What Happens in a Dead Heat?

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by infield_line

as a practical matter, if two horses crossed the line at the same exact instant, both awarded 1st........ it is completely arbitrary to claim the 3rd horse is 3rd, not second. If it was in the tracks financial interest, they could pay bets not involving the two winners in a combined bet as separate wagers, and move other horses up one place.

Chris

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Joe Pesci Goodfellas

The two horses that deadheated for win share first and second. That's why the exactas pay both ways and why they both pay to win and place. the dead heat for win has no bearing on the horse that that finishes third. If two horses finish in front of him he's third. end of story. doesn't matter if they dead heat for win.