Trifecta Wheel Betting
The Trifecta Wheel bet involves keying in a horse OR horses into the race’s eventual first, second, and third place positions. Trifecta Wheel betting is much less risky than a straight trifecta bet because you are allowed to select more than 3 horses to finish in the top three positions in the exact order you specify. Wheel betting requires a specific order of multiple horses, whereas box betting requires any order of any 3 horses.
The Trifecta "Key" Concept
Understanding "keying" horses into your Trifecta Wheel is crucial to making a successful bet.
First, start with the first place position. Select a horse or set of horses that can place first in your wager. For example, if horses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are in a horse race, you could choose any one of the six to place first OR some combination of the six to place first.
Example 1st Horse Key is: Horses 1, 5 & 6
This means when the race has finished, if horse 1 OR horse 5 OR horse 6 places first, your first place trifecta wheel key will be successful.
Second, pick your horse or horses that will place second and third, using the same procedure as the first key. You can pick any of the horses to fill your second and third keys.
Example 2nd Horse Key is: Horses 2, 3
This means when the race has finished, if horse 2 OR horse 3 places second, your second place trifecta wheel key will be successful.
Example 3rd Horse Key is: Horses 2, 3, & 4
This means when the race has finished, if horse 2 OR horse 3 OR horse 3 places third, your third place trifecta wheel key will be successful.
Example Winning Combination with our Keys: 1, 3, & 2
Given the keys we created above, a race result of horse 1 placing first, horse 3 placing second, and horse 2 placing third, the bet would win.
Example Losing Combination with our Keys: 3, 5, & 6
Given the keys we created above, a race result of horse 3 placing first, horse 5 placing second, and horse 6 placing third, the bet would lose, because we did not include these horses in the correct order in our first, second, or third keys.
Trifecta Wheel Bets Cost $1 Per Possible Finishing Combination
Consider the following examples, where we’ve keyed select horses into the first, second, and third place positions; and how much the total bet would cost considering all of the possible finishing combinations.
Example 1: You believe horse 8 will win the race, and that horse is your first key. Next, you believe one of horses 16-7-2 will finish second, and that set is your second key. Finally, you believe one of horses 16-7-2 will fiinish third. This bet would cost $6.
Trifecta Example #1 Wheel Combinations on horses 8 then 16-7-2, then 16-7-2 at $1 each:
Finishing 8-7-2 = $1
Finishing 8-2-7 = $1
Finishing 8-16-2 = $1
Finishing 8-2-16 = $1
Finishing 8-16-7 = $1
Finishing 8-7-16 = $1
Total Wager = $6
Example 2: You believe either horse 5 or 7 will win, follwed by either 5 or 7 in second, followed by one of 4-1-3-9-2 in third.
Trifecta Example #2 Wheel Combinations on horses 5-7 winning, then 5-7 second, then 4-1-3-9-2 third at $1 each:
Finishing 5-7-4 = $1
Finishing 5-7-1 = $1
Finishing 5-7-9 = $1
Finishing 5-7-3 = $1
Finishing 5-7-2 = $1
Finishing 7-5-4 = $1
Finishing 7-5-1 = $1
Finishing 7-5-9 = $1
Finishing 7-5-3 = $1
Finishing 7-5-2 = $1
Total Wager = $10
Trifecta Betting Reference Examples:
Trifecta Wheel, with one horse key and various other horses
$1 trifecta wheel 1 horse with 3 horses = $6 Wager
$1 trifecta wheel 1 horse with 4 horses = $12 Wager
$1 trifecta wheel 1 horse with 5 horses = $20 Wager
$1 trifecta wheel 1 horse with 6 horses = $30 Wager
$1 trifecta wheel 1 horse with 7 horses = $42 Wager
$1 trifecta wheel 1 horse with 8 horses = $56 Wager
$1 trifecta wheel 1 horse with 9 horses = $72 Wager
$1 trifecta wheel 1 horse with 10 horses = $90 Wager
$1 trifecta wheel 1 horse with 11 horses = $110 Wager