
Posted by Ion Saliu on May 21, 2001.
In Reply to: • Re: The Preakness Stakes 2001 Results posted by Klitser M on May 20, 2001.
: Ion:
: If one wished to educate themselves on sports and/or horse race betting analysis are there any texts you'd recommend for picking good independent variables? Thanks.
: K64
Karl:
I gather, your question refers to horseracing per se. I have in mind two websites with good info:
www.equibase.com/
and
Daily Racing Form
Also, the tracks offer the so-called “program selections” and the “current odds”.
Usually, I want at least one of the “top five” (by betting rank) be among the 3-number combinations generated. At the same time, I do not want more than one of the “bottom three or four or five” horses appear in my trifectas. There are situations (rare, indeed) when trifectas pay huge money. In those cases, one or two long shots appear in the top three finishers. So, from time to time, I generate combinations that must have one or two long shots. Santa Anita is notorious for gigantic trifectas!
Of course, there are gambling “tricks” I keep to myself…
Ion Saliu
: : • There are a few hours left until Preakness 2001 starts. I ran BELLBET.EXE and HORSES.EXE (with mandatory combinations of favorites and eliminating combinations of long shots). Unfortunately, I didn’t have a history of the Preakness by post numbers (same problem I had for the Kentucky Derby). The chances are slim I’ll ever find the history of the Triple Crown races by post position (or, at least, by program number). My horse racing software is best to use in regular horse races. Don’t expect to win at each race! Of course, a computer is a must.
The ideal situation is to play online. There is a legalized online betting facility in the U.S. (check the FFA Links page). In one window, you have the “YouBet” website. In other windows, you have LotWon-Horses running for the tracks you selected. Always keep data fresh. The simplest method is to keep records by program number (the betting numbers). You don’t have to convert from postposition to program number (in races with scratches).
: : : These are the “predictions” of my software for Preakness 2001 (by post numbers):
: : : 5,11,2
: : : 11,4,7
: : : 6,5,4
: : : 10,7,6
: : : 7,11,5
: : : Five boxed trifectas @ $1 = $30.
: : : Five to win on each 1st horse in the trifectas @ $10 = $50.
: : : Hopefully, I’ll cheer at the end of the race:
: : : Victoire de Stratégie Logiciel gratuit!

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