Review Of eHorse Articles | Horse Betting

By: Richard Bleuze

Review Of eHorse

At eHorse, you are always a winner, even when you lose.  eHorse has one of the most generous rebate programs in all of horse race wagering.  eHorse gives out weekly rebates that range from three percent on every dollar up to the first $2,000.  If you are a horse bettor who bets between $2,000 and $4,999, you get a 3 percent rebate.  If you bet between $5K to $10K it is four percent. While if you bet between $10K to $20K, the rebate is 4 percent and above $20K, it is five percent. At the top end, this is like $1,000 worth of free plays each week.

eHorse includes a well organized and easy to maneuver site. Tracks are listed on a dropdown menu and when a specific oval and race is selected, the full field is displayed, with horse's name, jockey, trainer and odds.  However, unlike many books, eHorse only offers bets for 90 tracks.  

As for payoffs, they are about as good as it gets.  eHorse offers full track odds on win, place, show and quinielas.  However, exacta and daily doubles are capped at 275-1 and trifectas can pay as much as 500-1.

Another situation that is favorable to horse bettors is that eHorse offers you the ability to make a wager right up to post time as well as quick credits to accounts once the official is posted at the track.  

EHorse does not take multi-race gimmicks other than daily doubles unlike other books.  In other words, no pick threes, pick fours or pick sixes which seldom are winners for horse bettors anyway, but do pay handsomely if you win! As mentioned, this is to limit exposure since all bets are booked and are not commingled into track pari-mutual pools.  Payoffs at eHorse are unpredictable because of small pools related to bettor unfamiliarity.  However, before making a wager, a horse bettor can check the odds on the site to see it they meet expectations.

Unlike alot of horse betting sites, eHorse betting limits are on the high side.  Tracks at eHorse are divided into four categories: Red, White, Blue and Green.  The best known circuits-the New York Racing Association; the Southern California tracks (excluding Fairplex); Churchill Downs and Keeneland in Kentucky; Gulfstream and Oaklawn Parks, are category Red.   eHorse will take $1,000 win bets, $400 place bets and $200 show bets on these "A" tracks.  On the other hand, exacta, quinela and daily double horse bettors can wager up to $300 and trifecta plays will be taken up to $100.

The tracks generally recognized as a notch below the best, are in the white category.  They would include Northern California; Fairplex; Calder; the other Kentucky tracks, Turfway and Ellis Park; Maryland, Texas, the Meadowland and Woodbine.  The limits at these tracks across the board are $600-$300-$100.  If you want to play an exactas, the limit is $200 and trifectas have a $50 cap.

The lesser thoroughbred operations-Beulah and Thistledown in Ohio; Charles Town, Colonial Downs, Delaware, Emerald Downs, Evangeline, Finger Lakes, Hoosier, Penn National, Turf Paradise and Mountaineer-fall are in the blue category.  Harness tracks Yonkers, Freehold and Hoosier also are in blue category.  The tracks in the blue category are capped at $300-$100-$50 with $100 tops on the main gimmicks and $25 on trifectas.

The tracks in the green category, the lowest category, are Delta Downs and Great Lakes Down.  Bets in this category are limited to $150-$50-$25 across the board, $50 on the major exotics and $15 on trifectas.  Thus, in this category, the horse bettor will not hit it "big".

As for banking opitions, eHorse adheres to the industry norm.  That means Western Union, ATMs, FirePay and NetTeller, as well as credit cards.  In addition, when depositing with eHorse, they will cover all transfer fees when using Western Union (min $250) Pre - Paid ATM, Neteller, and Firepay. To receive a free payout you need to wager your deposit in full, if not, the fees will not be covered

Few sites can claim something truly distinctive but eHorse does.  eHorse has created a new kind of wager, the e quinela, for people tired of getting split in exactas or quinielas. In addition to the traditional quinela payoffs for the first two finishers (in either order), the e quinela has payoffs for first and third or second and third.  eHorse creates its own pari-mutuel pool with an admirably low takeout of only 12% and with the minimum 3% percent rebate, this effectively lowers it to no more than 9%.  You can not beat that.

eHorse is located and was established in San Jose, Costa Rica.

A "big" disadvantage is that eHorse does not provide live help.  However, e mail response speed is better than most.

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