Thanks for the reply and your thoughts, Angel. Will try to assimilate the wisdom there.

Yes I have been away for a while --- but not as long as yourself. Good to have you back.

By the way, luv2bet has things right with regard to quinellas and exactas. While you can bet only a dollar on the exacta, you only get back half the dividend.

KV,
please don't get me wrong,but if you are limiting yourself to only 2 horses in an exacta & 3 horses in a trifecta you are going to suffer long runs of outs,as evidenced by your % figures in one of your other posts.If you are sure in any given race that you have nailed 1st & 2nd,why not take those 2 as bankers and throw in another 5 horses to run 2nd?I don't know the exacta cost,but quinella wise it would only be $10 @ $1,or $5 @ .50c,and would enhance your chances of a collect,plus you have the added insurance of 1 of your bankers running 2nd and still be a chance of a collect.
cheers