In and Out of HTR

[cosmo96]

I have been in and out of HTR for several years. I am now back in. I know it's a great program, but I don't think I have caught on. I read most of the information. I would appreciate it if someone could suggest some plays and strategy. I really want to stay in this time.

[km]

We have a huge collection of knowlege in our HTR Library and Subscriber Zone. Should be plenty of food for thought in there.

I'd get to work on the Robot if i were you. Discover what is happening at the tracks you play, print the various Robot reports and uncover what factors are winning and losing. The most succesful players on HTR are those that do their homework every day.

Creating spot plays is one of the strongest confidence builiders. Remove the emotion and indecision and look for profitable scenarios --- and stay on top of it by following the results daily. I have several spot plays using Razor Sharp and freshening (30-90 day LAY), nearly all these horses are "live" at any odds, even if they don't win, they are a good bet because they have been well prepared.

[Huguenot]

I have been in and out of HTR for several years. I am now back in. I know it's a great program, but I don't think I have caught on. I read most of the information. I would appreciate it if someone could suggest some plays and strategy. I really want to stay in this time.

Cosmo,
What type of player are you? Primarily pace? speed? comprehensive in that you like to handicap a lot of different dimensions to a race? Do you feel comfortable picking pacelines or do you pretty much rely on PL-5 and don't look to change it even when there's an obvious error?

To me, these are just a few of the questions that might begin to determine how you can use HTR. No two people use it exactly the same way. I love the IMPACT figures and like to average pacelines -- even though there are probably a lot of people here who would tell me I'm crazy for averaing lines. But it works for me because I've done it for a while and it's a style I'm comfortable with. That is, I can tell when a race is wacky and averaging won't work.

That to me is the key. You've got to find a comfort zone in HTR and stay there. Don't try and go all over the place and do everything. I don't run a database (tho I use Robot for trying to find spot plays, but it becomes too habit forming and time-consuming at times. Kind of a drug because you kind of have to practice using the Robot to figure the best way to come up with decent spot plays that actually hold up.)

I'm not trying to discourage you. It's the best piece of software I've ever used. Not because it's the most sophisticated or does the most things, but because it's easy to use, (and is very accurate) and flexible and lets me play in my comfort zone -- that primarily being pace and form.

cheers!

[DanG]

That to me is the key. You've got to find a comfort zone in HTR and stay there. Don't try and go all over the place and do everything.
I think that is great advice.

HTR has so much information and caters to so many different types of players it can cause some to lose focus.

I would write down Cosmo a ‘mission statement’ if you will on your history in handicapping…

• Your strengths.
• Your weaknesses.
• The source of your best scores (race type, surface, location)
• The races you get excited about playing.
• The races you dread to work on.
• What are your short term and long term goals?
• How long do you spend on one race?

When you’re successful; where are your horses normally positioned? If more often then not your needing a leader to hang on / or / needing to pass 3 this tells you something about what your seeing pre-race.

Also the length of time spent on a particular race can be a “tell” as to your strengths. We all see some types of races with total clarity and occasionally some look like three day old salad. :eek: Next time you do a 9 race card mark down the time spent on each and it can pay dividends once a week + of records accumulate.

As Ken said; I don’t think you can read enough about this software to really maximize its potential. Each year I feel more comfortable with it and I can only imagine the place the original members are at.

I would be embarrassed to admit how many times I’ve read the newsletters for example. Each time a note pad gets filled up with new ideas because each time I read them…I’m not the same player. My core beliefs may not have changed, but this game is ALL about evolving. The owner of the acronym “HTR” is using the ‘T – technology to take advantage of his ‘R – research / then applies that knowledge to his ‘H =- handicapping.

As was stated so well above; lets let Ken do the heavy lifting of writing the advanced software and then use it as “simply” as possible while out working the competition.

Best of luck!

[OPM]

I would be embarrassed to admit how many times I’ve read the newsletters for example:

Don't be embarrassed, you should be reading them at least 3-4x each. Same goes for trading, gotta read those books many times:D

[DanG]

I would be embarrassed to admit how many times I’ve read the newsletters for example:

Don't be embarrassed, you should be reading them at least 3-4x each. Same goes for trading, gotta read those books many times:D
Gee thanks Gupta; now I’m embarrassed :o that I said I’m embarrassed! :D

[OPM]

I know, either people from the Northeast are slow or neurotic:D

[DanG]

I know, either people from the Northeast are slow or neurotic:D
Hey!

I ‘resemble that remark! :D
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[del_dog]

I have been in and out of HTR for several years. I am now back in. I know it's a great program, but I don't think I have caught on. I read most of the information. I would appreciate it if someone could suggest some plays and strategy. I really want to stay in this time.


What about this, take the VI rating between say 30-35 and study those races and what makes up the winners and/or the exacta horses depending on what you play.

Just look at 2-4 tracks and focus on that VI range at each track and maybe break down into sprint/route claimers whatever. See if HTR is much better at "setting up" those races than other VI ranges.

Get a feel for what happens and how you see those and play just those races until you are making money.

Stick with it slow and steady the hits are in there.