Sea Change? It's Allowed.

A Sea Change? It's AllowedA sea change is a major shift in position. Many of us watched that marvellous show on ABCTV in the 1990's and vividly recall the shift undertaken by the major character and her family.Well. mine is nowhere near that magnitude; however, for some time I've been dishing it out to a form of exotic betting (one of a line of crackpot ideas). I was seeking a way of insuring my "AB" Trifecta bet that I have championed for years (AB/AB/Field). In races that suit the be

A Sea Change? It's Allowed

A sea change is a major shift in position. Many of us watched that marvellous show on ABCTV in the 1990's and vividly recall the shift undertaken by the major character and her family.

Well. mine is nowhere near that magnitude; however, for some time I've been dishing it out to a form of exotic betting (one of a line of crackpot ideas). I was seeking a way of insuring my "AB" Trifecta bet that I have championed for years (AB/AB/Field). In races that suit the bet, of course.

That very fine and much-missed American writer, Dick Mitchell, also supported the fundamentals of the AB concept and wrote many chapters about it.

I realised last week that I can go close- I DO go close- and just miss out too often to ignore. So, the duet might have a role to play.

Yes you read that correctly. I've slammed duets, spinners and the like for years. But, if I can get second and third, as against first and second, or first and third, the duet will insure me (and anyway, first and second/ first and third still pays the duet).

Say we had a dollar on an AB trifecta with twelve runners ($20), with $30 on each of the two (A and B) to win (that's $60), and then $20 on the duet. A $5 (4/1) duet covers the entire bet if I run second and third.

It doesn't exactly rival Einstein, Archimedes or Newton, but it might be just what I need. The "so close" syndrome can be a killer for confidence, and this simple if much-maligned bet just might be the support needed.