By JESSICA DEABREU 
The résultat du Quinté d’aujourd’hui is the official finishing order of the five horses in France’s daily Quinté+ race, published within seconds of the photo-finish. PMU then releases four sets of paid reports Ordre, Désordre, Bonus 4 and Bonus 3 within minutes. One race runs every day of the year, no exceptions.
Most people searching for today’s Quinté result want two things: the five winning numbers, and confirmation of whether their ticket paid out. This article gives you both, plus the layer that most turf sites skip entirely: a step-by-step method for reading every line of your ticket and making sure you collect every gain you are owed.
There is also a third thing worth your time. The result published today is the single most useful data point you have for tomorrow’s race. We will show you how to use it.
The Official Arrival: What Gets Published and When
Provisional vs. Definitive: A Difference That Costs People Money
The Quinté+ result goes through two official stages. The provisional arrival appears within seconds of the finish line. The definitive reports the ones that actually determine your payout, are confirmed several minutes later once the stewards have reviewed any photo-finish disputes, objections or disqualifications. Never cash out or celebrate before you see “rapports définitifs.”
This distinction matters more than people realise. On roughly a dozen occasions each year, the provisional order changes after stewards intervene. A horse placed second provisionally may drop to fourth after a foul claim is upheld. If you check the result on a third-party site that cached the provisional data, you could be reading the wrong numbers.
The safest source for the definitive result is PMU.fr directly. Zone-Turf and Turfoo both update quickly, usually within fifteen minutes of the race, and are reliable for the final numbers.
How the Five Numbers Are Presented
The official arrival is always displayed as five saddlecloth numbers in finishing order, left to right. The first number crossed the line first. The fifth number finished fifth. It looks like this:
Example: Quinté+ Arrival Format
Gold circle = 1st place. Numbers read left to right in finishing order.
These numbers represent saddlecloth positions, not post positions. Horse number 7 wore saddle number 7. Do not confuse this with the horse’s starting gate or its ranking in the published form guide.
The 4 Quinté+ Reports: Which One Did You Win?
Every Quinté+ result generates four separate payout levels. Most bettors only check whether they hit the top two. The Bonus levels are where most uncollected gains sit, especially on combiné tickets.
Quinté Ordre: The Exact Finish
The Quinté Ordre pays out when your five selected horses finish in the exact sequence you predicted. The average payout in 2024 was approximately 87,000 euros for a 2-euro base stake, with peaks above 3.2 million euros during major events like the Prix d’Amérique. With fifteen runners, over 360,000 order combinations are possible.
The Ordre report is also what fuels the weekly Tirelire (jackpot pool). Every Sunday, PMU guarantees a minimum Tirelire of 500,000 euros shared among players who find the exact order. Monthly Super Tirelires go to 1 million euros, and special events push that to 2 million. If no one finds the exact order on a given day, the pot rolls over.
Quinté Désordre: Right Horses, Any Order
Quinté Désordre pays out when your five selections all finish in the top five, regardless of their sequence. The 2024 average was around 1,800 euros per 2-euro stake. Payouts range from roughly 500 euros on predictable races to 5,000 euros when outsiders gate-crash the top five.
This is the realistic target for most serious bettors. An experienced turfiste who studies the form can realistically hit a Quinté Désordre every two to three months. That is not a guarantee, but it is a measurable benchmark worth tracking against your own results.
Bonus 4 and Bonus 4/5: Where Gains Get Missed
Bonus 4 pays when you have four of the five finishing horses in the correct order. Bonus 4/5 pays when you have four of the five, regardless of order. Average payouts in 2024 were approximately 180 euros for Bonus 4 and 85 euros for Bonus 4/5. These are easy to miss on a combiné ticket because the calculation is not linear: a Quinté joué dans tous les ordres with four correct horses pays Bonus 4 up to 120 times depending on how many valid sub-combinations your ticket contains.
Bonus 3: The Steady Earner
Bonus 3 pays when three of your five selections appear in the top five, in any order. Average payout: around 35 euros per 2-euro stake. It sounds modest. But a bettor who hits Bonus 3 consistently say, once a week at 35 euros with a weekly stake of 25 euros finishes a calendar year 520 euros ahead. That is a positive return. Chasing the Ordre jackpot every day produces the opposite result for almost everyone.
All Four Reports at a Glance
| Report Type | Condition to Win | 2024 Avg. Payout | Base Stake | % of Tickets That Win |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinté Ordre | 5 horses in exact order | ~87,000 € | 2 € | ~0.1% |
| Quinté Désordre | 5 correct, any order | ~1,800 € | 2 € | ~0.1% |
| Bonus 4 / 4sur5 | 4 correct (order / any) | ~180 € / ~85 € | 2 € | ~0.4% |
| Bonus 3 | 3 correct, any order | ~35 € | 2 € | ~1.5% |
Brutal Reality Check
Based on 365 Quinté+ races in 2024: 98% of all Quinté tickets pay nothing. 1.5% collect Bonus 3. Just 0.1% hit a Désordre or better. The PMU’s take rate (TRJ) is 35%. This is not a game designed to generate winners it is a game designed to generate the occasional spectacular winner while the house collects the rest. Knowing this changes how you should play.
How to Verify Your Quinté Ticket in 3 Steps
This is the process most turf sites never explain. They give you the numbers. They do not tell you how to cross-reference them against your own bet. Here is the method, step by step.
Confirm the Status: “Rapports Définitifs”
Before comparing any numbers, check that the result shows “rapports définitifs” on PMU.fr. Provisional results are clearly labelled. If the label is not yet definitive, wait. Results typically become final within 10 to 20 minutes of the race. If you are checking a third-party site, look for a timestamp confirming when they last synced with the official data.
Check the Non-Starters First
Always verify the list of non-starters (non-partants) before comparing your selection against the arrival. PMU applies specific rules when a horse you selected is withdrawn: a replacement supplement horse may be activated, or your pari may be partially reimbursed. Skipping this step leads to errors in both directions you might think you lost when you actually qualified for a replacement payout, or vice versa.
Match Your Numbers Against All Four Report Levels
Do not stop at the top. Work through every report level from Ordre down to Bonus 3. A common mistake is finding that you missed the Désordre and assuming the ticket is worthless only to discover later that three of your five horses landed in the top five, qualifying for a Bonus 3 payout of 35 euros or more.
On a combiné ticket, the machine calculates gains automatically at PMU terminals. But if you are checking manually or on a third-party site, you must count each sub-combination separately.
Special Case: Combiné and Champ Tickets
If you played a Quinté en champ or a formule combinée, a single ticket may contain dozens of separate Quinté combinations. With four base horses and four associated horses across 12 runners, for instance, your ticket covers multiple Quinté sub-sets. You can win Bonus 3 or Bonus 4 multiple times on the same slip. A Quinté joué dans tous les ordres with four correct horses pays Bonus 4 up to 120 times. The PMU terminal calculates this automatically. If you are verifying manually, enter your numbers into PMU.fr’s ticket checker rather than doing the arithmetic by hand.
Practical tip: If you played in a PMU point-de-vente, go back to the same counter with your physical ticket. The terminal reads the barcode and immediately tells you every gain across all report levels. Do not try to calculate combiné payouts manually the number of combinations grows exponentially.
Quinté+ in a PMU Shop vs. e.Quinté+ Online: The Differences Nobody Explains
The Quinté+ (physical) and e.Quinté+ (online via PMU.fr) are two separate pari pools with different report structures. The physical Quinté+ offers four reports including Bonus 3. The e.Quinté+ does not include Bonus 3, but typically pays higher Ordre and Désordre reports because the online pool is separate from the physical pool.
This split has existed since PMU separated the two pools. Most bettors discovered it by accident when they expected a Bonus 3 payout online and received nothing. The PMU community forum is full of confused posts from people who “should have won” and did not, because they confused the two rule sets.
| Feature | Quinté+ (Shop / Hippodrome) | e.Quinté+ (PMU.fr Online) |
|---|---|---|
| Reports available | Ordre, Désordre, Bonus 4, Bonus 4/5, Bonus 3 | Ordre, Désordre, Bonus 4/5 (no Bonus 3) |
| Ordre / Désordre payouts | Standard pool rates | Generally higher (separate pool) |
| Weekly Tirelire | 500,000 € minimum (Sunday) | 100,000 € minimum (e.Tirelire) |
| Access | PMU shops, hippodromes, Allo Pari | PMU.fr, mobile app |
| Best for | Players who want Bonus 3 coverage | Players targeting Ordre / Désordre jackpots |
The practical takeaway: if your strategy is to cover Bonus 3 as a regular income stream, play physically. If you are going purely for the top payouts and do not mind giving up the consolation report, the online pool’s higher Ordre and Désordre rates may work in your favour on the days something surprising happens at the finish.
How to Use Today’s Result to Sharpen Tomorrow’s Bet
The arrival order is not just a result. It is data. Here are three signals worth extracting from every Quinté result before you close the page.
Signal 1: Compare the Arrival Against the Opening Odds
Pull the starting odds for each of the five finishing horses. Any horse that finished in the top five at odds significantly higher than 10/1 is worth noting. Track these long-shot finishers over two or three weeks and you will start to see patterns: certain trainers, certain distances, or certain track conditions that produce reliable outsider performances. This is the foundation of finding value, not just picking favourites.
Signal 2: Note the Trainer and Jockey Combination
When a trainer-jockey pairing appears in the top three of a Quinté, check whether they have another runner in the next two or three days. Stables run horses in clusters. A horse showing form today from trainer X is a signal that trainer X’s other runners this week may be worth including in your selection, even if they are not the obvious pick on paper.
Geny.com and Zone-Turf both show trainer and jockey statistics by hippodrome. Cross-referencing today’s arrival against these stats takes ten minutes and gives you a genuine edge over bettors who simply read the morning pronostics without checking recent form.
Signal 3: Record What You Had Right (and What You Cut)
Franck, a long-time turfiste at Vincennes interviewed by one of the larger French turf sites, has a simple system: he writes down his morning selection before placing the bet, then compares it against the arrival. Specifically, he highlights any horse he initially considered but removed before finalising his ticket. Over months, he found he was removing correct horses more often than he should have been a bias toward over-favouring the top-ranked pronostic. Tracking that pattern directly changed how he constructed his final selections.
The Most Common Mistakes When Reading a Quinté Result
These are the errors that cause bettors to either think they won when they did not, or miss a gain they were owed.
- Reading provisional results as final. Covered above, but worth repeating. Third-party sites sometimes lag. Always check PMU.fr for the definitive status before assuming your result is confirmed.
- Missing Bonus 4/5 on combiné tickets. On a multi-horse combiné, you may have four correct selections spread across sub-combinations. The machine handles this, but manual checking misses it almost every time.
- Not checking for non-partants before comparing. A withdrawn horse changes the effective field and can trigger a replacement selection or a partial refund. This must be done before any other comparison.
- Comparing saddlecloth number to race card position. The number displayed in the arrival is the saddlecloth (dossard) number. In large fields, this is not the same as the horse’s rank in the race card. Always use the saddlecloth number from your ticket.
- Assuming e.Quinté+ Bonus 3 rules apply as in the shop. If you played online, Bonus 3 does not exist. Many bettors calculate a Bonus 3 gain mentally and feel shortchanged when PMU shows nothing, not realising the e.Quinté+ pool has different rules.
Frequently Asked Questions
What time are the Quinté+ results published today?
The provisional arrival appears within seconds of the finish. On weekdays the race typically finishes around 13h50. On Saturday and Sunday it runs closer to 15h08–15h15. Definitive reports with confirmed payouts follow within 10 to 20 minutes. Exceptions apply when major meetings or calendar events shift the schedule, so always verify the programme the evening before.
What is the difference between a provisional result and a definitive report?
The provisional result is the photo-finish order issued immediately after the race. It can change if stewards uphold an objection, a horse is disqualified for interference, or a dead-heat is re-adjudicated. The definitive report is the final, legally binding result from which all payouts are calculated. Only check your ticket against definitive reports.
How do I know if I’ve won Bonus 3 or Bonus 4?
Bonus 3 pays when three of your five selected horses appear anywhere in the official top five, regardless of order. Bonus 4 pays when four of your five appear in the top five in the correct order. Bonus 4/5 pays when four appear in the top five in any order. On a simple 5-horse ticket this is straightforward to check. On a combiné, use the PMU.fr ticket checker or visit a terminal.
Why does the Quinté Ordre report change after the initial publication?
Two things can cause the report to shift. First, a stewards’ inquiry can change the finishing order, which redistributes the payout pool among a different group of winners. Second, the final report adjusts as all bets are fully processed the mutuel system calculates payouts based on total stakes in the winning pool, and this calculation is confirmed only once all transactions are settled. Significant changes are rare, but minor adjustments in the last decimal place are common.
Where can I find historical Quinté+ results and past arrivals?
Zone-Turf.fr and Turfomania.fr both maintain full archives of arrivals and reports organised by date, accessible via calendar navigation. PMU.fr also carries a results archive going back several years. For statistical analysis of jockey and trainer performance across historical Quinté races, Geny.com is the most detailed free resource available.
Is there a Quinté+ race every single day of the year?
Yes. PMU schedules one Quinté+ race every day of the calendar year, 365 days. The host hippodrome rotates across France’s major tracks: Vincennes and Enghien for trot, Longchamp, Chantilly, Saint-Cloud, Deauville and others for flat racing, plus Auteuil for jump meetings. The track and distance change daily, which is one reason why studying the programme and hippodrome-specific form is worth doing the evening before.
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Sources: PMU.fr official results and rules · Zone-Turf.fr arrival archives · Turfoo.fr · Geny.com · Turfomania.fr · Parihippiques.com 2024 statistical analysis · PMU community help forum · Bonus-malin.info Quinté+ rule breakdowns · Wesportfr.com report calculations · Stats-quinte.com arrival methodology. All payout figures are 2024 annual averages and vary by race, field size and total stakes.