Meaning of dead heat in English. a competition in which two or more competitors finish at exactly the same time or with exactly the same result: The race ended in a dead heat.

What does the expression dead heat mean?

: a tie with no single winner of a race broadly : tie.

What happens on a dead heat?

Dead Heat is a tie between two or, rarely, more runners in a race. ... A Dead Heat is calculated by dividing the stake proportionally between the number of winners in the event. So, in a two-way Dead Heat (2 winners) for example, your return will be half of what it could have been.