2010 was a very good year.  Profit from playing the horses was $1472 - not bad at all for this $2 bettor.  I can pretty much narrow down that profit to one very good day betting Meadows harness and a two-week stretch at the beginning of May where I was on fire and couldn't lose (including a future bet on the Derby winner).  I played to my strengths - harness racing, mainly Woodbine and The Meadows, and focusing on pick threes at those tracks.

The stats below tell the story.  The Meadows was the surprise of the year.  37% of my total winnings!  It was at the Meadows that I cashed three pick threes >$250 and three win bets >20-1.  Once again Woodbine was a profitable track.  Not one thoroughbred track accounted for more than five percent of my total winnings!  Pick threes accounted for 55% of total winnings.

There were some racing disappointments.  Once again it was not a good summer at Saratoga.  Realizing that I wasn't doing well, I scaled back on my betting there.  Likewise for my local track Presque Isle Downs - still a parimutual puzzler to me.  But even more, the short fields turned me away.

Online poker was a success also as I cashed out $250 from PokerStars.  Playing almost strictly sit-n-go tournaments. 

My state of Pennsylvania okayed table games at the casinos.  I played a little blackjack - basically sit-down-and-see-if-you-have-any-luck.  And I didn't.  Only played four times and lost $160.  But I will try again in 2011.

Harness vs. Thoroughbred

Harness winnings     -       70%

Thoroughbred winnings  -   30%

By Track

Meadows                 -   37%

Woodbine Harness  -   21%

Mohawk                   -    8%

By Bet Type

Pick Three        -  55%

Win                  -  23%

Exacta             -  14%

Daily Double    -   8%