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Forgive me father, for I have sinned. But it was worth it!!

Scrip

lol - i backed blue endeavour but layed in running at 1.02 so didnt have to rely on the stewards lol!!! if youre watching ATR theres a lot of unhappy punters out there who thought they could buy money - nice to know you gamble occasionally!

edited as got my back and lays nmixed

Rayshan :-) Layed and greened up in running though.

Pretty poor afternoon racing but made a few quid - thats me done for the day now

Yeah, It is a poor day. I was thinking of throwing in the towel as I have just sat here and not seen many clear opportunities.

Nice drifter in the last race at 17.45, which I nearly didn't bother waiting for. Caught it from 6.2 to 10/11 :-) Will it win do you think?

Fancy that, it didn't.

I just got my hands of an pretty heavy academic report on the prices of horses and the betting market. Basically the market is efficient and generally the price is most efficient just before the off. The movement in the market during the parade and before loading is reckoned to accurately modify the implied probability fairly well.

Just made a stupid amount of money on the 14:05 @ Chepstow. Don't know what happened there but everything just went the right way. (For once!)

Subyan dreams at lingfield - you little beautie

scrip - 2.40 at chepstow was as good as an odds against favorurite as it gets - glad i left my profit running (i know im gambling lol)

LOL! Makes your heart beat a bit faster.

Don't know what is going on today but everything is going perfectly. Famous last words no doubt!!

Incidentally nice to see us on a different thread together. I understand the JSP business very well as I had a really good relationship with some of the senior management there a few years ago. Don't like companies that have been floated out of private equity fund though. They just leverage them up and ship them out usually. Caught my interest though because of the fall. By sticking a few quid in the pot it forces me to make a decision about it!!

scrip

ill second that - having a cracking day so far - waiting for it to bite back

Ticking along myself. A question - on the graphs how can money to back be bet but not taken at odds far below the current price e.g. some 2k at 1.01 and vice versa. I can see why you'd want to do this, just can't see how it is done? A bit like limit orders/stops.

Lots of people lay 1.01 at X on every market open hoping that somebody makes a mistake. You wouldn't think it would be taken but I have seen it happen many times.

Funny how the market does this; some days its a struggle and other days a breeze. Judging by the comments it appears to be a fair wind today.

Seven out of seven so far and not one mistake.

scrip

im proud to say 7 out of 7 too - though one of those was achieved in running having missed the off!!!

Script - obviously I'm not expressing my point properly. If I enter a bet @ 1.01 to back then it will be taken at current odds yet the Traded/available table shows the bet sitting there untraded?

kernow, You see 1.01 to back available because somebody has laid it at 1.01, Give it a try. Find a market where there is no money at 1.04 or something. Lay 1.04 with 2 and refresh the table. You will see your money there as an available back at 2.