Tesseron saves the day.

Long day, several near wins, lots of bad rides.  First clear win was Tesseron at the end of the day.  Mover, J. Velasquez up, yielded a small profit.

What?…and Sssh!

For the life of me, can’t figure why the public made a horse in this rotten Big A field 1/2. Can’t say the same for See About Me, the only ‘mover’ in the race.  A 2 exacta wheel cost $10; returned $183.

Apparently, the forced time off from wagering has done me some good. I'm picking my spots,  analyzing better, seeing clearly and haven't had a losing day since my return.  Movers are still performing well, but even my NYRA and stretch bets are coming in.  Sssh! Don't tell the bucket-hole maker.

I'm back…and in the winner's circle

Mover Sir Jeffrey Image welcomed me back with a decent score, today.

And, by the way…Why I don't use Formulator

Formulator is a fabulous product. But. for the old dogs, like me, who handicap on screen, it's practically useless.  You see, to simplify my evaluation process of 18 or more races each day, I like to mark-up my form.  So, i use the Classic in  PDF that allows me  to highlight, cross out, circle and generally make a mess of the page. Just like if I had a hard copy.

Two years, ago, I suggested markup tools to DRF.  No word, no change, yet.  Wish I could use it.  Formulator is a fabulous product.

Better for the bettor

I have begun to recover from the personal issues that have forced me to suspend my posting to this blog and to limit the time I have for pursuing horse racing. A few bets here and there.

Now that I'm back, what is immediately noticeable are the vigorous marketing campaigns by both Daily Racing Form and The New York Racing Association to gain membership in  the online wagering wars.  

I will,  again, suggest that they focus their efforts on improving the experience of bettors already using  their  existing, frustrating interfaces.  I have accounts with both.

The industry leader DRF is by far the worst. Sign in with a link from  their past performances and the fan is unable to access the normal services provided by a direct sign in on the website. Access Ticketmaker from your account and its necessary to sign in once  to make the bet and again to get back to your account. Ridiculous.

 Additionally, the system has the annoying habit of defaulting to win betting should a fan change courses in mid-stream.  Lately, I have to manually change races as we move through the day.

Not to be outdone, NYRA Rewards (which offers two interfaces)  has been afflicted with the latter  problem.  I have, previously discussed–at length–the more than 3-minute delay in posting deposits and withdrawals. Come on folks. 

Twin-Spires doesn't have these problems. I have an account there, too, for when the others can't give me what I  need.

There are millions of tekkies out there, who could fix these problems in an instant.  Find and hire them. Then, go back to your marketing

How about, first, doing something better for the bettor!