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How To Win A Trifecta

By: Richard Bleuze

How to win a trifecta

Picking the winners of the first three finishers of a horse race is difficult for many horse bettors. However, it can be done if you can recognize the right circumstances and if you "box" your bet. Of course, nothing is guaranteed when you bet on horses.

However, if you bet the horses online once or twice week, here is a simple trick you can use to increase your chances of winning a trifecta, especially if you do not know how to read the past performances. Let the general public do the work for you and use their trends to make your choices.

Prior to the start of each race, examine the odds closely. Compare the odds to the morning line odds (M/L Odds). Once you have done the above, take note of the horses that had odds set at 10:1 or less.

The next step is to look closely at the current betting odds. These numbers do change prior to the race because horse bettors are betting on them or against them (by betting on other horses). If the current odds are single digit or less (9:1 or less) make a note to yourself.

If five horses or less have betting odds less than 9:1 and morning line odds at 10:1 or less, then you have an opportunity to pick a winning trifecta. Focus on these horses and rank them in order of current odds starting with the favorite (the horse that has the lowest current odds).

The next step is to compare the betting odds to the morning line odds. Is there a horse that has morning line odds of 10:1, and now has betting odds that are significantly lower? On the otherhand, is the morning line favorite (say 2:1) now at 6 or 7:1?

Now, you need to narrow the field. Do this by dropping two or more of the horses whose betting odds are higher than the morning line odds even if they have current betting odds that are lower than the remaining three horses. Many experienced horse bettors will say that you are just picking the top three favorites. However, that is not really true, exactly! What you are looking at is the confidence level of the betting public - often times a knowledgeable betting public will spot a long shot horse and make it a popular choice. The horse may have betting odds at 9:1 now, but the morning line odds were 15:1. Obviously some horse bettors are seeing a potential long shot winner.

It is now time to place a trifecta bet. Let us "box" our three horses since it is almost impossible to choose the exact order of finish. What is "boxing"? "Boxing" means that if our three horses finish 1,2,3 in any order, we still win. You must decide on the dollar amount and type of bet (in most cases, most online racebooks accept a $2 trifecta box). Finally, pick the horse numbers of the horses based on the above forumla. It is that simple!

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Major racetracks

Major horse racetracks in the U.S. were opened

at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1853;
at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1863;
at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland in 1870;
at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey, opened in 1870;
at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, opened in 1875;
at Aqueduct Racetrack in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens in 1894;
at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1904;
at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, just outside New York City on Long Island, in 1905;
at Fairmount Park Racetrack in the St. Louis suburb of Collinsville, Illinois in 1925;
at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida, near Miami in 1925;
at Arlington Park in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois in 1927;
at Santa Anita Park in the San Gabriel Valley community of Arcadia, California, in the Los Angeles area, in 1934;
at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky in 1936;
at Del Mar Racetrack in the San Diego suburb of Del Mar, California in 1937;
at Hollywood Park Racetrack in another Los Angeles suburb, Inglewood, California, in 1938.

Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States has its own Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Hall of Fame honors remarkable horses, jockeys, owners and trainers.