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Originally Posted by brianwspencer
Yea, I think that's what the original post meant, and that's how I took it when I added it to the tail end of my post. That I need to stay disciplined at ALL times and not take a flyer on a horse that is not our first choice just because we don't like 3-2 on the horse we DO like.
That if we like that 3-2 horse, and aren't satisfied with the price for the win -- to start looking for creative ways to key that horse on top of exotics that will maximize the investment instead of just tossing that horse and taking another.
I think we're all on the same page, just saying it in different ways.
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The first poster said " Don't look at the tote board before I bet " so that poster is suggesting to bet whomever one likes regardless of price. That's simply another recipe for losing.
One should be acutely aware of all odds and absolutely be ready to " take a flyer on a horse that is not our first choice " simply because of the oddsboard. A good horseplayer will cash more than his share of tickets with second, third or fourth choices played because of price.
Look at it this way, staying alive in multi-race bets relies on spreading, and the bigger scores will usually come when some big priced horse wins one of the legs and may well have been thrown in as a third or fourth choice. Perhaps in an individual race that horse's big odds would have been enticing enough for a win bet, especially if the odds on the horseplayer's other contendors were all theoretically too low.
There are many ways to win and not using an available asset only limits these chances.