Daily Double Bets
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.
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). |
