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exacta

[ ig-zak-tuh ]

noun

  1. a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first- and second-place finishers in exact order.
  2. a race in which such bets are made.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of exacta1

First recorded in 1960–65; ellipsis of Spanish quiniela exacta “exact quinella”
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Example Sentences

The 26-year-old gelding Summer Attraction can frolic with 29-year-old gelding Slamming some 22 years after they served as the exacta one forgotten day at the late Rockingham track in New Hampshire.

Racing has had the same sorts of wagers forever — win, place, show, exacta, trifecta and the like.

Drape: This one completes the Chad Brown exacta.

I suggest a win bet and exactas with #7 Budderlicous and #8 Five Bar Jackpot.

Could even have exactas for last two, or maybe first and last.

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