Greyhound Dog Racing Tips.
Do you bet trifectas? Do you win very often? The nice thing about trifectas is that you don't have to hit too many of them to make a nice profit.
Of course, they're harder to hit, which is why they pay better than quinielas or win, place and show bets. You have to really refine your handicapping skills to be able to find the 3 dogs who will cross the finish line. And then you have to figure out how to bet them.
I'll tell you. In my experience, it's the rare greyhound handicapper who can pick a trifecta cold more than a few times in their life. It's only a $2 bet, which is why you'll find so many losing tickets with a straight trifecta on it on the floor after a dog race.
Those $2 bets add up, too, especially if you make more than one of them on each race, which is common. Talk about nickeling and diming yourself to the poorhouse. Any bet that doesn't come in, even if it's a $2 bet, is a step down the slipper slope to being a loser. Don't go there.
So should you give up betting on trifectas? Well, let's say that you should definitely change your way of betting if you're losing on straight trifecta bets or even 3-dog boxes. It's almost as hard to come up with the 3 dogs who are going to win the trifecta as it is to come up with it straight.
Instead, why not find a fourth dog and box all four for $24? If that sounds like a lot of money, maybe you should be betting quinielas instead of trifectas. The 4-dog trifecta box is a good bet if your system of handicapping can eliminate four dogs who aren't contenders.
That way, you can put the other four dogs into a trifecta box and have a pretty good shot at hitting the trifecta. Since almost any trifecta will pay more than $24 for half of it, you're only limited by how well you can handicap and the size of your bankroll.
Check it out on some old programs where you played trifectas and see how much better you would have done if you'd only put another dog into your 3-dog trifecta box. You'd be surprised at the money you can miss by leaving out that one dog.
Greyhound Dog Racing.