If
exactas are bet, the overlay should be placed on top of the underlay
multiple times, the underlay atop the overlay only as a saver. Do
not use the underlay on top. Exacta underlays penalize the bettors
just as cruelly as do underlays in the win pool.
A
variation of the two-horse exacta bet is even more enticing. If
the public judges the field a two-horse race, but one of the two
looks suspicious or vulnerable on fundamental handicapping, the
exacta procedure changes.
Throw
out the suspicious or vulnerable - and therefore overbet - horse,
and play the legitimate contender on top of other attractive overlays.
The small field reduces the chances of a juicy score, but where
an underlay can be tossed and a few overlays supported on the bottom,
the exactas can return profits, and handicappers can employ the
tactic.
