My question is statistical, but I have to lead into it with a little slice of life.

I had this annoying song in my head. It's one of those slow French songs that make you want to hang yourself and yet wouldn't be out of place during sex. Not my kind of music. Come to think of it, maybe it popped into my head because of David Carradine's strange death. Yeah, that must be it.



Once I found the song on Youtube, I played the whole thing because of her looks. There I also came across the comment that... More...

Horse racing is as over-analyzed a field as you will find. The main reason I love the literature is that it is loaded with good ideas that can be translated to other sports. And then there is the strange idea that I might, somehow, be able to transfer my understanding of other sports to the sport of kings.

So how does a rookie go about attacking this field? The first priority for me was simplification. Too many people know too much about this field. If I was to find any edge I needed an immediate and powerful... More...