Calling an audible is better known as 'Omaha' made famous by Peyton Manning in his football career, some of you might refer to him as Paintin' Manning as he has embarked a new career and even changin his name.
An audible is changing a play on a moment notice. Well, we had to call audible this weekend and dip into the bullpen simultaneously.
As some of you are aware, I, Racingwithbruno, am making my way back to Kentucky, with the boys, for the fall.
Both Joe, (Left) and rudy (right), are road warriors, especially Joe he has logged enough road miles to travel half way around the world.
Everything was moving along to the game plan, hit Tucson, and then the big stretch, 14 hour drive to San Antonio Friday night, Saturday in Memphis, Lexington Sunday, or so was the playbook.
Well, we got a flag for delay of game and didn't arrive into San Antonio until 1 am, Saturday morning.
Rudy, the wreckin ball that he is, unbeknownst to me chewed thru his harness, so when I opened the door to get him out in the hotel parking lot, as he always has to go first, he jumped out of the car and got loose.
The Horror!
He is bouncing around the parking lot like a bunny rabbit, as Rudy is extremely athletic, and only a few yards away from a service road, fortunately, as i have gotten to know him if I walk away from him, he comes back running, unlike Joe whom would have been gone and played catch me if you can.
Ten minutes later I corraled him, got Joe out and we got up to our room. My heart in my thoat and blood pressure over 300, I was gassed. I did the Saturday Churchill Card and went to bed, about 3 AM Central time and not feeling well.
I couldn't get out of bed the next morning, fever, cold sweats, dizzinnes. I was a mess, I extended the first night into two in San Antonio.
This is where the audible comes in, I called Amy Kearns, "Omaha!" I needed her to do Churchill Sunday the next day, as i could barely keep my head off the pillow.
"I just thought you were being dramatic'', said Amy Kearns on Sunday, ''but you were really sick!". We don't call Amy HR (Human Resources) for nothing.
Amy went on to pick 6 of 10 winners on the card with her 1st and 2nd pick, and she proclaimed she was only off 'wildy' in 1 out of 10.
A lot of handicappers need everything to go right to win or even have a chance. One gremlin or a monkey wrench and we are all chasing Rudy in the parking lot. If you got a bad beat or a DQ then you would be chasing Joe, good luck with that!
(Huskeys are escape artists)
We, at Racingwithbruno, we use all of our info, as you know handicappers use a vast playbook:
1.) Beyer Figures
2.) Sheets,(Rags and Thorograph)
3.) our partners Equine Edge
4.) Tips from Backstretch Cook
5.) Tips from the Track Barber
6.) Tips from Valet Attendants
7.) Talking Heads
and I am sure i am missing a few, but all of my staff uses our information, our numbers, our pace figs, our closing figs, our workouts from our clockers, it's a fully insulated handicapping network, and Amy played brilliantly.
So, as I was forced, to stay in the hotel and return to the world of the living, Amy conducted the audible to perfection.
"We were really worried about you" said Amy as her and her significant were about ready to call the front desk and have them check on me.
I am still here, Sunday night in San Antonio, hopefully in the morning I can resume the drive and either hit Memphis or Little Rock, Arkansas, and then on to Lexington.
The morale of the story, is that if you have structure and are using exclusive info that is not widely used by everyone else you got a better chance to calling Omaha and being successful.
The familiarity with how exclusive information can help shine a light that mainstream products used by the droves can help handicappers cannot, you need info/views that are not mainstream to get over the hump.
I am often asked "how can I win?" my answer is simple, 'you can never win using the information in the past performances in front of you', you need an edge a view from outside the box.
That's how we roll at Racingwithbruno, and judging that I have attention span to write this on Sunday night, I am getting back to myself and even though still a bit shaky, I know that calling audibles, like Omaha, works for handicappers.
So whether its Amy Kearns or Paintin' Manning, we got the job done.