Now you’re read to watch these horses RACE! Inside or outside, you’ve got great views of the track at Indiana Ground, and views of tracks from all over the country on the TV monitors inside. If I can get it done, so can you! Maybe you’ll get lucky and catch Racing Rachel and Track Announcer/Odds Specialist Bill Downs in between their segments for a quick question. I placed several horse wagers with the mutual tellers and I even did one on the self-service machine.

You need 4 things to place your bet: the race number, the amount of the bet, the type of bet and the number of the horse you’re betting on. Now you’re ready to rock! Head up to the windows and place a bet with the mutual tellers or feel free to place your bets on one of the self-service machines.

It’s also important to grab a racing program to get details on all the horses racing that day. Watch them prepare for their upcoming race and as Rachel told us, observe their behavior.

Box Bets…pick the right horses and the order doesn’t matter!īefore you bet, take a walk down the paddock and check out the horses! According to Rachel, you might get a feel for how a horse is going to race by watching them before the race.

Exotic Bets…now we’re getting fancy! An Exacta is picking 1 st and 2 nd…a Trifecta is picking 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd…and a Superfecta…well, I’m sure you can guess it’s the 1 st four finishers!.

The minimum bet is $2 at Indiana Grand Racing and Casino. A 5-1 horse will pay $5 for every dollar bet.

About Odds…if a horse is at 2-1 odds, that horse will pay $2 for every dollar bet.

Win is 1 st, Place is 2 nd and Show is 3 rd. I’m a novice and I’m not going to bet big! If that sounds like you, then keep reading! Some of the ins and outs I learned from Racing Rachel: No one to better help than Racing Rachel McLaughlin. I decided to go again and this time I wanted to learn about the basics of betting. We already know that a day at the races at Indiana Grand Racing and Casino is going to be a blast.

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