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Hi Tim - thanks for your comments. Another good comeback for the guy who thinks betting on 2 horses is bad......try this: ".....so you have just one stock in your retirement portfolio?". That comment usually gets the wheels turning a little bit.
There are surely a lot of good one horse bettors out there and I don't want to knock them. But I started playing horses from the beginning with this method, so I have always bet multiple winners. I was in the World Series a few years ago and proved that I need help if I am going to be competitive in the $2 win/place tournaments. I hate trying to narrow it to one.
One great advantage of 2 horse betting is in a real money tournament. This is where I have excelled - there are 2 of these tournaments every year at Laurel. I've been in that one many times and have talked to many of the regulars there. One guy is a sharp player who I had seen finish near the top several times. And one time, after I shot passed him near the end, he came over and asked what I played. I told him about the 2 horse play and he said the winner was his second horse. I told him to play them both next time that situation came up and he said he had never considered that option. I was surprised because is a very good handicapper.
Funny story then I'll go....at that Laurel tournament one year, I played 2 horses in a sprint on the inner dirt. They came around the corner and my 2 horses were way out in front and side by side. At about the 1/8th pole, one veered over and knocked the jockey off of the other. So without the jockey, that horse was DQd, and the other one was DQd for causing it!
Best regards!
Chuck
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