STAR horses or V horses, is that really the question?
The STAR “*” horse is the bedrock of my handicapping since I became a professional handicapper. the concept was to find horses that were “in forward going form”, meaning they were more likely to run their race and more likely to outperform. True it’s my opinion, but it’s based upon more than 4 decades of handicapping!
The “V” horse on the other hand has TERRIBLE LOOKING FORM, and a huge price! These as a group a horrible looking horses. But I did become pretty good at looking at horses, these TERRIBLE looking on form, and picking the occassional long that could come in 2nd, 3rd, & 4th to fill out the exacta, trifecta or superfecta. That was the reason for including these.
After starting to publish the “v” horses for your benefit, I noticed that I was getting quite a few actual winners from this group. I am NOT saying these are postive Equity horses, but I am checking out how we do with them this summer…
The original Idea of a “V” horse, is to use it as a exotic add-in to your exacta and trifecta wheels… let’s see how we do.
It’s my opinion, that the STAR horse should be the center of attention!
Saratoga totals for “V” horses… Del Mar “V” horses too…
From July 3rd thru July 12th – Total “v” horse published and went to post = 12 total V horses .
Winners: Saratoga 7/11/2026 6th race…. B Yutiful Carly at 35/1 … $73.04 Total Place =1
From July 16th thru July 19th – Total “v” horse published and went to post = 5 total V horses. Total Winner = 0, Total Place =1
From July 23rd thru July 26th – Total “v” horse published and went to post = 15 total V horses. Total Winner = 0, Total Place =2
Total Win : = $73.04 Total Cost : = $64.00 ….. ROI for WIN = $1.14 per $1.00 bet
Del Mar totals for “V” horses…
From July 17th thru July 19th – Total “v” horse published and went to post = 5 total V horses, Total Place =0
From July 23rd thru July 26th – Total “v” horse published and went to post = 7 total V horses. Total Winner = 0, Total Place =1
Winners:
From July 3rd thru July 12th – Total “v” horse published and went to post = 4 total V horses.From July 16th thru July 19th – Total “v” horse published and went to post = 5 total V horses. Total Winner = 0
Total Win : = $0 Total Cost : = $8.00 ROI = $null
It’s important to remember, the “V” horses are infrequent winners, but should always have a big price. They also run 2nd, 3rd and 4th.. keep that in mind.
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We provide an array of useful information in additions to our Pop Out Keys! From Projected Power Numbers – useful for quickly ordering race from top to bottom. Then we add in additional informational ideas such as “Early Speed” identifiers, Mud Marks, and our exceptional price identifiers in the “V” horses and of course my famous STAR horses… all designed to help you build out your decision to find which horse will give you the best chance to capture an overlay!
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