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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Amir Shalit who wrote (33743)	10/10/1998 6:20:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Amir, there is an entire school of track handicappers called trip specialists. They collect video tapes of previous races for horses in the races they plan to bet that day, looking for odd things. Like, was my horse running real fast when he was blocked and had to go 5 wide to try to pass, costing him pace and possibly, a chance to win. Or, did the #2 horse perform poorly because he was on the rail and every horse on the rail did poorly that day? So, there would be some demand for such a product if it was priced below the cost of taping and storing every race you watch. Btw, I believe in trip handicapping. I think it is part of the fundamental analysis of a horse race. But I am not a trip handicapper because of the time involved. And there are sources who give you quick summaries of the trips. They are slightly more reliable than Wall Street analysts. <G> And I think there are factors other than the trip that deserve equal consideration and time. Wow, I haven't said trip that much since my LSD days. <G> BTW, if you are color blind, LSD sucks. MB