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Keying horses is an efficient way that online betting game but it takes the ability to make decisions and to stick with those decisions.

The initial benefit of keying horses is that you have an opinion and you build around it. You are not just using 3 or 4 horses equally in the way a box works but you have decided to zero in on one horse and try to build a winning ticket from the inside out.

When exacta, say a 3-horse box for a $2 bet will cost $12, that bettor is in his view giving each horse in the box the same chance at winning.

On an expanded menu, if one was to box say 7 horses in a race for 2 bucks, it would cost $84 and one could be left in the dark if the first two choices in the race happened to run one/two.

This kind of a play can work in the long run if you are using prices, but it can also be expensive.

On the other hand, if you key a horse and put the logical or long shot contenders around that key, then the chances of having a decent score are increased.

The beauty of a key is that one doesn’t have to key the horse to win only, a bet can be made to key a horse in the 2nd, third or even the 4th slot in a superfecta.

Granted, this takes imagination and visualization, but nobody ever said this game was easy and the horse bettors that you see going to the cashier window on a steady diet are definitely using every trick in the book to get an edge.

One clever wager that superfecta key horse.

This takes a firm belief that a runner will be in contention and hold on for a major share of the purse but when things unfold right, a player can turn a modest investment into a nice score.

Consider that you can key one horse with 5 others in a $1 trifecta wheel for ONLY $20. Add a horse and key that same runner with 6 horses and the wager would cost $30.

On the other hand, using a 5-horse box in the trifecta would set a horse bettor back $60.

When the concept comes into view and one likes a runner that is not a favorite, maybe a 4 or 5-1 shot, the possibilities of a huge hit become apparent.

Of course, superfecta keys are more expensive because we are talking the 4th finisher in the race.

The difference between using a 4th and 5th horse in a superfecta key is evident. For a $1 wager, using one key horse to 4 others in a ‘super’ would cost $24 but $26 more if using 5 horses.

One of my personal favorite wagers is using the trifecta as a vehicle to hit if you see a false favorite.

If a player can isolate a key and use that key first and 2nd in the trifecta in a dollar bet without keying the chalk, the player has a chance to get paid and if the key is used with 5 horses, the bet only cost $40.

Remember, horses are herd animals; winning horse players go the other way and think outside of the box.

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