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Old 2nd August 2004, 10:09 AM
michaelg michaelg is offline
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Hi, Shaun.

Just a point of interest with trifecta calculations.

Comparing the TAB Win prices to the trifecta dividends may not be entirely accurate.

I believe the Win prices shown on the TAB monitor reflects a 15% deduction from each horse. So if a $5 horse wins, the real TAB price before the deduction of 15% should therefore be $5.90 ($5.90 X 0.85 = $5.00). The same applies to the prices of the second and third horses.

Even though the trifecta deduction is 20%, it is not as severe as the 15% deduction from the win prices of the three trifecta horses.

If my above assumption and calculations are correct, the trifecta dividend will generally be greater than that calculated when the TAB Win prices are used.
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