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Racing steps up a gear

Peter Webb — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:34:11 +0000

Nice looking card today with Newbury, York and Newmarket then Aintree in the evening. So I’m rubbing my hands at the prospect of some more action today.

The better quality racing has been quite good this week, the other stuff in-between not so great. But I’ve managed to pull out the odd decent result while avoiding the worst of things. It’s noticeable recently though, particularly since mid April, that trying to get an order filled on the weaker betting markets …

York Dante meeting

Peter Webb — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:59:41 +0000

After a successful Chester meeting last week we roll onto York for the Dante meeting this week.

The York card looks OK but the other stuff on the card today looks a little ‘testing’. I’ve never managed to consistently pull out any big totals from this York meeting in the past but I approach each market with a fresh set of eyes, so you never know.

As we move through the early part of the flat turf season the early …

Racing Victoria ups the ante

Peter Webb — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:13:03 +0000

A statement from Racing Victoria this morning seems to up the ante of fees generated from bookmakers, any higher and you would think it would make sense for them to buy a bookmaker rather than going through the hassle of collecting it from them.

Despite seeing $44m, an increase of 25%, in the amount they are getting for racing, it seems that’s not enough so they are upping the rates again. It seems a dangerous tactic, but as with these …

All set for the Newmarket Guineas

Peter Webb — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:30:44 +0000

The weather is looking great this weekend for the first real big trading market of the flat season, the Guineas. Good weather on a bank holiday weekend, I must be dreaming!

I’ve always enjoyed the Guineas meeting and have had some fun and game over the years on it. I’m really interested in how it will perform this year as we’ve spotted two major changes in the market between this year and last. So this weekend is turning into an …

Evening all

Peter Webb — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:31:23 +0000

Tonight sees the return of the ‘I’m not interested in racing, I’m here for the concert’ season.

But seriously, flat turf evening racing starts up again tonight and as we shuffle through the weekend. We also can herald the start of Windsor in the evening, which means we things are about to step up a gear. At least in quantity.

This is a perfect time for part time traders or people who want to try trading but don’t have much …

Flat packed

Peter Webb — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:35:21 +0000

Nice to see some flat turf racing underway and the weather improving. Things will get busier from here. In April the flat turf season really starts to kick in and the other meeting types decline, see the graphic.

Aintree was the last chance of a decent total from a jumps meeting and it did oblige but in a grudging manner. I found Aintree much harder than in previous years, but that could have just been me. Markets shift subtly over …

Black Caviar triumphs again

Peter Webb — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:13:26 +0000

Black Caviar clocked up win number 25 out of 25 this morning at Randwick racecourse in Sydney.

She strode to an easy victory in the Group One TJ Smith Stakes. Her appearance completely overshadowed the running of the $1.5 million Australian Derby. Priced at 1.18 she accounted for £1.74m of £1.76m in matched bets on the race.

More speculation around her possible appearance again at Ascot still hangs in the air, as does the prospect of her meeting up with …

Betfair charts from the Grand National

Peter Webb — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:33:03 +0000

For your interest, here is the front of the field from the Grand National today. Hopefully this will give some insight into where you went wrong / right today. I flagged up on one of the most likely main moves during an interview I did on Radio early this morning. I’ll post up the interview early next week. Off for a well deserved rest now!…

Aintree grand national meeting

Peter Webb — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:28:20 +0000

This is a curious meeting for me each year. It’s not on the scale of some of the really large meetings, but is still a decent meeting in it’s own right. The problem I have here, is that I never seem to pull off anything spectacular from it. On a race by race basis I do now and again, just not consistantly.

That feels odd to me because it’s a decent enough meeting to shoot for some big totals. But …

Betdaq go commission free on the Grand National

Peter Webb — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:25:20 +0000

Betdaq continued their act of throwing down the Gauntlet today, by making the bold move of offering the highest profile betting race of the year completely free of commission. That’s right you heard it here first, the Grand National will be offered at 0%!

I’ve always been an advocate for a competitive market and this sort of thing is a direct result of a more competitive market. This can only be benefical for exchange end users. Whatever your objection for …