Tote Ten to Follow Game: Explained & Reviewed

The Tote Ten to Follow fantasy game offers a five-figure payout to the horse racing fan who builds the strongest stable over a season.

This popular promotion is run by one of the very best Irish betting sites throughout both the flat and jumps racing seasons.

How Tote Ten to Follow Works

The Tote Ten to Follow game works similarly to fantasy football titles on your favourite online bookie or new betting site.

To play, punters must pay €5.50 to assemble a stable of ten horses. You'll earn points based on how well they perform. 

You can choose the horses yourself, or use an intelligent algorithm called Smart Pick which can create part - or all - of your stable using historical data and TTF performance stats.

You can enter as many stables as you like.

How to Score Points

Each horse is awarded points for winning or placing in a race. Extra points are awarded if your runners win major races. Horses also rack up extra points by winning or placing at long odds.

Points are awarded as follows:

• Grade 1 win - 25 points
• Grade 2 win - 20 points
• Grade 3 win - 15 points
• Listed win - 12 points
• Any other race win - 10 points
• An additional 25 points are awarded to winners of 25 designated bonus races - 12 points are awarded to the runners-up.

Points will also be awarded based on the returns to a €1 each-way bet on the Tote in each race a horse runs in.

Example: €1 win at odds of 5.50 + €1 place at 1.20 = 6.70 points awarded.

Ten to Follow Prize Fund

Entry to the 10 to Follow game costs €5.50. The Tote collects the entrance fees and puts them - minus a 10% commission - into a prize pool that is distributed among the players with the best-performing stables.

The prize fund is divided as follows:

• 60% of the prize fund is given to the best-performing stable on the final leaderboard. 
• The runner-up gets 10% of the pool, 
• The third placed player receives 5%. 
• Prizes are awarded to the top 10 players. 
• The player with the most points each month will also be awarded 3% of the pool as a special prize.
• The winner will be guaranteed a minimum of €20,000. If the winner’s 60% share of the net pool is less than €20,000, Tote will contribute the difference to a total of €20,000 in prize money to the winner.

Ten to Follow Free Competition

The Tote also runs a free-to-play competition.

Each Tote customer can enter a single stable for this contest, and the player with the most points will be awarded €250 in bonus credits at the end of the season. 

The free competition also offers players the chance to win 2x annual member badges to a racecourse of the winner’s choosing.

Ten to Follow Tips

These Tote Ten to Follow tips can help you compile a successful stable:

1. Try to identify horses that are likely to thrive in two or more of the bonus races each season. They are also runners that generally win Grade 1 and Grade 2 races, so they should help you accumulate lots of points.

2. Add in a couple of unheralded runners that could win at long odds, along with a couple of prolific runners that will take part in plenty of races. That will give you a balanced stable.

3. If you cannot decide on all 10 runners, use the Smart Pick algorithm to complete your stable. It has been fine-tuned to select the optimum balance, based on detailed historical data, and it also targets bonus races, so it is a valuable tool. However, it is best not to solely rely on it, as that might make it difficult for you to outperform the competition.

4. There is a seven-day transfer window midway through each season which you can use to make tactical changes to your stable.

More Tote Games & Promotions

The Tote Ten to Follow game is just one of many exciting features available at one of the best horse racing betting sites around. These are some of the other games and promotions you can benefit from when you sign up with the Tote:

Tote Fantasy

This game is similar to Tote 10 to Follow, but it takes place over a single afternoon’s racing. You are given a 10,000 guinea budget to pick seven horses. Your runners are awarded points for wins and places. 

You can also select boosts – Stable Star and Stewards Enquiry. The top 25% of entrants will earn a profit, and the player with the best stable will win the jackpot. Entries cost €7.

Placepot  

This is a popular bet that simply requires you to select a horse to place in the first six races at any UK, Irish or select international meeting. 

If all six of your runners finish in the money, you will be paid out. The average payout over the past year was €441, according to the Tote.

Tote+

You will receive a 10% profit boost on certain races when you place your bets at Tote.ie or via the Tote app, as opposed to any other channel. 

Look out for the Tote+ symbol next to a race, as it tells you when the enhanced winnings are available.

Stayers’ Club

This is a Bet & Get promotion, whereby you earn free bets as bonus credits by placing at least six qualifying bets. 

If you place six or more bets of at least €2 at the specified stake levels throughout the week, you will earn €2 in “Stayers Credit”, which can be used in any Tote exotics. If you place six bets at €5 or more, you will receive €5 in Stayers Credit, and six qualifying bets of €10 or more will earn you €10 in Stayers Credit.

Make sure to keep an eye out for Cheltenham offers and Grand National free bets around the time of the festivals.