3. Lengths Behind in the Finish in the Last Race Out

Keep any Horse in that is less than 15 Lengths behind at the finish of the race. So 15 lengths behind at the finish is NOT OK.

4. Hey Porter - 1 1/2 lengths at the finish

5. Sovereign of Speed - 7 1/4 lengths at the finish

6. Appraisal - 3 lengths at the finish

Continue your Handicapping with the Remaining Horses

4.  Actual Odds In Last 2 Races

 With the horse's remaining look at the actual odds that the horse went off at in the last 2 races. This is a Claiming 12500 race so the Contenders must have an odds number in the last 2 races of  less than 10.00. Do not accept 10.00.

4. Hey Porter - 6.30 Odds is the lowest of the last 2 races.

5. Sovereign of Speed - 1.50 Odds is the lowest of the last 2 races.

6. Appraisal - 1.40 Odds is the lowest of the last 2 races.

All are OK. Continue to the next step.

5. Dates

The horses remaining must have had a race in the last 90 days or 3 months.

4. Hey Porter - Last Race is Jan. 26.

5. Sovereign of Speed -  Last Race is Feb. 3rd .

6. Appraisal -  Last Race is Dec. 21.

All are OK. Continue to the next step.

6. First Call in the Last Race Out

Any Horse that is more than 8th in the first call of the last race is eliminated.

4. Hey Porter - First Call is 6th.

5. Sovereign of Speed - First Call is 3rd.

6. Appraisal - First Call is 2nd.

All are OK. Continue to the next step.

7. Jockey - Current Meet

The Jockey of the horse must have won more than 4.5 % of their races at the current meet or if the jockey has 0 % wins (not won a race at the meet)  then they must have had only 22 jockey starts at the current meet.

4. Hey Porter - Jockey is 7%.

5. Sovereign of Speed - Jockey is 12%.

6. Appraisal - Jockey is 19%.

All are OK. Continue to the next step.

6. Big Win Last Out

A Big Win is a Win by more than 7 Lengths. Eliminate any Non-Favorite that won their last race by more than 7 lengths and is not returning to the races within 45 days.

None of our 3 Contenders finished 1st last race. All are OK.

FINDING OUR PLAY

With our remaining horses we will separate using the Highest Speed Rating of the 2 that we used to find our Contenders. Our Win Play is the Highest Speed Rating of the Contenders. If the Favorite was not the top Speed Rated horse but was one of our original contenders, we will now put this horse back in. And if the Favorite has the highest speed rate of our remaining horses then the Favorite is our Win Play. Otherwise the Favorite is eliminated.

In this race we still have our 3 Contenders plus we put the Favorite #9 Never Satisfied back in the mix since the Favorite was not eliminated. Our Speed Ratings are as follows.

4. Hey Porter - 86

5. Sovereign of Speed - 80

6. Appraisal -81

9 Never Satisfied - 80

The #4 Hey Porter has the Highest Speed of our horses and is our Win Play.

#4 Hey Porter won and paid $11.20 to Win and $5.20 to Place.

Race 7 - 1 Mile and 70 Yards OClaiming 20000

How to Find Your Main Contenders

1. Morning Line Odds

Eliminate all horses that are 12/1 Morning Line Odds and higher. Keep in all horses that are 10/1 Morning Line Odds and lower.

1. Telephone Talker - 20/1

2. Momza. - 8/1

3. Braccio di Ferro - 30/1

4.Souper Energizer - 6/1

5. Race Craft - 6/1

6. Bryce Canyon - 20/1

7. Conglomerate - 7/2

8. Cadet Corps - 10/1

9. Poppy's Boys- 8/1

10. Fly The W - 2/1

These are the Morning Line Odds of all the horses.

Keeping in all horses that are 10/1 Morning Line Odds and lower, the following horses are remaining in the race.

2. Momza. - 8/1

4.Souper Energizer - 6/1

5. Race Craft - 6/1

7. Conglomerate - 7/2

8. Cadet Corps - 10/1

9. Poppy's Boys- 8/1

10. Fly The W - 2/1

#1, #3 and #6  have Morning Line Odds of 12/1 or higher. These horses are eliminated for further consideration. We will continue handicapping the remaining horses.

2. 3 Horses With The Highest of 2 Speed Ratings

Using only the horses remaining, find the highest speed rating of the last 2 races on each remaining horse in the race. Keep in the 3 horses with the best or highest speed ratings.

2. Momza. -  Last Race 88 - Second Race 86

4.Souper Energizer -  Last Race 85 - Second Race 85

5. Race Craft -  Last Race 79 - Second Race 89

7. Conglomerate -  Last Race 87 - Second Race 88

8. Cadet Corps - Last Race 87 - Second Race 81

9. Poppy's Boys-  Last Race 84 - Second Race 88

10. Fly The W -  Last Race 88 - Second Race 97

The 3 horses with the best or Highest Speed Rating are #10 Fly the W with a 97,  #5 Race Craft with a 89, #2 Momza with an 88 and also 2 ties #7 Conglomerate with a 88 and #9 Poppy's Boys with a 88.

All of the remaining horses are eliminated from the race. #4 Souper Energizer and #8 Cadet Corps are eliminated. We continue handicapping only these 5 horses. These are our Contenders.

Handicap the Favorite very quickly using the following steps to see if the Favorite is your play.

1. Favorite Morning Line Odds

The horse that we will be using as the Favorite is the lowest Morning Line Odds. Horse must be the lowest listed Morning Line Odds and less than 3/1 Morning Line Odds. The Favorite in this race is #10 Fly The W at 2/1.

The Favorite Must also be One of Your 3 Top Speed Contenders. If the Favorite is not one of your Contenders eliminate the following Steps. In this race the Favorite #10 Fly The W is one of the Contenders.

The Favorite now must qualify with the following factors to become the Favorite Play. As soon the favorite does not qualify with one of the factors then the favorite will be eliminated from the race.

2. Jockeys

#10 Fly The W must have a jockey on board that won more than 4.5% of his races at the current meet. The jockey on board has a 27% Win Rate this meet. This is ok.

3. Dates

The horse must have had a race in the last 240 days or 8 months. #10 Fly The W raced Jan. 7. This is ok.

4. Finish Position in Last Race

The horse must have finished at least 9th in the last race. #10 Fly The W finished 1st in the last race. This is ok.

5. First Call in the Last Race Out

Any Horse that is more than 9th in the first call of the last race is eliminated. #10 Fly The W is 3rd at the 1st Call of the last race. This is ok.

6. Big Win Last Out

A Big Win is a Win by more than 7 Lengths. Eliminate any Favorite that won their last race by more than 7 lengths and is not returning to the races within 45 days. #10 Fly The W finished 1st in the last race by a neck. This is ok.

SHORTCUT TO SELECTING YOUR HORSE

If the favorite is still remaining in the race after the previous steps and has the highest speed rating of the two speed ratings of your Contenders then this horse will automatically be your play.  No reason to go any further. We do not have to handicap the other Contenders.

#10 Fly The W has a Speed Rate of 97. This is the highest speed number of the race.. Therefore  #10 Fly The W is automatically our play. That's it. Pretty quick and easy.

#10 Fly The W won and paid $4.00 to Win and $2.60 to Place.

Race 10 - 5 Furlongs Claiming 12500

How to Find Your Main Contenders

1. Morning Line Odds

Eliminate all horses that are 12/1 Morning Line Odds and higher. Keep in all horses that are 10/1 Morning Line Odds and lower.

1. On Jet Heir - 12/1

2. Neophyte - 4/1

3. Harry's On The Beach - 6/1

4. Banker's Hours - 9/2

5. Joyful Surprise - 30/1

6. Our Noble Ortega - 20/1

7. Villegas Swing - 3/1

8. Naval Officer - 5/2

9. Cupid's Dart - 20/1

These are the Morning Line Odds of all the horses.

Keeping in all horses that are 10/1 Morning Line Odds and lower, the following horses are remaining in the race.

2. Neophyte - 4/1

3. Harry's On The Beach - 6/1

4. Banker's Hours - 9/2

7. Villegas Swing - 3/1

8. Naval Officer - 5/2

#1, #5, #6 and #9 have Morning Line Odds of 12/1 or higher. These horses are eliminated for further consideration. We will continue handicapping the remaining horses.

2. 3 Horses With The Highest of 2 Speed Ratings

Using only the horses remaining, find the highest speed rating of the last 2 races on each remaining horse in the race. Keep in the 3 horses with the best or highest speed ratings.

2. Neophyte - Last Race 70 - Second Race 75

3. Harry's On The Beach - Last Race 74 - Second Race 69

4. Banker's Hours - Last Race 72 - Second Race 77

7. Villegas Swing - Last Race 70 - Second Race 71

8. Naval Officer - Last Race71 - Second Race 72

The 3 horses with the best or Highest Speed Rating are  #4 Banker's Hours with a 77, #2 Neophyte with a 75 and #3 Harry's On The Beach with a 74.

All of the remaining horses are eliminated from the race. #7 Villegas Swing and #8 Naval Officer are eliminated. We continue handicapping only these 3 horses. These are our Contenders.

Handicap the Favorite very quickly using the following steps to see if the Favorite is your play.

1. Favorite Morning Line Odds

The horse that we will be using as the Favorite is the lowest Morning Line Odds. Horse must be the lowest listed Morning Line Odds and less than 3/1 Morning Line Odds. The Favorite in this race is #8 Naval Officer at 5/2.

The Favorite Must also be One of Your 3 Top Speed Contenders. If the Favorite is not one of your Contenders eliminate the following Steps. In this race the Favorite #8 Naval Officer is NOT one of the Contenders and so is eliminated.

We will continue handicapping the race using our Non-Favorite Contenders to find our Selection.  In this race we have 3 contenders left to handicap.

HOW TO HANDICAP CONTENDERS THAT ARE NOT THE FAVORITE

We have already determined our Contenders. These are the only horses we will handicap. If one of our contenders does not qualify with one of these steps then this horse is eliminated.

1. Morning Line Odds

The Contender must have a Morning Line Odds of more than 5-2. In other words must be at least 3-1 odds.

Our contenders 3/1 Morning Line Odds and higher are

2. Neophyte - 4/1

3. Harry's On The Beach - 6/1

4. Banker's Hours - 9/2

2.  Finish In Last Race

With the remaining horses the horse must finish in a certain position in the last race out depending on today's type of race. This is a Claiming 12500 race so the Contenders must have finished at least 5th in the last race.

2. Neophyte - Finished 6th

3. Harry's On The Beach - Finished 5th

4. Banker's Hours - Finished 5th

All are OK. Continue to the next step.

3. Lengths Behind in the Finish in the Last Race Out

Keep any Horse in that is less than 15 Lengths behind at the finish of the race. So 15 lengths behind at the finish is NOT OK

2. Neophyte - Finished 7 1/2 lengths

3. Harry's On The Beach - Finished 2 lengths

4. Banker's Hours - Finished 6/12 lengths

All are OK. Continue to the next step.

4.  Actual Odds In Last 2 Races

 With the horse's remaining look at the actual odds that the horse went off at in the last 2 races. This is a Claiming 12500 race so the Contenders must have an odds number in the last 2 races of  less than 10.00. Do not accept 10.00.

2. Neophyte - 2.20 Odds is the lowest of the last 2 races

3. Harry's On The Beach - 4.20 Odds is the lowest of the last 2 races

4. Banker's Hours - 3.50 Odds is the lowest of the last 2 races

 All are OK. Continue to the next step.

5. Dates

The horses remaining must have had a race in the last 90 days or 3 months.

2. Neophyte - Last Raced Jan 14

3. Harry's On The Beach -  Last Raced Dec 24

4. Banker's Hours -  Last Raced Jan 14

All are OK. Continue to the next step.

6. First Call in the Last Race Out

Any Horse that is more than 8th in the first call of the last race is eliminated.

2. Neophyte -2nd at the First Call

3. Harry's On The Beach - 6th at the First Call

4. Banker's Hours - 7th at the First Call

All are OK. Continue to the next step.

7. Jockey - Current Meet

The Jockey of the horse must have won more than 4.5 % of their races at the current meet or if the jockey has 0 % wins (not won a race at the meet)  then they must have had only 22 jockey starts or less at the current meet.

2. Neophyte - Jockey is 10%

3. Harry's On The Beach - Jockey is 19%

4. Banker's Hours - Jockey is 15%

All are OK. Continue to the next step.

8. Big Win Last Out

A Big Win is a Win by more than 7 Lengths. Eliminate any Non-Favorite that won their last race by more than 7 lengths and is not returning to the races within 45 days.

None of our 3 Contenders finished 1st last race. All are OK.

FINDING OUR PLAY

With our remaining horses we will separate using the Highest Speed Rating of the 2 that we used to find our Contenders. Our Win Play is the Highest Speed Rating of the Contenders.

In this race we still have our 3 Contenders. Our Speed Ratings are as follows.

2. Neophyte - 75

3. Harry's On The Beach - 74

4. Banker's Hours - 77

#4 Banker's Hours has the Highest Speed of our horses and is our Win Play.

#4 Banker's Hours won and paid $10.60 to Win and $5.20 to Place.