Posted
on 11/14/2007 9:50 PM
By: CappersPicks.com Horse Racebook Handicapping
Staff
Daily Double - Horse Race Betting Types
The daily double involves picking the
winning horse in two consecutive races.
All tracks offer the early daily double
which involves races #1 and #2. Most tracks
also offer a late daily double which is
the last two races of the day. Some tracks
also offer a rolling daily double which
is on any two consecutive races. To win
a daily double you must pick the winning
horse in each of the two races. Combination
bets can also be made on daily doubles.Daily
Double Wheel
When you are confident of a horse winning
either of these two races but are uncertain
of the outcome of the other race, especially
if the horse in which you are confident
has good to excellent odds, you might
want to consider the daily double wheel.
In this bet you bet your key horse with
all the horses in the other race. Your
key horse might be in either of the two
races. Tell the clerk EX. ($2 Daily Double
wheel the 5 with ALL) if you are confident
in the #5 horse winning the first of
the two races. But if your key horse
is the #3 in the second of the two races
tell the clerk i.e. ($2 Daily Double
wheel ALL with 3). The formula for calculating
the cost of the daily double wheel is
simply the number of horses in the race
other than the race containing your key
horse, times the dollar value of your
bet.
EXAMPLE: The race other than the race
containing your key horse has 10 horses
and you wish to make a $2 bet. (2 x 10
= $20)
Daily Double Part-Wheel
The daily double part-wheel bet is a further
refinement of the daily double wheel
bet. This allows you to exercise your
handicapping skills to eliminate all
horses that you think will not win the
race. This will reduce the size of your
investment.
EXAMPLE: As in the example in the daily
double wheel above you have a key horse
in one race and 10 horses in the other
race. But you have decided that only five
of the 10 horses have a chance of winning
their race. So, by doing a daily double
part wheel, you have one horse in combination
with five horses and if you wish to bet
a $2 bet your cost would be (2 x 5 = $10).
You just saved yourself $10 over the full
wheel bet and hopefully you did not throw
out the winning horse. If for example,
you decided that the #5 horse will win
the first race of the double and that either
horses #2, #4, #5, #8 or #9 will win the
second race of the double you would tell
the clerk i.e. ($2 Daily Double Part Wheel
5 with 2, 4, 5, 8, 9). NOTE: A $10 daily
double part wheel (5 with 2,4,5,8,9) would
cost (10 x 5 = $50).
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