T.W. uses intuition in 62-day horseracing contest

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Dec 172014
 

ThoroEndurobannerI just completed another fantasy horseracing contest using intuition to select the winners. After 62 days, I ranked 824th of the 1,303 active players–1,218 had already been eliminated.

All but three days had three races. My virtual payout (based on $2 Win-Place-Show bets in each race) was $923.70, compared to the winner’s virtual payout of $1,444. If I’d been betting real money, I would’ve lost $355.

Here’s how the game worked: participants survived THOROENDURO until a race day when none of their selections finished in the top four of their respective race. Only selections that finished in 1st, 2nd or 3rd position received “virtual bankroll” credit based on the official pari-mutuel payoffs for that selection’s respective race. If a contestant failed to have any of their selections finish in the top four positions of any game race on a THOROENDURO contest date, they lost one Eligibility Life. This could force the contestant to go “In the Barn” for a period of time before being allowed back “In the Race” of THOROENDURO.

I finished the 62-day competition–from Aug. 23 to Dec. 14–without ever being “In the Barn.”

Here are some of the other contests where I’ve used intuition:

TW sinks at “the Shore”

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Jun 082014
 

img_ticket_logo8Sadly, my latest experiment with using intuition to choose winners in fantasy horseracing contests ended after a week, but that was better than last year when I had my second loss on Day 2 using Associative Remote Viewing. This year, on Day 7 of Monmouth Park’s Survival at the Shore, I was eliminated with a ranking of 1,614, joining 3,645 who’d been disqualified before me. Winnings of $46.80 on Day 2 had boosted me to ranking 36th of 6,777 players, but then I had two days with no horses finishing win/place/show. If I’d placed $6 combo bets for the 21 races, I would’ve lost $23.

Survival at the Shore was the first fantasy contest I played, and I still get a kick out of it. Here are some peeks at previous years’ results:

T.W. finishes 45-day fantasy horseracing contest

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Jun 022014
 

Remington_Park_ThoroughbredOver the past few years, I’ve played in a half dozen or more fantasy horseracing contests. At first, I used Associate Remote Viewing to select my “winner” for the three races each contest day. After I joined Dave Silverstein’s group, using my pendulum for sports predictions, I decided to try something less time-consuming on these fantasy contests. For the last few, I’ve used straight intuition, basing my selection on which horse’s name sounded best to me.

For the first time, I was able to complete a contest. In Remington Park’s High Q Test, which ended June 1, I was among 1,083 players who was still “active” after 45 race days and 1,028 were eliminated and “in the barn.” My finishing bankroll of $515 was ranked 1,101st, compared to the winner’s $1,079 bankroll. If I’d been betting real money ($6 per race), I would’ve lost $313. Sigh.

Participants continued in THE TEST until such day that none of their selections finished in the top four of their respective race. Each race day, at least one of their selections had to run in 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th in their respective race. All eligible contestants received additional Lucky Horseshoes on April 4 and May 9, each giving them one extra day when they could have no winners without being eliminated from the contest.

Last year, I survived until Day 51 of Remington Park’s Thoroenduro challenge, when I got distracted by travel and didn’t enter my selections for two days. When the challenge ended on Dec. 15, despite missing ten race days, I still ranked in the top half – 784th of 2,480 players.

Fantasy horseracing: Intuition at the track

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Mar 102014
 

 

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When Meadowlands Racetrack announced the beginning of the Winter Meet Survival Challenge on Feb. 6, I wanted to see if I could repeat the success I’d had in surviving to Day 51 in Remington Park’s Thoroenduro fantasy horseracing contest using only intuition. The quick answer was “no.”

Playing as StarGirl, I did make it to Day 15, and was one of 985 remaining in the game–4,416 had already been disqualified! I made selections based solely on intuition. I went out ranked 472nd, with fantasy winnings of $229 for my mythical bets of $135 in the 15 race days (3 bets X 3 races each day). I was disqualified the second race day when none of my selections finished in the money. (On Day 14, my last winning day, I was ranked 352nd!)

To make a fair comparison, I did have twice the number of “Lucky Horseshoes” in the Thoroenduro challenge, so I had four days without winners before I was disqualified in that contest.

Fantasy horseracing: a fun test of intuition

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Dec 192013
 

ThoroEndurobanner-2When I signed up for the Remington Park THOROENDURO fantasy horseracing challenge in August, I knew I wouldn’t have time to do remote viewing for 62 race days. Instead, I opted to rely on intuition–in other words, to just “guess” based on which horses’ names appealed to me.

My participation in Dave Silverstein’s group gave me the confidence to try something besides associative remote viewing. In that group, I’ve been using the pendulum to make sports predictions (over/under, winner/loser).

Here’s how the game worked: participants survived THOROENDURO until a race day when none of their selections finished in the top four of their respective race. Only selections that finished in 1st, 2nd or 3rd position received “virtual bankroll” credit based on the official pari-mutuel payoffs for that selection’s respective race. If a contestant failed to have any of their selections finish in the top four positions of any game race on a THOROENDURO contest date, they lost one Eligibility Life. This could force the contestant to go “In the Barn” for a period of time before being allowed back “In the Race” of THOROENDURO.

Because of my early sign-in, I had four “lives” before being disqualified. I managed to stay active through Nov. 21, Day 51, without being sent to the “Barn.” In the end, my intuition didn’t fail but I got distracted. I was traveling and didn’t enter any selections for two race days when I only had one “life” left.

My ranking throughout the contest was generally in the top quarter. For instance, on Day 45 (Nov. 9) I ranked 365th of 2,480 players. When the challenge ended on Dec. 15, despite missing ten race days, I still ranked in the top half–784th of 2,480 players. All in all, it was a fun way to gauge how well intuition can work.

Knowles updates One20+, RV-related links

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Jul 312012
 

Jon Knowles reported on Facebook:

I have updated One20+, a web page with what is likely the most extensive list on the Web of links related to RV – 120-plus sites, forums, sessions, reports, targets, tools, Facebook pages, etc. The page is intended to provide newcomers with a little guidance in exploring this burgeoning field and as a convenient reference site for those familiar with the field. In the welter of RV sites and social media pages, I have tried to focus on sites worth visiting or, at the very least, knowing about.

www.mprv.net

Fun at the races

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Jul 172012
 

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It was a scorching day–100 degrees–but the ponies still ran at Fairmount Park today. I used Associative Remote Viewing to pick Red Hot Redhead in Race 5. I finished the day 1 for 4, but had some other good RV sessions. In Race 4, it was a judging toss-up between two photosites and I picked the wrong one. In Race 8, I picked three of four horses in the superfecta. Gotta love it!

A matter of judging: Survival at the Shore

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Jun 102012
 

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On Day 9 of the Monmouth Survival at the Shore contest, I was eliminated for having no winners in three races. Associative Remote Viewing (ARV) got me that far, however, since I remained among 3,634 players after 2,426 had been eliminated through Day 8. Last year, I survived until Day 10.

The contest pointed out the difficulties of judging. The remote viewing worked: the information was definitely there in all three races, but I ranked other photosites higher.  In the first two races, the winners had my third-highest confidence ranking, and in the last race, the place horse had my second-highest ranking.

In addition to Monmouth’s contest, on Saturday I viewed eight races at Fairmount Park, with ARV hits on the winners of races one, three and seven. Sadly, I didn’t pick winners in the races with my highest confidence rankings (which I bet the most on since I was at the track). How does that happen? Still, it was fun. As I reviewed my sessions, I noticed at least three clear examples of displacement between the races (e.g. images I viewed for one race matching a photosite on the photoset for the next race). Between the two contests, I viewed 11 races that day, which may have been a factor.

Week 2: Surviving at the Shore with ARV

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Jun 032012
 

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I finished Week 2 of Monmouth Park’s Survival at the Shore contest, using Associative Remote Viewing to pick my winners and remain among 3,949 players. I survived with a qualifying winner each of the three days; 2,110 players have been eliminated. For remote viewing purposes, I only had one hit — Saturday’s winner in Race 11, Hunk. Although I picked the winner of Friday’s Race 8, Nekkar did not have the highest win-place-show payoff, which was my ARV intention. My pick, Wildcat Creek, placed in Sunday’s Race 8.

Using ARV at Monmouth’s Survival at the Shore

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May 282012
 

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This was Week 1 in Monmouth Park’s Survival at the Shore competition, and my third year to play using Associative Remote Viewing (ARV). So far, I’m holding on. Barely.

I finished Saturday with two winners to tie for 91st place out of 6,010 players.  One was an ARV hit (my highest Targ confidence ranking), and I chose the other by its Targ CR after my first two selections scratched (still not a hit for ARV purposes). On Sunday, I picked two horses that showed and dropped to 2,324 in the rankings, but 831 players were eliminated. On Monday, I had no winners, losing my lifesaver (which means if I have another race day with no winner, I’ll be eliminated from the contest).  Thanks to ARV, at least I wasn’t among the 1,309 players already booted.