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Night School Starts March 3
Online handicapping education classes begin March 3.

Night School Starts March 3

Q-RACING JOURNAL—MARCH 2, 2015—Night School, the online handicapping education resource, will begin its 2015 season on Tuesday, March 3.

The free online educational seminars will continue through December 1, for a total of 40 consecutive weeks. The program begins each Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. Eastern, and last 90 minutes. It can be found at www.horseplayernow.com. There will be three “semesters” of spring, summer and fall, with SiriusXM Radio simulcasts in spring and fall.

This is the fifth season of Night School, which is sponsored in part by AQHA. The program has had more than 1.2 million views since its inception. Hosted by Jeremy Plonk and Caton Bredar of Horse Player Now, as well as Steve Byk of SiriusXM’s “At the Races with Steve Byk” program, Night School includes lessons, downloadable study materials, videos and podcasts.

In addition to its Tuesday night handicapping education, Night School also hosts a Wednesday night live racing chat for Mountaineer Park (spring) and Woodbine (summer/fall), as well as Friday nights for Remington Park’s spring American Quarter Horse meeting and summer Thoroughbred meeting. The Wednesday/Friday chats begin at 6:30 p.m. ET and last the entire card.

Night School Spring Semester Topics

Date Topic (all begin 8:30p ET)

3-Mar Radio: The First Things to Look At
10-Mar Radio: Jockey Angles
17-Mar Radio: Trainer Intent/Form Cycles
24-Mar Radio: Trainer Stats Pros-Cons
31-Mar Radio: Mapping Out the Pace
7-Apr Radio: Psychology of the Horseplayer
14-Apr Radio: Small Bankroll Betting
21-Apr Radio: Large Bankroll Betting
28-Apr Chat: Kentucky Derby Week
5-May Radio: When to Bet More…Bet Less?
12-May Chat: Preakness Week
19-May Radio: Identifying Track Bias
26-May Radio: Racing from the Outside
2-Jun Chat: Belmont Stakes Week

Night School is hosted at www.horseplayernow.com each Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. Eastern.

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Online handicapping education classes begin March 3.