what is the best way to bet to get your money back?

do you like to bet each way on a lopsided basis like 1*4 or 2*8 or do you bet on my than one horse in a race?

best way to bet? don't

okay [with serious look]
for me depends on my predicted race outcome & price considerations
how I bet can vary race to race
ie. expected finishing position, expected margin between, groupings [main chances, secondary chances, no. in each] likely price, actual price [close to start time], site tipster tips [where I'm betting]
eg1. small group of main chances - might concentrate on win & banker mutiples
eg2. majority of chances in main [chance] groups not tipped by site tipster - might concentrate on boxed multiples
eg3. main groups consist of favs & other good priced starters [some of which I've rated better than favs] - might go ew [1x2] or [1x4] for the rougher ones & also take tri with favs to win from remainder of main groups
eg4. favs rated clearly on top - might play the first4 banking with the favs
eg5. I've rated a number [at least 2] of chances better than the fav & these chances have good recent form & have had at least 3 starts since a spell - might lay the fav
etc

..also dabble for the place if the predicted outcome fits

..how about you Mr Quaddie?

if there is a odds-on favourite then i would bank it and put the others in some multiples (trifectas).

i take note of those horses that have been plunged inside the last 15mins of betting, even those that have been plunged but closed at around $20 prooves to be worthwhile place bets.

other than that i would bet for the win on multiple horses. if the favourite was paying $3.80 then it'll allow me to place 3 $1 win bets. Lets say I put win bets on the favourite $3.80 and two other horses $5.60 and $7.10. if any wins well i make a profit. i get three win chances in the race to make a profit. the problem can occur in that the final odds are not calculated in time of jump, so you must be sure that the favourite will not go under $3 in the last moments of betting if you are putting on three $1 win bets.

i like to hedge my bets with a 1*4 combo. if the horse wins it pays well, if it places (second, third) then as long as the place dividend is $1.20 then i make a profit still. $1.30 * $4 = $5.20, profit of at least 20 cents.

Yesterday I place bet all day and out of 5 bets I had four results the horses won 2 of the races and ran 2nd and third in the others
You can get small profits this way but you should have a reasonable place divvi ,ie at least $1.40 because with a level stake 5 bets at $1.20 will have you losing if one doesnt run a place

It is diificult to win consisently on the punt and I think you must be very selective and have a lot of willpower

Some ppl who put out systems have very strict criteria and if no horse meets all criteria on a given day then there is NO BET that day...which can be a bit boring particularly if you have a bet for enjoyment