| The key to putting together good exotic bets and | | | | some obvious assumptions that you can make. There |
| hitting trifectas and superfectas is understanding | | | | are some horses that look so bad that many bettors |
| percentages. Percentages can work for you or | | | | will not consider them to have any chance to place or |
| against you and you need to understand when to | | | | show. Any trifecta combination with such a horse will |
| apply them. There is a trade-off between consistency | | | | pay well. Therefore, if you want to make money |
| and price that you have to understand in order to | | | | betting trifectas, you'd bettor make room in your |
| make a profit playing trifectas and superfectas. | | | | combinations for such horses. |
| While good horse racing handicapping is always a plus | | | | On the other hand, in order to keep the cost of your |
| and you must know how to rate each horse's odds of | | | | bet down, I recommend a key wheel or part key |
| hitting the board, it is also important to understand how | | | | wheel and that means you need a high percentage |
| that translates into profits. The crowd is pretty wise | | | | horse as a single, in the first and perhaps second |
| when it comes to understanding each horse's chances | | | | position. Putting a high percentage horse in the first two |
| of winning the race. A simple check of the tote board | | | | spots will insure that you have a high strike rate while |
| will usually confirm that they have assigned odds to | | | | putting the low percentage horse in your combinations |
| each horse that reflects its chances of winning. | | | | will usually pay off well enough to cover the costs of |
| Understanding the probability of each horse then | | | | bets over the long run. |
| placing or showing becomes much more difficult | | | | The trick, of course, is to know which horses are |
| because there are so many variables. In a typical 8 | | | | worth including in your exotic bets and which ones can |
| horse field, for instance, there are over 300 possible | | | | be eliminated. That takes practice and there is no |
| trifecta combinations. How each horses odds of | | | | single rule that applies. One running style that does |
| winning and consequently of finishing in the top three or | | | | seem to produce a lot of horses who manage to finish |
| four is arrived at requires advanced math calculations | | | | in the money though often fail to win is the horse who |
| that simply cannot be carried out at the track or in the | | | | must close to win from well off the pace. These types |
| few minutes before a race. | | | | of late runners often fail to win, but manage to place |
| While you may not be able to accurately reflect each | | | | and show at healthy prices. |
| horse's chances of hitting the board, there are usually | | | | |