| This simple system is not meant to replace good, solid, | | | | You will find this happens most often on Saturdays |
| horse racing handicapping, but if you want a simple | | | | and holidays. The higher the purse in a race, the better |
| system to help you hit more daily doubles, here is | | | | the quality of the horses, and usually the easier to |
| something you can use. The nice thing about it is that it | | | | handicap, with a few exceptions, of course. |
| is a quick horse racing system and an easy one, too. | | | | On weekdays when crowds are usually smaller, they |
| Before you mortgage the farm and race off to the | | | | card races for cheap claimers and bottom of the |
| track to get rich, however, here is a bit of a disclaimer, | | | | barrel types. These horses do not hold their form and |
| this method of hitting daily doubles is for fun and | | | | therefore it is hard to clearly see a horse who will win. |
| entertainment only. It is not meant as an inducement to | | | | If you start following purse value and winners in th first |
| gamble and you should never risk more than you can | | | | two races on the program for each day of the week, |
| afford to lose. | | | | you will soon see what I mean. Therefore, look at both |
| Now that we got that out of the way, let's talk doubles | | | | races and see if the racing secretary has set up a |
| and betting. As you probably know, daily doubles are | | | | race with an easy winner to help the crowd. That is |
| an exotic bet that involves picking the winner of one | | | | your key to whether or not you should risk a daily |
| race, call it leg A. and then the winner of a consecutive | | | | double wager. |
| race, leg B. You can key on a horse to win one leg | | | | If there is such an easy race then that is your key |
| with several horses in the next race or just play | | | | race. If you keep track of races at your favorite track |
| several horses in one leg in combination with several | | | | and follow the purse amounts and percentage of |
| horse in the other leg. We'll call that a box bet. | | | | winning favorites, you'll soon develop the ability to spot |
| Now here is where things get a little tricky and you | | | | the gimme' race the track is giving you. That easy to |
| have to be a detective. Start noticing how often one | | | | spot winner is your key horse. Key it over some |
| leg of the daily double has a standout horse that is | | | | horses in the second race that appear live on the tote |
| really much better than the others and usually wins. | | | | board and you will often have the winning daily double. |