If you like cashing winning tickets on horses that go off at good odds, here is a tip that can really pay off.
At the smaller tracks or where the pools are small, there is sometimes too little in the win pool to make a sizable bet without seriously changing the odds.
So what do the owners and insiders at those tracks do when they have a horse that is ready to win and they want to make a score? They leverage their bets by letting the win odds go up by not betting to win and they confine their betting to the exotics.
The beauty of this, for them, is that they can make a higher return off a smaller bet.
By not betting their horse to win, they don't tip off the public that the horse is live.
For instance, if they have a horse that is ready to score but there is only a few thousand dollars in the total win pool, a sizable bet on their runner will show up when the odds drop significantly on their entry.
So they take the money they would've put into the win bet and bet in the exacta and tri pool instead.
By comparing the exotic payoffs to the win odds you will soon be able to spot horses that are live.
Your next decision is to decide whether to bet the same way the owners have or to put some money into the win pool and bet it to win.
I recommend both bets, but only at the last minute so as not to tip off the public.
Just because you've figured it out it doesn't mean you have to share that knowledge with the crowd.
Now here is an even better tip.
Look at the payoffs from one of these small tracks and start looking for abnormally short prices on exactas and triples compared to the win and place payoffs for the first two finishers.
Remember, some smart stables will have their horse come in second and wheel it in the bottom of the exacta and in second place in the trifecta.
That way, there horse still won't be bet too heavily next time out, because it failed to win, and they can also get a good price in second place in the exotics.
As you do this detective work, spotting the stables that play that game, keep a list of those stables and look for their runners each day.
You will soon be able to spot a good bet that the public is unaware of and you'll be betting like an insider.