| We've all seen people at the race track or OTB | | | | yourself, you are also listening to yourself and |
| mumbling to themselves or sometimes even | | | | your brain is reprocessing what you just said. |
| talking right out loud. I have to admit that when a | | | | Sometimes your conscious mind doesn't know |
| horse I have bet that seems like an absolute sure | | | | what is going on in your subconscious and this is a |
| winner dies in the stretch or the jockey seems to | | | | way to get it out. (That is why talking to your |
| be taking a nap, I mumble under my breath, too. | | | | bar tender, barber, hairdresser, or even therapist |
| Betting on horses will make you a little crazy at | | | | seems to help, you are listening to yourself and |
| times. | | | | hearing how you feel and what you think). Now |
| I like to handicap the races alone, early in the | | | | here's the kicker that really makes this work. As |
| morning when my brain is as sharp as it is going | | | | you handicap and talk to yourself about the races |
| to get (no comments from the peanut gallery, | | | | and what you are doing, have a small tape |
| please) and I can think without being interrupted. I | | | | recorder handy and record what you are saying. |
| often talk to myself a little as I handicap. I also | | | | Just turn the recorder on and let it record you |
| take notes about why I feel a certain way about | | | | and forget about it. The next thing to do is to |
| each horse in the race. Like they say, if you don't | | | | save the recording and go play your horses. After |
| have an opinion about a race, you probably | | | | the day is over and you've seen how your bets |
| shouldn't play it. | | | | did, play the tape and listen to yourself. Listen to |
| That is good advice and when you are | | | | what you were thinking when you picked those |
| handicapping horse races you should have that in | | | | bets and think about how you can improve that |
| mind. Think about which things grab your attention | | | | thought process. This is like an instant replay of |
| and which ones make an impression on you. Now | | | | your brain or thoughts and you can use it to |
| I usually wouldn't advise you to talk out loud to | | | | improve your horse racing handicapping and |
| yourself because I don't want you to be | | | | betting. |
| committed to the looney bin. It is too hard to get | | | | The nice part about this is that you can read your |
| readers and I don't want to lose a single one of | | | | program with the results written in it and also |
| them, but there is nothing wrong with talking to | | | | hear yourself explain your thought process all at |
| yourself as you handicap the races while you are | | | | the same time. You will be amazed at how this |
| alone or with someone who will understand that | | | | will help you to spot your own mistakes and to |
| you're not really crazy, well not dangerous | | | | avoid making the same betting mistakes over and |
| anyway. | | | | over again. |
| The reason I say this is because as you talk to | | | | |