Long Shots

[Sooner4Life]

Played 5 in 4th at Suffolk and 2 in 5th there as well as Long shots.

Played 5 in 5th at Calder should be 6/1

[Sooner4Life]

Adding the 1 in the 8th and the 2 in the 9th at Calder. Good Luck!

[smooth53_98]

4th at Suffolk... #5 placed for 8.80/5.00; nice one to have WPS on!

Good luck with the rest of your picks today!

-smooth

[Sooner4Life]

5th Suffolk #2 Win $10.00 5.20 3.20

5th at Calder - #5 was pulled up 1/2 length out going into far turn

[smooth53_98]

Nice call on the 5th at Suffolk!

-smooth

[Sooner4Life]

Race 8 at Calder #1 place $10.00 5.80

[smooth53_98]

You are getting some nice prices today, hope you are playing them all WP or WPS! Good job!

-smooth

[Sooner4Life]

Smooth- I typically will play a "long shot" WPS with more money given to the Place and Show bets. Say $2 win $3 place $5 show for example.
Until I get sucked into exacta and tri wagering, I tend to have good success with this method.

[smooth53_98]

I hear you on that... I have gotten myself to stay away from trifectas with a few rare exceptions... although I do like to use long shots underneath my win picks; generally anything I like that is 9-2 or higher I will take a shot at WP or WPS (depending on how strong I feel the chalk is since I hate seeing a show ticket on a bomb return 2.10).

Lately I have been focusing on horses I feel can win regardless of odds; generally they need to meet 2 or more of my stronger angles and have a field that does not have any other strong qualifiers... then I run some homemade numbers on the race and if the horse is tops in most of those categories as well, I play it. Generally you see $3-$6 winners from this method (with the exception of that 48.00 winner the other week).

-smooth

[Sooner4Life]

Lately I have been focusing on horses I feel can win regardless of odds

No matter what anyone says, THIS is the best method. Try to win the race. I also like to put a few together with my top pick, but in the past I've really liked say the 8 horse at 6/1 and ran an exacta with the top two horses only to have the 8 win and the other two lay an egg. I miss being live at the races, you really can get a better feel for a horse on THAT day if you see them in the paddock.