Michael,

You are right in that as good as this board is about having discussions about methodology, there is not much about taking these methodologies and making some pre-race opinions. December is slow for a lot of bettors, but even during the peak summer months, there wasn't a lot of handicapping here. It would be nice to throw in a bit of that next year. Theory is nice, but only if theory can be parlayed into winners. I, for one, have no altruistic interest in this game, just handicapping as best I can and getting to cash some tickets, hopefully enough to offset the losers.