Posts Tagged lay the field
Underrated strategy
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on August 27th, 2010
I covered the ‘lay the field’ strategy in some depth in racing ahead magazine a couple of months or so ago, it’s an easy strategy that works well and has been popular amongst exchange users for years. On Bet Angel you just need to set the odds, a value and click to lay the field.
To make it work, all you need to do is look for a market with a great deal of uncertainty about it. One market that was well qualified recently to fulfil this criteria was the Aston Villa next manager market. In fact most next manager markets exhibit similar characteristics and you can profit if you lay the field early on in these markets. A competitive handicap in racing over a short distance can also be fun!
Currently in the Aston Villa next manager market, these are the lowest traded odds: -
Bob Bradley – 1.43
Sven GE – 2.00
Kevin MacDonland – 2.32
Martin Jol – 5.00
Gareth Southgate – 6.00
Laying the field at less than 3.00′s would have been a viable strategy here and it’s possible that others may still come into contention.
A worthwhile strategy in your armoury.
The one in blue is going to win
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on October 27th, 2009
It’s not very often you can say this, but you could yesterday when it was assured. The 15:00 at Kempton was a four runner field and each of the jockeys had blue silks on! OK there were some distinguishing marks between them, but I can think of a better construction for people trying to trade in-running.
In the end the possibility of fun and games in running came true. Tactic traded as low as 1.37, Copperbeach 1.40, Ezdiyaad 2.89 and Once more Dubai 1.01 as the winner. This is a race where laying the field would have produced excellent results.