Thanks Kenchar I will try that one friday night

Thanks a lot for taking the time out to have a say in here, I really appreciate it...just a few more things (sorry im hungry for knowledge)

Are trifectas...quinellas and exactas worth it? And what exactly are they...

And I have been told to take Sky Ratings not too seriously...is this correct?

Thanks!!

trifecta: pick the first three placegetters (not necessarily in order depending on how much you want to spend)

quinella: pick the first two placegetters, doesn't have to be in order

exacta: pick the first two placegetters in order

i don't particularly think quinellas are great value, i'd much prefer look at tris and exactas

Beg to differ on that one, Chuck. I find that quinellas, especially including the shorter-priced horses, are consistently returning great value (compared to theoretical dividends based on starting prices). Could well be the same with trifectas, but I gave them the flick because the losing runs are too long. In smaller pools I divert some of my quinella bets to all-ways exactas to try to preserve the dividends, but the exactas seem to regularly under-pay.

Depends what horses you pick, I guess.

Cheers,

H.