Racing Testing Lab

Selections for Friday 25th July 2014

Background

2013 saw this place only betting idea of mine profit by about 45 points. That’s a decent return given the short odds which prevail in place only betting markets.

Follow these steps below

1) the races listed here are chosen from www.racingpost.com because they feature ” apparent ” 2 horse races. This is in inverted commas because we are using the betting forecast which is simply just a journalist’s idea of how the race will fare.

2) we back in the to place only market at www.betfair.com , to Betfair SP, the bookmaker’s favourite in these races. I tried a number of different strategies such as following the betting forecast favourite, or 2nd favourite, and found over time that the bookmaker favourite placed 80+% of the time.

3) we back in the to place only market at odds of between 1.1 and 1.5 only. Anything under 1.1 is simply not worth it. A cut off point of 1.5 ensures the strike rate does not diminish as we move to higher place only odds.

Yesterday

6 250 bath Betting forecast: 7/4 Assoluta, 5/2 Soiree D´ete, 5/1 Habdab 1st 1.86
4 435 bath Betting forecast: 4/5 Zeb Un Nisa, 6/4 Snap Shots, 14/1 Zebs Lad only 2 runners
8 535 limerick Betting forecast: 11/8 Jimmy Shan, 13/8 Tulsa Jack, 9/2 Railway Benefit, 2nd 1.15
7 600 lingfield Betting forecast: 4/6 Disprove, 7/4 Magic Florence, 10/1 Candlelight, 1st 1.09

Today

6 245 ascot Betting forecast: 11/8 Alpine Affair, 5/2 Bronze Maquette, 6/1 Be Bold,
3 900 downroyal Betting forecast: 11/10 Manalapan, 5/4 El Salvador, 6/1 Sir Ector.
8 515 lingfield Betting forecast: 4/5 Prize Exhibit, 3/1 Artfilly, 8/1 Pudding,
7 150 uttoxeter Betting forecast: 8/13 Take A Bow, 2/1 Spa Hill, 14/1 Abbeygrey
6 255 uttoxeter Betting forecast: 10/11 Wake Your Dreams, 9/4 Veloce, 10/1 Kalamill,
5 510 uttoxeter Betting forecast: 10/11 Raise A Spark, 15/8 Going For Gold, 8/1 Seaviper,