Many Betmix users rely heavily on the picks in the Handicapping Overview section of BirdDog. One of the most popular sections is the MixBot picks.

We've made some additional data available, and we think you will find that information very useful.

If you are not sure what MixBot does, here is a brief explanation: There is an ideal way to handicap any race. If you created a mix using a certain set of factors, and weighed those factors correctly you would have identified the winner. Of course that is much easier to do after the race than before it. If you have used MixMaker before, that's what it attempts to do - it will identify the factors that should have been used to pick the winner and then creates a mix using those factors.

MixBot does the same thing, but it goes out and finds several similar races and creates mixes for each one of them. Then it will apply the mixes it created to the race you are currently handicapping. In the past, MixBot only looked at 4 races.

Now we are grabbing the results of 12 races and displaying them in the Handicapping Overview section. We find 3 races where the winner was a heavy favorite (paid $6 or less), 3 races with a moderate favorite (paid $6.01 - $10), 3 races with a moderate longshot (paid $10.01 - $20), and 3 races where the winner was a longshot that paid more than $20.

Looking at the Mixbot mixes segmented by what the winner paid in past races gives you a better idea of what might happen today. If you see the heavy favorite on top in the mixes based on races won by favorites then you might expect the same to happen today. If you see a longshot on top in the longshot mixes, then that is a horse to pay attention to...

There are several ways to use this information to help you find more logical plays, especially if you are looking for a few likely horses in multi-race wagers.

Take a look at the new stuff in the Free Race Of The Day.

Hot Springs S.
6F on the dirt at Oaklawn Park (March 11)
Races Analyzed: 70 stakes at 6F furlongs on dirt
Date Range: January 1, 2013 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Best Speed Today’s Track
Factor Stats: 74 contenders, 24 winners (32%, $34.80 flat win bet profit, 123.5 ROI%).

Confidence. That can be the difference between a two-fisted bet and a more tepid wager. A fast race over the same surface is certainly a prime handicapping factor to consider. In 6-furlong dirt stakes at Oaklawn Park Betmix Angler tells us, with confidence, that Best Speed Today’s Track is the factor to isolate.

34% of the 74 qualifying runners since 2013 have won this race type and a $2 win bet on all would have yielded a profit of $34.80 (123.5 ROI%). In 2017 there have already been a quintet of 6-furlong dirt stakes in Hot Springs and three of them have been conquered by the runner ranking first in Best Speed Today’s Track. The average payoff of those three is $8.33.

Last Week's Results - Bird Song ($8.20) 1st in Fred W. Hooper Stakes, Pretty City Dancer 6th at 3-1 in Davona Dale Stakes.

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Davona Dale S. (G2) & Fred W. Hooper S. (G3) 
8F on the dirt at Gulfstream Park (March 4)
Races Analyzed: 17 graded stakes at 8F furlongs on dirt
Date Range: January 1, 2013 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Distance Pedigree Rating
Factor Stats: 23 contenders, 6 winners (26%, $49.40 flat win bet profit, 207 ROI%), 13 total in the money (56%, $19.40 flat place bet profit, 143 ROI% & $8.10 flat bet show profit 117 ROI%)

The mile distance, especially at the graded level, often demands a perfect combination of speed and stamina. So perhaps it’s not surprising to find that Distance Pedigree Rank has pointed to some juicy long shots in 8 furlong graded events on the Gulfstream Park main track.

Case in point is Ekati’s Phaeton, the $55.60 winner of the 2015 Davona Dale S. for sophomore fillies. It’s true that the daughter of Tale of Ekati is a big reason why this factor is in the black, but she’s also an example of why it’s likely so effective. She was a three-time winner, including a graded race, at 6 furlongs but had failed to hit the board in her previous races at a mile (on the turf) and at 7 furlongs. Her Distance Pedigree Rank made those efforts easier to forgive and made it easier to take a chance on her at 26-1.

The Distance Pedigree Rank factor can also be applied to the 8 furlong graded races for older runners like Saturday’s Fred W. Hooper Stakes. Fairly priced winners like Mshawish ($6.40/2016 Hal’s Hope S., Honor Code ($7.00/2015 Gulfstream Park H.) and Lea ($14.80/2014 Hal’s Hope S.) were all contenders on this factor.

Last Sharp Angles results: Enterprising ($8.00) 1st in Fair Grounds H.

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La Prevoyante H. (G3) & W. L. McKnight H. (G3)
12F on the turf at Gulfstream Park (January 28)
Races Analyzed: 11 graded stakes at 12 furlongs on turf
Date Range: January 1, 2013 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Last Turn Time
Factor Stats: 12 qualifying horses, 6 in the money (50%), $25.20 flat bet place profit (205 ROI%), $7.80 flat bet show profit (132 ROI%).

The new $12 million Pegasus World Cup may be the most compelling thoroughbred horse race on the planet on Saturday. But Gulfstream Park has put together a sensational stakes-pack undercard that includes a pair of marathon graded stakes on the turf. Betmix Angler shows Last Turn Time has been effective in isolating long shot plays for this race type.

Two of the last 12 horses ranking first in Last Turn Time have won recent 12 furlong graded races on the Gulfstream lawn - Imaging, the $7.40 winner of the 2015 Pan American S. (G3) and Divine Oath, who took the 2014 McKnight H. at a 10.80 mutuel. However, this factor has pointed to some juicer payoffs in the place & show spots and underneath in the exactas & tris. In the 2015 La Prevoyante, for example, Maximova was the 35-1 runner up to even money Goldy Espony. The exacta paid $98 exacta and the trifecta cashed for over $700 with third choice Rosalind in the show spot. Overall, these runners have gone off at an average odds of 17-1 and the sample includes another double-digit runner up in Angegree, second at 12-1 in the 2013 Orchid Handicap.

Last Sharp Angles results: Clearly Now 4th in the Duncan Kenner Stakes at 2.90-1

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Duncan Kenner S.
6F on the dirt at Fair Grounds on January 21
Races Analyzed: 53 stakes at 6F on dirt
Date Range: January 1, 2013 - Present
Sharp Angle: In the Money % Rank
Factor Stats: 98 qualifying horses, 20% have won (106 ROI%, $13.40 flat bet profit), 51% in the money (68 ROI%)

The first big card of the 2017 Fair Grounds meeting is Saturday January 21. While the six furlong Duncan Kenner Stakes might be not attract the attention of the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks preps on the docket, it just might offer the best wagering opportunity.

This is because Betmix Angler tells us that runners ranking first in In the Money % have done very well in six furlong dirt stakes at the New Orleans oval. The last 53 such contests have yielded 98 contenders and over half of them have hit the board at an average odds of over 9-1. The winning clip is a solid 20% and a $2 win bet on all has yielded profit of $13.40 & 106 Win ROI%.

Last Sharp Angles results: Kitten’s Cat 4th at 1.80-1 in Dania Beach S., Conquest Vivi 10th at 7.20-1 in Ginger Brew S.

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