Once you have that answer you can compare the exacta and quinella payoffs to see which one favors you. One rule of thumb is that if the horse you like is higher than the other by about four points vs. For example, in the second race at Saratoga on Aug. Keep in mind, too, at major tracks such as Saratoga, the pools are scrutinized far more thoroughly by handicappers than at smaller tracks where holes in wagering pools pop up more often.
It could put a few extra dollars in your pocket, which is always a good thing during a day at the races. This is why most gamblers seeking exotic bets stick with quinella, as it just seems to bring slightly more to the table. Quinella betting is now in your crosshairs, but what type of quinella bet is going to suit you? It certainly helps to understand the options in front of you. The following are the three major forms of quinella wagers, with each providing different odds, difficulty and all-around bang for your buck.
In straight quinella betting, bettors are required to choose between two horses that they think will win. This means that the bettor has bet on horses 5 and 8 to take the win and place first and second positions in the race. The horses can finish as or , and the bettor will still collect. The payout of quinella bets is a direct function of how much money you wagered upon the horses you selected. Exacta bets function the same way.
This reduces the payout, because the odds of victory are higher. By contrast, selecting a horse with less favorable odds will increase your payout due to the higher risk involved in betting on them.
Box quinella bets allow the punter to choose more than two horses. Any combination of these horses taking win and place will pay out. This significantly reduces the odds of losing your bet, while reducing the amount you win by a proportional amount.
Due to the number of winning combinations increasing factorially, the cost of betting on more horses scales exponentially:. The math behind the changing odds is a bit complicated, but it might be worth the increased bet cost and reduced payout to select additional horses. The quinella wheel is a lot like the quinella box, except that bettors select a single horse to be in all the bets that they make.
Other horses are combined in different ways, with one horse being the common denominator among all of them. This is an ideal betting pattern when only one horse is favored to win or place. Quinella wheels let you cover all of your bases, so to speak, but do involve a more complex betting strategy. Striking the right balance between costliness and coverage i. Boxed Quinellas and Standout Quinellas will typically cost more than straightforward quinellas including.
Correctly select the horses that finish 1st and 2nd, making a minimum of three or more selections subject to field size and with the horses able to finish in any order. Correctly select the horses that finish 1st and 2nd, making any number of selections relative to field size for each position but with a minimum of two in at least one of these positions.
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