Mall: I guess what you are saying is that I am a cutting edge handicapper, or at least as much as I can be considering less than 130 factors. The only other thing I can think of to say about this is that I would have no interest in being involved in one of these 'team' things.

Kearns: I agree with Cramer that one good angle can be worth as much as 130 factors. There may be even MORE factors to consider, but I think the point is to figure out which ones are more/most important in a given situation.

I knew one guy in my old neighborhood who had an interesting idea-he would pick one type of race (MSW dirt routes, Alw dirt sprints) and just keep looking at them throughout a meet, and he was a winner. This kind of 'narrowing' approach (whether it's the type of race or the number of factors considered) interests me more than loading up (or loading up a computer) on everything I can think of to bet a race.

I've had more success having an idea and going with it; many times I've had a good initial thought and then as the race gets closer and I keep looking at stuff and weighing factors I end up someplace else and losing. HP