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Old 10-26-2010, 02:31 PM
RockHardTen1985 RockHardTen1985 is offline
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Originally Posted by Dahoss View Post
I think what he is getting at is bet to win and then back it up with exactas with the horse you like for second instead of betting to place. It's one of the mistakes I make more often than I should. I like a big priced horse, it finishes second to a logical horse and I'm left with nothing because I didn't take a few extra dollars and back it up.

There was a thread, probably 3 or 4 years ago that dealt with something like this. The gist of it was it was better finacially to just put your horse over the favorite than bet the horse to place.
A thread does not make it right. If you like a big priced horse bet it w/p. Who says the chalk is always going to win?
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