Following are my top 5 selections for Saturday 1 November 2008 and my next 4 for the same:

TOP 5
AWAPUNI
R5 no8 TURFSTAR
R6 no 10 BALLY HEIGHTS
R10 no 1 VALHALLA
FLEMINGTON
R3 no 8 MOATIZE
R9 no 8 HOT DANISH


SECOND STRINGERS
AWAPUNI
R4 no 4 SKI
R8 no 6 HAPPY VICTORY
TE AWAMUTU
R5 no 3 MR COOL
R6 no 6 BLACKHALL

Top 5 (all up parlay IASbet prices)
Win: Outlay = $31 Return = $91.94
Place: Outlay = $31 Return = $299.85

Second Stringers
Win Outlay = $15 Return = $30.20
Place Outlay = $15 Return = $7.36

FLEMINGTON
R7 no 5 NOM DU JEU

TRENTHAM
R8 no 10 KUDDAM
R10 no7 SPARTANICUS

ELLERSLIE
R3 no 8 GEEZA
R10 no 10 KILIFI

Top 5 (All Up IASBET)
Win Bets
Outlay = $31
Return = $0

Place Bets
Outlay = $31
Return = $30.60

Progressive
Win
Outlay = $62
Reurn = $91.94

Place
Outlay = $62
Return = $330.45

Top 5
FLEMINGTON
R1 no 1 ZIPANESE
R2 no6 RAEBURN
R6 no5 MISS SCARLATTI
R9 no 2 ROCKPECKER
HAWKESBURY
R8 no 5 ALVERTA


SECOND STRINGERS
HAWKESBURY
R9 no 7 TYRONE PRINCE
FLEMINGTON
R4 no 16 BELLE SOCIETY
R5 no 10 BANKSDALE
R8 no 2 GRAND DUELS

(IASBET prices for all up parlays)
TOP 5
Outlay: $31 win and $31 place
Return = $4.30 win and $32.81 place

Progressive:
WIN OUTLAY $93
RETURN = $96.24
PLACE OUTLAY = $93
RETURN = $363.25

SECOND STRINGERS
OUTLAY = $15 win and place
RETURN = $0

Progressive:
Outlay win and place = $30
Win Return = $30.20
Place = $7.36

TOP 5

RICCARTON
R7 no 3 SKIRMISH
R8 no 4 IMANI
FLEMINGTON
R2 no 6 QUEEN'S KISS
R5 no 10 LIBERTY EDITION
R7 no 5 SEA BATTLE

SECOND STRINGERS

RICCARTON
R6 no 11 BRIAN
FLEMINGTON
R6 no 8 SUNBURNT LAND
DOOMBEN
R6 no 6 PAYMORE
R7 no 13 PENTACITY

RESULTS ARE FOR MULTI BET PARLAY ON IASBET

TOP 5
OUTLAY = $31 Win & Place
RETURN = $0 win and $2.80 place
PROGRESSIVE OUTLAY = $124 WIN & PLACE
PROGRESSIVE RETURN = $96.24 win & $366.05 place

SECOND STRINGERS
OUTLAY = $15 WIN & PLACE
RETURN = $0 WIN & $9.41 PLACE
PROGRESSIVE OUTLAY = $45 win & place
PROGRESSIVE RETURN = $30.20 win and $16.77 place

some impressive results there percemum, but can you explain the amount bet there a bit more? confused!

Thanks Partypooper. I've got a bit of good luck/will in reserve for the inevitable curse of the forum at the moment.

The amounts outlaid are for combining horses in all possible combinations i.e. 1 horse, 2 horses (doubles), 3 horses (trebles), 4 horses (quadrellas) and 5 horses (not sure what they're called - probably quintellas or something like that.

For my second stringers I'm coupling 4 horses this way so there are 15 combinations in which they can win and also place.

Call the imaginary races Race A, Race B, Race C and Race D. The possible combinations are:

1. a single bet on each horse. A B C D (4 bets in all)
2. all of the possible doubles AB, AC, AD, BC, BD, CD (6 bets in all)
3. all of the possible trebles ABC, ABD, ACD, BCD (4 bets in all)
4. all of the possible quadrellas ABCD (1 bet in all)

Altogether there are 15 combinations (for a $1 stake an outlay of $15).
With the dividends multiplying, if you are lucky enough to snag a few horses, the return can be sizeable.

For 5 horses there are 31 such combinations.

It's probably the horseplayers version of the lottery / windfall bet.

IASBET allow across code and different venue bets on this kind of bet which they list as 'multis'.

Hope this explains it a bit.