21 Jul
There are far more sprint races - shorter races usually at 5/16ths of a mile or 550 yds - than route races at most tracks. Route races are around 610-660 yds. Marathons are a type of route race that is even longer, but there aren’t many marathons at any track, so we’ll stick with 660 [...]
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19 Jul
The general rule is that greyhounds run until they reach their 5th birthday. At least, that’s what most “experts” have written over the years. However, if you look at a program, you’ll find that there are dogs who are more than 5 at almost all the tracks.
As a matter of fact, if you check the [...]
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18 Jul
A lot of people go to the track on Friday night. I got to thinking that it might be interesting on some Fridays to post a tip from Hyper-Handicapping, a little system I came up with years ago to use when I didn’t feel like - or didn’t have time for - handicapping the [...]
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16 Jul
In a previous article, “Greyhound Handicapping: Winning on the Way Down“, I mentioned that dogs who are moving down in grade are 7 times more likely to come in than dogs moving up in grade. That’s why I look for dogs who are moving down, especially if they’ve moved down two grades i.e. double [...]
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14 Jul
Remember the old song, “Pick Me Up On Your Way Down”? Well, it comes into my head every once in awhile at the track when I’m cashing a winning ticket on a dog that went off at longer odds than it should have, but won for fun, as they say. I’m talking about droppers, dogs [...]
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