{"id":21180,"date":"2020-04-11T18:40:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T18:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/21180\/how-to-bet-on-horse-races-a-helpful-guide-for-beginners"},"modified":"2020-04-17T16:29:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T16:29:17","slug":"how-to-bet-on-horse-races-a-helpful-guide-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/21180\/how-to-bet-on-horse-races-a-helpful-guide-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Bet on Horse Races: A Helpful Guide for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More of the world is moving online for experiences that are no longer available live, including horse racing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the foreseeable future, horse races will still happen but without stadiums filled with spectators and eager gamblers. While you can&#8217;t attend live, you can still watch, and more importantly, you can still bet. For those who know how to bet on horses, the pay off can be considerable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you are trying to learn how to bet on horse races, you are in luck! Check out our guide here on the key things to know and do.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Bet on Horse Races: The Basics<\/h2>\n<p>First, you want to have an understanding of the different types of bets available. Some are riskier than others, but with higher risk comes <a title=\"Equibase.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/premium\/eqbHighestPayouts.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bigger payoffs<\/a>. If you know what you are getting into, then you can have a better idea of what risk level and betting style suits you.<\/p>\n<p>There are two main types of wagers: straight and exotic<\/p>\n<h3>1) Straight Wagers<\/h3>\n<p>These wagers include the ever-popular <em>win, place,<\/em> or<em> show<\/em> bets. Straight wagers mean you are betting on a horse to finish in one of three ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Win:<\/strong>\u00a0Just as you might imagine, a win means your horse comes in first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Place:<\/strong>\u00a0This means your horse comes in first or second place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Show:<\/strong>\u00a0This means your horse comes in first, second, or third place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The biggest payout comes with a <em>win<\/em>, <em>place<\/em> and <em>show<\/em> following suit.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most common ways to add some diversity to your straight wagers is to bet <em>across the board<\/em>. You can bet that a single horse will finish in either first, second, or third, and you win more money depending on the results. Use an <em>across the board<\/em> bet when you have a lot of faith in your horse but still want to hedge your bet a little.<\/p>\n<h3>2) Exotic Wagers<\/h3>\n<p>Here is where it gets interesting. <a title=\"Actionnetwork.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnetwork.com\/horse-racing\/how-to-bet-on-horse-racing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exotic wagers<\/a> allow you to bet on multiple horses in different, funky combinations. Here are just a few examples of some of the popular types of exotic wagers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An<strong> exacta<\/strong> lets\u00a0you bet on two horses to come in first and second. To win, your two picks must finish in the exact order, hence the name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A<strong> quinella<\/strong>\u00a0allows you to choose two horses to come in first and second places in any order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A<strong> trifecta <\/strong>is similar to an exacta, but with three horses.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other exotic wagers include the <em>superfecta<\/em>, <em>daily double,<\/em> and <em>pick 3\/pick 4<\/em>. Learn more about wagering on the biggest horserace of the year at\u00a0<a title=\"Kentucky Derby online betting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kentuckyderbyonlinebetting.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kentucky Derby online betting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Some Things to Remember<\/h2>\n<p>When gambling, remember to set a budget and study the odds. Research on your own and use the guides available at your online gambling site of choice.<\/p>\n<p>For those who know how to bet on horse races, knowledge and budget are essential for long-term success. With online gambling sure to increase in popularity, there&#8217;s nothing stopping you. Now go out and win some money!<\/p>\n<p>Read our other blog posts for more essential life guides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More of the world is moving online for experiences that are no longer available live, including horse racing.\u00a0\u00a0 For the foreseeable future, horse races will still happen but without stadiums&hellip; <span class=\"read-more-span\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/21180\/how-to-bet-on-horse-races-a-helpful-guide-for-beginners\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Bet on Horse Races: A Helpful Guide for Beginners&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"genericon genericon-next\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21222,"href":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21180\/revisions\/21222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upgifs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}