Horse Betting Guide Spread betting offers a number of betting options for Horse races that are not available from the most common fixed odds betting. With a spread bet you have the option to stop the bet whenever you feel like. So if your choosen horse is doing fine and you're in for a good profit, you can choose to take the profit. Likewise, when the bet is not going your way, you can cut your losses by closing out the bet.
Match Spread Bets
A Match Bet is a forecast of the distance between two given horses when they cross the finish line. The more liked horse is listed first and the less liked one is lited second. The max win distance on the flat is 12 lengths (15 for national hunt horse races). If both horses fail to finish the race the match is void. The spread betting company specify a distance on which they think one horse will beat the other in a spacific race. If you think that the first horse will win by a greater distance, you should bet high on the Match Bet market. The final result is irrelevant, it doesn't matter who came first. Its only the distance between the two horses which counts. remember,If you feel the second horse will perform better than what the guys in the The spread betting company say, you should bet low on the Match Bet market.
Race Index Spread Bets
A Race Index bet is about how well a specific horse will do in a race. Points are given according to where the horses finish. For races with up to 12 runners the point structure is as follows:
1st = 50 points
2nd = 25 points
3rd = 10 points
Other = 0 points
And for races with 12+ horses the points stracture are:
1st = 50 points
2nd = 30 points
3rd = 20 points
4th = 10 points
Other = 0 points
This market anables oneto back or oppose a cirtin horse.
Distances Spread Bets
When doing a Distances spread you bet on the total winning distance between the first and second horses of each race at a certin meeting. Again, If you feel there will be wide winning margins at a certin meeting, you sould bet high on the Distances market, and When you think the races will be tough with lots of close finishes, you should bet low.
Favourites Spread Bets
A Favourites spread bet predicts the performance of the Favourites in each race at a meeting. Points are awarded in the following way: 25 for winning; 10 for second and 5 points for finishing third. Favourites which are lower than third get 0 points. If there are joint favourites, the one with the smallest racecard number is taken as the "favourite". If you feel that the favourites will do well ,you should bet high on the Favourites market. Think they will do badly? Bet low!
Racing Post Favourites Spread Bets
A Racing Post Favourites spread bet is a forecast on the performance of the favourites in each race at a certin meeting.
The favourite is the first named horse in the forecast.
Jockey / Trainer Performance Spread Bets
A Jockey / Trainer Performance spread bet is a forecast on how well a certin jockey/trainer will do at a meeting. The points structure goes like this: 25 points for winning; 10 points for second and 5 points for finishing third. Any finishes lower than that will recieve no points. If you feel the jockey/trainer will do good on a spesific meeting, you should bet high and if you think it will go badly, you sould bet low (Sell).
Double Card Spread Bets
A Double Card spread bet is a forecast on the total of the racecard numbers of all winners at a certin meeting x 2. It's a cool bet which gives you an interest for all races in a particular meeting and more than one horse to shout for in each race. If you feel low number of horses will do well at a particular meeting, you sould bet low on the Double Card market, likewise, if you think the higher numbers will not disapoint, you sould bet high (Buy).
Heavyweights Spread Bets
A Heavyweights spread bet is a forecast on the performance of the horses with the most weighted horse in each of the races at a certin meeting. the points goes like the following: 25 points for winning; 10 points for finishing second and 5 points for third. Heavyweights finishing lower dont recieve any points. If you feel the top weighted horses will do well at a certin meeting, you would bet high (Buy) on the Heavyweights market. Think they will do badly? bet low (Sell).
Featherweights Spread bets
A Featherweights spread bet is a forecast on the performance of the horses with the highest racecard number in each of the races at the meeting. Points : 25 for winning; 10 for finishing second and 5 for finishing third. Featherweights finishing lower doesnt recieve points
Stop At A Winner Spread Bets
A Stop At A Winner spread bet is a forecast on the number of races on a racecard to lapse before a favourite wins. The number of that certin race is multiplied by ten. In the event of no winning favourite, the number of races on the card+1 is multiplied by ten. If you feel the favourites will do good at a particular meeting, you should bet low on the Stop At A Winner market, or if you think they will do badly, you should bet high (Buy).
Starting Prices spread bet
A Starting Prices spread bet is a forecast of the total starting prices of all winners on a certin meeting. For example a 5/1 winner is 5 points, a 7/2 winner is 3.5 points... It's a very cool bet, as it gives you more than one horse to shout for in each race.Multi Mules spread bet
A Multi Mules spread bet is a forecast on the racecard number of the winning horse multiplied by the racecard number of the seconed place horse, aggregated together to form the race meeting. Make sure you know what you are doing before placing such a bet. In short, You will be interested in all of the races at a certin meeting. You`ll be chearing for the low numbered horses or high ones, depending on your bet. If you think that ow number horses will do good on a cerin meeting, you sould bet low (Sell) on the Multi Mules market, Likewise, when you think the higher numbers will keep their statistics, you should bet high (Buy).
