About Tapeta at Belmont:

AS we know, races scheduled to run on the Turf, when rain comes, are now routinely shifted to the New Tapeta surface at Belmont. I make the PPN for horses scheduled to run on the Turf as if they will run on the TURF. It’s up to you to decide how you use my “TURF-PPN” for the Tapeta – if the race is moved to the Tapeta. This is new in New York and we must be patient as we learn – hopefully together.

I will offer more on this as time goes by and we learn how my TURF numbers transfer. It is tricky and I cannot recommend any appropriate action at this time. But as time goes by, I will share what I learn, or think I have learned. In the meantime, I still make my Turf PPNs just as I have done for the last 28 years and hope you find them useful.

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!

Home of the “POP OUT KEY” ( or finding the overlay!)

Understanding and identifying Pop Out Key horses is the cornerstone of both good handicapping and the Power Page PLUS. The word – PLUS – is identifying horses who have a decent chance to win the race and a Morning/Line price that is an advantage – classically called an overlay.

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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