Punters’ GUIDE
How to place a Swinger A swinger is a fun little horse racing bet that requires you to select a minimum of two horses in a particular race. At least two of your selections must run in the first three places in order for your bet to be a winner. You can take any number of selections in your swinger, and there are several variations of the bet. What is a swinger bet? A swinger is a bet where you select a minimum of two horses in a particular race. These selections must finish in the first three places, in any order, for your bet to be considered a win. This means that for each race there will be three dividends for each race: first and second, first and third, as well as second and third. You can select more than two horses to form part of your swinger, but remember that the bet will cost you R1 per combination. There are three different variants of
this bet: The Swinger, Boxed Swinger and Banker Swinger. We’ll look at each below: Swinger Simply put, here you need to select two horses to run in the top three positions in any order. For example: if you select numbers 1 and 2, the bet will cost you R1. You will need number 1 and 2 to finish in the first three places of the race for your bet to be a winner. See the table below:
First
Second
1
2
Banker This variation of the bet simply requires you to “bank” one horse to finish inside of the top three along with at least one of the other selections.
For example: if you select number 2 as a banker followed by 3 and 6. This bet will cost R2, if you take the bet for R10 you will have the bet five times. Look at the below table:
First
Second
4
1 2 3
The above table represents a bet containing three combinations (4 and 1, 4 and 2, 4 and 3) – three combinations means that this bet will cost you R3. You will need number 4 to run in the first three, and any one of numbers 1, 2 or 3 to also run in the top three to win the bet. The amount you win will be determined by the pool and the amount that you stake.
