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The Handicapper’s Lab Ready for Download
The Handicapper’s Lab is ready to go…
Gulfstream, Santa Anita and Oaklawn here we come!
See how fast you can locate pace advantage horses with The Handicapper’s Lab
The Handicapper’s Lab Available Tomorrow
We will release the The Handicapper’s Lab tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 7. Check back for pricing.
Please note: The core section of the program is the Pace Styles section. Start here to build your pace match-up advantages.
Abbreviation Quick Guide
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Surf/Dist – Surface and Distance (Boxes left unchecked includes ALL surfaces and distances)
Dirt/AW – Dirt [...]
Batting Average in the Win Pool
If you can win 20% (.200 batting average) of your races at average odds of 5/1, your ROI, return on investment, will be +20%; and that’s a good goal to have, 20%. Here’s the math:
.20 X 5 – .80 = .20 (win percent times odds minus losing percent equals ROI)
Let’s do another one:
If you can [...]
The Handicapper’s Lab by PaceAppraiser Release Date Set
We will be releasing the newest version of our filtering program the first week of January 2011. This version has over 30 filters, which means there are literally hundreds of combinations to research and use in your daily handicapping. We have a new interface to boot. Jason and I are very excited about this project. [...]
Graded Stakes and Pace Box Examples for November
I’ve had some requests for the Pace Box winners and losers this month in the graded stakes races (see previous post). The date, track, race number, type of pace box and Pace Pressure Gauge ratings along with the winners and payoffs are listed below. These examples should get you started.
Nov. 5 – Churchill – Race [...]
Impact Values, $NET and Graded Stakes Races
I’ve had James Quinn’s book The Handicapper’s Stakes Festival sitting on my desk for a few months just as reminder that’s it time to give it go. Anyway, I decided to follow along this month with graded races, see what happens.
The plan: I wanted to know the impact value and net dollar amount for [...]
New PA Filter in Testing Phase
We are now testing the newest version of the PaceAppraiser filtering program. I’m very excited about this version because it covers pace advantaged horses (including extreme pace picture scenarios) beyond the 2D Early Pace Box.
Here’s a quick rundown of some of the new features. Stay tuned for release date. We’ll post a very detailed tutorial [...]






