How do you bet????(long)

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by wac

When im betting i pick my horse and bet win/place usually at 2:1 ratio then i put my horse under some other in an ex. like 2,3,4/1 and do a tri 2,3,4/2,3,4/1 while im generating a decent profit so far this year it drives me crazy when all the horses i pick hit the board and i have the win but lose out on the ex and tri. Is there a better way to attack this? boxing gets kinda expensive but it is frustrating when my horse wins and ex returns $80 or higher and tri sometimes bigger. Any way to better use my top horse??? ANY advice would be greatly appreciated. LIke i said not trying to be greedy but i hate it when i see a race pretty clear and am right and i dont cream the race. I dont play pk 3' or pk 4's b/c im the king of the pick 3 of 4 and have gotten frustrated and no longer play them. i know there are some really really really good players on this board so id appreciate the advice. thanks

Bet it all to WIN!

[ateamstupid]

Stop betting to place if you're backwheeling in exactas. It's a waste of money.

[blackthroatedwind]

Stop betting to place and never wheel ( front or back ).

[unassailable08]

exactly a wheel and do yall hate Boxing exactas and trifectas also.

[whodey17]

Originally Posted by unassailable08

exactly a wheel and do yall hate Boxing exactas and trifectas also.

Sometimes I do. But I don't like giving 4 horses the same amount of chance of winning. I think one should be able to narrow the field down to at least two horses that can win the race.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by unassailable08

exactly a wheel and do yall hate Boxing exactas and trifectas also.

I usually only box horses in big fields (10+), but I'll make the occasional exception.

[Cajungator26]

I almost always end up boxing 4 or 5 horses in the Derby.

I wake up and play darts to help me decide which horse i'm going to use in each race. I fire up MS Word and type the name of each horse in 36 sized comic sans font. Then I print out the names of the horses and cut them individually with the scissors my mom bought me for kindergarten. Best scissors i've ever owned (and they're lucky too). I pin the names to the back of the dartboard and my first throw is my A horse, second horse is my B horse, third horse is my C horse, and fourth horse is my $ horse...the horse that can't lose, but I won't use.

[whodey17]

Good advice from Ateam and BTW. I am an exacta player and when I see the race clearly I make sure to key my horse on top. I like to make sure I am getting double back on the exacta from what I bet. If I am betting a twenty dollar exacta with 1 over 3 horses then my cost is $60. So the minimum exacta payout better be more than $12 ($12 x $10 = $120 twice of $60).

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Stop betting to place and never wheel ( front or back ).

That's the way I see it.