Who is Larry and why should I follow his picks?

Hi - I'm Larry Pirollo but my friends call me Larry the Handicapper. I have done pretty well for myself up to date with horse racing. I work full time and in my off time I follow the great sport of horse racing.

A little bit about me:

I was an athlete growing up in playing football since I was 6 years old. My career ended at the age of 22, however, football has brought me to places in my life that I would of never of imagined in going. I have reached some success in football in earning All State and All American Honors from the state of Florida and All American Honors from college in Illinois. In saying that, I know how hard it took for training and the work needed to be on the top of my respective sport. I was born in NE Philadelphia, raised in Ventnor, NJ, lived in Orlando for 10 plus years and had short stays in Chicago and Springfield, Ill.

Horse Racing:

I look at horse racing like the game of football; these horses are like athletes. They are regularly worked out similar to football players working out for games. Horses are incredibly competitive and intelligent. Also like football, it is a total team effort for horses to succeed. Why? It starts at the top with the Owners and Breeders; common traits are passion and dedication that the team is equipped with the best tools to make a horse successful. A horse will need a good trainer and stablemates (teammates) to push the horse to its limits in every workout to be at its very best on race day. Lastly, the jockey plays a part in relating to horses, knowing how to maneuver through a race and to push the horse to its limits for the win. I was introduced to horse racing by my Dad and Uncle. I can say that all 3 of us LOVE this sport equally and talk about the ponies on occasion during the course of the week. I am sure they will contribute in some way to this blog and as well as my good friend Dale, who loves horse racing like the 3 of us. So stay tuned!

Handicapping:

By now you know that my love is football, horse racing but there is a 3rd component and that is Business. I am in corp. America and I love numbers and I love to trend. If you really think about it, handicapping is TRENDING. Your trending on a horse progression, how he/she moves during a race on certain distances, times at points in the race, workouts, where the horse likes to race and surfaces. Also I tend to look at percentages and connections. If my trending and calculations are close between a group of horses, the tie breaker to me is the percentages of wins, trainer percentages and bloodlines of a horse. I also watch video on horses past performances because I want to see if a horse has what it takes in effort and drive in his/her kick during the course of a race. So to circle back, I look at these horses like athletes and I watch film on them and lastly I love to trend them.

Results

I have done very well in the past 8 years of doing this. To be clear I DON'T bet everyday nor do I try to. I just love this sport and I pick and choose my spots. I am a stakes handicapper and tend to do very well. Reason is because I like to handicap the BEST horses with good competition throughout the field. The past 5 years, I have hit all the Triple Crown races with a very healthy net earnings.I will encourage all that know me to post testimonials to speak to this.

Goal

I want to keep awareness of this great sport. I've always wanted to get into horse racing in anyway shape or form, however, it is challenging to do so. Every person that I know always have told me to do something like this so here it is! Hopefully we can get a lot of followers to get some recognition and to most importantly MAKE SOME MONEY$$$!!!!