The event race mainly. is undoubtedly the emblematic race, the support of the quinté. Every day, dozens of horse races are run in France, but among all these races, the event race mainly. is very popular in the media and has made the horse world known to the whole of France. We will give you all the keys to tame it as well as possible!
Table of Contents
- How did the race event become known?
- Making the right bets means understanding the general craze
- Be careful not to fall into the trap
How did the event race mainly. become known?
In a year there are 365 event races, one per day. This means that horse bettors can bet every day of the year without interruption.
The first Tiercé took place in 1954, the first Quarté in 1976 and the first Quinté in 1989.
This race was the only one commented on the radio (RTL historically before being followed by other radios) then on television and broadcasted live on TF1 at the beginning, then France 2, before going on free-to-air on Canal+, before the arrival of the Equidia channel which now broadcasts all the French races playable on PMU. The Quinté race is also currently broadcast on RMC découverte.
As a reminder, only PMU and PMU.fr offer the tiercé, quarté and quinté. The other bookmakers offer alternative bets but with smaller winnings. We invite you to read our article on different types of bets to familiarize yourself.
It takes place, from Monday to Friday, at 1:50 pm in 95% of the cases, for the remaining 5% they are night races at 8:15 pm. On weekends, the race takes place at 3:15 pm in the vast majority of cases and sometimes at 4:00 or 6:00 pm.
Among its 365 annual races, 56 are of a very high level (equivalent to the Champions League in soccer or a Grand Slam in tennis) and 3 are the equivalent of a World Cup final.
These 3 races of anthology followed in the whole world are :
- the Grand Prix d’Amérique for trotting (last Sunday of January)
- the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for the dish (the first Sunday of October)
- the Grand Steeple Chase de Paris for the obstacle (second last Sunday in May).
Making the right bets means understanding the general craze
This race makes most bettors dream, it puts stars in the eyes, thanks to the huge amount of money that can be won by finding the first 5 horses in order.
The winnings depend on the wagering of other bettors, as we have seen in the previous turf articlebut given the mass of the stakes, the winner(s) receive(s) substantial amounts of money.
Every Sunday, the minimum prize money is €500,000.00 for the winner who finds the quinté in the right order, and this sum can even be as high as €3 million for certain exceptional races. In case of multiple winners, the amount is logically divided by the number of winners.
This event race mainly. is considered as a real bargain by many bettors, because of its winnings and because of the infinite resources that can be found on the internet and in the written press to help them choose the right bet to make. Each horse website or newspaper (horse or not) gives its prognosis on this race. So you will have at your disposal many detailed analyses on this subject.
In addition, we have a lot of predictors on social networks who give their picks only on this race. Some predictors have specialized in strategies only focused on the courses événements.
Secondly, thanks to the amount of money played by all the bettors, the odds are stable no matter how much you want to bet because it is diluted in the mass. In this way we could believe that with the large number of bettors, the winnings become more lucrative than in other races. However, the number of winners is just as proportionally large, which results in roughly the same odds.
Finally, the biggest races of the year are event races which create a strong craze during these festive periods.
Be careful not to fall into the trap
It is also important to remember the over-mediatized aspect of the races that could lead bettors to make the wrong choices. Indeed, the marketing produced around these races encourages the bettor to overplay.
It should be noted that winning a quinté in order is rare. For a race with 18 horses at the start, which is the majority of quintés, we get one chance in 1,028,160 (18 x 17 x 16 x 15 x 14) to find the exact order.
And when the order is found, it is preferable to have horses that have not been played much to be the only one or one of the few to find the finish. Finding the five favorites in order pays less because of the number of winners and the pool bet.
Moreover, there are so many different predictions available that one does not know where to start. The predictions are often given with 8 horses to give a better chance of finding the finish, but even with these 8 horses, few people find the quinté, or even the quarté and sometimes even the tiercé.
Finally, the races that support the quinté, apart from the 59 major races of the year, are rarely the most interesting and readable races of the day, which complicates the analysis of the punter.
Bettors very often find themselves with finishes of favorites (who pay little) or finishes with a horse that is very little played, since these are open races and anything can happen.
In the world of horse betting, smart bettors often prefer to play 2 favorites, 2 underdogs and 1 loser (horse very unknown) to have a good win/risk ratio. This will not make you rich the next time you play. event race mainly. but will certainly guide you in choosing your quinté.
Some bettors swear by the event race mainly., others shout haro on top and the last ones play sparingly, especially the big event races of the year. Whatever happens, the big winner will remain PMU with its exclusivity on tierce, quarté and quinté betting with its share taken from the players' bets.
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