My Ten Commandments are :

1. Pick the winner
2. Don't pick the horse which runneth second
3. Don't pick the horse which runneth third
4. Don't pick the horse which runneth fourth
5. Don't pick the horse which runneth fifth
6. Don't pick the horse which runneth sixth
7. Don't pick the horse which runneth seventh
8. Don't pick the horse which runneth eigth
9. Don't pick the horse which runneth ninth
10. Don't pick the horse which runneth tenth or worse

Its easiest and more spirtually enlightening to follow Commandment 1.