handicapper
noun
hand·i·cap·per
ˈhan-di-ˌka-pər 
-dē-
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But there are hints that the unleashed-animal-spirits theme that kicked in late last year and was part of every handicappers upbeat 2025 outlook is bidding for a do-over.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 May 2025
So some handicappers like to forecast the Kentucky Derby by analyzing how horses perform down the stretch of their last prep race before Churchill Downs.
—Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Democrats are early favorites to win governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia this year, according to a leading elections handicapper.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
More seriously, Baffert noted that he’d been pleasantly surprised by the increasing maturity Rodriguez had exhibited in training recently, which, in Baffert-parlance, is the trademark laconic New-Mexico-cowboy sort of praise that handicappers would do well to take seriously on Saturday.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 May 2025
So some handicappers like to forecast the Kentucky Derby by analyzing how horses perform down the stretch of their last prep race before Churchill Downs.
—Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Democrats are early favorites to win governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia this year, according to a leading elections handicapper.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
More seriously, Baffert noted that he’d been pleasantly surprised by the increasing maturity Rodriguez had exhibited in training recently, which, in Baffert-parlance, is the trademark laconic New-Mexico-cowboy sort of praise that handicappers would do well to take seriously on Saturday.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Handicapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handicapper. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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