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Originally Posted by fjh513
My bets are mostly exacta / tri boxes, and I also enjoy playing rolling pick 3's,with one race being a single to keep the costs manageable.
I would like to ask you guys /girls how you narrow the field when looking over a race. How do you toss out the non-contenders ?
Is there a quick "system" you use that makes you focus on horses you like in that race ? something that can be done in the time between races ?
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You should do what the others are saying and focus on trying to get the hang of picking the winner. It'll be much easier to string together some exotics without boxing the field if you can get to a point where you're fairly confident that the horse you pick on top is going to be in the running for the win.
As far as a way to narrow down the field, do this...look at what the horse has done in the past...primarily, I mean distance. Has the horse won at that distance? If so, don't toss him. If the horse has never tried the distance or has and didn't get in the money, toss it. Not 100%, but I guarantee you it's going to get you off of a bunch of losers. In general, don't trust horses to do things that haven't proven they can do. What they've done in the past is the best indication of what they'll do in the future. Don't try to make a story for a horse, make a case against it. Look at this way, if a horse has won at the distance it's running today, you're not making a case FOR that horse, you're simply finding it hard to make a case AGAINST that horse. It is easier to make a case AGAINST a horse that hasn't run the distance or has but has never placed. This is the easiest system I know of to make it easier to narrow down a field. Wouldn't work on the Kentucky Derby, but when you find a system that does......let me know. Other than that, if you having a problem trying to narrow down, let the race do it for you by picking some races that have small fields...obviously it's easier to pick from 6 or 7 than it is 10 or 12 (just generally speaking). Hope that helps.