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                      -- HANA Monthly - March 2014 - Barry Meadow, Mark Patterson, and more..

"A Lesson from Fifth Grade
...The quest for us as handicappers is to find horses that are overlays - going off at better odds than they should be according to a professional handicapping analysis. All our work should be geared towards trying to estimate what the true odds should be. If we can do that with some accuracy, all we need do is wait until that blue sock is not offered at its true odds of 9-1, but 15-1. Or maybe till that black sock is not the 3-2 odds it really should be, but 2-1 or 5-2.

If we can do that, and we can wait, we can win."

"Interview with Mountaineer's Mark Patterson:

Q: Anything else you might think enlightening or interesting for players about the Mountain?

A: ...Since West Virginia is the only state that still pays a minimum $2.20, we get bridge jumpers. And they’ve blown a fortune on Mountaineer..."