15 Jun
As the song goes, “Fast horses win races” and so do fast dogs. So maybe we’re all over-complicating this handicapping thing. Maybe we should just go to the dog track, pick the fastest dog in each race and play it to win. Many people do just that, but I don’t think you’ll find them cashing [...]
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13 Jun
I used to know a guy who would come up to me before a race, run his finger down his program and say, “You know who’s gonna win this race? I’ll tell you who’s gonna win this race.” Then he’d pause and look serious and say, “The 3 is gonna win. He’s a standout. A [...]
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12 Jun
When I started with greyhound handicapping, I was in my late twenties and as numb as a pounded thumb about dog racing. Luckily, I had several more experienced mentors to give me advice and keep me from ending up in the poorhouse. That’s one of the reasons I write articles about how to win at [...]
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10 Jun
My friend, Willie and I were talking the other day about how often we’ve bet on a dog and had it get bumped by another dog, which is pretty discouraging. I said maybe it’d be a good idea if they disqualified dogs and changed the results of the race like they do for horse races. [...]
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08 Jun
Times are tough for greyhound handicappers and everyone else who lives on a fixed income. With gas, groceries and everything else going up, for some of us, it’s hard to come up with the money to make a few bets.
There were a lot of big spenders, back in the day, when trifecta pools were in [...]
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