The only form of public handicapping I do is for a newspaper with 1-2-3 style selections.
Thus, the only true measure for the paper to judge you on is win percentage and ROI.
In theory, any handicapper isn't going to look good "picking" all 800 races a meet at a track 48 hours in advance. That's not how the game is played. The game is played by hunting for edge situations and value -- and betting when you think you have both.
However, PID is a synthetic. PID is a track that gets a great variety of shippers. PID is a track that doesn't get much attention from competent bettors. Most importantly, PID is a track that has had some sick runs of extended track bias in the racing surface. It's a perfect storm of factors that I think works tremendously to the advantage of someone who is forced to give 1-2-3 picks for all 800 races a meet.
I've had a profitable top-pick ROI and a top-pick win percentage of 25% or higher each of the last 3 racing seasons here.
I'm not sure how I would do at another track making 1-2-3 picks for every single race. You'd probably look pretty bad having to do that at a place like a Laurel Park.
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