Aintree Placepot Tips – Day One Thursday 7th April

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The Aintree Grand National Festival placepot is a popular bet that’s can you big returns for a little outlay. If you are new to the tote Placepot then you can find out more about it below, but here are our Aintree day one placepot selections.

Aintree Placepot Tips – Day One Selections

Race One 1.45pm: PIC D’ORHY (4) & GIN ON LIME (7)
Race Two 2.20pm: PETIT TONNERRE (6) & PIED PIPER (7)
Race Three 2.55pm: PROTEKTORAT (8) & ROYALE PAGAILLE (9)
Race Four 3.30pm: EPATANTE (7) & GLORY AND FORTUNE (2)
Race Five 4.05pm: JETT (13) & MIGHTY STOWAWAY (18)
Race Six 4.40pm :  FRERO BANBOU (8), SKY PIRATE (1) & KING D’ARGENT

Total Lines: 2x2x2x2x2x3 = 96 lines

At the 2019 Cheltenham Festival one lucky placepot punter scooped just over £180,000 from a £2 bet.

With that in mind, the Tote Placepot is certainly a Cheltenham Festival bet that’s worth getting to know a bit better.

We explain the placepot in more detail below, plus give you our free Aintree placepot selections for day one – Thursday 7th April 2022.


Today’s Tote Aintree Placepot Tips

Thursday 7th April 2022
Featured Tote Placepot Meeting: AINTREE

Race ONE: 1.45 Aintree – The Paul Nicholls-trained Pic D’Orhy is the top-rated in the field and also heads here off the back of a top win at Kempton last time out. The Irish raider – Gin On Lime – is another to have onside after winning 5 of her last 6 and gets a handy 7lbs mares’ allowance too. Selection Numbers, 4 & 7

Race TWO: 2.20 Aintree – Recent Triumph Hurdle third – Pied Piper – will be hard to keep out of the frame here is running to that level again, while the unbeaten over hurdles Petit Tonnerre is the buffer selection after impressing at Market Rasen on his UK debut in February. Selection Numbers, 6 & 7

Race THREE: 2.55 Aintree – Horses that ran in the Cheltenham Gold Cup have a fair record in this so Protektorat, who was third in that race is the first name on the team sheet. He’s also 2-from-2 here at Aintree. Gold Cup fifth – Royale Pagaille – is the other pick, especially if there’s any extra rain. Selection Numbers, 8 & 9

Race FOUR: 3.30 Aintree – Champion Hurdle runner up – Epatante – has only finished out of the top three once from 13 runs over hurdles. Looks worth a crack over this longer trip and gets the mares’ allowance (7lbs) again. Glory And Fortune is the other pick – winner of the Betfair Hurdle in Feb, and wasn’t disgraced to be 5th in the Champion Hurdle. Selection Numbers, 2 & 7

Race FIVE: 4.05 Aintree – The 11 year-old Jett, who was 8th in the Grand National last year, is the clear top-rated in the field and despite his advancing years has been holding his form well. Likes the fences and the drop back in trip is a plus. Mighty Stowaway was third in the Cheltenham Foxhunters’ last time and is another that should benefit from the shorter trip having got a bit tired the last day. Selection Numbers, 13 & 18

Race SIX: 4.40 Aintree – A tricky race to end. The better ground should suit Sky Pirate, who is 3lbs lower than when last seen and creeping back to a fair mark. Frero Banbou is a consistent sort from the Venetia Williams yard that was a fine third in the Grand Annual last time. While King D’Argent is the final pick – after retrurning to form to run second at Doncaster last time out. Selection Numbers, 1, 8 & 11

Total Lines: 2x2x2x2x2x3 = 96 lines


 

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Tote Placepot Introduction

  • A pool (lottery-style) horse racing bet, with the amount taken (the pool of money) at a horse racing meeting, then divided by any winning tickets – meaning the less people that win the more money you win!
  • To win the Tote Placepot you need to pick a horse to place in the first six races at any UK, Irish or selected International race meeting.
  • In recent years, the Tote Placepot has an average pay out of £407, while it’s a superb way to win big off small stakes – at the 2019 Cheltenham Festival, one customer won £182,567.80 from just a £2 bet.
  • Once the first six races (at each meeting) have finished the Tote will give a winning dividend (based on how many winning tickets there are). This dividend is to a £1 stake . e.g. – If the winning dividend is £200 and
  • You can play the Placepot at tote.co.uk from 4pm the day before all UK and Irish meetings

What Is A Tote Placepot And How Does It Work?

The Placepot has become the most popular pool bet for UK and Irish horse racing punters as it means you’ve got a chance to have an interest in the first six races.

It’s appeal is that you don’t have to find the winner in each race, but just a horse that will be placed (depending on the number of runners) in each of the first six races of a particular meeting.

The Placepot is run by the Tote and through a pool betting style system, but several leading bookmakers – like bet365 – now also give the option bet on the Placepot on their site – these all still go into the same big universal pool for each separate horse racing meeting.

In short, the more people who have bet in the Placepot the bigger the pool will be.

Therefore, just like the lottery, the fewer people who have placed horses in the first six races at a given horse racing fixture, means the bigger the winning dividend return.

In contrast, should a lot of fancied horses win (or be placed) then there is a strong chance a lot of people would have picked these Placepot horses and the final dividend will be a lot small as it’s shared between more people.

How Does A Tote Placepot Work?

The simple way to play the Placepot is to just pick one horse in each of the first six races – then if ALL of these horses are placed (this depends on the number of runners in the race and race type – more below) you will have a share of the final dividend.

However, once you get familiar with the Placepot, you can also decide to have more than one horse per race – this will increase your chances of winning, but also mean the stake of the bet will be higher.

These are often referred to as ‘Placepot Lines or Perms’

It’s a fairly straightforward calculation to work out how many lines a Placepot with more than one horse in each races will cost.

Simply multiply the number of horses (lines) you have in race one by the number of horses (lines) in race two and then for race three, four, five and six.

For Example

Race One – 2 horses
Race Two – 2 horses
Race Three – 2 horses
Race Four – 2 horses
Race Five – 2 horses
Race Six – 2 horses

This will be 2x2x2x2x2x2 = 64 lines

How Much Can A Tote Placepot Cost?

The beauty here is that you can make it as cheap or as expensive as you want.

There are, however, two minimum stakes to take into account when it comes to the Placepot, the minimum stake per line and the minimum total stake.

The minimum stake per line is 10p, although some operators may allow 5p lines so be sure to shop around, while the minimum total stake is £1.

For example, if we played 10p lines on our example (above) 64-line Tote Placepot above, the total stake would be £6.40, or if we staked each line at 50p it would cost £32.

How Are Tote Placepot Places Determined?

This depends on the number or runners or race type.

1-4 runners – 1st place only
5-7 runners – 1st and 2nd places
8+ runners – 1st, 2nd and 3rd places
16+ runners (handicap races only) – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places

How Do I Work Out My Tote Placepot Winnings?

Tote Placepot winnings are universal with the final dividend normally given out around 30 mins after the sixth race has finished.

You can also now follow the progress of the pool at each meeting at the TotePoolLive.com site – this will display the final pool size and the amount of tickets on each horse as each race is run, meaning you can see how you are fairing with the rest of the players through the meeting.

The dividend is worked out at £1 stake, so if you only have a winning line at 10p then the dividend will be divided by 10 e.g. a winning dividend at £200 at 10p will mean a £20 return.

To work out how much your return is – multiply your stake per line by the amount of winning lines you have. Your winnings will then be either that percentage of the published £1-stake winnings or a multiple of the published dividend.

For example:

If the Placepot is paying £500 to a £1 stake and you have four winning 20p lines then you have a total of 80p in winning bets. You win £400, or 80p-worth of the £1 winnings published.

Or:

If the Tote Placepot pays £400 to a £1 stake and you have two winning £1 lines, your total of £2 of winning bets means you win £800.

How Many Lines Should I Have In My Tote Placepot?

Some horse racing punters will attempt just a single line, which means selecting just one horse in each of the six races. This ‘straight line’ bet can be a tricky ‘all your eggs in one basket’ approach, but if you do get through all six races with a horse placed then you are generally rewarded well.

On the opening day of the 2019 Cheltenham Festival, one punter staked one £2 line and managed to select four winners and two runners-up in the first six races.

As there were several big-priced horses placed on the card the winning dividend paid a staggering £91,283.10 to a £1 stake, meaning this punter bagged double the dividend – £182,567.80!!

That said, most Placepot punters often like to make multiple selections in the races with more horses in as this will give them a better chance of getting a horse placed.

Tote Placepot Top Tips for Aintree

Aintree Banker Races

For the bulk of Tote Placepot punters, the balance is keeping an eye on the number of selections and the total stake – it’s tempting to put 4 or 5 horses in some races, but the perms on this can quickly add up which means your final stake will be very high.

With that in mind, if there are certain races with a hot favourite in, then many like to take a punt on just having this one horse in which will keep costs down.

Note though, if these hot favourites blow out then this will knock a lot of people out and, therefore, increase the final pool dividend a lot.

Take On Dodgy Aintree Favourites

As mentioned in the previous section, when a fancied horses fails to place this is where the Placepot final payouts can get massive.

Sometimes it’s a juggling act of playing safe and following the crowd or taking a chance of a hot favourite not running well and, in the process, increasing the final pool dividend.

Let’s be honest, it’s not hard to pick a favourite in each of the six races, but if they do all place, then the chances are that you’ll be sharing this Placepot

Have Multiple Lines In Big-Field Aintree Races

The beauty of having one or two banker legs though (1 pick in a race) is that this frees up space for a potential big handicap race later on in the card – meaning you can possibly have 3 or 4 picks in that race to increase your chance.

Remember though, if you have 3 or 4 picks in a certain race and two get placed then you get both lines going through to the next leg – which will increase your final payout.

A good example of this are races at the Aintree Grand National Festival as most days there is a mix of so-called Aintree bankers and big-field handicaps, where 20+ runners or more are entered

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What Happens To Tote Placepot Pick Non-Runners?

If one of your Placepot selections is a non-runner, then that horse will revert to the SP favourite. If there are joint or co-favourites, the lowest racecard number carries your money.

So, if horses numbers 1 and 4 are joint-favourites, it is horse number 1 that will take place of your selected non-runner.

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