New Daily Double links New York, Santa Anita

[Benny]

A no brainer, as in whoever came up with this idea is lacking a few brain cells, A high takeout low payout bet is the antithesis of what is wanted and needed. I like SC's take on the other p4 p6 bets where he last race of the sequence is garbage, with maidens etc. but he says it much better than I.

" Rather than trying to promote a high-takeout, low-return bet, tracks should be paying more attention to the way they are arranging their races for the existing multirace wagers that people actually like and play. Southern California has long offered a chaotic and baffling maiden claimer, chock-full with first-time starters, as the last race of the day. It’s a cynical and customer-unfriendly attempt to withhold relevant information (i.e. win-pool odds on first-time starters) from customers playing pick threes, pick fours, and pick sixes in the blind.

Now, sadly, the practice has gone cross-country, with New York frequently carding firster-filled races as its finale. Even Keeneland, which usually takes the high road, ruined the late multirace bets on its otherwise-stellar opening Saturday card last week by following five stakes with a last-race maiden event that had nine first-time starters.

If racing wants to give customers what they want, which is a pretty good way to retain their patronage, it would offer cheap bets at lower takeouts with a chance for a big payoff, with the races thoughtfully arranged so that bettors aren’t playing roulette. They have gotten a lot more sophisticated than they were in the bygone days, when the daily double was the most exciting wager on the card."

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