Alright, Rob has stage fright. Here is what Thorograph did for me or things to know
1) Use this as a TOOL and not your only information. I got caught into the trap about half way through, when I started doing really well, where I was just using the sheets and using the best three numbers, not a good way and I went broke fast. learning experience.
2) TG allows me to play tickets I like more often becuase it eliminates horses that I would have generally used. You can almost ALWAYS talk yourself into any horse for any specific reason. TG for me is used as a check point, where I can see if I am on the right path for the race. As I said earlier, I used to play pick threes that were 2x4x6 for $48 and I can now change that into a 2x2x3 ticket that I can play for 4 more times, thus when I hit the ticket, I am 4x richer. Less wasted opportunity and better use of funds. I rarely play just one pick three ticket in a race now, becuase I have more funds to play the ticket more times.
3) Some people use it for 'number' power which is fine, but you become REAL good when you use it for 'pattern' power. When you can start predicting a 'top' is when you start hitting some good tickets, and some great exactas
4) The one thing I love about TG is that Jerry Brown, owner of Thorograph, believes VERY STRONGLY in his product, he wants to be the BEST, and while it is argued, currently is the best. Determination like that usually doesn't go unrecogized or unsuccessful.
5) The ability to learn using their Redboard room is amazing. What I did was I wouldnt look at the results, I would get the changes for the day, and the next day I would go to the redboard room and download two tracks, I would then see I thought would run tops or win the race, given the conditions. Then look at the results. While it really doesn't mean much to pick a winner after the race was run, and their is alot more that goes into a wager then just TG sheets, it does get you comfortable with them and reading them 'pre-race'. I was fortunate to have people like Byk to lean on regarding reading numbers in my early stages. He still haven't taught me how to wager though
(Which I believe no one can, it is something you just have to figure out IMO) The resources that you have here alone will help you. I wish more Rag guys would comment on their sheets here, it would be interesting to discuss them.
6) The abundance of information, while tiresome and somewhat overwhelming, will get you some winners. I was talking with Byk a couple weeks ago and told him that I was never using the trainer profiles until he started yapping about them, and since then I have found some real good priced winners just quickly scanning in there for some off the wall %'s, that no one besides TG have access to.