Horse Racing Spread Betting
Spread Betting for Horse Racing
A summary of spread betting for horse racing. Some of the most popular horse racing spreads available with Sporting index (and other spread betting firms) are listed below.
Winning Distances
This market, as the name suggests, is our prediction on the total of what the winning margins of each race will be at a meeting. The maximum winning distance for a Flat Race is 12 lengths while a National Hunt Race is 30 lengths. This also applies should only one horse complete the race. Distances under a length are recorded as follows:
Individual Race Index
This spread betting market is about the performance of horses in individual races, awarding points according to where they finish. The points structure varies according to how many runners there are in a race. This market gives the spread betting enthusiast the opportunity to back or oppose a horse, something which a traditional fixed odd betting market does not offer.
Match Bets
We pick two horses in a race and predict what the distance between them will be when they cross the line. All you need to do is place your online spread bet. The maximum distances for the purpose of these bets will be 12 lengths in a Flat race and 15 lengths in a National Hunt race.
Favourites Index
Have the horse racing betting experts got it right? How will the favourites perform in each race at a particular meeting? A favourite is awarded 25 points for winning, 10 points for finishing second, 5 points for third and 0 points for any other place. In the event of a race starting with joint favourites, we take the favourite as being the horse with the lower race card number.
Racing Post Favourites Index
This is based on the same principle as the Favourites Index but the favourites are those printed first in the betting section below each race card in the Racing Post. Again these horses are awarded points as follows: 1st=25points, 2nd=10pts, 3rd=5pts, any other place=0pts. If there are joint favourites the first named horse in the Racing Post will be deemed to be the favourite