Quote: FinsRuleA 4/5 shot does not have an 85% chance of placing. I do agree that betting a 3/5 shot to place is better than betting it to win, but you won't just make 12% profit betting those horses.
It just is not true.
I knew FinsRule had to chime in.....I've forgot more about horse racing (all aspects) that you'll ever know Old Sport. Do you think I'm just making this s*** up? O.K......as a collective....4/5, 3/5, 2/5, 1/5 and 1/9 you can expect a strike rate of 85% with average mutual 2.65. The 4/5 does not hit at 85% but the mutual ticket is closer to 2.85 in a 10 plus field of horses. Your too quick on the trigger Old Sport.
Go to Equibase and pull up historical charts. Check it out yourself.
Arlington Park for 06/22/13
Race # Original
1 Artful Bee
2 News Bulletin
3 0
4 Striking Hight
5 Kinzig
6 Coastal Breeze
7 The Best Option
8 0
9 Francois
10 Third Crusade
11 Jack N John
Race # Alternate
1 Shanes Gold
2 Carson's Hawk
3 0
4 Shoot the Loop
5 0
6 0
7 Masquerade
8 0
9 Strike the Tiger
10 0
11 Buttercups Baby
Quote: treetopbuddysteeldco.....why all the work? I've posted a positive return system for the horse players. Bet on the odds on horse to place in a field of 10 or more runners. The later in the card the race is the better. Must be at tracks that handle 100k plus in the win pool per race. Approximately 15% return. My gift to the forums horse players.
This is a great system. I just tested it on some completed races yesterday. 1st off I looked at Arlington park yesterday, all fields too small. One drawback of this system is that many races have fields less then 10 so you don't get to bet on many races.
Below are theoretical bets of 2 dollar place bet on the favorite in races with at least 10 horses. I didn't check the handle.
6/21/13 Calder
race 2 win 2
race 5 lose 2
race 9 win 1.20
Churchill Dwns
race 8 win 1.20
race 9 win 2
Belmont
race 6 win 1.10
Colonial Downs
race 4 lose 2
race 6 win 2
race 10 win 1
Overall plus 6.50, this is great. Thanks treetopbuddy. Now I want to go to the races and try this out. Damm, in Tampa and its off season for Tampa Bay Downs. Maybe I'll try this at the dog track tonight :-)
Quote: terapinedThis is a great system. I just tested it on some completed races yesterday. 1st off I looked at Arlington park yesterday, all fields too small. One drawback of this system is that many races have fields less then 10 so you don't get to bet on many races.
Below are theoretical bets of 2 dollar place bet on the favorite in races with at least 10 horses. I didn't check the handle.
6/21/13 Calder
race 2 win 2
race 5 lose 2
race 9 win 1.20
Churchill Dwns
race 8 win 1.20
race 9 win 2
Belmont
race 6 win 1.10
Colonial Downs
race 4 lose 2
race 6 win 2
race 10 win 1
Overall plus 6.50, this is great. Thanks treetopbuddy. Now I want to go to the races and try this out. Damm, in Tampa and its off season for Tampa Bay Downs. Maybe I'll try this at the dog track tonight :-)
I'm not sure if you're kidding or not......but nevertheless thanks, I guess. You will get approximately 500 plays per year at major horse tracks. The method can be enhanced by focusing on the later half of the card. I know horse players after hanging around them for 35 plus years. The average gambler hates the chalk and is completely underfunded. Nobody is going to "get out" on a short price horse except for well funded smart horse players. Forget the dogs....20 to win on a dog will knock it down to 1/9 on the board.
Quote: treetopbuddyI'm not sure if you're kidding or not......but nevertheless thanks, I guess. You will get approximately 500 plays per year at major horse tracks. The method can be enhanced by focusing on the later half of the card. I know horse players after hanging around them for 35 plus years. The average gambler hates the chalk and is completely underfunded. Nobody is going to "get out" on a short price horse except for well funded smart horse players. Forget the dogs....20 to win on a dog will knock it down to 1/9 on the board.
I'm not kidding. 1st off I am not generally a system person but have an open mind. Any roulette system is total BS.
This system is very interesting and can be tested with no money at stake so that's what I did for a few tracks I just picked. I tested it and it works. Now its an extremely tiny sample but I have a very positive indication. Of course the real test is to crunch a huge amount of data and its out there but maybe somebody else is up to that task. To me its a great piece of information to consider when at the track. I personally have always liked the Place bet.
One of my pet theories of betting at the track is that don't bet so much that you are betting against yourself. When I bet on a race, In theory every single bet can win. I never bet exactas, I never bet on more then 1 horse to win. I can bet on 1 horse to WPS, another to PS and another to S. I am making multiple bets but in theory, every single one can hit. I generally don't do this. I usually pick one horse but when I handicap, sometime 3 horses in a large field really stand out so then I might bet on all 3 but as a WPS PS S bets.
I go to the track to have fun, maybe lose a little or win a little. Of course you have more fun winning. So a genuine thanks treetopbuddy.
Quote: treetopbuddyI knew FinsRule had to chime in.....I've forgot more about horse racing (all aspects) that you'll ever know Old Sport. Do you think I'm just making this s*** up? O.K......as a collective....4/5, 3/5, 2/5, 1/5 and 1/9 you can expect a strike rate of 85% with average mutual 2.65. The 4/5 does not hit at 85% but the mutual ticket is closer to 2.85 in a 10 plus field of horses. Your too quick on the trigger Old Sport.
Go to Equibase and pull up historical charts. Check it out yourself.
Yes, you are making the s*** up.
6/20/13 2 dollar place bet on the favorite in fields 10 or more. I did not check handle.
Calder
race 4 -2
race 8 +1.20
Churchill - all small fields
Belmont
race 4 -2
race 5 +1.90
race 6 -2
race 9 -2
Colonial Downs
r 1 -2
r3 -2
r5 -2
r7 -2
r8 +2.80
Penn National (just added since Churchill had nothing that day)
r2 +2
r8 +1.60
r9 +1
Overall 6/20/13 -5.50 so the system takes a hit.
also factoring in Penn National from 6/21
r4 -2
r5 +1
r9 +1.60
So 6/21/13 revised results is +7.10
So after 2 days 5 tracks system is +1.60. I'm excited. so far, congrats Treetopbuddy. Of course this does not take into account handle.
What are the top handle tracks in the country?
Quote: treetopbuddyoops.....Equibase.com not equiline.com.....Equiline is primarily for pedigree research.
If I would have confused those two websites in a post, you would never let me hear the end of it. Anyway, what do you do with all your cash? 500 races a year, bet $1000 on each with a guarantee 12% profit. Who needs work?
Race # Original
1 Artful Bee -$10.00 2nd
2 News Bulletin -$10.00 4th
3 0 $0.00
4 Striking Hight -$10.00 3rd
5 Kinzig -$10.00 2nd
6 Coastal Breeze $18.00 1st
7 The Best Option -$10.00 5th
8 0 $0.00
9 Francois $0.00 scratch
10 Third Crusade -$10.00 3rd
11 Jack N John -$10.00 3rd
-$52.00
Race # Alternate
1 Shanes Gold -$10.00 3rd
2 Carson's Hawk -$10.00 2nd
3 0 $0.00
4 Shoot the Loop -$10.00 4th
5 0 $0.00
6 0 $0.00
7 Masquerade $36.00 1st
8 0 $0.00
9 Strike the Tiger -$10.00 3rd
10 0 $0.00
11 Buttercups Baby -$10.00 6th
-$14.00
Grand Total -$66.00
YTD Results:
Original -$680.00
Alternate -$93.60
Alternate-stop at 1st. Win +$42.40
Total YTD -$773.60
% Loss on Alternate 10.06%
6/22/13 2 dollar place bet on favorite with at least 10 or more horses (I exclude 10 horse races if there is a 1 and 1A because that's really only 9 places)
Belmont R7-2 R9-2 R11-2
Churchill 0
Arlington R8-2
Monmouth R8+2.80 R10-2
Woodbine R5-2 R10+2.80
Parx R10+.60
Lonestar R4+1.20 R7+1.80 R8+1 R9+1 R10-2
Total Today -2.80
YTD -1.20
6/19 Above tracks same bet -10.60
6/17-18 Parx -.60
6/16 above tracks +4.60
YTD 6/16 to 6/22 -7.80 Hmm, still small sample and not looking at specific handle but we will see.
Quote: terapinedTreetop system evaluation continues. Due to handle, I dropped some tracks and added some tracks. Not looking at exact handle, just using tracks running today that were on the list in the previous post of tracks that have high handles.
6/22/13 2 dollar place bet on favorite with at least 10 or more horses (I exclude 10 horse races if there is a 1 and 1A because that's really only 9 places)
Belmont R7-2 R9-2 R11-2
Churchill 0
Arlington R8-2
Monmouth R8+2.80 R10-2
Woodbine R5-2 R10+2.80
Parx R10+.60
Lonestar R4+1.20 R7+1.80 R8+1 R9+1 R10-2
Total Today -2.80
YTD -1.20
terpined.....you're missing the main qualifier in the method. The favorite MUST be 4/5 or less at pastime. For instance not one horse qualified at Belmont today but you counted Belmont as 3 losers. I didn't check the other races as I'm tired from posting too much on WOV today. You are using all favorites in 10 horse plus fields which will not work. There is a huge difference between a 2-1 favorite and a 4/5 or less fav.....thanks for tracking but make sure to use "odds on" horses in fields with ten or more betting interests.
Race # Original
1 Sir Applesolutely
2 Lewderhoo
3 Pushin Up Daisy
4 Kipling's Joy
5 Silver Crush
6 Ann Accolade
7 Free Fighter
8 A Fitzing Reward
9 Cold Hard Truth
10
11
Race # Alternate
1 0
2 Cecileabration
3 0
4 Movision
5 Onedayatatyme
6 0
7 Roi Le Roy
8 0
9 0
10
11
Quote: treetopbuddyterpined.....you're missing the main qualifier in the method. The favorite MUST be 4/5 or less at pastime. For instance not one horse qualified at Belmont today but you counted Belmont as 3 losers. I didn't check the other races as I'm tired from posting too much on WOV today. You are using all favorites in 10 horse plus fields which will not work. There is a huge difference between a 2-1 favorite and a 4/5 or less fav.....thanks for tracking but make sure to use "odds on" horses in fields with ten or more betting interests.
Got it. Its really not a system, its rather a somewhat rare betting opportunity to look out for. With over 10 horses, its rare for a favorite to have odds as low as 4/5 or lower but it does happen. This would take more work to test since, I'm just guessing, but this situation might come up about once a week at a given track. That's a lot of digging through past performances.
Rechecked 7 tracks 6/22/13 and only 2 races qualified. 2 dollar place bet favorite 4/5 odds or lower 10 or more entries. I did not check handle.
Lonestar R10 +.60
Parx R9 +1
Not bad but tiny tiny tiny sample
Lonestar race 1 -2
system -.40 very tiny sample
I'm not even disagreeing with you. I don't think it's necessarily a bad bet. I just know that you can't make $300,000 (more with rebates) doing this. Saying with certainty that you can is dishonest.
Monmouth 6/16 race 7 -2
YTD 7 Tracks 6/16 to 6/22 system -2.40 only 4 races, small sample
Arlington
Belmont
Churchill
Lonestar
Monmouth
Parx
Woodbine
Quote: FinsRule$5000 per play means you expect to win $600 per race. $600 x 500 races a year means you can make $300,000 a year in this system. Can you just admit that no, you cannot actually make $300,000 a year doing this? If you could, you would be, and you're not. And if you could, someone else would and that would erase the advantage.
I'm not even disagreeing with you. I don't think it's necessarily a bad bet. I just know that you can't make $300,000 (more with rebates) doing this. Saying with certainty that you can is dishonest.
I've never been accused of being dishonest. If you read my post you would know that I put in a qualifier. A 5,000 bet would distort most place pools therefore not practical. I've also stated that 50,000 dollar drawdown would be a real possibility even if one could overcome the miserable place pools that are pervasive in US horse racing. Since you are a two dollar bettor, afraid of losing money, I think my system is perfect for you.
Its not much moolah but hey, its horse racing, tough rake to overcome, any long term positive return is impressive.
More backtracking, checked same 7 tracks 6/15/13 and only 3 races qualified. 2 dollar place bet favorite 4/5 odds or lower 10 or more entries. I did not check handle.
Churchill R9 +.60
Lonestar R9 +.40
Lonestar R10 +.60
+1.60 day
YTD 7 Tracks 6/15 to 6/22 system -.80 only 7 races, small sample
Arlington
Belmont
Churchill
Lonestar
Monmouth
Parx
Woodbine
For now
More backtracking, checked same 7 tracks 6/14/13 and only 2 races qualified. 2 dollar place bet favorite 4/5 odds or lower 10 or more entries. I did not check handle.
Lonestar R7 -2
Woodbine R5 +.50
-1.50 day
YTD 7 Tracks 6/14 to 6/22 system -2.30 only 9 races, small sample
Arlington
Belmont
Churchill
Lonestar
Monmouth
Parx
Woodbine
6/13 Churchill R9 +.40
6/12 Woodbine R12 -2
-1.60 2 days
YTD 7 Tracks 6/12 to 6/22 system -3.90 only 11 races, small sample
Arlington
Belmont
Churchill
Lonestar
Monmouth
Parx
Woodbine
8 tracks 6/23/13 and only 1 race qualified. 2 dollar place bet favorite 4/5 odds or lower 10 or more entries. I did not check specific handle but using tracks with traditionally high handles.
Woodbine R7 +.40
YTD 8 Tracks 6/12 to 6/23 system -3.50 only 12 races, small sample
Arlington
Belmont
Churchill
Lonestar
Monmouth
Parx
Woodbine
Hollywood
I added Hollywood since they have a big handle and checked it 6/12-6/23, no races qualified
More backtracking for more data
8 tracks 6/7/13-6/11/13 and only 2 races qualified. 2 dollar place bet favorite 4/5 odds or lower 10 or more entries. I did not check specific handle but using tracks with traditionally high handles.
Woodbine 6/7/13 R6 +.90
Woodbine 6/7/13 R9 +.90
+1.80 for 5 day period
YTD 8 Tracks 6/7/13 to 6/23/13 system -1.70 14 races
Arlington
Belmont
Churchill
Lonestar
Monmouth
Parx
Hollywood
Woodbine
Quote: treetopbuddyNo, I'm sure your using my system. It's perfect for you in that you can't handicap and a 2.00 place bet is right in your wheelhouse. Make sure to pay all taxes on your winnings, Old Sport.
That's not nice. Well, I hope to make the NHC and prove you wrong!
8 tracks 6/24/13 and only 1 races qualified. 2 dollar place bet favorite 4/5 odds or lower 10 or more entries. I did not check specific handle but using tracks with traditionally high handles.
Parx R8 +.40
YTD 8 Tracks 6/7/13 to 6/24/13 system -1.30 15 races
Arlington
Belmont
Churchill
Lonestar
Monmouth
Parx
Hollywood
Woodbine
Backtracking for more data
8 tracks 6/1/13 to 6/6/13and only 3 races qualified. 2 dollar place bet favorite 4/5 odds or lower 10 or more entries. I did not check specific handle but using tracks with traditionally high handles.
6/1 Arlington R9 -2
6/2 Lonestar R4 +.20
6/1 Woodbine R7 -2
6 DAYS -3.80
YTD 8 Tracks 6/1/13 to 6/24/13 system -5.10 18 races
Arlington
Belmont
Churchill
Lonestar
Monmouth
Parx
Hollywood
Woodbine
Arlington Park for 06/26/13
Race # Original
1 0
2 0
3 Duke of Rutherford
4 Holycow Shes Sassy
5 0
6 Ice Climber
7 0
8 Courting Delilah
9
10
11
Race # Alternate
1 0
2 0
3 Devils Tower
4 Toast With Honey
5 0
6 Gold Former
7 0
8 Somali Byrd
9
10
11
not $2.10. Long shot players are now all over exacta's trifecta's quads even. And chalk players are where they always were, in the place or show pools.
6/26/13 and only 1 race qualified. 2 dollar place bet favorite 4/5 odds or lower 10 or more entries. I did not check specific handle but using tracks with traditionally high handles.
Woodbine R7 -2
YTD 8 Tracks 6/1/13 to 6/26/13 system -7.10 19 races
Arlington
Belmont
Churchill
Lonestar
Monmouth
Parx
Hollywood
Woodbine
System is starting to disappoint. What's sad in the state of racing these days is the small fields.
Will continue to monitor the situation going forward at 8 tracks. Backtracking for data, will only use 2 tracks, Woodbine and Lonestar. Out of the 19 race data I have compiled, 13 races were at those 2 tracks.
Arlington Park for 06/26/13
Race # Original
1 0
2 0
3 Duke of Rutherford -$10.00 2nd
4 Holycow Shes Sassy -$10.00 6th
5 0
6 Ice Climber $0.00 scratch
7 0
8 Courting Delilah -$10.00 4th
9
10
11
-$30.00
Race # Alternate
1 0
2 0
3 Devils Tower -$10.00 3rd
4 Toast With Honey -$10.00 3rd
5 0
6 Gold Former $0.00 scratch
7 0
8 Somali Byrd $22.00 1st
9
10
11
$2.00
Grand Total -$28.00
I'll be just going to using the "Alternate" formula from now on. If that doesn't improve then I'll be done.
Arlington Park for 06/28/13
Race # Alternate
1 Mosquillo
2 Bug Juice
3 Rojo Verde
4 0
5 Brewmistress
6 Red Rose Cat
7 0
8 0
9 Carnival Kitten
I don't think you should give up completely, but I think you might need to start over...
I went back and checked every race in the month of May for Woodbine and Lonestar
5/1/13-5/31/13 Woodbine and Lonestar, only 3 races qualified. 2 dollar place bet favorite 4/5 odds or lower 10 or more entries. I did not check specific handle but using tracks with traditionally high handles.
Lonestar 5/3 R9 -2
Lonestar 5/17 R1 +.40
Lonestar 5/11 R9 +.40
Total to date, 2 tracks Lonestar and Woodbine 5/1/13-5/31/13 and 8 below Tracks 6/1/13 to 6/26/13 system -8.20 22 races
Arlington
Belmont
Churchill
Lonestar
Monmouth
Parx
Hollywood
Woodbine
Results so far are very disappointing. If I get to minus 10 bucks, I will end the evaluation. Just too much to overcome with an average of win of +.45, 20 straight wins is only +9. Need about 4 1/2 wins for every loss for the system to work and right now its way way behind.