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Your Key Greyhound: Only Play Him 55% of the Time!
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Your Key Greyhound: Only Play Him 55% of the Time!

Submitted by gordon on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 00:33

Is this you? Handicap a race. Find your key. Bet on her.

If it is, you can do a lot better!

First, you need to understand a background study. Suppose you bet exactly the same way as the crowd. Your key is the crowd favorite. Your worst dog is the longest shot on the board. What happens when you rank the dogs by crowd odds, and then make a win bet on each?

Which Trifecta Structures Win Most Often?

Submitted by gordon on Sun, 01/24/2010 - 12:27

Do you make the exact same style of wager every time you hit the teller's window? Are you stuck on a three-dog box?

The Worst Dog: Use Him or Lose Him?

Submitted by gordon on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 23:20

Now here is a decision that you make every single time you are looking at playing a trifecta part-wheel wager. You've done all that handicapping and you've got them all ranked. There's your key at the top! You stick that key in your part-wheel and fill in second-place with one or two or three other greyhounds. But then you smack into the wall when you start thinking about third place.

Analyzing a Handicapping Factor: Does Time Make the Grade?

Submitted by gordon on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 13:42

There is probably a better way of doing it! Over the years, I've studied many different handicapping factors, and many ideas about wagering. The interesting idea that has come from all that is, you can't handicap every race the same. There is a better way!