You bet on a winner at given odds. You collect only if your chosen horse is the first across the finish line . A wager for place means you collect if your selected horse finishes either first or second. The third horse across the finish line. A wager to show means you collect if your selected horse finishes either first, second or third.
Combinations cover from two to four horses to win in chosen order.
This wager requires the player to pick the winners of three consecutive races. Some race tracks have a rolling pick 3 which is when the player must pick three races in a row and it continues for the next three races . This wager requires the player to select the winner of six consecutive races prior to the first race of the pick six. Some tracks place the pick six as the first six races, the middle six races, or the last six races. Many tracks have carry over pools for the pick six that can grow to as high as a million dollars.