Betting Options

[classhandicapper]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

The rolling daily doubles happen to be my favorite wagering option.

Not only that...the wager is a great betting option in itself. It's hard to find 3, 4 or 5 consecutive playable races. But the rolling daily double allows you to place a decent wager at reasonable risk.

I think they should have "all stakes" rolling doubles across tracks. That would certainly juice my handle.

[Redboard]

The rolling pick 3 has been my favorite bet lately. I like the fact that it's a "blind" pool in that the tracks don't publish the probables (ahem).

[Robert Fischer]

Originally Posted by MJC922

With all due respect rolling doubles are the only thing keeping a lot of the other bets viable at this point, otherwise final prices are a wild guess. Taking those away would be a grave mistake IMO and frankly tracks they don't offer them are pretty much giving their customers the big middle finger.

[thespaah]

Originally Posted by denniswilliams

No stats, just observations.


The Q usually pays around half the Ex. The exception being when a prohibitive favorite runs second. Hard to have a strong opinion when so many races are determined by photos (and, obviously, trips). In some cases, the Q-places makes sense, as well.

I use what I call the 2/3rds rule. If a Q is paying 2/3rds the price of an exacta, I'll bet the Q...This rarely occurs. So, it's been a minute since I have done this.

[thespaah]

Originally Posted by Nitro

The Quinella betting in Hong Kong is one of my favorite bets. That's primarily because the fields are generally very large (12 to 14 entries), the Quinella betting pool is huge (by comparison to the Stateside version) and because the local ADW betting is co-mingled with the HK pools. As an objective indicator the Quinella pool in each race when properly analyzed can invariably offer visibly biased betting patterns beyond the scope of the Win/Place pools. This factor alone can then provide an additional edge when considering the live entries.
Having experienced the game in HK for many years, I believe that the ROI on this type of betting there can consistently be very rewarding when the selections used offer decent value!
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I took a look at results form Sha Tin from 1/21/24
The first three races , the quinella pays fell into line with the exacta, which they refer to as "forecast".....
Race 1 Win Odds....Win 6.8 Place 6.9 QU paid ( in HK $ ) 297.00 Forecast 496.00 I believe the payoffs are based on a $10 min wager.
Race 4 Win Odds....Win 7.4 Place 33.0 QU paid 1269.50...Forecast Paid 1677.00...That one was anamoly.
https://racing.hkjc.com/racing/infor...se=ST&RaceNo=4

[AndyC]

Originally Posted by thespaah

I use what I call the 2/3rds rule. If a Q is paying 2/3rds the price of an exacta, I'll bet the Q...This rarely occurs. So, it's been a minute since I have done this.

I assume you are referring to a straight exacta, not a box.