What does Trifecta box mean?
What does Trifecta box mean?
A Box Trifecta allows your selections to finish first, second and third in any order. You can also select more than 3 runners, the costs of which are outlined below.
How do you read a Trifecta?
Straight Trifecta This can only be first place, second place or third place. Example: Let’s say you select horse #4 to win the race, horse #6 to place second and horse #2 to place third. This means your betting slip will look similar to this: $2 Trifecta (4-6-2).
How does a Trifecta payout work?
If your bet is a winner, your payout is that percentage of the declared dividend. In a straight trifecta, you simply nominate one horse to win, one horse to finish second, and one horse to finish third. The cost for a straight trifecta is $1, and your flexi percentage is 100%.
How much do you win on a Trifecta?
Trifecta Box Costs:
| $1 Trifecta Box with three horses | $6 (6 possible combinations) |
|---|---|
| $1 Trifecta Box with five horses | $60 (60 possible combinations) |
| $1 Trifecta Box with six horses | $120 (120 possible combinations) |
| $1 Trifecta Box with seven horses | $210 (210 possible combinations) |
How does a Trifecta key box work?
A basic trifecta key involves selecting a key horse to finish the race in first place. The bettor can add two or more other horses to cover second and third place in any order. The wager wins if the keyed horse finishes first and the other selections finish in second and third place in any order.
What is the difference between exacta and Trifecta?
Exacta: Pick the first place and second place finishers in order. Trifecta: Pick the first place, second place, and third place finishers in order. Superfecta: Pick the first place, second place, third place, and fourth place finishers in order.
What is the 4 version of Trifecta?
quadfecta (plural quadfectas) (gambling, horse racing) A bet in which the bettor must select the winners of the first four places (i.e., first, second, third, and fourth) of a race in the correct order.
What is a 50-cent Trifecta?
50-cent minimum for a straight Trifecta. Trifecta Box: When you ‘box’ your horses in an Trifecta wager, they can finish in any order. If you play a 5-7-9 Exacta Box, you collect if the top three finishers are 5-7-9 regardless of order. There is a .50-Cent minimum when using an Trifecta Box.
How much does it cost to Box 5 horses in a Trifecta?
Trifecta Box
| # of Horses | $1 Base Bet Cost |
|---|---|
| 5 | $60.00 |
| 6 | $120.00 |
| 7 | $210.00 |
| 8 | $336.00 |
How much is a $1 Trifecta box?
In this example, the bettor would ask for a $1 trifecta, key #6 over #2, #5, and #7. This bet would cost $6 in total and win if #6 takes first place and the others take second and third place in any order. A full trifecta box would cover more combinations, but it would also cost $24.
How hard is it to hit a Trifecta?
Trifecta wagers can be difficult to hit, because you can imagine all of the different three-horse combinations that could possibly come in. Even in something as small as a six-horse race, the number of combinations run extremely high.
What is the Cox Plate in horse racing?
The W. S. Cox Plate is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 2040 metres (approximately 1m 2f), that is held by the Moonee Valley Racing Club at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late October. The race has a purse of A$ 5,000,000.
What were the Cox Plate 2020 results?
The official Cox Plate 2020 results saw the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Irish expat Sir Dragonet ($7.50) salute in his Australian race debut and hand jockey Glen Boss with his fourth victory in the 100th edition of the Australasian weight-for-age championship.
What is a trifecta in horse racing?
Trifecta is a recent addition to the English language. It first appeared in the early 1970s as a term for a horse-racing bet in which the first, second, and third place finishers are chosen in the correct order.
What is the distance of the Cox Plate?
Following Australia’s adoption of the Metric system in 1972 the race distance became 2,000 metres. In 1974 the distance was changed to 2,050 metres and in 1986 to today’s distance of 2,040 metres. † The 1946 Cox Plate was run in two divisions.
