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