oh yea! been there and done that. not only w/ tris and ex but pick 3's.
I just have to realize that if i don't bet $40-50 bucks a race covering 2-3 win bets 2, units on the place bet and units on the ex and tri w/a $30 pick three bet there are going to be those highs/lows on races.
i do bet 2-3 horses to win, then a place bet on my top selection, then maybe the same 2 selections as an ex. i figure one has tossed horses that don't win, stay away from the fav. that may only win 33% of the time and use the odds line percentage for the other overlays. tom brohammer told me in one of those TM on line meeting, para phrase, "if the fav is underlayed then there is a horsre w/ a chance that is overlaied" dick mitchell also explaied why a place and show bet on long shots acctuallly subsidized the fav.
my 2 cents er...units
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