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Originally Posted by AndyC
I have recommended doing the above for years. It is amazing the amount of additional leverage achieved by just playing the short priced horse in the 3rd slot of a trifecta. If a race is compelling enough to make exacta bets without the short priced favorite in the 1st or 2nd slot then the favorite should be played in the 3rd hole of a trifecta.
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IMO, if the short-priced favorite figures to be out of the exacta...then a lot more "leverage" is achieved by keeping it out of the trifecta, as well. My experience tells me that these short-priced favorites are seldom the stretch-runners in the race; they are usually early-speed types who seek to take control of the race by the time the horses round the final turn. If such a horse figures to be passed late by two horses, then it could easily be passed by three...and the reward easily trumps the risk, as far as I am concerned.
