The BTC Horse Racing Thread

John Folan

Just for information, these are the two LAY strategies I am running with compounding stakes(5% on LTBF and 2% on SOL). The results here are to flat stakes. The LTBF(Lay the Beaten Favourite) is laying to a liability so I can include odds a lot higher than I would normally do.

But with a bit of patience and sensible staking you can turn in a good income from the software. It just won't happen overnight. Just be realistic with your expectations and expect some downturns(SOL are currently running at a 5% drawdown from the bank high from late November, but it's come back from worse) and you will be fine.

John Folan

Everyone ask @Adam why there are no selections on the horses today. He will get bored otherwise

John Folan

@mrs-h-m-price said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

Oh I see, so it's not the DSLR of any particular horse that changes, but the favourite horse of the race. I'm not using any strats that use the favourite yet as I don't quite trust the bot to match the software for this reason!

Exactly that. I know what you mean on the favourite thing but the shorter odds ended and 10 seconds out it doesn’t change 99 times out of a hundred. It’s a bit of a lottery apart from that. That’s not a fault of the software it’s just the way betting patterns work.

Caroline Middlebrook

Oh I see, so it's not the DSLR of any particular horse that changes, but the favourite horse of the race. I'm not using any strats that use the favourite yet as I don't quite trust the bot to match the software for this reason!

John Folan

@mrs-h-m-price said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

I think I know the problem. You will never know the runner numbers nor the DSLR of the eventual favourite until near the off. I run my strategy with those taken out under a different version called qualifiers then let my bot sort those out.

How come the DSLR isn't known until near the off? I have that filter on some of mine...

If you are picking the favourite, the favourite can change before the off so it’s a variable. If you are doing a specific horse regardless of its favourite position then it doesn’t matter.

So runner numbers I never run on my qualifier versions, I just let the bot handle that. The 12:40 for example was 15 runners making it a non qualifying race. There was a non runner this morning making it 14 runners and it entered the equation. Happily that one traded and won. (Only one today bar a late steam in one of the later race).

DSLR I filter in the software except if I’m laying (or backing) the favourite as the favourite can change before the off. So the current favourite might fit the criteria but if that horse was a non runner or drifted then the new favourite may not.

Hope that makes sense.

Caroline Middlebrook

I think I know the problem. You will never know the runner numbers nor the DSLR of the eventual favourite until near the off. I run my strategy with those taken out under a different version called qualifiers then let my bot sort those out.

How come the DSLR isn't known until near the off? I have that filter on some of mine...

John Folan

@daniel-mills said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

@adam ah I dunno.

@John-Folan are these picks you're getting any different to the 2.0 file in the megathread?

I think I know the problem. You will never know the runner numbers nor the DSLR of the eventual favourite until near the off. I run my strategy with those taken out under a different version called qualifiers then let my bot sort those out.

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@adam ah I dunno.

@John-Folan are these picks you're getting any different to the 2.0 file in the megathread?

Adam

@daniel-mills The obvious questions is are you absolutely sure you're using the same strategy settings?

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@john-folan must not be me, that's the second day in a row that i've not had the same list of selections for your short odds lay's file from the v2.0 file from the megathread.

@Martin / @Adam - Hi guys, something I'm doing wrong here?

had 12:40 Ffos Las, 15:10, 15:40 Ffos Las missing today in my daily qualifiers, the 15:40 is still missing when I just refreshed and logged back in. Had some picks missing yesterday also.

cheers

John Folan

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

John Folan

@daniel-mills said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

@john-folan I did it around the time you posted yours, but I think it was still logged in from the previous evening / needed a refresh. Chalk it down to user error lol.

Didn’t miss anything anyway

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@john-folan I did it around the time you posted yours, but I think it was still logged in from the previous evening / needed a refresh. Chalk it down to user error lol.

John Folan

@daniel-mills no they both came up. What time did you look?

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@john-folan Those first two races at Hereford didn't come up in my daily qualifiers list on the preset version linked in the strategy megathread - are those manual ones you've added in?

John Folan

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

John Folan

Tiny loss. Not a disaster.

Only two days of racing left this side of Christmas. Boxing Day looks a bit busy. That will be fun.

@john-folan said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

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

Martin

@greg-mitchell said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

Here's something I have been working on, may need a bit of tweaking, just going into testing.

Basically Laying the Favourite if it is Drawn 1 at certain courses and distances. Odds 1.5 to 5.99

Results to flat £10 Liability

0_1671532375296_LayFavDrawn1.json

Couple of selections today

awesome thanks for sharing!

Dan MacKinnon

@greg-mitchell said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

Here's something I have been working on, may need a bit of tweaking, just going into testing.

Basically Laying the Favourite if it is Drawn 1 at certain courses and distances. Odds 1.5 to 5.99

Results to flat £10 Liability

0_1671532375296_LayFavDrawn1.json

Couple of selections today

Looks good. I'll have a look in the software too but the Max Drawdown is encouraging

John Folan

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