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How to bet on horses Exotic Wagering Superfecta
Wagering Strategies
By Kenneth Strong
Superfecta Wagering Strategies
Superfecta betting is for those who
love to play the high-risk high-return game. The payoffs can be
monstrous. It is not uncommon to see a $1 superfecta ticket pay
up to $10,000 and superfectas paying at least $20,000 occur often
enough to make it worth taking a shot.
Superfecta betting requires you to pick the first
four finishers in a race in exact order a very difficult task.
But while structuring this type of bet may appear daunting at
first, it can be very lucrative for those willing to put in the
extra work. Finding value in superfecta races is important, but
structuring a superfecta wager to include your value plays with
all possible combinations is even more important.
The most common superfecta wagers involve boxes
and wheels with multiple combinations of horses at a cost of $1
per combination. The minimum amount you can spend on a straight
superfecta wager is $2. A $2 straight superfecta 2-3-5-6 would
pay off if the first four finishers in the race were 2-3-5-6 in
that exact order.
A $1 superfecta box of four horses costs $24,
or $1 per combination, and requires that your four selections
finish in the top four positions in any order. For example, a
$1 superfecta box 2-3-5-6 would be a winning ticket if horses
2,3, 5 and 6 finished in the top four positions in any order.
The above wager would appear on paper as: $1
superfecta box 2,3,5,6 = $24
A $1 superfecta wheel involves your key horse(s)
played in various positions with other combinations of horses.
For example, a $1 superfecta wheel keying horse 2 to win with
3,5,6 to finish second, 3,5,6 to finish third and 3,5,6 to finish
fourth would cost $1 per combination, or $6. This ticket would
be a winner if horse 2 won with either of 3,5 or 6 finishing second,
3,5, or 6 finishing third and 3,5 or 6 finishing fourth.
The above wager on paper would appear as:
$1 superfecta wheel 2 with 3,5,6 with 3,5,6 with 3,5,6 = $6
While superfecta wagers can be expensive due
to the astronomical number of playable combinations, many tracks
now offer $0.10 and $0.20 superfecta wagers. This gives the average
bettor a chance to swing for the fences and go after huge payoffs
with large boxes and wheels, at one tenth or one fifth of the
traditional cost of a $1 combination.
A $1 superfecta box of five horses would cost
$120, but the same superfecta wager at $0.10 per combination costs
only $12 well within the range of any bettor. Another bonus
to these lower-priced superfecta wagers is the fact that if you
are the only winning ticket holder, you still collect the whole
superfecta pool, not just one tenth of the pool.
You will find longshots in almost every superfecta
somewhere in the first four finishers, and these longshots trigger
huge payoffs, but even medium priced horses finishing in the first
four can produce outstanding results. Longshots on top of favorites
can also produce lucrative scores.
One strategy used by sharp superfecta players
looking for a big score is to look for races where the favorites
are weak, find the three horses whose odds represent the best
value in the race, and then wheeling those three horses to the
board in the superfecta.
For example lets say that in a 10-horse field,
you decide that horses 2 (3-1), 3 (6-1) and 5 (10-1) represent
the best value plays in a race where the favorites look weak.
Other than 2,3 and 5, the remainder of the field looks inseparable
meaning any of the remaining horses could finish in the top
four. In this case, in order to cover all possible combinations
with your three horses in the superfecta, you would structure
your superfecta wager as follows.
$1 superfecta wheel 2,3,5 with 2,3,5 with 2,3,5
with All = $42
$1 superfecta wheel 2,3,5 with 2,3,5 with All with 2,3,5 = $42
$1 superfecta wheel 2,3,5 with All with 2,3,5 with 2,3,5 = $42
$1 superfecta wheel All with 2,3,5 with 2,3,5 with 2,3,5 = $42
Total cost of wager: $168
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The above wager covers 168 possible combinations
at reasonable cost, includes all your top value horses and will
probably provide a highly profitable payoff even if the favorite
does happen to win as long as your three main selections finish
in the top four. If a longshot happens to finish in the money
or better still, win the race, with your three selections finishing
in the money, you are looking at a boxcar payoff.
A $0.10 superfecta wheel using the above combinations
would cost only $16.80.
A $0.20 superfecta wheel using the above combinations would cost
$33.60.
There are too many superfecta combinations to
illustrate here, but finding good value and structuring your superfecta
wagers to include your value horses in all four positions can
give you an edge on the myriad of superfecta bettors who do not
spend the time to structure their tickets properly and instead
bet wild combinations of illogical numbers.
Also keep in mind that while rare, there are
occasions at smaller tracks offering minimum superfecta wagers
of $1, where no one will have selected the winning combination
of horses. In this case, the superfecta pays off to the next closest
combination or to those who have the top three finishers with
any horse in the fourth position. In this scenario, the value
of playing superfecta tickets such as the $168 wheel listed above
might produce the only winning ticket, especially if a longshot
finishes in the all leg.
Below are the basic costs for simple $1 superfecta
boxes and wheels. Keep in mind however, that in order to gain
an edge on your fellow superfecta bettors, you should use your
imagination and experiment with more complicated multiple horse
wheels and combinations that take advantage of your value plays
this will give you a big edge on your fellow bettors when playing
the superfecta.
Cost of $1 superfecta boxes with multiple
horses:
· 4 horse $1 superfecta box = $24
· 5 horse $1 superfecta box = $120
· 6 horse $1 superfecta box = $360
· 7 horse $1 superfecta box = $840
· 8 horse $1 superfecta box = $1680
· 9 horse $1 superfecta box = $3024
· 10 horse $1 superfecta box = $5040
· 11 horse $1 superfecta box = $7920
· 12 horse $1 superfecta box = $11880
Cost of $1 superfecta wheel keying one horse
with multiple horses in the other three positions:
· $1 superfecta wheel 1 horse with 3 horses
= $6
· $1 superfecta wheel 1 horse with 4 horses = $24
· $1 superfecta wheel 1 horse with 5 horses = $60
· $1 superfecta wheel 1 horse with 6 horses = $120
· $1 superfecta wheel 1 horse with 7 horses = $201
· $1 superfecta wheel 1 horse with 8 horses = $336
· $1 superfecta wheel 1 horse with 9 horses = $504
· $1 superfecta wheel 1 horse with 10 horses = $720
· $1 superfecta wheel 1 horse with 11 horses = $990
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