Cheltenham Festival 2018

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megarain
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Historically, punters take v short prices last race of the day .. especially when a good few well backed horses have won.

Sort of expect top 3 to shorten.
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Trading96 wrote:
Tue Mar 13, 2018 5:01 pm
Best ever day for me already I think.
Several years ago I used to make an easy £50-£100 on most big-race antepost markets and the Cheltenham Festival guaranteed me a nice profit before I even started trading. Sadly antepost markets have dried up now and Cheltenham's harder work than it used to be.
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6/6 so far. All that prep seems worth it because everything today went like clockwork.

I'm going tiny in the last and going into tomorrow confident. :mrgreen:

I realise nobody actually cares and this P&L style message will almost certainly irritate Derek :lol: but until the missus gets home to talk to, I have to make do with you lot!
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Without the obligatory screenshot that 6/6 means nothing, Shaun.
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6/6 is pretty good.

5/6 on Betdaq, and it was a huge swing (but, to be fair, last race was also big swing).

Will post in the Betdaq section, after racing.

Tght Betdaq traded ok. Matchbook prices are v deep, and same as Betfair.
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Have had days winnings on De Plotting Shed. (11 into 7.4)

Too late now .. sorry.
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spreadbetting wrote:
Tue Mar 13, 2018 5:27 pm
Without the obligatory screenshot that 6/6 means nothing, Shaun.
:lol:
The correct description would be 'small but beautifully formed'.
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I'm pretty happy with the Festival so far.
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ShaunWhite
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Day 1 : £33,924,777 (2017 £34,322.245) Down 1.1%

Obviously depends on the race price profiles but to misquote Mark Twain, I think rumours of betfairs demise may have been greatly exagerated.
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Made a profit, but a disappointing one.
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Tue Mar 13, 2018 5:42 pm
Day 1 : £33,924,777 (2017 £34,322.245) Down 1.1%

Obviously depends on the race price profiles but to misquote Mark Twain, I think rumours of betfairs demise may have been greatly exagerated.
Hard to make a comparison but I would say it's about the same. Three odds-on favourites and a 7/4F this year, compared to one odd-on fav Altior (1/4), 6/4 & 2/1F.
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I'll be happy if the markets continue to behave like this all week, only one I found difficult to read was the last (once livelovelast firmed up).
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I thought the Betdaq fill rate was good
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ready to go for it tomorrow, was playing very cautious today but the markets were great, much smoother than I had anticipated
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Same here, got a feel for the markets and anticipate a better day tomorrow.
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