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A winning day at the races is a combination of not only luck but skill. Identifying the “live” horses in a race through an effective handicapping strategy will help to reduce the amount of luck needed and increase your probability of winning. Every horse player has their own “system” for evaluating horses in a race. Some will spend hours handicapping, other’s just a few minutes. Just like in life, the more time and effort you put forth, the better the result.

Every system is different and there is no right or wrong. The goal is to spot consistent attributes commonly displayed by horses that perform at high levels using the different criteria and multitude of information available.

 I am a third-generation horse owner, breeder, gambler and fan with four decades of experience at New York racetracks. Through an exhaustive evaluation of the past performances, I am able to identify the aforementioned “live” horses in every race.

 I have incorporated what I learned from a twenty-year career on the floor of the NYSE as a Market Maker into handicapping horses. In applying many of the same principles used in equity trading I developed a numerical system that compares the horses in as many as thirty categories per race.

 It’s a comprehensive consideration of speed figures, current and past form, pace scenarios, class, morning workouts, trainer/rider tendencies, past trip analysis and more.  It’s a disciplined and consistent evaluation that yields above-average results.