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To place a trifecta bet, you pick three horses that you think will finish first, second and third. The horses have to finish in that order for you to win the bet. The minimum bet is 50 cents.
Trifecta. A trifecta is a parimutuel bet placed on a horse race in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third, in the exact order. [1] Known as a trifecta in the US and Australia, [2] this is known as a tricast in the UK, [3] a tierce in Hong Kong, [4] a triactor in Canada [5] and a tiercé in France. [6]
Due to the imprecise nature of the name (as opposed to other bets such as the trifecta), superfecta bets can sometimes require selecting more than four horses. For instance, the New South Wales TAB in Australia previously offered a superfecta bet on selected races requiring bettors to pick the first six finishers in the correct order, rather ...
A bet to win, sometimes called a "straight" bet, means staking money on the horse, and if it comes in first place, the bet is a winner. In a bet to place, you are betting on your horse to finish either first or second. A bet to show wins if the horse finishes first, second or third. Since it is much easier to select a horse to finish first ...
Kentucky Derby bets are high risk, high reward. But what the heck is an exacta, a trifecta box and other bets at Churchill Downs?
A field of eight adoptable puppies will run for the finish with trifecta betting for gift card prizes on the line. There will be a hat contest, bingo, a photo booth, stick horse races, make you ...
A trifecta box with three numbers has six possible permutations (for each of the three horses in the "box" that can finish first, there are two possibilities for which will finish second: 3 × 2) and costs six times the betting base amount. A trifecta box with five numbers has 60 possible permutations and costs 60 times the betting base amount ...
When computer technology took over, more exotic wagers were introduced, such as the trifecta, superfecta and "pick 6". The higher payouts for these wagers tended to diminish interest in the daily double, but it is still offered, sometimes more than once during a program. "Pick 3" and "pick 4" wagers are derived from the daily double.