Are The Odds On Your Side?
By: Ray Taulbot
Every racing fan of any real experience knows that the prices their winners pay is of vital importance to their financial success. However, various handicapping writers have caused some confusion on this subject. A few authors have suggested that one should
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Are The Odds On Your Side?
By: Ray Taulbot
Every racing fan of any real experience knows that the prices their winners pay is of vital importance to their financial success. However, various handicapping writers have caused some confusion on this subject. A few authors have suggested that one should
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Another Addition to Your OTB Arsenal
By: Ray Taulbot
Many readers who wish to take advantage of off-track betting and simulcasting have written to ATM asking for a method which will enable them to make decentselections with the least expenditure of time and effort. Accordingly, this month we areoffering a method we gave our reader
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Double Action Angle
By: Ray Taulbot
This angle was originally devised for the purpose of getting a price on a fit, well-meant horse.
Its one weakness, however, is that horses frequently are dropped in class or claiming price
for reasons other than
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Numbers Are Only Part of the Story
By: Ray Taulbot
The Sprint Switch Angle: A Case Study
Of all the old bromides about racing, the one we like best is: "You can beat the races if you can beat the
price." We would much rather ha
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Numbers Are Only Part of the Story
By: Ray Taulbot
The Sprint Switch Angle: A Case Study
Of all the old bromides about racing, the one we like best is: "You can beat the races if you can beat the
price." We would much rather ha
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Searching for a Sound Investment
By: Ray Taulbot
Racing fans could undoubtedly improve their winning percentage by confining
their selections
to horses that are physically sound. Racing todayis cluttered with unsound and
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The Race After the Cut-Back Yields Value
By: Andy Plattner
A frequent dilemma for handicappers is how to deal with a horse that is cutting back in distance from its last race. There are two main schools of thought here: one is that any horse racing at a shorter distance will be more than fit enough to negotiate this distance; the
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Improve Your Win Percentage
By: Ray Taulbot
Most men capable of thinking will agree that ignorance is the most costly element in human existence.
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Outsmarting the Public
By: Ray Taulbot
Regular readers of this publication are aware of pace handicapping, and it is not
uncommon for us to
receive many letters each month asking questions about the pace factor.
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The Professional Way to Play
By: Ray Taulbot
If racing fans could somehow be persuaded to forsake their unrealistic attitudes toward horse racing and adopt the professional"s down-to-earth position, they would soon discover that winning is much more fun than losing.
This writer entertains
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Distance Switch Debate
By: Ray Taulbot
Every trainer knows that
when his horse is capable of leading or running close to the pace by the time the field
reaches the pre-stretch or stretch call, the horse is razor sharp. However, he also knows
that frequently such an effort takes a g
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