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Winners are the springboard for all other bets, if you can't get the winner you can't win any other form of bet.Therefore starting out I would recommend you stick to win betting. Successful gimmick bettors are all good at winner getting.
Sartin was also aware of this and stressed 20 race cycles of getting the winner, not getting EX, DD P3's etc.
Since the Sartin era racing has changed dramatically, more tracks, smaller foaling rates, both resulting in smaller fields and lower prices. Also the proliferation of Pace handicapping has also lowered the average price of winners. None of this should deter you from getting winners at a high rate. It does mean money management is more important and I wouldn't recommend betting 60 to 70% on low paying favorites. First try to determine if the favorite is a false favorite or has negatives and if not reduce the bet to a fun bet of two dollars. The object here is to see how many successful winners you can get in a 20 race cycle.
When you can repeatedly get 65% with two horse betting your on your way, then and only then take on the other forms of betting. There is a lot of money to be made where low paying horses are the key to profits with other bets.
Mitch44
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