The BTC Horse Racing Thread

Tony Hastie

Something bizarre happened on one of my L2Bs at Cheltenham yesterday....

The Short Go(14:40) hit the odds range, was towards the back of the field for that start and settled at the back as well.

.....and the odds didnt move for 2 full minutes after the off(0 or little money coming in), even though the horse remained at the back. I called time on the trade after 2 min 30 for a 70p profit when it finally did move, well short of the 12 ticks, as I like to be out before the miraculous comebacks but Im at a loss to explain what happened! Usually, even if a horse sits at the back the odds are not dormant like this, they always shorten(infuriating!) or drift, even if its just a few ticks.

Has anyone else had this experience?

Tony Hastie

@John-Folan L2Bs still my bread and butter. The DOB hobby isnt going bad though, £4 off raising my stake to a fiver....although I think your and my DOB selections together tend to cancel each other out somewhat!

John Folan

How is everyone doing? My dobs have been nice and consistent. Very happy with them since I first posted a few months ago

Martin

@John-Folan agree!

Martin

@Tony-Hastie yeah interesting pattern that Jan is a bad month!

John Folan

@Martin said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

@John-Folan do you find rain has much impact over winter? just thinking it rains and is damp pretty much all the time anyway so may not be as much of a factor.

I actually think the weather has a big impact. Pretty sure when it’s peeing down it affects the horses and jockeys big time

Tony Hastie

@Martin thanks for this. Im sure youve already noticed but January has been a bit of a bastard laying course distance winners! 2023 was a big loss, 2024 was a big loss, so far in 2025 its running at scratch. Rest of the time its looking pretty good! So might take a look at it in February

Martin

@keiran-newman here is the download to the Lay C&D winner strategy: Lay C&D Winner 2025.json

Martin

@John-Folan do you find rain has much impact over winter? just thinking it rains and is damp pretty much all the time anyway so may not be as much of a factor.

John Folan

@Tony-Hastie said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

Couple of winners in the DOBs already today. Not sure if theyre mine or @John-Folan s (Im trading both) but Ill take em

Nice

Martin

@Tony-Hastie said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

Couple of winners in the DOBs already today. Not sure if theyre mine or @John-Folan s (Im trading both) but Ill take em

they all count!

Tony Hastie

Couple of winners in the DOBs already today. Not sure if theyre mine or @John-Folan s (Im trading both) but Ill take em

Martin

@John-Folan decent starts for me also, dobs 2.83pts up and 13pts up on lay c&d winner

John Folan

@Martin said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

@John-Folan interesting that we may be able to pinpoint a moment that it went back to normal, may be some old strategies that need to be dusted off to check!

I agree. I'll try and get into it this week.

My dobs still ticking along nicely as well.

Martin

@John-Folan interesting that we may be able to pinpoint a moment that it went back to normal, may be some old strategies that need to be dusted off to check!

John Folan

@Adam said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

This may interest a few people!

Trading in VR with a Quest 3 and Immersed app.

Up to 5 virtual screens as big as you like and positionable anywhere in the environment.

Passthrough portal so I can still see my keyboard, mouse and other assorted crap on my desk.

Wow!!

Adam

This may interest a few people!

Trading in VR with a Quest 3 and Immersed app.

Up to 5 virtual screens as big as you like and positionable anywhere in the environment.

Passthrough portal so I can still see my keyboard, mouse and other assorted crap on my desk.

Tony Hastie

@John-Folan Cant be ignored when the bloody meeting is cancelled

John Folan

@Martin said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

@Tony-Hastie does seem to be a trend with bad weather doesn't it?! I think @John-Folan ignores it completely!

Yep!

John Folan

@Martin said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

Interesting that both of those graphs in my previous comment show March 2023 as the turning point, I wonder if that is a potential measure for when the Covid effect started to vanish?

I thought that. Seems a lot started to get back to normal after that. My dobs are the same