NYRA Grand Slam bet

[philcski]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Of course you're right about this, but this isn't the thinking that would lead someone to necessarily play the bet. You look for a race in the sequence where you think a favorite, especially a reasonably heavy one, is extremely vulnerable, as if you can get that horse off the board, you rate to get, say, 6:1 to 10:1 for that race. Obviously that's easier said than done, but you do have to add in the insurance that you can still cash should you use a horse that hits the board and the favorite also runs in.

This is the one time I think it's a worthwhile wager- almost like laying a heavy favorite. I know a lot of people that really like the bet, that don't approach it this way- they see it as a cheap way to get 4 races of action (which was the initial idea of the bet, I think). A very smart friend of mine plays it just about every day and does well with it. Just not my cup of tea because of the equal weighting.

Place pick-all's also have this problem to me.

[Kingturf]

I think after the amount it takes to get a good bet down, this bet does get you to be more creative when you are basically taking a three race parlay show into a win bet in the feature race.

I bet this through twins spires. Except for when I go to a live track, it's through the computer and watching the races on HRTV or TVG (I keep the volume off until the race is run on that channel).

A footnote; When I bet the grand slam, I combinate my bets by playing exactas, daily doubles and tri's and a few win bets on horses I really like over 6-1.