John Pricci
Pricci's Saratoga Diary
John Pricci - New York
Bob Ike - SoCal
John Pricci
Brendan O'Meara
Marc Lawrence
Broadway John
Lynne Snierson
Tony Palmisano
Cary Fotias is the Founder and President of Equiform, a New York City firm that produces The XTRAS and The SHORTS, handicapping products for evaluating current condition and form cycles. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed handicapping book, Blinkers Off, which describes an innovative numerical approach to form-cycle analysis.
After spending eight years as a currency trader on Wall Street, Fotias has spent the last 16 years as professional handicapper. He is a member of the NTRA Players Panel and was chosen to give a presentation to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of New York Racing on behalf of New York horseplayers.
Fotias is a vocal proponent of lower takeouts. He also has a strong interest in the cutting-edge concept of betting exchanges and how they might be developed in the U.S. He feels the game would prosper if it would only adapt to the economic and technological realities of the information age.
15 Feb 2009 at 07:48 pm | #
Do you ever pick a winner??
Your selections are a joke!!
15 Feb 2009 at 08:57 pm | #
Salvatore,
Since Cary probably has too much style to reply to this, allow me. This winter Cary has made 13 selections, with 4 winners, one second, and one third, for a total dollar return $34.20.
That’s a return on investment of $2.72 for each $2 wager, a flat-bet profit. Clearly, man does not live by loser’s alone, and rearely should anyone find it necessary to apologize for doing a job well.
John Pricci, executive editor
16 Feb 2009 at 10:05 am | #
I’m with you John. For the calender year of 2008 I came out ahead of the game for the first time, in large part from listening to Cary and yourself. Your analysis of the feature races, in which you have to make a selection ( a big disadvantage) has taught me much. And Cary’s value picks are where a player can pick up a big score which, as I said before, can get the bottom line back where we want it. Both of you guys give the best selections I have found.
Tim
21 Feb 2009 at 01:25 pm | #
Tim,
Wow! Thank you Tim. As you probably can guess, neither Cary or I have much of a life beyond the racing game: No apology, just fact. Wouldn’t have it any other way. But it’s nice, you know, to hear a kind word for the hard work. Thanks again for taking the time.
JP