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HORSE BETTING GUIDE · BET TYPES
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What is a Pick 3 in horse racing betting? — worked example: Pick the winners of three straight races. Add a second horse in a leg to double your coverage.
Amounts are per betting unit — switch to £ or € above. Real dividends depend on the pool and the currency of the track.
A Pick 3 is a wager that requires the bettor to correctly select the winners of three successive races. How does it work? Example:
The minimum unit varies, but is often 50 cents or $1.
As with other types of “ exotic ” wagers, many players improve their odds by “keying” on an individual horse in some races and “spreading” by using multiple horses in others.
For example, you might decide that the favorite in the third race of the sequence is a standout and play three horses in the first race, five in the second and your “single” in the third.
But if upon further reflection you decide the second race is the key, you might decide to single a horse in the first leg instead, hit the “all” button in the second and keep your single in the third.
The cost of Pick 3 wagers is easy to calculate:
Just multiply the number of entrants in the first leg by the numbers in the second and third legs. So if the base bet is $1, the second ticket mentioned above would be 1x12x1=$12. For example, if you decided to add a second horse in the last leg, it would be 1x12x2=$24. Start picking at TwinSpires or AmWager already now and bet on horses online .
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