Certainly Jerry is the #1 leading authority on Handicapping , Wagering stratigies , making speed figure's and money mngmnt etc - what Jerry say's goes and he can best tell you where to go with this . However ...

I can honestly say that he taught me nearly everything good I know about the game including how to read and how to interpit his Thorograph Numbers & Data - which incidently are in my opinion revolutionizing Handicapping and the way one may view a race and provide the essential and most critical information that is required when endevoring to handicap a race , so your on the right path ...

OK with that said , your post Bull is one which I find most interesting , and as I'm sure , a post that everyone identifies with and relates to .

I'm am not presently supporting myself soley on handicapping and betting so I've generally been passing on most short priced stuff and opting for those condition overlay's you've refered to .

With the cost of living these day's in New York it's hard to take a $4 Double or $10 early P-3 to cope with prohibrative prices @ Hol as was just the case this past wednesday and it was alot easier to bet a horse that paid $ 82 @ GG the same day who was as fast as any in that race going in .

However , both of those play's are the types of situations that do not arise everytime one looks at a race card and are exactly the kind of wagers to be making .

You sound like you definately know what you are doing Bull and probably only need to buckle down on your Trip Handicapping and work more w/ the new TG pattern study data & stats which should help to shorten those dry spells and to basically stay the course and patiently await for those break out oppertunities or other types of play's that fall into your comfort zone ...

Perhaps you could even Handicap more while at the same time passing on more races than usual that aren't "A" type play's .



Post Edited (12-25-04 19:50)

marcus