different between quadfecta vs quadrella

English

Etymology

Blend of quad- +? perfecta

Noun

quadfecta (plural quadfectas)

1. (gambling, horse racing) A bet in which the bettor must select the winners of the first four places (i.e., first, second, third, and fourth) of a race in the correct order.
   • 2010, George V. Bush, Magazine Man “A Slave To The Sale”, unnumbered page,

     He won the Superfecta and the Quadfecta all in the same day at Hollywood Park Casino in Los Angeles.

2. (by extension) A set of four wins at related events; a set of four events.
   • 2008, Milwaukee Magazine, Volume 33, Issues 7-12, page 59,

     You can either carry or drag your boat through the tunnel to UPPER NASHOTAH LAKE to complete your chaino—lakes quadfecta.

   • 2010, Tyler DeAngelo, Brad Emmett, Learn Just Enough . . . to Get Laid, Seven Footer Press, US, page 100,

     It?s also the definitive Just Enough to Get Laid meal, incorporating cooking, wine, and French in an unstoppable three-pronged attack. Hell, say grace before you eat and you can hit what?s known as the Just Enough quadfecta.

Synonyms

• superfecta

Related terms

• perfecta
• trifecta

See also

• grand slam

English

Pronunciation

Noun

quadrella (plural quadrellas)

1. (gambling, horse racing, Australia, New Zealand) A bet where the bettor must pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track.
   • 2003 March 22, Craig Sherborne, Footy?s Man of Passion, The Herald Sun, republished in 2003, Garrie Hutchinson (editor), The Best Australian Sports Writing 2003, page 79,

     Demetriou is an inveterate punter with a miraculous instinct for picking big quadrellas.

   • 2009, H. G. Nelson (Greig Pickhaver), Sprays: A Collection of Verbal Touch-Ups, unnumbered page,

     Imagine jagging a couple of nice trifectas or the quadrella and squaring the Christmas credit-card bill, with a little extra left for a three-week holiday at Victor Harbor. Magic!

   • 2010, Stephen Barkoczy. Australian Tax Casebook, 10th Edition, CCH Australia, page 416,

     Instead, the taxpayer relied on his own intuition, placed bets mainly on the totalisator or with on-course bookmakers and was more inclined to place “higher risk” bets such as trifectas and quadrellas.

Derived terms

• quaddie (diminutive synonym)

See also

• quadfecta