Daily Double
The daily double involves picking the winning horse in two 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.
Types of Horse Racing Bets
Straight Bets Quinella Trifecta Daily Double Superfecta Exacta Pick 3 and Pick 6Double 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.
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).
Daily Double Grading and Payout Rules
All Daily Double tickets are paid out based on the official race results
as published by the host track at which the race was run.
Daily Double tickets are automatically refunded where the runner selected
in the first leg of a Daily Double is a scratch.
In the event of a scratch in the second leg of the Daily Double, if
the host track pays a Consolation Daily Double (picked the winner of
the first leg, but the selection for the second leg is scratched),
such winning consolation payment should automatically be paid. If no
Consolation Daily Double is paid by the host track, then Daily Double
tickets selecting the winner of the first leg and a scratch in the
second leg will be automatically refunded.
If these refunds and payouts do not occur in accordance with these
rules, please contact Customer Service for assistance.
