Quinté

Quinté is a French pari mutuel betting product commonly offered on horse racing. It consists of selecting the five horses that will finish in the first five places of a given race. In the standard Quinté format, the order of finish does not matter; a ticket is a winner if its chosen quintet matches the five finalists, regardless of their exact order.

Bets are placed with a fixed stake and can cover a single race or multiple races, depending on the ticket. The total amount wagered is pooled and later distributed among winning tickets after deductions for operating costs and taxes. Winnings depend on the size of the pool and the number of tickets that correctly identified the five finishers; when more tickets win, individual payouts are smaller.

The Quinté pool is typically offered by the French betting operator PMU and is accessible at PMU outlets as well as online. Bettors may select multiple combinations on a coupon to increase their chances within the constraints of the five-horse requirement. Some formats and promotions adapt the basic Quinté concept to different racing events or timeframes.

Variants of Quinté include Quinté en ordre, which requires predicting the five finishers in the exact finishing order, and other related formats that modify rules or payout structures. While Quinté is most closely associated with horse racing in France, the term and its basic concept are recognized in broader wagering contexts and in regions where parimutuel betting on racing is available.