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Roger Jones Wins ASD Handicapping Challenge for Third Time

Roger Jones Wins ASD Handicapping Challenge for Third Time

by Sheri Glendinning | Sep 18, 2025 | Handicapping, Live Racing, The Inside Track

Roger Jones with his ASD Handicapping Challenge trophy at the Fan Education booth. Fellow handicapper and fan educator Brad Ostrove on the right. Stop by and ask them a question when you’re at the track. Smart guys! (George Williams Photo) By G.S. Thompson Roger Jones...

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Post Parade Decision Delivers First Contest Win for James Werry

Post Parade Decision Delivers First Contest Win for James Werry

by Sheri Glendinning | Aug 14, 2025 | Handicapping, Live Horse Racing, Live Racing, The Inside Track

August ASD Handicapping Challenge winner James Werry. By G.S. Thompson A decision made on post parade proved to be the winning move for veteran handicapper James Werry on Tuesday night, who won the ASD Handicapping Challenge by $8.70 with a bankroll of $60.10. Werry...

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“Longshot Les” Buzzell Wins Player’s Choice Tourney

“Longshot Les” Buzzell Wins Player’s Choice Tourney

by George Williams | Apr 3, 2025 | Handicapping, The Inside Track

  by G. S. Thompson "Longshot Les" Buzzell captured his second Player's Choice Handicapping Tournament title at Assiniboia Downs last Saturday, but if you think he did it by taking wild stabs in the dark, think again. The 61-year-old Montreal native, who owns a...

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Winnipeg Transit Driver Roger Jones Rides Quarter Horses to Tournament Victory

Winnipeg Transit Driver Roger Jones Rides Quarter Horses to Tournament Victory

by George Williams | Feb 27, 2025 | Handicapping, The Inside Track

Player's Choice Tourney winner Roger Jones In a sport where conventional wisdom often dictates strategy, Roger Jones took the road less travelled at Assiniboia Downs last Saturday, and it led straight to the winner's circle. The veteran handicapper captured the...

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AI Handicaps the Le Prevoyante at Woodbine

AI Handicaps the Le Prevoyante at Woodbine

by Sheri Glendinning | Dec 13, 2024 | Handicapping, The Inside Track

By G.S. Thompson Well, the AI had all three horses last week in the Cigar Mile, but in the wrong order. Close but no...Cigar! We got our money back with a win-place bet on Mullikin, who finished second to Locked, and we also got the triactor, but we really wanted...

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AI Handicaps the Le Prevoyante at Woodbine

AI Handicaps the Cigar Mile

by Sheri Glendinning | Dec 6, 2024 | Handicapping, The Inside Track

By G.S. Thompson The AI picked Formidable Man ($12.00) to win the 9th race at Del Mar last Saturday, so let’s see what it can do this week! We used a slightly different approach for this week’s analysis, feeding it the past performances for the Cigar Mile this...

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AI Handicaps the Le Prevoyante at Woodbine

Handicapping: Fun With Artificial Intelligence (AI) Test 3

by Sheri Glendinning | Nov 29, 2024 | Handicapping, The Inside Track

By G.S. Thompson Handicapping: Fun With Artificial Intelligence (AI)AI Test #3. Hollywood Derby on the Turf HOLLYWOOD DERBY (G1) ADVANCERace 9, Del Mar, Saturday, November 30, 20241 1/8 Miles (Turf) | Purse: $300,000 Hollywood Derby Picks Formidable Man Rothschild...

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Doug Evans Wins Player’s Choice Tourney by a Nose

Doug Evans Wins Player’s Choice Tourney by a Nose

by Sheri Glendinning | Nov 29, 2024 | Handicapping, The Inside Track

By G.S. Thompson Experience and Strategy Pays Off in Player's Choice Doug Evans hold on to defeat Free Press handicapper George Williams by a nose. Doug Evans (pictured above) has been handicapping horse races since he was 16 years old, starting at tracks in Toronto...

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AI Handicaps the Le Prevoyante at Woodbine

AI Handicapping Test #2. Tough Sprint at Fair Grounds.

by Sheri Glendinning | Nov 26, 2024 | Handicapping, The Inside Track

We chose Race 2 at the Fair Grounds on Friday, November 22, to do our second test of Claude.ai handicapping this week. It's a tough, competitive sprint with 12 entrants. Picks and analysis follow below. Last Friday the AI picked Ethnic Soul (9/2) to win the 4th race...

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AI Handicaps the Le Prevoyante at Woodbine

Handicapping: Fun With Artificial Intelligence (AI)

by Sheri Glendinning | Nov 19, 2024 | Handicapping

By G.S. Thompson Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get AI to do all the heavy lifting when you’re handicapping the races? AI is getting smarter by the second, and it can now read PDFs of Past Performances. It also understands most if not all basic handicapping...

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