Two weeks ago I looked at a profitable betting strategy and promised that there would be more coming! Today I want to show you 3 more ways that may help you to find contenders.

Recently-Ran Favourites – If a horse has run on the previous day, many bettors will overlook it as a potential selection on the basis that it may be tired from previous exertions. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth and horses that have ran in the last 24 hours are usually noted by the more conscientious bettor for having good working legs and a peak level of fitness.

If a horse that ran the previous day has been made favourite in the betting market then this often implies that high levels of investment have been made by connections and sports betting enthusiasts should never be too shy in supporting the market. This particular system enjoys an incredible success rate of 40%.

All-Weather Colts and Geldings – All-weather tracks definitely favour a particular type of horse and when an extensive run of results are reviewed it becomes clear that colts and geldings have a distinct advantage over fillies and mares on a fibresand surface.

The following selection process equates to a highly successful betting strategy that enjoys a 35% strike rate. The criteria for a potential winner should be mapped out as follows:

• The colt or gelding should have run within the last three days. This indicates that their legs are working well and a high level of fitness is present
• The colt or gelding should have won on an all-weather surface within the previous 4 week period. This indicates that the horse has the potential to win events on a fibresand surface
• The starting price of the colt or gelding should be in single figures. That indicates that the horse is fancied in the current betting market

Recent All-Weather Winners – Somewhat surprisingly, many bettors choose to overlook a winning horse and instead they tend to opt for selections that offer better value-for-money.

Although value should never be underestimated, there’s very little chance in having a decent run for your money if a recent winner in the same race looks to be far superior than your own selection. Finding a balance is important.

All-weather favourites tend to be less widely tipped than their turf counterparts and often some excellent betting opportunities are missed. By finding colts that have won all-weather events in the last 7 days AND have been named as favourites for your chosen event, an excellent strike rate of 48% can be enjoyed.

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Let’s begin with the basic ranks of Official Rating and how they perform.

This shows a very linear path with regards to the strike rate, the top rated has the highest strike rate and this declines in a steady fashion through to the 10^th top-rated. I chose to stop the ranking at 10 as that should be more than enough data to find out what may be happening.

The ROI is not so linear and it is jumping up and down all over the place which is not ideal. The perfect scenario would be for the top rated losing the least and then steadily increasing losses as you drop through the ranks.

Turf Races

Chase Races

Hurdle Races

When we split the race types into these three groups we notice that the ROI is still erratic in all of them but the variation in strike rate is very interesting. In turf races the top 2 rated are slightly better performing than the rest but down to the 5^th ranked they are all quite similar.

Chase races is limited to the 1^st ranked being significantly better but then having similar strike rates down to 7^th rank while Hurdles noticeably have a higher strike rate for the top 2 ranked with the 2st ranked being over 20%. More importantly the 2^nd ranked in Hurdle races seems to be overbet less than the other rankings, as does the 1^st ranked in Chase races and so these may be the areas to focus on to investigate a bit further.

Our first step is to break the 2^nd OR ranked in Hurdle races down by SP rank to see how they perform.

As we would expect the strike rate is higher for the top ranked by SP but the ROI is far too erratic for us to get any useful information out of. We will need to try something else such as days since last raced.

Maybe the second ranked horses prefer to have a bit of breather before being raced again but if they have too long then they no longer perform as expected.

Interestingly we see straight away that the ROI is considerably better when the horse has had between 8 days and 28 days rest and this gives over 700 selections on our 1 year data sample which is a significant amount.

This is liable to be back fitted to the year of data in the testing sample and I would be very surprised if it held up but let’s take a look at data from other years.

As we thought the ROI in other years is nothing like as good and so this would need some serious tweaking but just flat betting these selections would have made a profit every year to Betfair SP which is interesting.

If we go back to looking just at 2009 and instead look at the official class level of the runners ranked 2^nd for OR.

We see that class 2 and class 5 completely outperformed the other class levels for ROI in this period of time. As class 5 has more runners available let’s take a look at how this performed since 2007.

Apart from 2007 which was nearly break-even you notice that our ROI has been increasing each year. If we then look over to the Profit and Strike Rate columns we can also see that both of these have been steadily increasing each year.

This is very promising and suggests that there is a trend of horses ranked 2^nd in the official rating of class 5 hurdle races are being more and more under bet. The more under bet they become the more profit we can make.

Now that we have found this possible niche of profitability it is time to discover why this is happening and what situation indicates that we have an under bet horse. Although the trend suggests that it is possible to flat bet these runners and make a profit you will be much better finding out why this is happening and which race shapes it is most likely to happen in. This will allow you to build on this information and create a niche system that you can add to your betting portfolio.

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Bankroll management has an integral part to play in the world of the sports bettor and adopting a sensible attitude to controlling funds can often make the biggest difference in enjoying long-term success or blowing your stack on a single event.

Although many bettors apply stakes on a random basis, the cautious will retain a tighter control over their bankroll so that when a selection loses they can still live to fight another day.

In truth, the overwhelming majority of gamblers wager too much. Would a stock market analyst seriously consider investing 25% of their retirement account into a commodity that stands a 50% chance of returning nothing tomorrow? Of course they wouldn’t! This makes it all the more surprising that many sports bettors are prepared to wager more than 20% of their bankroll on a race or event that simply presents too much of a risk.

A Theoretical Look at Bankrolls

I am going to make you an offer. I will present you with a series of bets at odds of 2.00 that offer a 10% advantage over my own. This means that for every bet placed, you will stand a 55% chance of winning while my own chances are set at just 45%. Over a sustained period of time, you will undoubtedly win money from me because the odds are significantly in your favour. If I allowed you to place 500 bets at a £100 stake each time, you would stand to make a profit of £5,000 and your chances of collecting would be excellent.

However, I am going to place just one restriction on our betting activities. I am only going to allow you a bankroll of £500. You will not be able to add to your bankroll at any stage. In effect, I am asking you to sacrifice 20% of your bankroll each time if you want to take £5,000 from me. Would you still be confident about winning my money?

The answer should be a resounding NO! Although there is a strong mathematical probability that you would win approximately 55% of all bets over 500 different wagers, the chances of you moving into profit over the first five events are significantly lower and it’s almost inevitable that I’ll be enjoying your bankroll within a very short space of time.

Betting for profit is a strategy for the longer term and most bettors usually end up with nothing because they invest too heavily at too early a stage. By accepting the restriction on my offer, you’d effectively be handing the house a very significant edge.

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What is Accumulator Betting?

Accumulator betting (or ‘parlay’ betting, as it is often referred to in the United States) is the placing of a single bet where the outcome relies on achieving multiple winners from a series of different races or sporting events. Unlike permutation betting, accumulator betting relies on ALL of the named selections actually winning. The accumulated odds on such a wager are obviously much higher than those attainable from a single bet but even so, they do not genuinely reflect the true chances of actually winning and bookmakers still retain a definite edge.

However, accumulator betting still provides casual bettors with a fantastic chance of reaping huge dividends for a small original stake even though the odds of actually collecting are much lower than those associated with placing bets on each individual race or event.

How Accumulator Betting Works

The sports betting enthusiast must make a series of selections from any number of races or sporting events. The higher the number of selections made, the bigger the payout will be if all of them actually win. An initial stake is placed and for most bettors this usually ranges from somewhere between £1 and £10. If your original stake is £1 then this sum will be placed on the first timed event. If a winner is selected the stake and any winnings will automatically be placed on the chosen selection in the next event. If the second selection wins then the increased stake, and any winnings, will roll over to the third selection and the bet continues until all events have taken place. If any selection loses only the original £1 stake is lost.

Example

A £1 accumulator is placed with 4 different selections named.

The first selection wins at 4/1. £4 winnings and the £1 stake is returned (£5 total) and placed on the second selection.

The second selection wins at 2/1. £10 winnings and the £5 stake is returned (£15 total) and placed on the third selection.

The third selection wins at 3/1. £45 winnings and the £15 stake is returned (£60 total) and placed on the final selection.

The final selection wins at 5/1. £300 winnings and the £60 stake are returned for a total win of £360 (minus the original £1 stake).

Advantages and Disadvantages

Accumulator betting gives the casual sports betting enthusiast the chance to gather sizeable winnings for a nominal stake and is particularly attractive for those who don’t want to invest large sums of money on a single event.

For those who enjoy an entertaining flutter, accumulator betting can be a cost-effective way of enjoying sporting action over a sustained period of time without excessive investment.

Unfortunately it only takes a single selection to fail and the entire bet is lost. Using our example, some casual bettors may feel frustrated that the £60 invested on the final selection has been wasted if it actually loses. However it should still be remembered that only a £1 stake has actually found its way to the bookmaker.

Analysing the Risk

Serious sports betting enthusiasts will rarely touch accumulator bets and prefer to place higher wagers on single selections where a return is more likely. Casual bettors may prefer the ‘low-risk, high-payout’ attraction of accumulator betting and the speculative nature involved in making multiple selections.

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Since a number of you have asked if we can build a greyhound rating system I thought that the best way to proceed was to find out as much information as possible first and then structure a possible ratings method around this information.

Of course what this means is that I have embarked upon a series of articles that I hope will increase your knowledge of greyhound racing and allow us to develop a method of rating them at the end. Any comments, suggestions and thoughts are welcome.

The Different Grades of Racing

Like horse racing there are different levels of quality in greyhounds. In horse racing we call these official class levels, in greyhounds they are known as Grades and this is what we will focus our attention on this week.

As well as Graded Racing we get Open Racing (OR) and Hurdle events. Hurdle races will have a prefix to the race grading of H or CH which stands for Hurdle or Chase. In a Chase race two extra hurdles are added.

In these hurdle races an owner may choose to give their dog a ‘Hurdle Handslip’. When this is done the owner releases the dog by hand, usually along the straight part of the course, in order to give them more time to see the hurdles.

Important Note – If a dog raced in a hurdle race last time out and is coming back to race on the flat then this can be a good indication of a good performance. The hurdles require the dog to concentrate more and they usually keep this heightened level for the next race.

In the UK the majority of races are Graded and the grades go from A1 to A11. These are roughly broken up as follows:

A1-A3 – The top grade races have the best runners and the dogs will usually average 38-39mph.

A4-A6 – The middle grade level runners still race at some of the top grade tracks. These are still good racers and can often equal an A1 dog at a lower class track. The average speed is 37-38mph.

A7-A11 – The low grade races will usually contain the runners beginning or finishing their careers. Average speeds are 35-37mph.

It is not unusual for graded runners to race once, twice or even three times a week although a decline in performance indicates that the dog needs a rest. As with horse racing, knowing the grade (class) level of the race is very important in predicting the outcome and the same questions apply to greyhounds, such as ‘Do I back the runner moving up in class or dropping down in class?’ We can ask ourselves the same questions we ask in horse racing to help us find the winner.

Predicting the results of graded races is much harder than open races. These are similar to handicap horse races, except possibly better handicapped, where the dogs are graded exceptionally well by the graders with only the tiniest of differences between the runners. An open race is, as the name suggests, open.

This means that it may be easier to find a profit at the Open races although this will limit the amount of races available to us as the majority in the UK are Graded.

In the next article we shall take a look at greyhound tracks and the types of conditions that they can be in and whether this affects the results of a race.

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I find it interesting to observe how over time different areas of form or betting are resurrected, usually by the racing press or a book and suddenly once again they become in vogue. One such area during the past year has been value.

As with most aspects of racing this is open to many interpretations and uses, but few would deny its importance to profitability.

Recently I have read articles suggesting that people should back the value horse in a race even if they do not feel it’s the most likely winner. This is not an approach I would care to follow. My take is to find what i feel is the winner and then ONLY back it if i can get what i consider a fair or value price.

My personal preference is to work on handicaps and IMO no horse in these races is value at less than 7/4 (decimal odds 2.75). That is the absolute minimum price I will accept. Several times a week you can see people lash into really short priced favourites in handicaps as if defeat is unimaginable, if only they would check the results. I so wish backers had the inclination to set a minimum acceptable price for any bet and have the discipline to skip the bet when it’s not obtainable. If you would care to try this with your own bets I can almost guarantee, although sometimes this will cost you winners long term, it will improve your ROI and profits.

If you believe there is some credibility to the above then the question is how do you go about it?

Ideally you will have the experience, time and knowledge to formulate your own tissue or prices. Unfortunately most of you are unlikely to be able to commit to this amount of work so i will suggest an easy way, which on balance is almost as good.

Once you have found your potential winner check its forecast price in both the Racing Post and Sporting Life betting forecasts. Then take the average of the two prices. As an example if we have odds in the RP of 5/1 and in the SL of 7/1, then the average is 6/1. Make this the minimum price you will accept. If Rule 4 applies then reduce your minimum price by the appropriate deduction.

This simple technique will increase profitability for most bettors and if used by the majority (which sadly will not occur) would force the bookmakers to take a more realistic view of their over-round, particularly at the front end of the market where the majority of winners come from.

Michael is now 57 years old and has been interested in racing since he was a teenager. After many years of research and analysis he finally went full time as bettor at the beginning of 2010. His specialist area is handicap races.

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This post is announcing the publishing of Barry’s Flat Rating method. It is a short post today because the spreadsheet works in exactly the same way as before but some of the values have changed.

The race types are now relevant to flat racing and the distances have also changed, so you must take into account these changes when entering the information.

You can download the spreadsheet in the download’s area, and if you have any questions then please post them in our forum.

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In part two, you can read part one by clicking here, of my introduction to Dosage series I’m going to explain to you how Dosage is calculated and exactly what the terms DP, DI, CD and DPA stand for.

How is Dosage calculated?

In order to better understand Dosage figures it is valuable to go through the actual procedure of doing the calculations. I would like to add, however, that you never need to manually work out a horse’s Dosage rating. The brilliance of the internet allows us to simply log onto www.pedigreequery.com (this is a free site) and search for the horse in question. Entering the horses name in the search box will bring up the horse’s pedigree and its Dosage rating. Even though Dosage figures are merely a mouse click away, seeing how the figures are generated provides a stronger knowledge of what these figures mean and how they relate to a particular thoroughbred. In my opinion it is extremely worthwhile understanding how the dosage figures are achieved.

To explain what the Dosage ratings mean we will use current Epsom Derby champion WORKFORCE as our example –

What is the Dosage Profile?

Put simply, the Dosage Profile is the total number of points this horse has inherited from influential sires in each category from its past four generations. Workforce has inherited 7 Brilliant, 1 Intermediate, 10 Classic, 4 Solid and 0 Professional points. This implies that Workforce has more speed in his pedigree than stamina; backed up by the fact he smashed the track record at Epsom on fast ground.

To calculate a horse’s Dosage Profile (DP) we must first look at its four generation pedigree; below is Workforce’s four generation pedigree. Chefs de-Race sires are in italics and the categories they have been assigned to are in brackets.

With this information we can now work out Workforce’s Dosage Profile. To make it easier to visualize I have put the previous information into the following table –

It is simply a case of adding up all the points that Workforce has inherited throughout the four generations in each individual category. By doing this the Dosage Profile is created. From the above we can see that Workforce’s Dosage Profile is 7-1-10-4-0.

What is the Dosage Index?

Once we have the DP we can work out the DI. The DI is the ratio of speed points in the horses DP compared to stamina points. In the DP the Brilliant and Intermediate categories are classed as speed and the Solid and Professional categories are classed as stamina. The points in the Classic category are divided equally between speed and stamina. To calculate a horse’s Dosage Index the following equation is used.

(Speed)

Brilliant + Intermediate + ½ Classic

Solid + Professional + ½ Classic

(Stamina)

If we were to apply this to Workforce then the equation would look like this –

7 + 1 + 5

4 + 0 + 5

This gives us Workforce’s Dosage Index of 1.44.

Along with the CD figure, which we will come to in a moment, the DI is an important figure when analysing and handicapping a race. The DI not only provides you with the distinction between a speedy and a stamina winner but also a numerical range within which the winners tend to fall. Horses with a DI above 1.00 have more speed than stamina and horses with a DI below 1.00 have more stamina than speed. For example, YEATS has a relatively low DI of 0.89 and his four Gold Cup victories at Royal Ascot adequately demonstrated this as he pounded his opponents into submission with not a turn of pace but by going for home early and keeping up a constant gallop that his opponents just could not match.

Below is DI expressed as a table with example horse’s and their DI rating’s –

What is the Centre of Distribution?

The CD marks the balancing point of all the numbers in a horse’s DP and is always a number ranging from +2 to -2. Again the CD is worked out from the DP and to calculate a horses CD the following equation is used -

((2 X Brilliant) + Intermediate) – ((2 X Professional) + Solid)

Total DP Points

If we were to apply this to Workforce then the equation would look like this –

((2 X 7) + 1) – ((2 X 0) + 4)

22

This gives us Workforce’s Centre of Distribution rating of 0.50.

The result of the formula will always be a number between +2 and -2. Theoretically the CD is an indicator of the distance a horse will be effective over. For example, 14 of the last 15 winners of the Queen Anne Stakes (run at Royal Ascot) have had a CD above 0.25. Using the following table you can see this range corresponds accurately with the distance this race is run over; one mile. From my research I have found that not only does the CD affect the distance capabilities of a racehorse but different tracks and even different conditions call for varying CD ratings.

As with the DI I have included a table to help you better understand the CD scale –

Unfortunately CD and distance are not always as directly related as this table above demonstrates, however this is a good indicator. Two horses with the same CD may be effective over varying trips such is the unpredictable nature of horse racing.

What is the Dosage Points Angle?

There are three categories within the Dosage point’s angle; Points Across The Board (PATB), Twenty+ (20+) & Dual Qualifiers (DQ). Horses that fit the PATB category are ones that have points in every column of their Dosage Profile; horses that fit the 20+ category are simply horses that have 20 or more points in total in their Dosage Profile; horses that fit the DQ category are ones that have points in every column of their Dosage Profile AND have 20 or more points in total in their Dosage Profile.

The following is an example of each of the three categories –

PATB – PERSIAN PUNCH – 3-1-4-6-2 (16) / 0.60 / -0.19

20+ – GOLDIKOVA – 9-6-18-0-3 (36) / 2.00 / 0.50

DQ – RITE OF PASSAGE – 3-2-17-1-1 (24) / 1.29 / 0.21

Throughout my initial period of analysing Dosage figures I noticed that these types of horses started to appear on quite a regular basis. I then started to question if these groups of horses held an advantage over horses that did not fit into one of the categories. I had already determined that under certain circumstances horses that were Dosage weak (less than eight points in total) were at a disadvantage to horses that had eight points or more but did this new angle take the method a stage further?

My analysis shows that overall (at the top levels) these horses appear in the list of winners with enough regularity to be given serious consideration when using Dosage to narrow the field.

As mentioned in my previous article, Dosage Ratings in their current form were developed by Dr Steven Roman who has a web-site (http://www.chefs-derace.com) and a book (Dosage: Pedigree and Performance) both dedicated to the subject.  I have taken these principles and applied them to British Flat and National Hunt Racing to give an alternative analysis angle on the top races run in the UK.

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Having recently received a number of emails asking how this calculation is done I thought it was probably time to get an article up on the Race Advisor explaining what greening up is and how to go about calculating the bets required.

An Explanation

Greening up is the process of turning a profit / no loss situation on a runner into a profit on every runner. You get into the profit/no loss situation by trading a horse (or whatever sporting event you may be trading) successfully. Before the event starts you may have a profit of £100 if your traded selection wins and a loss of zero if it loses. However you may prefer to take a guaranteed profit of £20 whatever selection wins rather than letting all your hard trading work go to waste if the selection loses.

Calculating How Much To Bet

There are various pieces of software available that will allow you to green up at the push of a button but, as with most things, it is important to understand what is happening behind the scenes. If you are an inplay trader or trading in the last ten minutes then it is likely that you will need to use software for speed anyway. If you are a trader who takes longer positions in the morning and trades out before a race then it is likely that you will have time to work out the stakes required to green up if you do not want to use software.

Below is a theoretical image of a successful trade. You can see that successfully placing a back bet of £100 at odds of 4.00 and a lay bet of £100 at odds of 3.7 would give a profit on Boundaries of £28.50 if he were to win and a loss of £0 if he were to lose.

Now our trader decides that he wants to green up and take a profit on this race whatever happens. This will require placing another lay bet on Boundaries to spread out his profit. In order to calculate the amount he needs to lay he takes the profit of £28.50 and divides it by the odds currently available to lay. Let us say that the market has dropped and the lay odds are now at 3.7:

28.5 / 3.7 = 7.13

This means that we would need to lay an extra £7.13 in order to green up and make the same amount of profit no matter whoever wins.

That is all there is to it. A note is that if you have traded unsuccessfully and have a loss on a selection and want to spread this loss across all runners then you perform the same calculation but back the horse a second time instead of lay.

Today’s article should clear up any of the confusions that you may have had regarding greening up.

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Never has there been a better time to invest in cricket markets there is no doubt that the introduction of the Twenty20 version has revolutionised cricket as we knew it and it looks like it is here to stay. This is good news for traders and punters alike.

Not that long ago cricket markets where limited to match odds and top batsmen. If you wanted to bet in running well, you could simply forget about it. That has changed mainly due to the introduction of betfair and you can now bet on numerous markets, most bookmakers now bet in running on live cricket and thanks to our friends at Sky the coverage of cricket has never been on our screens with such regularity.

We are going to concentrate on the Twenty20 format and a few of the techniques that I use.

My first port of call is always http://www.cricinfo.com to check team news, weather forecasts (a must if the game is in England) and stats that will back up your bets.

Team news in cricket, like most team sports, is imperative and Cricinfo are bang up to date with the team news. The omission of a top batsmen or bowler can tip the odds in our favour and as in all sports betting value is a must to make a long term profit.

After checking the team news you need to check current form and head to head’s which you can find on the same site. You can do this by using the stats guru feature under the statistics tab on the site. You can put so many variables into the stats guru it really is a superb tool and best of all its free.

The weather is a key element that you should always check because if it rains the Duckworth Lewis method is used if overs are lost. The D-L method is a mathematical equation devised to work out what a team would have scored if it hadn’t rained, it is used to set totals and alter them. The majority of the time it works in the favour of the team batting second as they will know what they require at the end of each over if it rains, I tend to wait to see who wins the toss and what they decide if rain is forecast. I also tend to favour the team batting second, but don’t back the team blind if all the other factors are in the other teams favour.

In Twenty20 there are two possible outright results and this is the market in which we are going to get involved. We are looking for matches where the two teams are evenly matched and I determine this by the betting exchange odds. This means we are looking for teams that are Favourites and not less than odds of 1.8, the outsider of the two teams should not have odds higher than 2.10. I have found that these games fluctuate a great deal in a short space of time and we can trade our position in running to guarantee a profit, sometimes even before the first innings is over.

A team can go from opening odds to 1.50 or less in a matter of minutes and this is where we step in, if it goes the other way and the team we have backed go out in price don’t panic. I can assure you that in most games the favourites will flip-flop.

This happens time after time, I backed Lancashire Lighting against Essex Eagles on Tuesday evening at odds of 2.10 before play. They started well and by 15 overs they were trading at odds of 1.55 so I traded my position and guaranteed myself a three figure profit before sitting back and enjoying the game. Essex, batting second, were never in trouble chasing a big target and by 10 overs of the second innings where trading at odds of 1.5 and went on to win with an over to spare!!

On August 14^th at the Rose Bowl, the Twenty20 finals day takes place. The 2 semi-finals are tightly matched and will be ideal matches to get involved with.

On the outright winner market I think HAMPSHIRE HAWKS are well worth a wager at 4.8 on Betfair, they have the advantage of playing at home and have the easier draw in the semis.

Yours in sport

Anthony

Having worked as a manager for the biggest bookmaker in the UK, Anthony has now decided to join the world of full time professional bettors. Although betting on horses daily, his main focus is cricket but takes an interested in rugby league, football and occasionally tennis and darts.

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