Odd betting at Santa Anita Race 1 March 12th

[Stillriledup]

The lowest exacta was the THIRD choice on top of the 2nd choice. (and of course, it came in).

[Stillriledup]

Winner paid 7.80 to win, the favorite was not 2nd and the exacta paid 11.00 for 2 bucks.

[lamboguy]

good pick up

[Stillriledup]

good pick up

You rarely see an exacta that's the most bet combination not involving the heavy favorite. It wasn't like the 3 most bet horses were all co 8-5 shots, the 6 with Bejarano was a decided favorite.

[Exotic1]

The lowest exacta was the THIRD choice on top of the 2nd choice. (and of course, it came in).

Good observation of how close the top 3 choices were in the exacta pool compared to the win odds where the #6 was a heavy favorite.

Doubles will pays did line up with the win odds with the #6 as the heavy favorite in the first leg followed by the #1, followed by the #4. A #6 -#4 double would have paid $21 while the #4 - #4 did pay $34. Double pool was a little less than half of the exacta pool.

[bello]

The 6 was a phony. Bet hard early for some reason

[lamboguy]

i bet the superfecta in race 5 today, mainly because i loved the winner and hated the favorite. so i bet a super key, 3/4-6-7-8=$24 ticket. i don't think i could have asked to much more for the result, i only played $1 ticket and all i got was 9-1 for my money. the exacta alone was 20-1 on a cold punch. to me the payoff sucked and i won't play those things ever again. i don't know what is so great about turning a 3-1 into a 9-1 and need 3 other horses to collect. sticking to the win ticket is much better

[Red Knave]

i don't know what is so great about turning a 3-1 into a 9-1 and need 3 other horses to collect. sticking to the win ticket is much better
If you bet the same $24 on the winner you get back $50.
If you take your super ticket and make it $24 in exacta tickets you get $6 on each combination so you get back $140.
Your super, for the same investment, comes back $247.

Seriously, you would rather have had the winner only?

[lamboguy]

If you bet the same $24 on the winner you get back $50.
If you take your super ticket and make it $24 in exacta tickets you get $6 on each combination so you get back $140.
Your super, for the same investment, comes back $247.

Seriously, you would rather have had the winner only?it comes down to how many times do you have the winner but not the numbers underneath that winner using 4 other horse out of the 9 remaining. i don't get the underneath part that often.

i had also played the pick 4 with that same race yesterday. i had 2 singles that won, a winner using 2 horses in another race, and lost the pick 4 using 6 horses out of the 9 and not playing the favorite at all. a $40 horse won that i didn't come up with.