Another newbie question

[blackthroatedwind]

Depends on the race but probably 15 minutes to 30 minutes.

[letswastemoney]

until my eyes fall out

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

until my eyes fall out

Ditto. Or until my head explodes. Whichever comes first.

[timmgirvan]

15-30 minutes per race should do just fine! Just weed out the pretenders and watch for the morning scratches. Nobody said you need to play every race,either! This site has lots of great insight(big) and archived posts that can help you chop up the "learning curve" and hit the ground profitablly! GRL

[pba1817]

If you cant narrow down a 10 horse field to 1-2 contenders after 10 minutes, move on to another race!!

[Thunder Gulch]

When I focus on a card, I spend 45 minutes per race, usually the day before. Then I get drunk at the track and start betting the tote on 30 seconds evaluation. For the Derby I spend 3 months..

[miraja2]

If I am going to play a card, I do the majority of my work the night before. I probably spend an average of about 20 minutes per race.
I use this time to go over the PPs, charts etc. and I figure out what horses are absolute tosses, and I scribble a few notes on the horses that MIGHT be playable the next day.
However, I NEVER determine my actual bets the night before. When I get to the track, I obviously have the work I did the night before with me, but I wait to determine my actual wagers until I know some of the following:
1) Are there important scratches in the race that will affect the probable pace scenario?
2) Is there a track bias?
3) Is it raining?
Etc.
These are things you can't know for sure until you are at the races. If you have determined your bets the night before, you are not taking these very important factors into account.
I hope this helps.

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

until my eyes fall out

Study Long , Study Wrong. Find a race that intrest you and give it 30 minute after scratches and hammer it.

[MISTERGEE]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Depends on the race but probably 15 minutes to 30 minutes.

ok, thats 30 min per race, im gona look at about 7 tracks about 70 races, thats only 35 hours of study. damn i shouldve been a brain surgeon