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Part Two
Meadowlands Results
for Saturday April 17, 2010
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How did I do today?
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Friends, you can link to my morning picks for tonights racing right here:
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And, here are the official results from the Meadowlands website for Saturday April 17, 2010:
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There were a few changes and scratches on today's card. Not many of these affected my performance.
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Race 1. Horse number 2 was scratched and this affected my selections. My top four picks were: 5-1-8-4. I did not win this race because of my handicapping methods. In a four horse field I like to keep my bets down to ten dollars, so the actual winning selection was not part of my picks. However, the winning combination ( 8-5-4 ) was part of my top four horses. So, with slightly different betting strategies this race would have been winnable for me. Either betting 18 dollars and making key bets using my top three horses as winners or by simply boxing four horses for 24 dollars would have produced a win for me. I do on occasion bet 18, 20, or sometimes 24 dollars. The point is that the top four winning horses were part of my system. I bet ten dollars in this race. My bets were: 5-1-8 triactor box and two triactor keys: 4/5-1 and 5/1-4.
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Race 2. I won this race and I got paid $88.40 for my one dollar triactor bet. The race paid a bit more for the players in New Jersey. ( see payoffs at the Meadowlands above ) I bet 20 dollars in this race. My top five selections were: 2-3-6-5-7. I boxed 2-3-6 and keyed 5/2-3, 2/3-5, 7/2-3 and 2/3-7. I also played the optional key bet 3/2-6-7 for six dollars as a back up bet. The actual winning triactor combination was 2-3-7.
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Race 3. I won this race and I got paid $192.15 for my one dollar bet. My five selections were: 4-6-1-2-7 and a threat horse was number 8. I bet the following way: Triactor box 4-6-1 and keys 2/4-6, 4/6-2, 7/4-6, 4/6-7 and I covered the threat with two more key bets: 8/4-6 and 4/6-8 for a total of 18 dollars. The winning triactor combination was: 4-6-1 and that was my top three picks in order of my preference.
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Race 4. My picks were 1-2-6-8-10 and there was a threat horse namely number 7. I bet my usual 14 dollars plus another four dollars covering the threat. The winning triactor was 6-9-8 and it paid for two dollars: $827.80. Needless to say I wasn't even close to winning this one.
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Race 5. Horse number 8 was scratched in this race, meaning that this was ten dollar betting race for me. My selections were: 7-1-3-6. I bet my usual way in a 7 horse field and I boxed the top three horses and keyed the fourth one. The bets look like this: 7-1-3 box and key 6/7-1 and 7/1-6 The winning combination was 1-7-6 and that triactor paid $155.40 for two dollars. This is another of those irritating losses friends. I have the winning numbers as you can see. The problem is that I don't really like to be more than ten dollars in a short field like this. But, as you can see if I had used the 18 dollar method ( keying the top three horses and making them all winners ) I would have won. Similarly, if I had boxed 4 horses for 24 dollars I would have won as well. This is the hard part of racing of course, when it is all over and you realize that you have the winning horses, but simply fail to bet them properly; i.e., not betting enough money. Even if I had bet the maximum amount for me ( 24 dollars ) I would have come out ahead with the one dollar triactor win. Grin and bear it I suppose.
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Race 6. Horse number 7 was scratched in this race. My selections were: 9-6-3-2-8. I bet 24 dollars in this race. Here are my bets: Key 9/6-3-2, 6/9-3-2, 3/9-6-2, 2/9-6, 8/9-6 and 9/6-8. The winning combination was: 6-4-9. The four horse was an odd ball in this race and was 10-1 on the program. It ended up at 15-1. The two dollar triactor paid $273.00.
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Race 7. My selections in this race were: 3-2-4-10-8 with an optional bet of 3-2-10-9. I bet 20 dollars in this race. I bet my usual 14 dollars utilizing the main five horses and I bet another 6 dollars by keying the optional bet: 3/2-10-9 ( six dollars ). The winning combination was 7-3-8 and the triactor paid $2,437.00 for a two dollar bet. So, this is a good example of how much you can make when a horse that really does not fit in makes the grade and comes in first.
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Race 8. There were some last minute driver changes here, but that did not affect me too much. My picks in order of preference were: 5-9-2-6-1. Prior to the driver change my picks were: 5-9-6-2-1. I bet my 24 dollar keying method, which means that 5, 9, and 2 are keyed for six dollars and then backed up by the remaining horse for a total of 24 dollars. I did not win this race and the winning combination was: 6-5-1. But, this is another one of those hindsight races friends because notice that the winning horses are contained in my top five picks. Now, I sit with a fellow bettor sometimes and this person does not mind betting 60 dollars to box five horses. So, if he was copying my numbers and boxing them he would have won this triactor. It paid for two dollars: $121.20. For sixty dollars you are only getting one half of this pot, so in this case it is hardly worth the bother betting sixty dollars to basically get your money back.
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Race 9. This was another 24 dollar betting race for me. My selections were: 5-10-8-3-7. I did not win this race and the triactor ( 7-6-2 ) paid $1470.40 for two dollars. This was basically my last bet. I wanted to stop here and protect my winnings for the night.
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My profit for the evening was $130.00
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The time of this post is approximately 22:30 Pacific Coast Time. Saturday April 17, 2010
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Thanks for being interested and talk to you all again.
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