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					Originally Posted by  johnny pinwheel
					 
				 
				i agree. i kind of stick to pick 3's. you need to have a ticket with one single or at least narrow it down to 2 horses. why would you want to bet 10,000 to win 2,000 on picks? you should be trying to bet 200 to win 10,000. i've hit the biggest ones by playing a single, a couple in another leg and the all button in the leg with a heavy favorite thats vulnerable. that formula has made me big scores on the biggest days when the pool is piled on one horse that loses. 
			
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 I think you really can't have a set number of horses you want to use beforehand.  By doing that you are already limiting yourself.  In a 12 horse field there could be one stand out.  Or, in a 5 horse field they all could have a legitimate shot at winning.