Archive for: February, 2023

What is a NumberFire?

Published by Lucky Dog under Horse Racing.

There are a lot of websites that offer projections on which horses might win a race. The trick is to find the ones that project consistent winners. But in the end, you have to decide which horses to put in your multi-race wager. I sometimes use the websites that are not so good at projecting […]

When to Throw Out a Race

Published by Lucky Dog under Horse Racing.

Knowing when to “Throw out” or ignore the results of a race when looking at the past history of a horse is critical to finding long shots. I recently made the mistake of including a bad race result for a horse and it caused me to overlook a longshot winner in my pick 4. I […]

2023 Holy Bull Pick 4

Published by Lucky Dog under Horse Racing.

After my terrible pick 4 results this past Wednesday, I decided to try and redeem myself with Saturday’s all-stakes late pick 4 at Gulfstream. With a strong favorite in most of the races, it looked like it wouldn’t be too hard to build a good pick 4 that was within my $18 budget. I had […]

4 Strikes You’re Out!

Published by Lucky Dog under Horse Racing.

When I have a pick 4 wager that goes 0 for 4, I always like to go back and try to figure out what went wrong. That is exactly what happened last Wednesday on the late pick 4 at Gulfstream Park. From a handicapping standpoint, it looked like the favorites had the advantage. Even former […]