Posts by Justin Dew
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If you aren’t part of the tournament circuit, you probably still heard about this weekend’s most talked about horse racing controversy. Maybe you caught wind of it on social media. Maybe you sat next to someone at a bar who was a victim of it. Or maybe you saw the reference to it via Buzzfeed’s…
Read More“You get tired of learning all the time.”
Three days removed from my first appearance in the National Horseplayers Championship, the dust has settled and I am back in the real world. Back at home. Back at work. And beginning a break of indeterminate length from the contest circuit. As I mentioned in a previous post, a break seems like a good idea,…
Read MoreRoadmap to 47th
Had you told me four days ago that I would finish my first National Horseplayers Championship in 47th place out of 668 entries and take home $6,000, there is a very strong chance I would have cried tears of joy. As I sit here in my Treasure Island hotel room on Monday morning, waiting to…
Read MoreTourney Talk- My NHC Play of the Day
Am I worried that Rich Nilsen is going to read this, adjust his Friday NHC selections based on my opinion, and then beat me at the final table? No. I am not. And you know who isn’t worried about my NHC plays? Rich. Plus, my commitment to the loyal readers of LoneSpeed, irrespective of my…
Read MoreWhere to begin?
Life has gotten in the way of LoneSpeed these past few weeks. A quick update, and some thoughts on the big week ahead. First, no sooner did LoneSpeed enter Phase 2 of its existence than I got a new job with a really cool company at a time that I wasn’t really even looking for…
Read MoreDid Churchill Downs Inc. Strike Again?
Disclaimer: I have no idea if what is being “reported” on Racing Twitter today with regard to CDI putting a stop to DraftKings’ Kentucky Derby future wager is true. But I am going to comment anyway. According to an article on vsin.com, Churchill Downs Inc. has launched some sort of legal objection to DraftKings offering…
Read MoreUps and downs on this day of days
It’s just past 9:00pm EST Sunday night as I begin typing this post. And based on the agonizing emotional swings this day has brought, it feels like it should be Wednesday by this point. The day began with my decision to play only one horse all day, which then led to me trying to win…
Read MoreSunday Price Alert!!!
I absolutely love a horse at Gulfstream Park today. In fact, I love it so much that if she loses, I will turn off the laptop and spend the day outside in the warm Central Florida sunshine with the kids, away from the TV. In fact, I might do the same thing if she wins,…
Read MoreTourney Talk- This is it!
The NHC Tour ends today. The last event where points can be earned takes place in less than an hour from now on Horseplayers.com, and by 7:00pm EST tonight, anyone who is more skillful than I am when it comes to using the scoring calculator on the NHC Tour page will know who the champion…
Read MoreDoes class even matter?
We all put different degrees of emphasis on different aspects of handicapping. Some people focus largely on pace. For others, class is a bigger deal. And then you add in recent form, connections, track conditions, trips, and all of a sudden you’ve got six handicappers identifying six different horses as the most likely winner of…
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