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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
The number of A horses fluctuates based on the races and opinions. Since A horses directly affect the cost of back-up tickets they are an integral part of the cost of the overall play. In simple terms going from one A in a race to two As will pretty much double the cost of your back-ups. All this comes down to how you spend your money on individual horses. In other words, using one A in any race will significantly alter how much more money you can spend in other places. Every horse you add will essentially come at the expense of other horses you will either leave off or use for less money. This is why, for instance, in a race with a solid single, deciding to use a much lesser as an additional A can be a poor choice as it will cost you horses in other races that may be significantly more important to use. Playing, and hitting, these bets can be very much, and usually is, about ticket structure within bankroll. Our opinion will rarely be good enough for six races to get through just by being " handicapping smart. "
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I experienced this last night. After I posted all of my tickets (following the BTW structure), I had second thoughts on one of my C horses, I wanted to move him up to a B and onto the main ticket. I made the change and started to make the changes on the backup tickets (eliminating this horse as well as other C's to keep the ticket down) and it blew the $2,500 limit out of the water quickly.
Also picture me in a hotel room, with no caculator (didn't think to use the computer, but that is a whole different problem), calculating the ticket costs by hand on the back of the racing form. I gave up, left him as a C for contest purposes and left my tickets alone.
Good luck to everyone today. Thanks to Andy and Steve for dealing with us.