TVG's Handicappers...How good are they?

[jafeather]

Before I break out a spreadsheet and start tracking this for a few weeks...I thought I'd see if anyone else around here has done the same.

Basic premise - if you bet the TVG handicappers' picks, what kind of win/loss rate are you going to be looking at?

I'd start by just looking at picks to win, since that's almost all they get into. I may throw in some pick 4s down the road since they love to have their pick 4 tickets (the pick 4s may not represent how they would really bet, though, since the tickets are limited to $50.) Down side to the pick 4s is that a relevant sample size could take ages to compile.

Also, how good is one of their handicappers vs. others? Just from a few days it seems that Simon Bray could make you some money, but Rich or Matt a lot less (sample size admittedly neither realistic nor thoroughly recorded.)