First thing you have to do is bet on what you know and start small.  Doing the tri's you better have your facts straight!  What type of track weather are your horses good on mud.  Even find out how often the track is groomed!

No blind bets.  Most odds given are close may it be live and on-line.  Just get your info straight and keep it straight.

If you look at it that way just do place and show and no big bets.  If they have those options, do not do the just win for a while!

Make sure you bet on what you know and not some one else!  Get all your stats ahead of time and not at the track.  I forgot about the jockeys!  If they do not give that out until the beginning of races do not bet.  I had to local tracks do that.  One went under and the other is close to it.

Make sure you know what length of track they are running.  Are you betting on sprinters or trotters.

Made more money with the trotters.  They are more consistent, also more tracks nearby for me.

i started out betting exactas, theyre fun to play, especially when you hit longshots!

2 dollars win place show

been using a site called equibase, were you can get charts for a price, but they have a daily free chart and usually a free chart for the big race on the weekend