Quaddies & Exotics

Exotics are something our analysts avoid for the most part. But at some tracks or circumstances the edge is so large and market often so incorrect that quaddies (quadrellas) and trifectas/first fours are warranted. During the very major Spring Carnival days when there are big jackpots, some analysts may also play exotics. But for the most part they are a small proportion of the bets advised by our services.

In terms of the best bookies to place exotics with, the best is probably Bet365 as they offer Mid Tote + 5%. We do not include Bet365 results in our official results because many are banned from them, but they are the best if you have an account with them. Even after Bet365 restrict you on win bets, they often still allow you to place all exotics type bets (exactas, trifectas, first fours, quaddies etc), so it's worth using them for that even if it doesn't cover your full investment, and place the rest elsewhere.

One thing to note though is on some smaller meetings, Ubet (QLD Tab) don't offer the quaddie. In those cases, Bet365 will pay the lower of NSW/VIC. Therefore, in those cases, you are better taking a quaddie through a corporate only selecting one tote (NSW or VIC) as that way at least you have a 50/50 chance of getting the top tote price.

Most other bookies offer one tote, which means mathematically 1/3 of the time you'll receive best tote, 1/3 of the time you'll receive mid tote and 1/3 of the time you'll receive lowest tote. All bets are officially recorded at mid tote for simplicity, fairness and easy achievability. All of the above goes for all exotics; quaddies, exactas, trifectas and first fours etc.

Finally, DO NOT PLACE EXOTICS directly with any TAB (NSW Tab / Vic Tab / Ubet). If you bet through a corporate bookie, generally they do not actually bet back into the TAB pools. This means you do not reduce your dividend. If you bet directly into a TAB (NSW Tab, Vic Tab or Ubet), all you do is reduce the overall dividend for yourself and everyone else. So always bet exotics through a corporate bookie. When a $20,000 quaddie was struck for Dean’s Tips, if you multiplied the mid tote win odds of the 4 winners, it added up to nearly $50,000. That's just a simple way of estimating a quaddie dividend, but it is likely that our payout was less potentially due to some members betting directly through the totes rather than through a corporate bookie.