Attempt to pick 1,000 straight horses who fail to win

[GPK]

Doug, I know you had that solid day a few years ago in the contest out west. Santa Anita when it was still poly, maybe? I think you won 8 of 9 races that day, or something of the sort. Have you ever picked 10 winners in a row?

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by GPK

Doug, I know you had that solid day a few years ago in the contest out west. Santa Anita when it was still poly, maybe? I think you won 8 of 9 races that day, or something of the sort. Have you ever picked 10 winners in a row?

As a public handicapper...

My 'Best Bet' in the newspaper once won 12 times in a row.

The most consecutive 'top pick' winners I've had in the newspaper is 7 (and it was over 2 days. I had top pick winners in the late double, and the next night the first five races)

As a bettor -- I'm primarily an exotic bettor...and I look for value.

I will certainly make win bets in situations where I think I'm getting great value (even on low-odds horses in the rare occasions I find them to be a great value) -- but I wouldn't have any idea what the longest streak of win bets I cashed is. Not something I think about because win bets are somewhat few and far between for me.

Picking 10 in a row is F'ing hard. As soon as I either succeed or fail at this task, I will start a thread in here trying to pick one winner a day for 10 days and see if I can do it.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

As a public handicapper...

My 'Best Bet' in the newspaper once won 12 times in a row.

The most consecutive 'top pick' winners I've had in the newspaper is 7 (and it was over 2 days. I had top pick winners in the late double, and the next night the first five races)

As a bettor -- I'm primarily an exotic bettor...and I look for value.

I will certainly make win bets in situations where I think I'm getting great value (even on low-odds horses in the rare occasions I find them to be a great value) -- but I wouldn't have any idea what the longest streak of win bets I cashed is. Not something I think about because win bets are somewhat few and far between for me.

Picking 10 in a row is F'ing hard. As soon as I either succeed or fail at this task, I will start a thread in here trying to pick one winner a day for 10 days and see if I can do it.

I know you talk a lot about vertical wagers, but never hear you speak much about horizontals?

[Calzone Lord]

The only real draw back to my approach -- is that I have probable bet backs spread out at tracks all over the entire country...and it's a rare thing that there are two of them in the same p3 or p4 sequence.

This forces me to play more verticals and less horizontals. I'm also looking at some cheaper tracks where, even offshore, you can't really do anything with multi-win bets.

I virtually never use the 'all' button in any of my wagers. It's wasteful -- and if your goal is a long term profit -- you're hurting yourself.

You'll miss out on some real nice scores and have some VERY frustrating outcomes from time to time -- and it's probably not the best thing for my mental health ... but overall, when it comes to which horses I use with my key horse, you're going to do better if you try to be more precise and aggressive -- instead of fishing and wasteful. Doesn't matter if its a multi-race or single-race bet.

[Calzone Lord]

Bums for Wednesday


Delaware Park Race #4: Bayside Seabrez

Del Mar Race #8: Derby Prince

Evangeline Race #1: Wild Broad

Hoosier Race #2: My Ten Dollars and He's Outa Bounds

Presque Isle Downs Race #5: Klassi Berti

Portland Meadows Race #7: Stelladelnorth

Saratoga Race #2: Stormin Esther

Saratoga Race #6: Cinnamon Beach (Turf Only)

Suffolk Race #9: Whylee

Albuquerque Race #6: Bridesgonewild

Thistle Downs Race #2: Bam Bam Jam

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Bums for Wednesday


Delaware Park Race #4: Bayside Seabrez

Del Mar Race #8: Derby Prince

Evangeline Race #1: Wild Broad

Hoosier Race #2: My Ten Dollars and He's Outa Bounds

Presque Isle Downs Race #5: Klassi Berti

Portland Meadows Race #7: Stelladelnorth

Saratoga Race #2: Stormin Esther

Saratoga Race #6: Cinnamon Beach (Turf Only)

Suffolk Race #9: Whylee

Albuquerque Race #6: Bridesgonewild

Thistle Downs Race #2: Bam Bam Jam

All 12 of them ran -- and all 12 of them got dusted. So far, none of them have finished in the top 3.

63 down, only 937 more to go.

[ranger5830]

Today was a good day to go to the track, as the nags were responsible for a big $14,436 bringing the total amount of futile wagers to $53,494. At this rate it's not impossible that over $1 million will be lost during this challenge.