A few thousand years ago, some smart guy (or gal) came up with a life philosophy that every handicapper should know by heart, for those moments when you have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that your horse will win the race and it doesn’t. Here it is:

I have seen this under the sun: the race is not always to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.

The most important part is the last seven words. It happens to everyone, bud. So take a deep breath, throw those torn up bits of red and white away, and move on.