I wouldnt even go there... The chances of the front3 in the betting winning a race is not 65%, it is the the sum of the chances of those 3 particular horses. The Betfair SP market is very efficient, so you could reasonably take the prices to reflect the theoretical chance. Thereby the chances of a front3 horse winning in the 8 races of the last flat meeting last year at Doncaster were .. 31.4 55.1 66.4 35.8 56.2 54.0 31.2 34.0
If you have a strategy assuming you have a 65% chance you will definitely come unstuck at some stage. You may go through the card at Newton Abbot in the summer first, but it will definitely happen.
I wouldnt even go there... The chances of the front3 in the betting winning a race is not 65%, it is the the sum of the chances of those 3 particular horses. The Betfair SP market is very efficient, so you could reasonably take the prices to reflect
I am not , for a second, contemplating the backing of all of the 1st 3 favourites!
On the contrary, my approach is far more lateral, and advanced, than anything so simplistic, and I am looking at things from a layers point of view!
Just wondering how the formulae, that I mentioned before, were calculated.
Cheers...........
Thanks for that.Just to qualify.....I am not , for a second, contemplating the backing of all of the 1st 3 favourites!On the contrary, my approach is far more lateral, and advanced, than anything so simplistic,and I am looking at things from a layers
Didnt quite get what you meant by maximum theoretical sequence, There is no maximum, the chances of 7 successive outs would only be 1 in 1,600 sequences of 7 .. calculated by .35 x .35 x.35 etc The chances of it happening is .65 so the chance of it not happening is .35 The chances of 10 in a row is about once in every hundred sequences i.e. .65 x .65 x .65
Didnt quite get what you meant by maximum theoretical sequence, There is no maximum, the chances of 7 successive outs would only be 1 in 1,600 sequences of 7 .. calculated by .35 x .35 x.35 etc The chances of it happening is .65 so the chance of it n