The BTC Horse Racing Thread

Adam

@Greg-Mitchell Yes we will be adding some jockey and trainer related stats.

Greg Mitchell

@Martin @Adam This had probably been mentioned before, but would it be possible to add Jockey into the horse racing software, so we can lay the crap ones

John Folan

@Karl-Pick said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

@John-Folan said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

All weather sucks the big one. Really going to have a pop at it the next few days. Must be something we can do

I know been trying different ideas but the problem is its the most dodgy racing going, so many non triers skews all the figures!

They really do. A lot of trainers stick horses on it just to give them a run. No interest in the race. Useless for dobs that’s for certain

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@John-Folan said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

All weather sucks the big one. Really going to have a pop at it the next few days. Must be something we can do

I know been trying different ideas but the problem is its the most dodgy racing going, so many non triers skews all the figures!

John Folan

All weather sucks the big one. Really going to have a pop at it the next few days. Must be something we can do

Martin

@Joseph-Henderson yeah should be close will have the real life bot results so either way we will see how good the strategy is

Joseph Henderson

@Martin Presumably the bot can mirror the software results now the favourite filter isn’t involved too?

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@Martin Thanks mate going to upload that in the bot and give it a try.

Tony Hastie

@Martin said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

@Joseph-Henderson I'm testing it £1 stakes on a bot anyway so you could just see how I get on with it if you don't want to risk any wonga

Wonga....word of the day

Martin

@Joseph-Henderson I'm testing it £1 stakes on a bot anyway so you could just see how I get on with it if you don't want to risk any wonga

Joseph Henderson

@Martin Thanks, I was using the old version. Was getting pretty close to binning it off tbh, but might give this a go and see how I get on!

Martin

@Joseph-Henderson all weather also avoided here

Joseph Henderson

@Martin said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

rules_export (11).json

Can I just double check that the differences here are that the rule about not betting on 1&2 fav has been removed and so has NHF?

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@Martin Thanks!!!

Martin

@Correa hit mate here are the files:

Lay BF.gz

rules_export (11).json

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Thanks @Dan-MacKinnon !!

Dan MacKinnon

@Correa check against the backtesting. Mine shows 5 losses this week which matches the backtesting.

I've been trading LTBF for nearly a year and can confirm it's profitable. When it's good really good! But when it's bad it is tough to stick it out.

Like Martin said it's good for training your mindset. First off, start with a bank that if everything went wrong you have written it off. If you can automate, just don't look and let it go. Make sure the results match the backtesting and let time do the work for you.

If you need any tips or help with stuff let me know and I'm happy to share.

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@Martin I might have done something wrong with this strategy since yours shows 17/19 wins while only yesterday I had 2 losses. I have been running it since 27/07 with 10 losses so far. Could you please share your json and .gz files again so that I can compare them? Thanks!

Martin

@Joe-Beeston said in The BTC Horse Racing Thread:

@Martin Hey,

Has the latest one (.json file) been updated on the OP of the horse racing megathread page?

Good point just updated it: https://forum.betfairtradingcommunity.com/topic/3531/horse-racing-strategies-megathread/2

Martin

@Correa yeah you are right I just think it's a hard one to follow for most people, defo got the most downturn on a bad run.