| While I am often heard warning my fellow horse racing | | | | pick 3 there are 8 runners, but only four seem to have |
| handicappers to avoid low priced runners (any horse | | | | legitimate chance to win. |
| going off at less than 2-1 odds) there is a situation | | | | Your bet would look like this...in the first leg you key on |
| when I feel it is a good horse betting strategy to | | | | the favorite whom you like to win |
| wager on a horse going off at short odds. Horse | | | | 1/ |
| racing tips may leave you cold, but this is not a tip on a | | | | In the second leg you wheel all six horses |
| specific horse but rather a situation to look for when | | | | 1/all/and in the final leg you key on the four horses that |
| playing the pick 3. | | | | you think are contenders |
| As I am sure you know, the pick 3 is an exotic bet | | | | 1/all/1234 |
| that requires picking the winner of three consecutive | | | | The bet will cost you $48 based on a $2 pick 3 bet |
| races. Here is a situation I look for when I find a horse | | | | and will cover 24 possible combinations. The fact that |
| going off at a short price that I have spent some time | | | | you have some long priced horses in your bet will |
| handicapping and want to make a profit for the time | | | | provide a nice payoff if the favorite should happen to |
| I've invested handicapping the race. If you locate a | | | | falter in either leg of the bet and that is likely to happen. |
| horse that looks like it has a better than average | | | | Of course, there are no sure things in life, but keying on |
| chance of winning a race, but is going off at low odds, | | | | a horse that lays over the field and using this betting |
| try to play it as one leg in a pick 3. | | | | strategy allows you to take advantage of an |
| The ideal conditions are to have a horse that lays over | | | | opportunity that might have been missed if you only |
| the field in one race and then two very contentious | | | | place win bets and limit your bets to horses starting at |
| races that make up the rest of the bet. A typical | | | | 2-1 or better. This simple system has worked well for |
| situation might be your short priced favorite in the first | | | | me as long as I make sure my horse that I single on is |
| race. In the next race, there are 6 starters and each | | | | a rock solid bet. |
| seems to have a chance to win. In the final leg of the | | | | |