Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Mike was always a short ride from Aqueduct and Belmont - and eventually The Meadowlands when it opened its doors to thoroughbred racing. His dad was an avid race fan and introduced Mike to the track at an early age. Being a "math whiz", Mike fell in love with "all those numbers" in the Racing Form the first time he saw it. And thanks to his dad's guidance, he learned how to read the form before the age of 10, something his mom wasn't too eager to brag about to her friends.

Mike went on to major in and get his degree in Mathematics from Long Island University. Shortly after graduation, he went to work for a major insurance company in New York City as a Mathematician in the Actuarial Department - again, lots of numbers! Actuaries use probability and statistics to determine when you're going to die and then charge you just enough on your life insurance policy to make money for the company. When computers became popular, Mike transitioned into programming.

Now based in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, Mike's "home track" is Penn National but he places most of his bets from the comfort of his office and can be found in Saratoga with his wife and two kids during much of the summer. Saratoga is the oldest thoroughbred track in America and absolute heaven during the 7 week meet that ends on Labor Day.

In 1991, Mike founded A+ Consulting which later became AplusThorobred.com. Mike authored, maintains and markets the A+ Thorobred Race Handicapper, a Windows program that handicaps the races. Mike's software and full card graded analysis reports are offered for sale on his website www.APlusThorobred.com as well as free best bets and value plays every racing day at all thoroughbred tracks. Mike has partnered with Case The Race and will provide selections based on his software and his own private methods of determining which races offer the best opportunity to make your betting experience a profitable one. Mike maintains a personal database containing close to a million and a half race lines for over 125,000 horses, 2,500 jockeys and 10,000 trainers.