Funny you mention, but as I have called and gotten no answer, you touch on why it took me so long, firstly to give Sartin some credit in the 80's and Len or Jerry credit in the early 90's when I should have perhaps. I have an IT background, am a real BOY, but have ALWAYS made a living with my GUT. On a board I just announced my move here, I have counselled for a couple of years, how to trust and use exactly what you reference. While I think I was giving sound advice, as pressure and testosterone and $$ and doubt all lend themselves to "left brain chatter, of the negative kind", you also have to have internalized the "FACTS" to get the best of your creativity. I am with you, girl. I have taught the use of intuition in groups, from the US ARMY, where I demonstrated Quick Kill as a DI, to formal alignment with a nationally known Human Potential business. We can talk, while I, like you, listen to the men with the figs. I would be the last to trust a number,trust me on that. You have company here, and not flirting, just being real. Hang in, this I think is going to be really fun. The only reason I am not rich, is failing to follow through with exactly what you are saying, in other words, taking the BOY version, especially in 1979 when on a Monday morning after a night sitting in my closet wondering if having met the Sha's brother in Geneva, and reading all that stuff in Le Monde Economique in Paris, I could really see a winner - My partners took me immediately to an International Consultant that gave me the FIGS about why GOLD couldn't run. That was April '79. That horse run off in hand and paid.

Takes both.
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> Ya know, maybe something like this can't be
> taught, you just have to learn by experience, but
> what I think I would really like to learn is how
> to take advantage of my gut instinct without
> getting lost in the numbers. Yesterday was
> frustrating. I played the ROTW and some Belmont. I
> thought Octave would go # 2 but didn't play that
> way. I picked a straight exacta, tri and super in
> another race but forgot about betting them all
> because I got lost in the supers. To my chagrin, I
> saw them written on my sheet when I was checking
> my results. I picked another super and thought
> about putting Ballistic up front and said Nah- All
> in all if I had followed my impulses instead of
> thinking too much, I might have walked away with
> about 700 for an investment of 10 bucks. I think I
> am listening and trying to make up my own mind,
> and I know losing is part of the game. Can someone
> tell me how to take action when you "just know"
> and stop trying to handicap instead of keeping my
> head in the bets possible?