An Exacta is an exotic bet type that requires the punter to correctly select the horses that finish 1st and 2nd, in order. Picking the order correctly is what distinguishes an Exacta from a Quinella, ...

The most common types of exotic bets are quinella (first two horses in any order), exacta (first two horses in exact order), trifecta (first three horses) and first four (first four horses).

Given all the history, there's a method to picking which horses to focus on for exacta, trifecta and superfecta bets in a ...