The BTC Horse Racing Thread
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@Tony-Hastie said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
what does the draw bias number actually mean?
It's a relative measure of how favourable a particular stall is to winning the race. A value of 1.0 would mean that, all other things equal, the horses running from that stall have the same chance as every other stall of winning.
Below 1 means there's a bias towards losing the race and above 1 means there's a bias towards winning the race.
@Tony-Hastie said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
Is it something best used for a single course
Each combination of course, race type, distance and stall has its own draw bias value, so the course is already kind of baked in. That being said, I do sometimes still include those rules in strategies as well to reinforce the figure. Chester and Pontefract are good examples but most people know about the draw bias already so it can be harder to find value. Our draw bias figure helps you find lesser known draw biases.
@Tony-Hastie said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
We should be backing a horse running from that stall?
You're usually going to be backing a stall with a draw bias greater than 1 and laying a stall with a draw bias less than 1.
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@Martin Im not sure where to start! Somewhere I guess....Is it something best used for a single course(ive seen chester mentioned a bit) or can it be added to a strategy. And what does the draw bias number actually mean? We should be backing a horse running from that stall? I really have no idea! An explanation would make a good vid for youtube
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@Tony-Hastie @Adam is looking at adding weather in, what are you struggling with on draw bias? may be able to help!
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@John-Folan how was it mate? how are the new teeth?
Was chatting with @Adam earlier and one thing we are finding in common with our strategies is that two of the biggest influences to results seem to be draw bias and weather.
Interested in everyone's thoughts on those!
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@Tony-Hastie agree just about getting used to that kind of variance!
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@Tony-Hastie I've got a C&D winner that is down this month but it backs at high odds so lot of variance, not sure I love those kinds of strategies tbh
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@Tony-Hastie lay 3rd fav doing well for me still making up for a bit of a downturn from the dobs at the moment.
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@Tony-Hastie days of the week always an interesting one to look at! Often thought Tuesday's racing is rubbish usually.
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@Martin It was, then monday happened
Just about to hit a milestone and raise the stakes and Im right back to where I began the month! Was going so well too...had about 20 wins in a row before that...
Edit to add- just had a look at mondays performance in the software. ROI is 1.74(rest of week is sitting between 3s and 7s)...ÂĢ50 odd profit over 600 trades. Could quite easily drop that...
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@Arran-Shackell said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:
I can confirm the term steaming, is also very widely used here in Wales, especially on a saturday night!
Can also confirm, except in Newport it's pretty much every night of the week!