exacta
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- noun
- /ɪɡˈzæktə/
- Jargon
- The California-bred Tiz Flirtatious returned $8 and $5.80 while filling out a $417.20 exacta.
- exacta and trifecta
- exacta box
Examples
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Boxing the top two gets the hefty exacta.
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A twenty-four dollar exacta and trifecta box of those runners would have netted nearly 5K.
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My exacta box is looking better and better.
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I want the exacta box for a nickel.
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I got two hundred in Exacta boxes, using four horses.
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I also played an exacta box with Prospective, Hanson, and Dullahan, but it didn't pay much.
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Exacta payoff of seventy-eight dollars for every five-dollar ticket.
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Go For Broke got up by a nose, and I was sure Jay had the Exacta, which paid over two hundred dollars for every five-dollar P94 ticket.
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Sidney's Candy paid $2.60, $2.10, and $2.10 and keyed a $6.20 exacta.
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I placed an exacta bet on the first and second horses in the race, hoping to win big.
Synonyms
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A horse racing bet that picks the first and second horses in the exact order
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Etymology
The word exacta comes from the idea of 'exact', the same root as the English word exact, which means 'precise' or 'correct'. So an exacta bet asks you to name the horses that finish first and second in the exact order, and the name helps you remember that the order must be 'exact'.