Bet with The Best Podcast

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 57, part-2 of a Deep Dive into how to bet the Kentucky Derby with Mike Maloney Sponsored by AmWager: 5 – Win bets 11- Place and Show bets 18- Exacta Bets 36- Doubles, Exactas, and tris 41 - $1 min Derby Super Bets 1:02 – Horizontal Bets 1:18 – Pressing a “live” P5  1:25 – Having a plan 

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 56 Part-1 a Deep Dive into how to handicap the Kentucky Derby with Mike Maloney Sponsored by AmWager: 5 – General approach to Derby 10- Finding a key horse or horses 22 – Impact of the Derby Points System 25- Finding the “push button” horse 28 – Getting the Derby Distance 40- Finding signal in all the Derby noise 49- Running styles, post-p...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 55, sponsored by AmWager, which is Part-2 of a 2-part Deep Dive with BCBC Champ and author of the book "A Bettor Way of Thinking," Matt Miller, about the Breeders' Cup and the BCBC. 3- BCBC Strategy 6- Minimum Bet Strategy 15- “Value” in a contest 22- 3 reliable winners 33- Risk pyramid 34- Playing Doubles  37- Playing Exactas 45- The last...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 54 of the Bet With the Best Podcast (Sponsored by AmWager). Part 1 of a conversation with BCBC Champ and author of the book "A Bettor Way of Thinking," Matt Miller, discussing the Breeders' Cup and the BCBC. 4- “Bettor” Way of Thinking 10- Blackjack or Wheel of Fortune 12- Knowing your opponent 19- Addressing your weaknesses 22- Picking yo...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet with the Best Podcast Episode 53, which is Part 2 of a discussion on  works with Bruno De Julio. Bet with the Best is Sponsored by AmWager: 2:00 Video Workouts 7:40 Riders in workouts 10:00 Working in company  15:00 Young horses and gate works 19:00 Multiple gate drills 22:00 Misleading bullets 28:00 Gate works for older horses 30:00 Works after layoffs 33:00 Workout s...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet with the Best Podcast Episode 52, which is Part 1 of a discussion on  works with Bruno De Julio. Bet with the Best is Sponsored by AmWager: 1:30 Horseplayer origin story 22:30 Life of a clocker 29:00 Works in context 35:00 How to watch a work 38:00 Fast works 48:00 Staying objective 54:00 Workout ratings 59:00 First time starters 1:08 Horse > trainer stats 1:11 Read th...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 51, which is Part 2 of a discussion on CAWs with Marshall Gramm. Bet with the Best is Sponsored by AmWager: 1: Measuring the Impact of CAWs 12: Del Mar Change to Win Pool 19: Recommended Changes by Industry 34: Kentucky Downs Rant  38: The Case for Lowering Takeout 44: Source Market Fees 1:00 Raising Minimum Wagers 1:10 Peak Racing – 1968...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet with the Best Podcast Episode 50, which is Part 1 of a discussion on CAWs with Marshall Gramm. Bet with the Best is Sponsored by AmWager: 2 Del Mar Win Pool 6 CAW Basics 12 Computer Modeling Basics 26 Betting – The CAW Way 35 Rebates and Takeout 50 Price (in)stability 57 Betting Exchanges 59 Game is No Longer Local 1:02 Price Discovery 1:06 Wagering Trends 1:15 More ef...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 49, which was originally released as E32 in 2024, in which we talked in depth with David Aragona. Bet with the Best is Sponsored by AmWager: 2 - Horses for Courses 4 - Factors baked into price 6 - Trip handicapping 7 - Workouts 21 - Making a morning line 23 - Finding an edge 28 - Vertical bets 31 - Horizontal bets 39 - Trifectas 41 - Weak...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 48, which was originally released as E31 in 2024, in which we talked in depth with David Aragona. Bet with the Best is Sponsored by AmWager: 3 - horseplayer origin story 12 - Why Saratoga is a special place 19 - Saratoga Turf Sprints 24 - The one-mile Wilson Chute 30 - Kickback 35 - Saratoga Turf Course 37 - Off tracks 40 - Off-the-turf ra...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 47, part-2 of a discussion with long-time horseplayer and player advocate Dean Towers, Sponsored by AmWager: 2- Losing your edge 5- Comeback time 7- How CAWs pulled him back into the game 9- Deciphering the CAWs 17- Turning a spread race into a single 24- Even Alan Woods listens to the tote 26- The rule of 3 35- P4 ticket structure example...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 46, part-1 of a discussion with long-time horseplayer and player advocate Dean Towers, Sponsored by AmWager: 2- Horseplayer Origin Story 9- First Trip to the Track 11- Hooked by BC telecast 15- A “Greenwood” education 17- Finding “weird” horses 23- How Mason Malmuth ended his poker career 24- How Mark Cramer taught me to make an odds line...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 45, part-2 of a Deep Dive into how to bet the Kentucky Derby with Mike Maloney Sponsored by AmWager: 3 – Win bets 9- Place and Show bets 16- Exacta Bets 34- Doubles, Exactas, and tris 39 - $1 min Derby Super Bets 1:00 – Horizontal Bets 1:16 – Pressing a “live” P5  1:23 – Having a plan 

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 44 Part-1 a Deep Dive into how to handicap the Kentucky Derby with Mike Maloney Sponsored by AmWager: 3 – General approach to Derby 8- Finding a key horse or horses 20 – Impact of the Derby Points System 23- Finding the “push button” horse 26 – Getting the Derby Distance 38- Finding signal in all the Derby noise 47- Running styles, post-po...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 43, sponsored by AmWager, which is Part 2 of a two-part discussion with the professional player that goes by the Twitter/X handle of InsideThePylons (ITP). 1 - Bad favorites are your best friend 5 - Multiplying value of a bad favorite 10 - A basket of wagers 19 - Super High-5 22 - Betting smaller pools 25 - Keying a value play 27 - Exactas...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 42, sponsored by AmWager, which is Part 1 of a two-part discussion with the professional player that goes by the Twitter/X handle of InsideThePylons (ITP). 2 – Anatomy of a bad ticket 10 – Building Equity 19 – Understanding Usage 21- Separating from the crowd 29- Leveraging a bad favorite  33- The right way to spread 35- Quality Control 49...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 41, sponsored by AmWager, which is a special release about the National Horseplayers' Championship (NHC) with Paul Shurman. 3- Horseplayer Origin Story 13- Handicapping approach 15 – Playing in contests 19 – Playing in the NHC 26 - Choosing which horses to play in NHC 31 - Playing shorter-priced horses in the NHC 38 - The right time to pan...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 40, sponsored by AmWager, which is Part 2 of a 2-part discussion with professional computer horseplayer Dennis Montoro 3 – Pool Selection 8 – Market liquidity 10 – Living off CAW crumbs 14 – Market efficiency 15 – Betting to win 17 – Directional approach / Bayesian thinking 20 – Fair odds 30 – Is your edge too good to be true? 47 – Betting...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 39, sponsored by AmWager, which is Part 1 of a two-part discussion with professional player Dennis Montoro. 3 - What is a computer model? 10- Price discovery/estimation 11- Data with an edge 19 - Seesaw markets 24- Betting horses is like buying a microwave oven 30 - Man vs machine 35- Pools full of data 39 - Race selection – less is more 5...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 38, sponsored by AmWager, which is Part 2 of a 2-part Deep Dive  in which we talk in depth about speed and pace figures with Craig Milkowski. 2:30 – Making pace figures 10:00 – Run ups 13:00 – Combining speed and pace figures 15:00 – Sierra Leone or Fierceness? 20:00 – Ground loss 25:00 – GPS measurement 33:00 – Weight 43:00 – Difficult ra...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 37, sponsored by AmWager, which is Part 1 of a 2-part Deep Dive  in which we talk in depth about speed and pace figures with Craig Milkowski. 3 - Horseplayer origin story 16 - Making speed figures 26 - Using projection to make figures 31 - Splitting the variant for a day 35 - Projecting figs for 3yos 39 - Shrinking figures 41- Comparing hi...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 36, sponsored by AmWager, which is Part-2 of a 2-part Deep Dive with BCBC Champ and author of the book "A Bettor Way of Thinking," Matt Miller, about the Breeders' Cup and the BCBC. 3- BCBC Strategy 6- Minimum Bet Strategy 15- “Value” in a contest 22- 3 reliable winners 33- Risk pyramid 34- Playing Doubles  37- Playing Exactas 45- The last...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 35 of the Bet With the Best Podcast (Sponsored by AmWager). Part 1 of a conversation with BCBC Champ and author of the book "A Bettor Way of Thinking," Matt Miller, discussing the Breeders' Cup and the BCBC. 4- “Bettor” Way of Thinking 10- Blackjack or Wheel of Fortune 12- Knowing your opponent 19- Addressing your weaknesses 22- Picking yo...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 34, sponsored by AmWager, which is Part-2 of a Deep Dive with computer model player Keith Bush about handicapping and betting on races from Hong Kong: 3 – Fed up with US Racing 7- Pivot to Hong Kong 11- HK Basics 15 - HK class system 30- Betting on HK 40- Watching HK Racing 41 – HK Computer Model 58 – Finding edges 1:08 – Trainer intent in...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 33, sponsored by AmWager, which is Part-1 of a Deep Dive with computer model player Keith Bush about handicapping and betting on races from Hong Kong: 3 – Horseplayer Origin Story 10- Building a model from scratch 12- Start by understanding the data 13- The bad data blues 15 – Speed figures 20- Weight matters 37 – The two types of models 4...