quinella
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom American Spanish quiniela (“sporting bet or pool”); US from 1942.
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlə
Noun
editquinella (plural quinellas)
- (gambling, horse racing) A form of bet in which the bettor predicts the first two finishers in a race, without concern for the order of finishing.
- 1954, Michigan Department of State Compilation Commission, 1954 Michigan Administrative Code, page 38,
- All tickets on the quinella will be calculated in an entirely separate pool.
- 1989, Charles S. Romanelli, How to Make Money in One Day at the Track, page 166:
- A few tracks offer exactas and quinallas on the same races.
- 2004, Jim Kilby, Jim Fox, Anthony F. Lucas, Casino Operations Management, page 355:
- The track quinella paid $38.00 for a $2 wager, the track exacta paid $70.60 for a $2 wager.
- 1954, Michigan Department of State Compilation Commission, 1954 Michigan Administrative Code, page 38,
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editVerb
editquinella (third-person singular simple present quinellas, present participle quinellaing, simple past and past participle quinellaed)
- (Australia, New Zealand) To have two team members, horses, etc., finish first and second in the same event.
- 2003, John O′Hara, Big River Racing: A History of the Clarence River Jockey Club 1861-2001, page 35:
- Smith provided the winner of twenty-one Mares Produce Stakes and quinellaed the event nine times.
- 2008, John Ellicott, Waterhouse and Smith: The Rise to Power of Two Racing, page 273:
- Gai quinellaed the Doncaster in 1997 with Secret Savings and All Our Mob.
- 2009, Eric O'Keefe, The Cup, page 72:
- Not only did he win his first Cup with the 30/1 chance Tawriffic, but in the finest Cummings′ tradition he quinellaed the race with Super Impose.
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