You Can Beat A Horse Race
At Horse Betting Professor they prefer to make vertical bets as opposed to horizontal bets. What the heck does a vertical vs. a horizontal bet mean? Well, I’m glad you asked …
Well, Vertical bets are those that go from one race to the next. For example, a Daily Double is a type of wager calling for the selection of winners of two consecutive races. A Pick 3 is a wager calling for the selection of the winners of three consecutive races. A Pick 4 and Pick 6 are exactly what they sound like.
Horizontal bets, on the other hand, are bets like the trifectas and superfectas. A trifecta is a wager picking the first three finishers of one race in exact order while a superfecta is picking the first 4 finishers of one race in exact order.
Now if you have a system that allows you to knock out 5 of the 8 horses running right off the bat, and leaves you with only 2-4 horses that have a legitimate chance to win the race, and you can do this every race, then betting Pick 3’s and the like is a no-brainer. A high percentage of the time ONE of your horses is going to win the race.
However, you can bet a trifecta and be oh so close, yet you lose most of the time. Maybe you can hit a trifecta once in awhile in a horse race, but it is unlikely, dare I say impossible, to pick the top 3 or 4 horses race after race.
I guess it all comes down to whether or not you like money and cashing in tickets, or if you want to be the guy walking around muttering, “I coulda, shoulda, woulda …” as you tear up your tickets and thus throw away your money.
I know which kind of guy I am.
The great thing is most tracks now offer rolling Daily Doubles, Pick 3’s and Pick 4’s. They used to only be offered on certain races like the last three races of the day. The horse bettor's optimum betting situation is when they find themselves in a Rolling Pick 3 where the horse bettor can beat the favorite in 2 out of the 3 races. That is when the horse bettor gets optimum value on their investment and you are talking about HUGE payoffs.
Well, Vertical bets are those that go from one race to the next. For example, a Daily Double is a type of wager calling for the selection of winners of two consecutive races. A Pick 3 is a wager calling for the selection of the winners of three consecutive races. A Pick 4 and Pick 6 are exactly what they sound like.
Horizontal bets, on the other hand, are bets like the trifectas and superfectas. A trifecta is a wager picking the first three finishers of one race in exact order while a superfecta is picking the first 4 finishers of one race in exact order.
Now if you have a system that allows you to knock out 5 of the 8 horses running right off the bat, and leaves you with only 2-4 horses that have a legitimate chance to win the race, and you can do this every race, then betting Pick 3’s and the like is a no-brainer. A high percentage of the time ONE of your horses is going to win the race.
However, you can bet a trifecta and be oh so close, yet you lose most of the time. Maybe you can hit a trifecta once in awhile in a horse race, but it is unlikely, dare I say impossible, to pick the top 3 or 4 horses race after race.
I guess it all comes down to whether or not you like money and cashing in tickets, or if you want to be the guy walking around muttering, “I coulda, shoulda, woulda …” as you tear up your tickets and thus throw away your money.
I know which kind of guy I am.
The great thing is most tracks now offer rolling Daily Doubles, Pick 3’s and Pick 4’s. They used to only be offered on certain races like the last three races of the day. The horse bettor's optimum betting situation is when they find themselves in a Rolling Pick 3 where the horse bettor can beat the favorite in 2 out of the 3 races. That is when the horse bettor gets optimum value on their investment and you are talking about HUGE payoffs.
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At Horse Betting Professor they prefer to make vertical bets as opposed to horizontal bets. What the heck does a vertical vs. a horizontal bet mean? Well, I’m glad you asked … |