What's your favorite type of wager?

[grandstander21]

Do you prefer win, place, and show?

Do you like to go with straight exacta, trifecta, or superfecta, or do you prefer to box them?

Do you go for the multi-race bets like daily double, pick 3, pick 4, or maybe even pick 6?

Also, how often do you play the pick 6?

Let me know what you think.

[lamboguy]

my favorite is 2 part, i like to bet on the bridgejumper and against him. both have their plus's. when you are on the bridgejump you know what you are getting before the race starts and you never pay the breakage. when you bet against the bridgejump you have the opportunity to step in when someone makes a mistake going for the small money. in this day and age, boy do they make plenty of mistakes, enough of them to overcome the takeout and breakage.

[therussmeister]

I play exacta, tris, and supers, but I never box more than two horses, which of course means exactas only. I also play show bets.

[upthecreek]

A winning one!
Rolling DD & Pick-3's

[affirmedny]

Exacta pool consistently is the largest of all at just about any track and race.

[Donttellmeshowme]

Pick 4 Pick 5 and Pick 6 for me

[Tom]

I like 1 unit to win, 3 units to place on 9-2 of higher.
Otherwise, I bet win.
Sometimes exacta, but a minority of the time, and sometimes doubles.

I grew up on doubles. When I worked the 3-11 shift back int he 70's, a guy from the city would bring in a Batavia program and I would play a couple of doubles every night. Harness was the big thing in Rochester back then, among the older guys.

I hardly ever play supers or tri's or pick 3,4,5,6

[Stillriledup]

I would say Tri's

I lean towards verticals vs horizontals because w horizontal bets, you have to be right 3, 4 or more times in a row, I've found it's hard to be right ONCE let alone 4 times.

[Overlay]

Even with the larger payouts that the more involved exotics can produce, and the complications that can result from last-flash odds changes, I still favor wagers where I can have at least a ballpark idea before I bet of what the return might be if I win (er, excuse me...I meant when I win).

I can also be selective about exotic combinations (without having to box multiple horses), since my handicapping gives me an indication of the fair payout for each individual combination.

[ultracapper]

95% of my bets are W/P. Every once in awhile, maybe 5-10 times a year, I'll make an exacta bet.

I have put less than $300 total into P6 pools in the 33 years I've played this game. I haven't made a P6 bet in probably 8 to 10 years.

[thaskalos]

My play used to be 75% vertical exotics and 25% win wagers. It is now 95% vertical exotics and 5% win.

[ManU918]

Daily Doubles = 40%
Pick 5's = 30%
Pick 6's = 20%
Win = 10%

[EMD4ME]

Main Bet: Pick 5

Late Pick 4 is Silver Medal Winner

Pick 6 IF I like the sequence

WIN betting when there is a prime play (prime play can be a 10/1 I really like or a 3/4 horse like Marking who was a mortal lock last time out)

DD if I have opinions in 2 consecutive races that are prime plays or offer extreme value.

Pick 3 ONLY WHEN I love 2 races OR I like all 3 races (maybe hate 1 fav or 2 favs or if there are 2/3 prime plays in ONE SEQUENCE)

Will sometimes play exactas IF I have 2 opinions.

Will rarely play TRI's.

Do play dime supers as action bets OR when I have 3 opinions in a race or when a unique situation occurs (5 speeds and 3 closers on a closers track-key the 3 closers in sups)

Grand Slam-If I have an opinion in the feature AND don't like at least 1 fav to hit the board in show races

Parlays-IF there are horses who I find that are rock solid to hit board-WPS parlays.

Bottom line-LOVE ME those horizontals

[olddaddy]

Doubles , pk3s and straights on the longies.

[River11]

Horizontal bets all the way. I can't grind it out, need the occasional big score to stay ahead.