| One of the biggest problems that horse racing | | | | must pay attention and keep notes, no mater |
| handicappers face is overcoming what I call | | | | how painful that may be. To the best of my |
| gambling amnesia. Gambling amnesia is the single | | | | knowledge, after years of playing the horses, I |
| biggest problem in the world of the gambler and | | | | have never met a successful horse player who |
| yet very few know how much it is costing him or | | | | didn't keep notes. |
| her each year. Gambling amnesia is caused by | | | | Now admittedly, some of them didn't do a great |
| the number one reason that most people gamble. | | | | job of keeping track of those notes, but the |
| The number one reason that most people gamble | | | | more successful a man or woman was at making |
| is to have a thrill, the thrill of winning. The odd | | | | a profit betting on horse races, the more |
| thing is that studies have shown people will keep | | | | organized and detailed his or her notes. I think |
| gambling even though their bankroll is slowly | | | | the ones who were the most successful actually |
| dwindling, as long as they occasionally win. Does | | | | loved reviewing the notes and reliving each |
| any of this sound familiar? | | | | moment of the struggle of picking winners and |
| Horse players like to brag about their last big | | | | learning how to handicap the races. |
| score or near miss, but very few will list all the | | | | If you have gambling amnesia, I advise you to |
| times they have lost or know exactly how far | | | | cure it by writing yourself a note, right now, not |
| ahead or behind they might be. The reason for | | | | later, to get a notebook and start writing down |
| this is that they selectively remember the wins | | | | everything you can think of. The next step is to |
| and choose to edit out all those losses and | | | | buy a calendar or appointment book and on each |
| disappointments, always looking forward to that | | | | page for each day write the following note to |
| next winning bet. | | | | yourself, "First thing today, read notes." It will |
| While a good horse racing system can teach you | | | | make a world of difference and you will start |
| how to handicap the horse races, it will not help if | | | | learning from your mistakes instead of repeating |
| you do not learn to do one other thing. You | | | | them over and over. |