From AmericanSpanishquiniela(“sporting bet or pool”); US from 1942.
quinella (pluralquinellas)
- (gambling, horse racing) A form ofbet 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 thequinella will be calculated in an entirely separate pool.
1989, Charles S. Romanelli,How to Make Money in One Day at the Track,page166:A few tracks offer exactas andquinallas on the same races.
2004, Jim Kilby, Jim Fox, Anthony F. Lucas,Casino Operations Management,page355:The trackquinella paid $38.00 for a $2 wager, the track exacta paid $70.60 for a $2 wager.
quinella (third-person singular simple presentquinellas,present participlequinellaing,simple past and past participlequinellaed)
- (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,page35:Smith provided the winner of twenty-one Mares Produce Stakes andquinellaed the event nine times.
2008, John Ellicott,Waterhouse and Smith: The Rise to Power of Two Racing,page273:Gai quinellaed the Doncaster in 1997 with Secret Savings and All Our Mob.
2009, Eric O'Keefe,The Cup,page72:Not only did he win his first Cup with the 30/1 chance Tawriffic, but in the finest Cummings′ tradition hequinellaed the race with Super Impose.
