February Racing Markets on Betfair…

Apologies for the lack of blog updates recently. I’ve taken a little extra time off after moving to pursue one thing or another, but I’ve been in the markets most days, even if it’s just for a couple of hours. The timing is still pretty good to be giving anything else my attention, as from Cheltenham onwards next month, the schedule heats up and taking time off will be far lower on the priority list.

The markets, in general, feel typical of this time of year—poor. The reasons are mainly the lack of liquidity and higher quality racing. There’s more All-Weather racing than usual, and in most cases (particularly lately), there have been cancellations and fewer races than usual in the same amount of time.

If you’re finding it a little tricky at the moment, don’t panic! Cheltenham is just around the corner, and generally shortly after, the markets start to fill up in anticipation of the Flat season, which is prime time to make far more money. Getting everything in order before all that is a priority, as there is nothing worse than missing an opportunity.

Following on from that, I’ve been doing a fair amount of extra research over the last month or so and am starting to realise a few extra things I didn’t really consider previously. It’s certainly re-ignited my enthusiasm for the markets at the moment.

One particular avenue of interest is proving pretty solid. Unsurprisingly, each time I come across a potential opportunity, there seem to be some huge stakes operating around what I expected in a fashion that makes sense to me. I’m not going to get too excited yet, but I think it’s fair to say I’m heading down the right path for improvement, which is comforting. Hopefully, I can understand it fully and scale up before Cheltenham!

It seems the last post was really helpful for quite a few individuals, as I’ve received an influx of emails this week. I’ll see about putting up a few more like that over the next few weeks…