How to pick a $97 winner/ Sweat the details to win

After a holiday sabbatical from racing, I returned to 'the game' with a bit of success.
The final day at the big A started me off with a bang as I selected a $97 winner. How? Simple, I looked at the details in the past performances. Coupled with some knowledge about Carol Cedeno being a better jockey than is understood on the NY circuit. And, giving credit to underrated trainer John Pregman.

No Allegiance, while finishing out of the money in the last four races, had competed against 44. first quarters at out of town tracks. Fastest horse in this field might mount a 45.2. The horse was also dropping to the lowest class level in his pps. Knowing that the inner track has been favoring speed, also helped.
I won't go so far as to say I singled No Allegiance. But he was worth a $4 win bet--and a couple of double plays which did not connect.
Unfortunately, the game No Allegiance collapsed just past the finish line and hand to be destroyed. A pity.

At Fairgrounds, race 1, the overwhelming favorite--an Asmussen/Bridgemohan special was going off at 1-5. That was enough, for me to throw her out. After examining the pps, I noticed that trainer Sam David owns a 19% win rate with firsters. Even though I am not a favorite of Jockey Zimmerman, the two seemed--in this stiuation--like Batman and Robin. This called for a small win bet on his horse, Can'tstopthisstorm, and my third selection. Additionally, wheeled the firster in the double. I was rewarded with $13 to win. And, as of this writing, am awaiting a double result and price.

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Unorthodox methods of play/ as good as any

Several years ago, I spent a day at Tampa Bay racetrack with a good friend I was visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday. Since Tampa was only running a simulcast card, we were somewhat disappointed.

She had never been to the track and wanted to know what to do. Rather than go through the confusion of explaining handicapping to a newcomer, I came up with the idea that we would simply exacta box two numbers all day long. Box 3 and 8, I told her. Why those numbers, I'll never know. I would follow suit. I showed her how and what to say to the clerk--then how to make sure she got the right ticket.
Naturally, if I saw something worth a bet, I would make an additional wager.

The first race in New York ran 38, paying $29 for a two-dollar ticket. She was ecstatic. "No matter what happens the rest of the day, I won at the track." Little did either of us know how true that would be.

Well, we didn't hit every race, at every track, but damn near! We even hit the 38 exacta at dog races, even at jai-alai, with the 8 winning an abnormal twice that day. Because of her exuberant celebrations, those nearby began to ask me about what system I was using, would I share it, etc.. I had no answer.

When it was over, we had cleared nearly $800, effortlessly. I still don't think she believes that it doesn't happen that way all the time.

My point is that anything can work for a period of time.

Since then, I have noticed that certain exacta numbers seem to run together. I regularly box 2 and 7 (see Breeders Cup posts) if I like either on the win end. The results of such stabbing are phenomenal.

I am not a trifecta player. But while waiting for a particular race, I will sometimes look at out of town tracks and key the third favorite and one or two long shots on top of two odds on favorites in the triple. Amazingly, it works often enough for me to show a profit with that bet.