Bet with The Best Podcast

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 32,  which is Part-2 of a Deep Dive into handicapping and betting on races at Saratoga, with racing analyst 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...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 31,  which is Part-1 of a Deep Dive into handicapping and betting on races at Saratoga, with racing analyst 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 tr...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 30, Part 2 of our discussion with guest Len Friedman (Sponsored by AmWager): 3- Turf Racing 15 - Synthetic Racing 20 - Vertical Betting 35 - The 4 quadrants of horseplaying 43 - Horizontal Betting 1:11 - Keeping Records 1:16 - Turf Sprints

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 29 Part 1 with guest Len Friedman (Sponsored by AmWager): 3 - Horseplayer Origin Story 6 - Intro to The Sheets 15 - Sheet patterns 19 - Condition Handicapping 24 - Why horses sometimes “bounce” 27- Drug Trainers and the “bounce” 30 - The Sheets impact on training methods 34 – Layoff Patterns 46 – Developing horses 1:05 – Finding horses to...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 28,  Part-2 of a Deep Dive into how to watch horse races with Ryan Flanders Sponsored by AmWager: 3- The whip 12- Changing leads 24- The break 25- Kickback 27- 3-wide scenarios 31- Moves 33- Jockeys ride with their legs 35- Prat vs Irad 43- What makes a good rider? 49- Synthetic racing 59- Speed duel 1:02- Rail post 1:04- From bad start to...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 27,  Part-1 of a Deep Dive into how to watch horse races with Ryan Flanders Sponsored by AmWager: 3- Horseplayer Origin Story 14- Value of trips 16- Trips and CAW teams 19- Race watching basics 25- Pace makes the race 29- Dirt vs Turf 33- The fake-fast pace 36- Accordion flow 38- The 2-wide tracking trip 41- The 3-wide stalker 44- Jockey i...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 26,  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- Double key Exactas and tris 39 - $1 min Derby Superfecta Bets 1:00 – Horizontal Bets 1:16 – Pressing a “live” P5 with a P4 or a P3 1:23 – Having a plan and sticking to it

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 25 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 24 sponsored by AmWager with guest Paul Shurman.  3- Horseplayer Origin Story 13- Handicapping approach 15:30 – Playing in contests 19:00 – 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 panic at the NHC 40 – Beginning at the end 42 – Playing the final few co...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 23 sponsored by AmWager with guest Barry Meadow. A professional horseplayer and author of many publications including the books “Money Secrets at the Racetrack,” and the “The Skeptical Handicapper.” 3 - Horseplayer Origin Story 10 - From Harness to thoroughbreds 14 - Watching replays 17 - Rating horses 20 - Making a fair odds line 23 - Bet...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 22 with Mark Cramer Sponsored by AmWager: 3- Horseplayer Origin Story 9- The story of Carson  13- Scared money 16- “Please Hold All Tickets” 19- Horseplayer’s confession 21- Touts and self confidence 23- Keeping Thoreau Records 26- Tilting at windmills 30- An active body leads to a sharp mind 37- Advice for beginners 40- Conditions matter...

  Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 21 "Using a Fair Odds Line" with Kevin Kilroy Sponsored by AmWager: 3 min - Systematic approach to Handicapping 5 - Golden Rule 7 - Kevin's systematic approach 14 - Fair Odds line 26 - Example 1,  Sat 1/6/24, FG 9th 43 - FG 9th Fair Odds Line 50 - Using Will Pays to estimate off odds 59 - Race Selection 1:02 - Example 2, Sat 1/6/2024, FG...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 20 with Leo Vukmanovich Sponsored by AmWager: 3 - Horseplayer Origin Story 24 – Basic Handicapping Approach 29 – Basic Betting Approach 36 – Becoming a better bettor 50 – Handicapping Jockeys 53 – Pick-5 Ticket Structure 59 – Favorite angles to play 1:23 – Paying attention to takeout 1:27 – CAW Teams and Technology in Racing 1:41 – What ho...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 19 with Emily Gullikson Sponsored by AmWager 4 min: General handicapping approach 9: Friday Dmr Race 7 38: Sat CD Race 7 52: Sat CD Race 8 1:00: Sat CD Race 10 1:04: Sat CD Race 9 1:11: Hawthorne TG Contests 

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 18 with Steven Crist Sponsored by AmWager 3 Horseplayer Origin Story 11 Pick-5 and Pick-6 Ticket Structure 19 Clocker reports and maiden races 21 CAW Teams 27 Weak favorites 32 Value 37 Late Odds Changes 41 Favorable changes for Players 43 Dirt racing vs turf racing 49 Carryovers 55 Focusing on one circuit 1:01 Cutback to 7F angle 1:05 Tra...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 17 with Sean Boarman Sponsored by AmWager 3 Horseplayer Origin Story 11 Speed and Pace Figures 14 Phony fast horses 29 Finding a Mentor 35 Best Lesson that I ever learned 36 Constructing tickets from the bottom up 40 Ticket Construction 48 Learning from your mistakes 55 Rebates – the good and the bad 1:04 Playing Hong Kong Racing 1:27 Bett...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 16 with Dick Jerardi Sponsored by AmWager 7:25 Horseplayer Origin story 14:45 Using Beyer speed figures 16:00 Winning enough money to pay to park  18:30 Leveraging a big edge 24:00 Beyer speed figure team 25:00 Spend a Buck  30:30 Playing horseplayer chess 35:30 Penn Derby Contest 42:00 Contest Play 51:00 Sports Betting 58:00 Big jump up h...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 15 with Tommy "Hammer" Massis Sponsored by AmWager 5:30 - General ticket structure  15:30 - Dealing with spread races 23:00 – Race 4 (start of P4) 26:00 – Race 5 (2nd leg of P4) 31:00 – Race 6 (3rd leg of P4) 41:00 – Race 7 (final leg of P4) 55:30 – Detailed P4 ticket Structure 1:07 – Taking on the CAW Teams  1:11 – Dealing with dry spells...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 14 with Dan Cronin Sponsored by AmWager 7 – Horseplayer Origin story 21- Handicapping approach 35 – 1-Start horses 44- Focus on Kentucky Tracks / Turfway  51- Win bets and doubles 1:00 – Why losers lose 1:07 – CAW Teams and Rebates 1:19 – Bet Sizing 1:25 – Keeping it simple  1:30 – Tracking your results 1:40 – Turf racing 1:45 – Trip Notes...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 13 with Paul Matties Sponsored by AmWager 4- Origin Story 14- Handicapping vs gambling 28 – Assessing favorites 35 – Can’t lose favorites 42 – The most important rule in betting 47 – The rebate pitfall 49 – 1/3/11 the prime betting ratio 59 – (The Field Size/2)-1 vertical bet rule 1:02 – Vulnerable favorites 1:08 – Sometimes a no bet is a...

Highlights/timestamp for BEST OF  Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 12 - Value, Sponsored by AmWager 3:19 – Christopher Larmey – Intro: What is value?  8:30 – Maury Wolff – Understanding your edge 28 – Michael Kipness – Making a value Line 33:20 – Mike Maloney – Building on low a variance bet 44 – ITP – A weak favorite is your best friend 57 – Jonathan Stettin – Betting your opinion 1:04 – Marshal...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 11 with Frank Mustari Sponsored by AmWager 3 - Origin story 17 - Making performance figures  19 - A little help from your friends 27 - When bias is a good thing 32 - GP Tapeta 34 - Changing circuits  38 - Putting the time in 41 - Handicapping approach 44 - Vertical bet structure 52 - Betting Example 57 - Key horse / vulnerable favorite com...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 10 with Andrew Beyer Sponsored by AmWager 3 – Origin story  7:30 – Birth of Beyer Figures 11:30 – How to crush the races for almost 20 years 19:30 – Punching a hole in the wall of the GP press box 22:20 – Knowing when you have an edge and when you don’t 26:36 – Playing the “traditional” P6 32:00 – Jackpot P6 – the worst bet in racing 38:30...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 9 with Dennis Montoro. 1 – Origin story  11:30 – Power of the tote 24 – If It’s in the PPs, then it’s in the price 33 – No model is perfect 43:30 – One size doesn’t fit all 48 – Win/Ex/DD focus 53:50 – Sports betting 56 – It all boils down to math 1:00 – CAW teams 1:07 – Race Selection 1:11:30 – Journal, records, and learning 1:26 – No edg...

Highlights/timestamp for Bet With the Best Podcast Episode 8 with Maury Wolff 1 – Origin story (Harnessing his way toward Thoroughbreds) 10 – Out with the old edges 28 – In with the new edges  41 – Japanese rising 45 – Finding a niche 51 – The 9 best pools to bet 58 – Carpe diem 1:00 – Fixed odds 1:08 – Competing with CAW teams 1:37 – Big race days 1:47 – The Triple Crown can be your friend 1:55 –...