Win Money at the Horse Races Betting Trifectas for Profit

The purpose of this article is to show that you can win money at the horse races betting trifectas for profit if you are willing to take a chance

. The trifecta is still one of the most popular exotic bets in horse races and if played correctly can show a profit. The biggest obstacle to winning trifectas is the cost to play all the horses that can slip into the trifecta. Many people are good at seeing who the top two or three contenders are in the race. The problem is, the top three contenders are rarely the three horses who complete the trifecta.

If the top three contenders were the tri it wouldn't pay much anyway. The fact that some rather long priced horses always seem to get into the tri is what makes it appealing. So what is the answer?

Should you wheel a contender on top and hope that two longs shots come in second and third? Sometimes that is a valid play, but can be risky and expensive.

For instance, if you wheel one horse on top in an eight horse race, the cost for a $1 tri wheel is $42. You are gambling that the other two horses that make the trifecta will be long priced to justify the expense of $42. If two other short priced horses come in, you may not even recoup your bet back, never mind even trying to show a profit from your trifecta wheel. If you eliminate a few horses you reduce the cost of your bet significantly, but those two unlikely looking horses are the very ones that will make a good pay off if they do manage to get into the tri. That is the dilemma you face.

The best way I have found to play a trifecta bet is to find a race that I can isolate two horses in that I feel really are likely to hit the tri. That does require the skill of knowing the basics of handicapping, including spotting insider play. The goal is to find two horses that you think will finish in the money and then play them with the other horses in a two horse tri wheel. If you wheel one horse on top in a 8 horse field it is a $42 bet. But putting two horses on top and in second place reduces the bet to just $12! It means that either of your horses has to be first and second. I wheel both horses like this...

12/12/all and then 12/all/12 for a cost of $12 for each combination or $24 to make the total bet.

Taking it one step farther, you could also wheel your two key horses for second and third like this...

all/12/12 for another $12 and a long shot could win the race and make an even better trifecta payoff and profit for you.

That means that one of my picks has to win and the other, either one, can be second or third and I still hit the tri. Of course the best case scenario is if a longshot gets in there for second and my two horses complete the tri. If you are good enough to consistently pick two horses that will finish in the money, then you should be able to make a profit on trifectas. Limiting the amount of your bets and only playing races where you can spot horses that really do have a good chance of winning is the way to make money on trifectas.

Win Money at the Horse Races Betting Trifectas for Profit

By: Bill Peterson

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