| Many years ago, when computers first began to | | | | methods' proof is. I've said it before and I'll say it |
| come onto the scene, a group of math wizards | | | | again, just because something HAS happened doesn't |
| developed a system of picking trifectas using only | | | | mean that it WILL happen again or that it will happen |
| numbers. Known as "The Golden Key" or the | | | | consistently. |
| Twenty-Three Twenty-Three One Formula, the | | | | It's good to check out any system on paper, which |
| system was ingenious. | | | | will give you an indication of whether it's likely to pan |
| Without using a program... With NO handicapping | | | | out. However, it's not a good idea to base any |
| whatsoever... Without even knowing the first thing | | | | system on just one factor like time. It just doesn't |
| about dog racing or even going to a track, these | | | | make sense. |
| geniuses figured out how to hit trifectas at one track | | | | Unfortunately, that's what the buyers of this system |
| in the country time after time. How did they do it? | | | | found out when they tried to use the system at |
| They used a computer to "crunch" the results of | | | | their track and even at the track where it had |
| thousands of races until it "told them" that the only | | | | "proven" itself to work. For some unknown reason, |
| factor that mattered at that track was "time". | | | | the Golden Key System never seemed to pay off |
| Nothing else had any effect on the outcome of the | | | | for the poor suckers who bought it because they |
| races. Of course, there was a secret formula you | | | | believed the hype that the computer geeks put out |
| had to use to bet the dogs using time, which was | | | | about it. |
| where the Twenty-Three Twenty-Three One came | | | | The group who came up with it made a bundle and |
| in. | | | | then moved onto other endeavors and the Golden |
| Their printouts proved that if you bet the second | | | | Key System slowly faded from the scene. Every |
| fastest dog to win and place, the third fastest dog | | | | once in awhile, it resurfaces and makes some quick |
| to win and place, and the first fastest dog to show, | | | | money for its seller and then disappears. Now, very |
| you'd hit trifectas that would pay almost 42% more | | | | few people even remember which track it was |
| than you bet, if you played every race on every | | | | supposed to have worked at. Since the track is out |
| program for the season. | | | | of business, it wouldn't do them any good, even if |
| Who wouldn't love to get an amazing $1.42 back for | | | | the system DID work. |
| every $1 they bet? I know I sure would. Except that | | | | This and other "gimmick" systems are proof that it's |
| if you think about it, there were a few problems with | | | | impossible to handicap dog races using only one |
| this method. For one thing, who could bet every race | | | | factor and no "real" handicapping skill. There are |
| on every program for a whole season? I couldn't. I | | | | systems that work, but unlike The Golden Key, they |
| know that things would happen and I'd miss some | | | | take more than one factor into consideration and |
| programs and screw up my profit. | | | | demand that the user at least know basic |
| And then there's the fact that all of the "proof" of | | | | handicapping skills. |
| this method was in the past, like most handicapping | | | | |