Cinco-fecta

[trigger]

The board approved a new wager to be offered at the upcoming Santa Anita meet. To win, a bettor must select the top five finishers in a race in order. It will carry over on days when it is not hit.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/90709.html

[Ron]

What will the name of the wager be? Superduperfecta?

[Indulto]

Originally Posted by Ron

What will the name of the wager be? Superduperfecta?

Quintacta
Fifecta
Fivefecta
Finalfecta
FirstFive
Superfive
PerfectFive
FantasticFive
VerticalFive
HighFive
Superfacta
QuintusMaximus
MaxFive
Maxima

Whatever it's called, I don't see myself playing it.

Would rather have seen a fiftycentfinalpickfive.

[foregoforever]

Originally Posted by Ron

What will the name of the wager be? Superduperfecta?

You'd think that Frank would take the German angle ...

fünf - ecta

[stu]

Originally Posted by trigger

The board approved a new wager to be offered at the upcoming Santa Anita meet. To win, a bettor must select the top five finishers in a race in order. It will carry over on days when it is not hit.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/90709.html

Does anybody know if there is a minimum field size on a race to offer this wager?

[stu]

For the curious,

5-horse fields = 120 Combinations
6-horse fields = 720 Combinations
7-horse fields = 2,520 Combinations
8-horse fields = 6,720 Combinations
9-horse fileds = 15,120 Combinations
10-horse fields = 30,240 Combinations
11-horse fields = 55,440 Combinations
12-horse fields = 95,040 Combinations
13-horse fields = 154,440 Combinations
14-horse fields = 240,240 Combinations

Full-gate Ky Derby = 1,860,480 Combinations.

I posit that this will theoretically be easier to hit than a Pick-6. A Pick-6 sequence with six 7-horse fields would have 117,649 combinations which is more than the number of cinqofecta combinations in a 12-horse race.

If the cinqofecta pool size reaches a typical SoCal pick-4/-6 size, then I think that there would actually be less carryovers than with the pick-6.

[lilmegahertz]

Why don't we call it Foolish Fives?

[highnote]

I'd call it Hi-5

[Marshall Bennett]

Originally Posted by trigger

The board approved a new wager to be offered at the upcoming Santa Anita meet. To win, a bettor must select the top five finishers in a race in order. It will carry over on days when it is not hit.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/90709.html

Thats just great !! Another carryover program for TVG to shove down our throats in the mornings ... although I don't beleive they're covering the Santa Anita meet . May get a break .

[Steve 'StatMan']

Quintfecta made sense to me, although it won't be Trifecta-Quadfecta-Quintfecta.

But since 4 is a Superfecta, 5 could be a Greatfecta.

I like some of the other, simpiler names some of you have listed above. Frankly, all this '-ecta' & '-acta' stuff probably scares newbies (not that newbies should be 5 layer exotics!).

Top 5 might be another possiblity

But Cinco has now gotten widestread knowledge as being 5 than decades ago. Cincofecta might fly.

In the rare cases that I have the entire field in order, I jokingly call them 'Godfectas'. Sometimes get that in a 6 horse field (720 possible orders) and extremely rare in just a 7 horse field (5,040 possibe orders.)

Hey, maybe the should call the 5 layer exotic what people will yell if they hit it: the Holy $hit!

[boomman]

Originally Posted by Indulto

Quintacta
Fifecta
Fivefecta
Finalfecta
FirstFive
Superfive
PerfectFive
FantasticFive
VerticalFive
HighFive
Superfacta
QuintusMaximus
MaxFive
Maxima

Whatever it's called, I don't see myself playing it.

Would rather have seen a fiftycentfinalpickfive.

Not to confuse it with Motel 6 or Super 8, but I vote for the Super5!! All they have to do is make sure it's a dime minimum and it will be successful! (not too many carryovers that way, though)

Boomer

[Pace Cap'n]

Santafecta.

[Indulto]

Originally Posted by Pace Cap'n

Santafecta.

Insantanita
Insanifecta
Superinfecta
Reinfecta
Quintessacta
Quintanita
Astrofecta
Ultrafecta - the winner

[racefinder2]

Quote:
In the rare cases that I have the entire field in order, I jokingly call them 'Godfectas'. Sometimes get that in a 6 horse field (720 possible orders) and extremely rare in just a 7 horse field (5,040 possibe orders.)
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A friend and I noticed this ridiculous trend a few years back when they started up w superfectas, and realized it was only a matter of time(to pick the whole field in order)before it got even sillier.

(The password is ..... 'Omnifecta')

[gIracing]

Originally Posted by Marshall Bennett

Thats just great !! Another carryover program for TVG to shove down our throats in the mornings ... although I don't beleive they're covering the Santa Anita meet . May get a break .

you know you are only one race away from that "live changing score"