Then it's as easy as selecting your runners and entering your stake. Just head to your race and the first four option won't be hard to find. For example, if you boxed 7 horses, the cost would be $210 (7 x 6 x 5) for 100% of the dividend.įirst Four pools are hosted by TAB, but you can place a first four bet with any online bookmaker and they'll pay you out with the same dividends. The boxed first four costs more if you wish to include more horses. If you box four horses, the cost for 100% of the dividend is $24 (4 x 3 x 2). You can reduce your outlay of $90 for the above bet.įor example, if you outlaid $9 you would receive 10% of the final dividend if you first four box won by taking the flexi bet option.įor 100% of the dividend, a first four bet costs $1.Ī boxed first four costs more, depending on how many combinations your bet represents. To have 100% of the TAB dividend, there are 90 individual bet combinations. Your multiple first four would consist of these combinations: 1, 2, 3 and 4), and six horses for fourth (No. Here is an example: You select two horses for first (No.1 and 2), four horses for second and third (No. Many punters opt for the multiple first four when seeking a healthy dividend.Ī multiple first four is where you individually select runners in a specific finishing position among the first four placings. Your cost for the boxed first four, to collect 100% of the winning TAB dividend, is $24 – 24 individual $1 bets as shown in the above table.Ī stand-out first four allows the punter to select the horse they regard as their "sure thing" to win the race, with the remainder of the horses to finish in 2 nd to 4 th position in any order.
The above table outlines the boxed first four has 24 possible winning combinations so if your four runners can finish in any order in the first four placings, you have selected your first winning first four. Using four runners – say, 1, 2, 3 and 4 – as your first four box bet, by placing a box first four the four runners are grouped in every finishing order for you to win. The horses must finish in that order for the punter to win.Ī boxed first four allows the punter to select four (or more) horses for their first four bet, however they may finish in any order – as long as the first four placegetters are selected, the bet wins.Ī boxed first four costs more than a straight first four, as the punter has a greater chance of winning. The punter simply selects four horses: one each to finish first, second, third and fourth. There are four main first four bet types: straight first four, boxed first four, standout first four and multiple first four.Ī straight first four bet is the most simple type of first four bet. The operator (TAB in Australia) takes out their commission (called the takeout), and the remainder of the pool is split between all the winning tickets. You select a minimum four runners and they must finish first, second, third and fourth in the correct order for you to win. Other Betting Types To Explore: All Up Bet | Double Bet | Duet Bet | Each Way Bet | Exacta Bet | Lay Bet | Place Bet | Quadrella Bet | Quinella Bet | Same Race Multi Bet | Treble Bet | Trifecta Bet | Win Bet Picture: Getty Images How Does First Four Betting Work?įirst four betting is a form of pool betting with punters entering their combinations and all stakes combined in the pool. In the 2012 Melbourne Cup, the first four dividend paid $1,467,09 for $1 so the first four is very much the lotto of racing. The first four is one of the toughest bet types in racing but can result in healthy dividends for punters. The punter nailed the early quaddie at Flemington as Love Tap, High Approach, Renosu and Bartholemeu Diaz saluted at odds.A first four bet is exactly as the name implies: it requires the punter to select the first four horses across the line in the correct order to win. Sadly none of us got the first four but we have had an experience to remember.”Įarlier, one lucky Victorian punter landed the bet of the day, turning a $1 bet into more than $150,000. You could have made a mammoth $100,000 if you picked the first four - Gold Trip, Emissary, High Emocean and Deauville Legend.Ĭhannel 10 commentator Michael Felgate said: “If you backed Gold Trip: If you had 1, 17, 22 and 8 in the first four, there’s more than $100,000 coming your way.
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