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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).
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