USING PRIME POWER RATINGS
FOR TRIFECTA WHEELS
FEBRUARY 4, 2005
by Bill Myers
This wagering strategy uses Prime Power ratings when the second
rated horse has at least a five-point advantage over the third-rated horse.
Prime Power ratings are available in many Brisnet products, including Ultimate
PP’s, MultiCaps and All-Ways. Or the Prime Power Search can be used for this
specific criterion.
The wager is a Trifecta wheel of the form AB / AB / *:
Where A is the top rated Prime Power horse
B is the 2nd rated Prime Power horse
* can be the entire rest of the field.
I have also found good success using fewer combinations:
* being the 3rd through 6th rated Prime Power horses (4 horses, 8 combos)
or * being the 3rd through 7th rated Prime Power horses (5 horses, 10 combos)
I have also learned to include a Trifecta wheel ticket of the form AB / *
/ AB .
This lesson happened at Gulfstream Park.
The race met the Prime Power criteria and had a six-horse field.
The cost of a $1 trifecta wheel of AB / AB / all was $8.
But a 50-1 odds horse finished 2nd at the wire giving a trifecta finish of A
/50-1/ B (that I did not have). What an extra $8 outlay would have meant
was easily triple digits! I don’t recall if it was $200 or $300, specific
details of this painful memory have been erased. But the lesson has been well
engrained.
So the cost of this wagering strategy is $16–20 depending on whether four
or five “extras” are used.
A simulcast facility offering at least eight racetracks yields at least three
and sometimes as many as 10 races that qualify for this strategy.
Not all races are winners. And because of their strong ratings, horses A and
B typically have low odds. Winning payoffs ($1 wager) often range $30-40.
When a long shot triple digit payoff hits, this strategy easily returns
positive ROI. Check this angle by some trial bets on paper and see if it is
suitable for your play.
Good luck and enjoy!