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[Robert Fischer]

Sometimes I also use exactas in a weird way for 'keying' a rare long shot contender exactly 2nd.

You could have done this with a trifecta (or superfecta etc), and those bets often pay out a higher dollar amount, but when you don't have an opinion for 3rd, - a tri or super is less efficient than an exacta for doing this.

extreme example;

Love the and he's the 7th choice in a 10 horse field.

Win , perhaps a multi featuring/singling

Exacta / (the 3 win contenders over my pick)

Tri / / (the 3 win contenders over the 5 contenders for second over my pick)

.... So now I've got my 'keyed' in all 3 slots.



Maybe I would have needed the poor value of "Tri / / (the three win contenders over my pick, over The ten contenders for third)" if I were to use the Tri to 'key' my shot 2nd.