The trap for young player lies in the clarity of the word “field”. In my case I assumed that “the field” meant ALL other runners outside my selection. My thought process was that if I ticked my 3 standouts on the 1st leg line of the quinella indicated that I thought that any of these 3 would run first/second. (I am sure that many others would also have the same understanding) and if I ticked “F”(for field) on the second line it would indicate that I would get paid should any of the 3 standouts finished 1 or 2. Alas not – the NSW TAB computer thinks that the 3 standouts should be excluded from the field as they have already been selected elsewhere. The long and the short of it is that should I wish to achieve what I wanted with one bet (as I’ve indicated above) I couldn’t do it. I have to have 3 bets as in Selection 1 with the field, Selection 2 with Field and Selection3 with the field.
As for the cost – In my example the cost $18 -for 1$. (1 with 2,3,5,6,7,8 (which is NOT the field is it?) - 4 with the same & 10 with the same) If it was taken in the way I wanted the cost would have been $24
Anyway that’s the answer from NSW TAB thanks to all listers who had their 2 bobs worth. It certainly cleared something for me and perhaps others as well.