What’s a reserve trap in greyhounds?
In instances where a greyhound becomes a non-runner, a reserve may take its place. If you’ve bet on a greyhound and it’s replaced by a reserve, your bet is void.
Forecast
If you select a non-runner in a straight or reversed forecast bet, your bet will be settled as a win single at the starting price (SP) on the remaining selection. The reserve selection will not be used for bet settlement.
If you select a non-runner in a combination forecast, the total stake of the bet will be divided equally between the possible forecast combinations with the remaining selections. The forecasts including the non-runner will become SP singles. Once again, the reserve selection will not be used for bet settlement.
Tricast
If no tricast dividend is returned, bets will be made void.
Non-Runners
Should there be a late non-runner, any bets placed at a price will revert to the SP. This does mean that it could be lower or higher than the price you initially took.
Each-way places
There does have to be a certain number of dogs running for each-way places to apply. The number of dogs required can be found in the below table:
|
Runners |
Odds and Places |
|
2-4 |
Win Only |
|
5-6 |
¼ odds. 1st and 2nd |