I've been having a go at multi-bets myself, Garry. I reckon three is an ideal number to put together in combinations . . . you get three doubles and a treble and picking three winners in a day is not beyond the realms of possibility. Trying to get four or five is stretching it a bit although I'm not saying it can't be done. The other downside of four or more is that if you want all combinations the cost quickly escalates or else you have to drop the stake to a point where the returns are well and truly diminished.
For last weekend I put Ladykin together with Downwind and Bhandara and backed all three. By the time I got around to this, Ladykin was at $16 (still a good price), Downwind at $2.75 and Bhandara at $4 (a bit short, but I didn't figure it would improve much and if I waited for an improvement there I'd see Ladykin tighten further and Downwind in to evens). My last act was to chuck Travellin Man in front of them and The Drummer after for a Lotto-type, retirement package return. I suppose everyone saw the weird ride by N Harris on Bhandara. I'm still shaking my head over it. I can take getting beat — I've had enough practice over the years — but some circumstances leave a real sour taste and put a dampener on what should have been a day to celebrate. Gil ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 4:27 PM Subject: [racebase] > > good stuff Gill; > A "multi" punter mate has had some excellent double returns on thu/fri > quotes. If there was for eg 5 final fields he couples all 10 > combos.Imagine any 2nd leg return with ladykin. > GarryM > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/racebase/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
