Worldpool the biggest ever for 2022
BRITISH AND IRISH RACING SET FOR BIGGEST EVER WORLD POOL SEASON
British and Irish racing will participate in 17 World Pool events in 2022 with racing fans from around the world betting on the sport’s most prestigious flat racing festivals. These racedays have record prize money available of £28.4 million and include Cazoo Oaks Day at Epsom Downs for the first time.
World Pool events in Britain and Ireland will be hosted on the following days in 2022:
- QIPCO 2000 Guineas Day – Newmarket Rowley Mile Racecourse, Saturday 30th April
- Cazoo Oaks Day – Epsom Downs Racecourse, Friday 3rd June
- Cazoo Derby Day – Epsom Downs Racecourse, Saturday 4th June
- Royal Ascot – Ascot Racecourse, Tuesday 14th to Saturday 18th June
- QIPCO King George Diamond Day – Ascot Racecourse, Saturday 23rd July
- Qatar Goodwood Festival - Goodwood Racecourse, Tuesday 26th to Thursday 28th July
- Ebor Festival – York Racecourse, Wednesday 17th to Friday 19th August
- Longines Irish Champions Day – Leopardstown, Saturday 10th September
- QIPCO British Champions Day – Ascot Racecourse, Saturday 15th October
As a collaboration of global Totes, World Pool enables racing fans from all over the globe to bet into a single pool. This creates huge liquidity and excellent value for racing fans. In 2021, £363 million was bet into the pools with a 15% higher return to a £1 bet compared to the industry Starting Price for online customers of the Tote. For example, the biggest World Pool in 2021 was on the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York which was £3.99 million, with the winner Winter Power paying 14.46 with the Tote compared to 9/1 SP.
Launch of World Pool “Moment of the Year” to celebrate the best performances
For the first time, a World Pool “Moment of the Day” will be awarded by an industry representative at the 16 World Pool days in the lead up to British Champions Day, with the moment decided by a standout performance. This could include a wide-margin winner; a winner from an unlikely position; an extraordinary turn of foot at any point in the race; an above expectation performance by an outsider; or a human or equine interest story.
Racing staff who look after the winning horse for each World Pool “Moment of the Day” will receive £1,000 and a bottle of champagne.
At the end of the World Pool season, the 16 winners of “Moment of the Day” at World Pool events will compete for the overall World Pool “Moment of the Year”, which will be presented on British Champions Day. The overall winner will be determined by a combination of scores derived from a public vote and an industry panel. The winning yard who looks after the horse will be awarded the World Pool Moment of the Year and receive £34,000.
New bet types for World Pool in 2022
There are seven bet types in World Pool for 2022, including the Exacta and Treble for the first time. These are set out below:
- Win (Single Leg bet) - Pick the winner of the race
- Place (Single Leg bet) - Pick a horse to be placed. Hong Kong place terms apply
- Exacta (Single Leg bet) - Pick the first two horses in the correct order
- Trifecta (Single Leg bet) - Also known as the Tierce. Select the winner, the second, and the third horse in the correct order
- Quinella (Single Leg bet) - Select the first two finishers in either order
- Swinger (Single Leg bet) - Also known as the Quinella Place, Pick two horses to finish 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in any order
- Treble (Multi Leg bet) - Pick the first horse in three races