make your own opinions, you made all these wps bets today, now you would just stop because someone said so ? i agree with hoss on the show, but there is nothing wrong with win/place

I am far from an expert in wagering strategy. I agree that across the board wagering consistently is a good way to lose money.

However, most races present opportunities of some kind. Labeling any type of wager as "good" or "bad" without taking it into context with a particular race(s) is narrow in my opinion. The pick 4 isnt always a good bet and a bridgejumping show wager isnt always a bad one.

Not at all. I like you. You are one of the few who haven't beaten me up too bad over my Big Brown crusade these past few months.

Well the fact of the matter is I am up close to $1000.00 this year, and most of it was on Big Brown. Most of it was also when he won the Fla Derby and KY Derby when I got some decent odds. I still bet him in every race despite his heavily favorite odds.

Recently, I strayed from the script with this across the board stuff and have not been nearly as successful. So the advice of Hoss is very sensible to me.

show is a waste.....
have i not been saying that ?

example, i bet the 10 win place today in the first at belmont..... now if i bet him just to win or put him on top of other horses like other ppl say, i would have lost everything, instead, i made a few bucks on the bet.

Lucky Island was the ultimate sucker litmus test.

LOL

I'm crushed. I don't know how I will go on.

More importantly.....who taught him how to PM?

Impossible.

What if it's a case that you clearly see a horse that you believe strongly will finish 1st or 2nd.......but you're having a tough time picking a couple of the other let's say 9 or 10 horses to put with it?

The exactas as a substitute for the place are a great strategy if you feel moderately strong about any other horse in the race.

I think if you only see one....and the pools are appropriate.......throw the win/place action out there and keep it simple.

I hate to include any horse in my wager I do not feel very strongly will be where my $$ is.

to be honest, i don't know if i'd have finished ahead on the day with just the wps betting. i know i hit a couple really good ones, but i also did very well with exactas those two days that paid nicely, also the early daily double.
but like i said above, i don't play 2/3-1's either.
i'm not a big gambler, i don't go that often, so i'm still somewhat tentative. but we had a hell of a great time up there!

hossy, i disagree. i think roller doc and hrfan will get along fine.

Hank might be out of a job soon. Weight, blood sugar and blood pressure reading plz.