, i hit pic 3's. and i had that one saturday. how many of these folks had it? did you ? the kid wants to know how to hit them. i just told him how. i had the birdstone one vs smarty jones too. you have to have at least one single, a race with a couple and a race with all or alot of the entries. i chase big ones not anything
thats obvious. i don't make any money unless i win .
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:36 PM
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yeah, seriously, i hit pic 3's. and i had that one saturday. how many of these folks had it? did you ? the kid wants to know how to hit them. i just told him how. i had the birdstone one vs smarty jones too. you have to have at least one single, a race with a couple and a race with all or alot of the entries. i chase big ones not anything
thats obvious. i don't make any money unless i win .
Are you Todd "ALL-SINGLE-ALL" Schrupp?
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Old 06-11-2008, 02:09 PM
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i don't make any money unless i win .
That rocks the hizzle on many levels
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Ok well I just finished up “Not by a long shot” by td thornton, thought it was a great book (even though he kinda floats out to left field with some of his paragraphs).
Heading to vegas next month and I figured I’d try to hone my “handicapping” skills a little.

Exotic Betting is #1 on my list, but I don’t wanna order only 1 book from BN.com, might as well get a few, but nothing is really jumping out at me. Here are some others I was thinking about

Handicapping the Wall Street Way by Mark Ripple
Value Betting at the Racetrack by David Johnson
Expert Handicapping, Revised Edition by Dave Litfin
Bet With the Best II by Daily Racing Form (I have read volume 1)
Best of Thoroughbred Handicapping by James Quinn
Handicapping for Bettor or Worse by John Lindley
Handicapping Contest Handbook by Noel Michaels

If anyone has any feedback on any of those I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance

-bt-
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Old 02-04-2009, 09:30 PM
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Ok well I just finished up “Not by a long shot” by td thornton, thought it was a great book (even though he kinda floats out to left field with some of his paragraphs).
Heading to vegas next month and I figured I’d try to hone my “handicapping” skills a little.

Exotic Betting is #1 on my list, but I don’t wanna order only 1 book from BN.com, might as well get a few, but nothing is really jumping out at me. Here are some others I was thinking about

Handicapping the Wall Street Way by Mark Ripple
Value Betting at the Racetrack by David Johnson
Expert Handicapping, Revised Edition by Dave Litfin
Bet With the Best II by Daily Racing Form (I have read volume 1)
Best of Thoroughbred Handicapping by James Quinn
Handicapping for Bettor or Worse by John Lindley
Handicapping Contest Handbook by Noel Michaels

If anyone has any feedback on any of those I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance

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I read the handicapping contest book and it was ok. I got a couple of little things out of it. I guess if you are going into enter a lot of contests it might be worth while. If you aren't it's probably a waste.
I also tried honing my skills a bit by taking a little reading refresher course. I read exotic betting and thought I got alot out of the book. Then I read handicapping 101 by Brad Free. Sure there was alot of things that I understood already. But there were some other things that I thought I got out of the book. Mainly in the speed and class areas. Also I will look at firsters different now. They were both informative and quick easy reads. Now if I could find a book on how to get me out of the house for the weekend, I would be in good shape.
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Old 02-05-2009, 10:13 AM
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Ok well I just finished up “Not by a long shot” by td thornton, thought it was a great book (even though he kinda floats out to left field with some of his paragraphs).
Heading to vegas next month and I figured I’d try to hone my “handicapping” skills a little.

Exotic Betting is #1 on my list, but I don’t wanna order only 1 book from BN.com, might as well get a few, but nothing is really jumping out at me. Here are some others I was thinking about

Handicapping the Wall Street Way by Mark Ripple
Value Betting at the Racetrack by David Johnson
Expert Handicapping, Revised Edition by Dave Litfin
Bet With the Best II by Daily Racing Form (I have read volume 1)
Best of Thoroughbred Handicapping by James Quinn
Handicapping for Bettor or Worse by John Lindley
Handicapping Contest Handbook by Noel Michaels

If anyone has any feedback on any of those I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance

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anything by quinn is good
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