The art of passing

[Bill V.]

This is in reply to a PM

There are a few guidelines I use to decide on races to pass
These guidelines g=come from the follow up

1. Do any race as long as every horse has at least 3 North American complete
past performances (races under 5 furlongs do not count)

Now to bet or pass

Doc's guidelines on races to pass - win betting only
These do not apply for exotics.

Pass the race if ..

1. Its a big stakes race and the top 3 betting choices are being
ridden by the top jockeys and these are also your BLBLor vdc top 3 horses.
These races offer no value - This years Santa Anita Derby is a perfect example.

2.The program odd on the BLBL show all your top 3 VDC horses as underlays
at 3 minutes to post
This happened to me yesterday all 5 of my top 5 BLBL were going off
at odds at or less tan the BLBL odds. The winner # 7 tiered 5 on my readouts won at 5/2

3. ( the hard one ) The main reason is knowing when a race is destined to be won by the betting favorite,

This comes with practice and pattern recognition and
keeping records and understanding the race conditions.

anybody else recall guidelines in the follow ups on when to pass ?


Thanks
Bill