Tote Trifecta Betting Guide

The Tote Trifecta is the pool bet alternative to a Tricast with the bookmakers, and that is predicting the horses to finish first, second and third in specific order in a race. If it’s not hard enough to pick just the horse to finish first, the Tote Trifecta is even harder as you have to get the first three horses past the post in correct order.

It is possible to have a “reverse” Trifecta, which means you pick three horses to finish in the top three, in any order. This is obviously a lot easier, but involves making multiple selections which is more costly. This is because you are backing all combinations of possible outcomes.

Because the Tote Trifecta is such a difficult bet to win, the rewards are huge! The Tote Trifecta beats the bookmakers equivalent of the bet (Tricast) 64% of the time, meaning as a rule of thumb there is generally more value betting on the Tote.

The biggest recent success of the Tote Trifecta was at Newmarket in October, when the total prize fund of winning Tote Trifecta bets was £8,861 vs. £4,132 paid by the Tricast.

Tote Trifecta bets can be placed at a number of online betting companies, all of which offer free bets to new customers. We recommend the following bookmakers to place Tote Trifecta bets: