My personal opinion is that you should not bother with trifectas unless you can first make a profit on win and/or place betting. The TAB takes about 5% more commission out of the trifecta pool than it does out of the Win/Place pools so there is an extra disadvantage to the punter. The best value in Trifectas seems to occur when you have a short priced favourite that is unplaced - unfortunately you can go for a lot of races before this happens so you can have a long run of outs which can be frustrating (and costly) for anyone. Far better to concentrate on win/place betting where you will get regular wins whilst you aquire the skills you need.

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