The BTC Horse Racing Thread
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@robert-cooke said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
@john-folan thanks John . I'm not using bots at the moment, but I'll remember this for when i do. How do I check if the horses DSLR qualifies.
Quickest way is to look on the racecards on the btc software.
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@robert-cooke All I do mate is just open up the runner list for the race itself and then you can see the number in the DSLR column. If its between 3-200 its all good
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@john-folan thanks John . I'm not using bots at the moment, but I'll remember this for when i do. How do I check if the horses DSLR qualifies.
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Itās been amateur hour today!
I put a selection on which wasnāt on my filter and lost. Then I just realised I messed about with one of my bots yesterday and had it set to back instead of lay so cost myself there too!
Overall -12pts for being stupid. Iāll put that down as an idiot tax.
The silver lining is that the lay bot worked perfectly (just shame it backed the selection instead)
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@john-folan said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
@Lee-Colvin @Martin @Angus-Macleod @Robert-Cooke
Just checked my bots. The one on the Mega thread against the one I'm using. They are the same, bar the fact I am not trading on Saturdays as just not worth it.I 'don't however take the qualifiers off there. I run a separate version (I've called qualifiers) with runner numbers and DSLR removed. These are then filtered in my bot as
- Won't know the runner numbers until the race.
- Won't know the DSLR of the favourite (because that might change) until the race.
That's why I am getting races as qualifiers on certain races, and you aren't. I'm ignoring those filters and letting the bot sort it out as they are unknown variables in the morning.
I thought I was losing the plot last night lol.
I actually meant to mention this to people before. Every strategy I have has two versions.
Qualifiers
Results.
Qualifiers is exactly the same as Results but with variables that can change on the day removed. (Runner Numbers, DSLR if I am laying a favourite and not a specific horse. Number of Qualifiers, etc). I then rely on my bot to filter these out.
Probably a practice everyone should follow as it stops Adam's favourite query
Cheers for the explanation mate
I was properly confused about how I was "missing" certain selections but it makes sense now
. Appreciate the daily posts of your selections too for added simplicity 
fantastic effort as usual
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@john-folan oh yeah. The good thing about the software is you can get an idea of winning/ losing streaks.
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@dan-mackinnon the thing with short odds is losing trades seem to come in clusters. Happily so do wins lol
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@john-folan short odds cost me yesterday. I was having a good day and then handed it all back and then some. Oh well, big day today
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I shall be laying the favourites in these races 10 seconds before the start time subject to the following conditions:
Number of Runners 4-14.
Odds Between 1.8-2.4.
DSLR: 3-200.Full strategy available here in the pinned post.
https://forum.betfairtradingcommunity.com/topic/3531/horse-racing-shared-strategies-megathread-downloads
I actually had four selections hit yesterday. The ones extra were borderline on the odds. Anyway, another 0.4 points loss sadly.
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@greg-mitchell said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
@dan-mackinnon There definitely is a 13:00 at Sedgefield
I guess my question is, if there is more than one horse in a race that has won at C & D, but only one that fits the odds criteria (2 to 7), do you still do that one or ignore the race?
Haha! Sorry I was looking at Sandown. There shouldn't be 2 that both hit because I've changed the filter to 1 qualifier only. If they do then probably just leave them.
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@Lee-Colvin @Martin @Angus-Macleod @Robert-Cooke
Just checked my bots. The one on the Mega thread against the one I'm using. They are the same, bar the fact I am not trading on Saturdays as just not worth it.I 'don't however take the qualifiers off there. I run a separate version (I've called qualifiers) with runner numbers and DSLR removed. These are then filtered in my bot as
- Won't know the runner numbers until the race.
- Won't know the DSLR of the favourite (because that might change) until the race.
That's why I am getting races as qualifiers on certain races, and you aren't. I'm ignoring those filters and letting the bot sort it out as they are unknown variables in the morning.
I thought I was losing the plot last night lol.
I actually meant to mention this to people before. Every strategy I have has two versions.
Qualifiers
Results.
Qualifiers is exactly the same as Results but with variables that can change on the day removed. (Runner Numbers, DSLR if I am laying a favourite and not a specific horse. Number of Qualifiers, etc). I then rely on my bot to filter these out.
Probably a practice everyone should follow as it stops Adam's favourite query
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Not the worst start to my Flat Pace Back Fitting experiment lol
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@dan-mackinnon There definitely is a 13:00 at Sedgefield
I guess my question is, if there is more than one horse in a race that has won at C & D, but only one that fits the odds criteria (2 to 7), do you still do that one or ignore the race?
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@greg-mitchell I don't think there is a 13.00 at Sedgefield? I don't use the daily qualifiers I prefer to go into the software and look at the upcoming qualifiers. I wouldn't worry too much about odds at the moment as they won't be a true reflection until maybe 30 minutes before the race start. However, if you want to treat it as a set and forget you can see what qualifies now and queue them up, but just be aware the results will likely be different to the software.
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@dan-mackinnon said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
Today's C&D winners
Rules: Back between 2-7 as close to official start as you can
02/12/2022 12:40 Sandown Step Back
02/12/2022 14:45 Sedgefield Road Warrior
02/12/2022 18:00 Dundalk Pierre Lapin
02/12/2022 18:30 Dundalk Zonik
02/12/2022 18:45 Newcastle After John
02/12/2022 19:15 Newcastle HuraizRunning total -3
Software -4@Dan-MacKinnon just looking at these selections, so the 13:00 @ Sedgefield, the filter daily qualifiers originally picked out 3 selections (although one of them is now a NR), of these selections only one is within the odds range 2-7, yet you haven't put it in your list, are you therefore only looking at races where there is only one horse that is a CD winner?
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Today's C&D winners
Rules: Back between 2-7 as close to official start as you can
02/12/2022 12:40 Sandown Step Back
02/12/2022 14:45 Sedgefield Road Warrior
02/12/2022 18:00 Dundalk Pierre Lapin
02/12/2022 18:30 Dundalk Zonik
02/12/2022 18:45 Newcastle After John
02/12/2022 19:15 Newcastle HuraizRunning total -3
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@john-folan ok . thanks John.
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@robert-cooke said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
@john-folan hi John. If the favourite for Chelmsford 8.00 isn't showing in the software selection but the race is, should I give it a miss. Thanks
My bot didnāt pick it up on distance. I think itās the way my qualifying races are set up in the software. Iāll sort that in the morning so it doesnāt happen again
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@john-folan hi John. If the favourite for Chelmsford 8.00 isn't showing in the software selection but the race is, should I give it a miss. Thanks
