{"id":3219,"date":"2022-06-23T21:37:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T21:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.173.89.155\/?post_type=how-to-bet&#038;p=3219"},"modified":"2022-09-30T11:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:15:22","slug":"straight-forecast-bets","status":"publish","type":"how-to-bet","link":"https:\/\/www.bethq.com\/how-to-bet\/straight-forecast-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"Straight forecast bets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Straight forecasts are typically available for both horse and greyhound racing and are a standard racing betting market offered by online bookmakers and totes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How straight forecast bets work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A straight forecast requires you to identify two entries&nbsp;in a field who you believe will finish in the top two, and then accurately predict their finishing order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a step up in difficulty from a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bethq.com\/how-to-bet\/reverse-forecast-bets\">reverse forecast bet<\/a>, which only requires you to identify the top two finishers in a race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mechanics of setting up a setting up a straight forecast bet can vary by online bookmaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some bookmakers will offer forecast bets as a market, alongside the other betting markets for the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, others will make the forecast option available on the betting slip once you make your selections.<\/p>\n\n\n        <div class=\"pagesection-div\">\r\n        <div class=\"notice notice-brown has-icon-info\">\r\n            <h2 class=\"heading-block\">Straight forecast betting strategy<\/h2>\r\n            <div class=\"content\" style=\"flex:0 0 100%\">\r\n                <p>Straight forecast betting should only be used in certain situations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>where there are smaller fields \u2013 for example a field of 40 will drastically reduce your chances of winning compared to a field of 6<\/li>\n<li>where there is a very clear pecking order among the entries you are selecting to place, and where both these entries are clearly in a different league to the rest of the field<\/li>\n<li>where you will get significantly better odds than you would by placing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bethq.com\/how-to-bet\/reverse-forecast-bets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reverse\u00a0forecast bet<\/a>\u00a0that allows the top two to finish in any order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unless you have an excellent knowledge of racing and the entries in a specific race, forecast betting is best used when betting on high profile Group\/Grade 1 races which have produced very strong favourites.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n<!--            <p><strong>--><!--<\/strong><\/p>-->\r\n<!--            <ul class=\"list-dots-lg\">-->\r\n<!--                --><!--                        <li>--><!--<\/li>-->\r\n<!--                        --><!--            <\/ul>-->\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    \n\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bethq.com\/go\/william-hill\" class=\"link-box size-sm\">Place a straight forecast bet at William Hill now<\/a>\r\n<script>function PlayerjsAsync(){} if(window[\"Playerjs\"]){PlayerjsAsync();}<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never mind just predicting the winner \u2013 bet on who&#8217;ll finish second as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4957,"parent":0,"template":"","topics":[44],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bethq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/how-to-bet\/3219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bethq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/how-to-bet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bethq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/how-to-bet"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bethq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bethq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bethq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=3219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}