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Its a fine line between handicapping and betting. If you knew the winner, 2nd place finisher, 3rd place finisher and 4th place finisher, you can bet a cold superfecta and be done with it. You wouldn't need to know how to bet if you had the top 4 in order, right?
So, the better you are at predicting who's going to win, be 2nd, etc the better your betting is going to be.
The most important thing to know about intertwining your betting and your handicapping is this. Coming up with the key horse is much easier than being able to rate the other 9 horses in the field (lets use a 10 horse race as an example).
If you don't know much about the talents of the other 9 animals, you can't maximize any 'edge' you have on your main pick or key horse. Thats why great handicappers not only can sniff out the right win bet, but they can rate the other 9 horses and set up some exacta, tri or super bets.
My advice would be this. Before you worry about betting strategy, try and become a better handicapper. No matter how good you already are, you can always get better. As your handicapping improves, so will your betting and structuring (of exotics)
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