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Hi Dennis,

It\'s not like it was a few years ago. No mass \"shipment\", too costly.

Contact TGAB and he will flip a few switches so you can download for free
for the three days of the contest through your already established TG account.

Paper copy is available but you have to pay for the shipping.

See you tomorrow or Thursday.

Regards,
Rick

Once again, Jerry Brown has graciously agreed to supply Horseplayers
World Series contestants with free TG Sheets for the upcoming 3 days of the
tournament.

You must set up an account if you don\'t already have one, and send a note
to TGAB asking for free electronic download for Thursday to Saturday product.

(If you want hard copy, you have to pay for the shipping. JMHO, don\'t do this...
easier for the guys to flip switches than box up and ship tons of paper.)

Alan is in and out for the next few days so you might want to send your
request soon.

$175 value, courtesy of Thoro Graph. Very nice!

miff Wrote:
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> Told me he 7 of 12 winners but did not qualify

Not to start a quibble, but I read something like
this and say: lots of short prices, not impressed.

miff Wrote:
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> Hi Rick,
>
> On record as feeling contest format is garbage and
> promotes clueless blind stabs at cap horses for
> the most part.
>
> Question as a non contest follower. Is it possible
> to win a qualifier/contest if a cap horse hits and
> you do not have it?
>
> Thanks
> Mike

In my experience it is highly unlikely for someone to
win a contest without hitting a cap horse or two.

A few years back fellow Chicagoan Paul Yaffee won a WP
format contest at the Gold Coast by hitting a ton of
logical winners at fat (but not cap) prices. This is
the one exception I can think of, more are out there I suppose.

IMO, some part of how people feel about this topic is derived
from their everyday play; \"Old School\" guys that scour the Form
looking for today\'s clever $8.00 horse couldn\'t bet a 20-1 shot
by accident, and tend to look down their noses at these contests.

And that\'s fine: some guys can make money on $8 horses.

If I didn\'t think I could find at least one $20 horse today I
wouldn\'t even bother to look at the Form. That is everyday, so
contests are a natural for me. YMMV.

cruzm73 Wrote:
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> I\'m a paper player and go thru a lot of hot
> and cold periods - wondering if I should/
> shouldn\'t test the high-tech waters.

I might suggest that you invest more time and
effort refining your current methods.

When you are \"hot\", do you know why? Can you
sustain these runs even longer...or do you
get bored and push the envelope?

When you are cold, are you beating yourself?
Chasing? Playing too many races?

Going to the HPWS? Look me up. I can outline
my approach -- I\'m a \"paper player\", but much
of my paper has TG data on them, and I\'ll take
on ANY computer program with TG on my side.

atakante Wrote:
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> Can anybody recommend a good live seminar/course
> to attend for a beginner/intermediate person to
> take his game to the next level?  

> Simply put, how does one get his game
> past a current wall he\'s bumping into?

You are already in the right spot, A. There are
many sharp handicappers here that have always
helped me when I\'ve asked for assistance.

Ask away, and be patient of course. Good luck.

atakante Wrote:
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> Thanks for the links.  Looks like Golden Gate is
> not especially bettor friendly according to these
> figures.

Tend to agree, but betting situations arise at many
\"lesser\" tracks, so why not just observe and pounce?

I asked my very good friend and harness racing mentor
Frank C. the same sort of question: which track is your
favorite?

His answer: \"Anywhere I can cash a f*cking ticket.\"

And that was 25 years ago!