dav4463
08-21-2004, 11:50 PM
If you think you might be playing too many races, try this excercise and see if it helps. It has helped me. Handicap an entire race card.....then pick out the 8 races you like the best. That will quickly get rid of a couple of races. Then divide them up into A,B,C,D categories.
A- I like the race. I have it down to one, maybe two contenders.
B- I like the race. Top two contenders look strong, possibly a third at big odds.
C- Three contenders stand out, possibly a huge longshot fourth contender.
D- Four contenders or more. Definitely need a price.
This is the way I look at them, but ABCD category can be based on confidence in the race, or big value, whatever you are comfortable with doing. When betting....BET HALF THE AMOUNT ON A LOWER CATEGORY RACE THAN HIGHER CATEGORY.
For example, if your normal big bet is $40........
Bet $40 on A races.....$20 on B races....$10 on C races ....and $5 on D races.
You should have two races in each category with an occasional exception. Some days I will have only one A race for example, three B races and two C and two D. Normally though I try to get two races in each category. Keep records of each category. By doing this, I found that many races I made B races were stronger than my A races and I changed some of my assigning based on that type of race. It works for me, hope someone else tries it out.
A- I like the race. I have it down to one, maybe two contenders.
B- I like the race. Top two contenders look strong, possibly a third at big odds.
C- Three contenders stand out, possibly a huge longshot fourth contender.
D- Four contenders or more. Definitely need a price.
This is the way I look at them, but ABCD category can be based on confidence in the race, or big value, whatever you are comfortable with doing. When betting....BET HALF THE AMOUNT ON A LOWER CATEGORY RACE THAN HIGHER CATEGORY.
For example, if your normal big bet is $40........
Bet $40 on A races.....$20 on B races....$10 on C races ....and $5 on D races.
You should have two races in each category with an occasional exception. Some days I will have only one A race for example, three B races and two C and two D. Normally though I try to get two races in each category. Keep records of each category. By doing this, I found that many races I made B races were stronger than my A races and I changed some of my assigning based on that type of race. It works for me, hope someone else tries it out.