Bob Pandolfo |
Bob Pandolfo - otherwise known as Pandy, has been handicapping professionally for 23 years. His popular "Pandycapping" columns on
thoroughbred handicapping and harness handicapping have appeared in many publications including The Daily Racing Form, and Sports Eye.
Pandolfo's "Pandy's Picks" are legendary among savvy New York throughbred and harness players, and his record at the Southern
California flat tracks the past few years is amazing.
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Steve Terjanian "Catskill Steve" |
"Catskill Steve" - Steve Terjanian - Better known as “Catskill” Steve in Monticello Raceway circles has been handicapping
harness races since the late 60’s when he was snuck into Monticello, Yonkers and Roosevelt by his late brother and father. In later years, The Meadowlands
was added to his list of tracks to handicap. In recent years, most of my time is devoted to Monticello.
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Bruce Battaglia
Odds Maker |
Bruce Battaglia - began handicapping professionally in 1970, making the morning line odds for
River Downs located near Cincinnati, Ohio. He was soon hired by many of the Kentucky tracks, such as Keeneland, Churchill Downs, Ellis
Park and Turfway Park to create the morning line odds for their track programs. He also produced the morning line odds for Arlington
Park from 1975 until 1985. Bruce was the featured horse racing handicapper for the Louisville Courier Journal and the Cincinnati Post.
He has been a professional odds maker and handicapper all of his adult life and now brings over 35 years of racing knowledge and experience
to Trackside Broadcasting.
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Joe Mancuso |
Joe Mancuso - also known as JOTB has been handicapping Finger Lakes Racetrack for over 38 years. My father
owned horses at Finger Lakes since I was 10 years old, so I started spending time around the track and on the backside at the barns at an
early age. I handicap and play Finger Lakes every day. I've developed a handicapping system that along with my favorite angles has been very
profitable for me. My favorite plays are the picks, the pick-3, and the pick-4. You will find that my betting
strategies won't cost you too much but, the profits can be quite lucrative.
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Kristin Slape |
Kristin Slape - Has always been interested in handicapping, she started in the mid 80's when she decided
to "get schooled" and started attending handicapping seminars and acquired a library of handicapping books so she could learn from the best.
Of course the real education came by practice. Kristin has been handicapping and betting on races successfully for more than 20 years.
Kristin likes to find longshots and does so quite often, but she will also tell you when it's justified to play the chalk. Kristin has won
many local and national handicapping contests. Kristin will share her love for the sport with you while helping you to increase your
bank roll.
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Ed Auricchio |
Ed Auricchio - "The Coach" has been handicapping thoroughbreds since 1970, and used his acquired knowledge to help pay the expenses while earning a BA at Rutgers University in 1975. "I used to hop on a train into New York City, then go to Belmont, Aqueduct or the OTB betting parlors to play. I'm sure I studied the pages of The Form more then I did my accounting books."
In 1987 he got into ownership through American Thoroughbreds, LTD, and ultimately ran the operation in South Florida for the Pennsylvania based company. "We brought many new people into the game, and the time I spent on the backstretch, with trainers like John Lenzini, really opened my eyes as to where you can find the important information as to a horse's readiness, those key elements you cannot find in the pages of the racing form."
Auricchio has combined his two loves, horseracing and basketball, over the past 20 years and uses the equine sport to relax and get away from the rigors of coaching basketball at the professional level. "The day to day involvement with professional athletes makes you astutely aware as to why simply looking at the Racing Form, and what a horse has accomplished, is not enough in predicting the outcome of a race. You learn that one great outing doesn't necessarily mean a repeat is in the offing. You need to see the signs."
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Al Goblick |
Al Goblick - I grew up and have been around horses and the race track all my life. I would
read the Daily Racing Form or the Mourning Telegraph after my Dad was done with them. I got my first license at age 15 at old
Tropical Park, my first owners license in the mid seventies while in college and my trainers license in 1981. Won my first race
in May of that year at Hialeah Park. I've raced in Florida during the winters and in the East, northeast and the Midwest in the
summer. My biggest win as a trainer came on the under card of Ferdinands 1986 derby win. We won the WHAS Stake which was for two
year olds. I no longer train but follow the races daily. I'm a Daily Racing Form guy and use the charts which I download and
save from several tracks and am big into pedigree books and handicapping also. My selections will be from tracks I follow and
my spot plays will be from certain types of races I feel I am strong at and have a strong opinion on.
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Ray Tilton |
Ray Tilton - had his introduction to thoroughbred racing on the backside of the Maryland tracks as well as Suffolk Downs and Rockingham Park. Has
decades of handicapping and analysis experience and is relied upon by a vast majority of horse players to pick winners for them and to
keep them updated on racing news.
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Darin Francis |
Darien Francis - Thoroughbred Handicapper
I am a technology professional who has always had a love for
horse racing. I have attended many Kentucky Derbies and Breeder's Cup races and
go to the SPA (Saratoga) every year. My local track is Monmouth Park.
About ten years ago I started development of a technology based handicapping
system 'Ontracklive' which crunches through all the available racing data to
come up with winners. My past performance database has information dating back several years.
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Hal Wafer |
Hal Wafer - Has been handicapping professionally and directly involved in the horseracing industry for more than 20 years, ranging from:
• Finished *20th in the World at the DRF/ NTRA National Handicapping Championship IX in Las Vegas in which he competed against 278 finalists.
• 2007 third place finisher in “The Southwest Shootout” held at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino. That qualified him for The DRF/ NTRA National Handicapping Championship IX.
• First place winner in the Iwnonline.com Breeders’ Cup Online Handicapping Challenge 97 in which he out handicapped 440 competitors from over 40 states.
• Publishing one of the industries first “How to Books” on handicapping contests titled “A Survey of Track Handicapping Contests-Rules-Suggestions-Potential” was published in 1999 by Harness Tracks of America, which was used as a guide by The Daily Racing Form and NTRA for creating their National Handicapping Championship.
• Current website horseracing handicapper & Analyst for BetAmerica.com.
• Past & current handicapper at Tracksidebroadcasting.com.
• Gaming consultant for Youbet.com.
• Guest handicapper at Daily Racing Form workshops at Northern California racetracks.
• Former Tucson Greyhound Park Director of Marketing & Player Development.
• Worked in the Bookmaking Industry in a Supervisory role at Race & Sports Books in
Las Vegas, Nevada and internationally in Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, and Acapulco, Mexico.
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Don Bean |
Don Bean - The Hot Sheet - Top Handicapper with Tip Shop for 11 Years and
has been Handicapping horses for over 30 years. In 1982 he designed and wrote a computer program to assist
him with his handicapping. His handicapping techniques have continued to improved over the years to where
he now concentrates on Exacta's, Trifecta's and Superfecta's. Check his results! Don always tries to give
you the best value for your buck $$$.
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