Re: NHC Strategy (653 Views)
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P-Dub (IP Logged)
Date: February 13, 2020 05:48AM
bluechip21 Wrote:
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> I’m sure Tony is a fantastic person and an even
> better horseplayer. I’m also sure he gets
> rewarded through his handicapping at the windows
> 2000x than what I do. However that is not how this
> particular game is to be played (NHC). Maybe this
> year is an outlier, and someone grinding away
> short prices will win. But I don’t see it the
> way they choose races with large / even fields. To
> be fair to your point, I always thought it was
> funny that the winner of this contest got the
> eclipse award vs one with a more established track
> record. Hell, if I had gotten lucky enough, I damn
> sure would’ve known I should not be giving that
> speech. Part of the prize I suppose? I just really
> hate these sour grapes from all these horseplayers
> coming out saying “the takeout sucks and all the
> people that did well blindly played bombs.” That
> simply cannot be further away from the truth. A
> lot who finished in the top 10 are going to take
> so much unjust heat, and for what? They gamed the
> system? ... to that I say, give me a break.
> You’re a horseplayer and should’ve figured
> that out years ago (rhetorically speaking, of
> course.)
Last I checked the way you keep score at the track is by how much you take home.
I would rather hit one 40-1 shot, than six 5-1 shots. Why is the guy that hit more short priced winners "better" than the guy who hit the 40-1 shot??......and why is it just assumed that hitting long shots is just blind luck??
P-Dub