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PHILLIP L. RANKINTHE HANDICAPPING GUIDE

In special memory...1944 - 2024

Genesis

We take you back to Santa Anita Park on April 16th, 2006 (Easter Sunday), with Phil Rankin's newly formed rating system and nearly three million in the Pick 6 Pool:

-From direct implementation, Phil proceeds to piece together a series of $2 P6 combinations, with no more than $200 invested.

-Once the final leg completes, every winning 6-of-6 ticket is valued at $91,977.40 USD (not including the cumulative Pick 5 consolations).

-Mr. Rankin, a proud holder of one.

-By day's end, The Handicapping Guide, as a marketable racecard product, springs to life.

-Within a few months thereafter, the inaugural e-commerce website -- to sell directly online -- takes effect.

Transition

-Up until September of 2024, 'The Handicapping Guide' conducted its business operations through thehandicappingguide.com

-Upon Phil's passing, the entire product distribution line was transferred over to 'Horse Racing Figs'... horseracingfigs.com

The original racecard format and its underlining rating system has been wholly preserved; without a single core-base alteration.

May you, as either a returning fan or new subscriber, enjoy the continued mark of Phil Rankin's handicapping legacy.

Cheers!

Layout

Our table-like design is formed to provide a hierarchical view of the highest-rated horse entries; as determined by a special software program that aggregrately compiles over 35 statistical data points for each.

*Due to layout spacing, only the top seven rated horses are displayed.

The largest three-digit numbers (performance ratings) may be utilized as a guiding indicator to overall payoff strength - which, by reference, is strictly based on our program system's formulated structure, not subjective opinion or personal speculation.

Every race snapshot will contain the conditions (distance, racing surface, class level, age/sex, purse amount), the three-digit performance rating, the program/saddle cloth number, the horse's name, the respective trainer/jockey combination, and the morning-line odds.

DETAILED EXAMPLE

Purpose

Though our racecard may be used as a standalone handicapping tool, we suggest that you blend the rating numbers with your own methodology - thus serving to complement, rather than exclusively replace. For there will be certain races in which our projected listing will not sufficiently illuminate.

*This racecard product's intention is aimed to "guide" (but not guarantee) your venturing success.

"Best of fortune, my fellow racing fans!"

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