11/4 - My Budget - Your Suggestions

[Slewbopper]

[quote=avance2000]this is a pretty good rule in general....but i don't think you should say "ever"

what if you really like a 20-1 horse in a race? don't you think a WP bet is appropriate in that case?

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In that situation I would not bet place. I would bet all exactas with him Maybe box him with 5 others. 10 - $1 bets.

In contentious 12 to 14 horse races (3/1 or better fave), I really think the way to go is boxing 5 horses in the exacta. 20 bets. To break even the payoff has to be $40 ($2). You will see very few exactas under $100 in fields like this.

In races where I really like a horse, I will key them on top in a 5 horse tri box. At Lone Star, I had Ouija (9/10) keyed with 7 boxed behind her in the tri. Cost $42. I left Wonder Again off my ticket because she had the outside post in a field of 12. Could have bumped my ticket to $56, but I was too cheap. Somebody had to go. $2 tri was about 380.

Oh, the heartbreak of almost winning.