New Posts For Thread: Killarney Race 1 - No reduction factor for no. 19 scratching?...https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30495053/killarney-race-1---no-reduction-factor-for-no-19-scratchingHi there. I had some lay bets down on the place market for Killarney Race 1 today.Horse no. 19 (Ballyoisin) was scratched and at the time I remember was paying around 5.00 in the Win market. Bookies were paying around 4.00 and their deductions were aI don't know. I don't bet on races with reserves. I like to know exactly what's in the field and what isn't.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30495053/killarney-race-1---no-reduction-factor-for-no-19-scratching?post_id=544664617#544664617I don't know. I don't bet on races with reserves. I like to know exactly what's in the field and what isn't.Sun, 10 May 2015 10:15:03 -0500Thanks, yea I have just seen the same as you.Do regular bookies consider this factor or doesn't it really apply? Thanks for your help!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30495053/killarney-race-1---no-reduction-factor-for-no-19-scratching?post_id=544664597#544664597Thanks, yea I have just seen the same as you.Do regular bookies consider this factor or doesn't it really apply? Thanks for your help!Sun, 10 May 2015 10:13:54 -0500I can confirm that the horse was a reserve.If you look at the 4.55 at Killarney, the reserves 16,17 and 18 are all non-runners, and all have reduction factors of 0.0%, so I'd say it's standard.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30495053/killarney-race-1---no-reduction-factor-for-no-19-scratching?post_id=544664559#544664559I can confirm that the horse was a reserve.If you look at the 4.55 at Killarney, the reserves 16,17 and 18 are all non-runners, and all have reduction factors of 0.0%, so I'd say it's standard.Sun, 10 May 2015 10:11:09 -0500I don't know, but to a British punter (like me) it's an odd system to have a reserve prominent in the betting. Betfair are entitled to have their own rules for their own markets. Reserves could well need special treatment in some way, because they'rhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30495053/killarney-race-1---no-reduction-factor-for-no-19-scratching?post_id=544664429#544664429I don't know, but to a British punter (like me) it's an odd system to have a reserve prominent in the betting. Betfair are entitled to have their own rules for their own markets. Reserves could well need special treatment in some way, because they'rSun, 10 May 2015 10:02:19 -0500So bookies will take a deduction of 22c for a reserve horse but Betfair won't? :-Shttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30495053/killarney-race-1---no-reduction-factor-for-no-19-scratching?post_id=544664305#544664305So bookies will take a deduction of 22c for a reserve horse but Betfair won't? :-SSun, 10 May 2015 09:55:47 -0500I presume it was a reserve that wasn't needed, judging by its position on the card (19/21), and the weight it was set to carry. But if you lay all the time on Irish races with reserves, you presumably know how the betting on those races work when a rhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30495053/killarney-race-1---no-reduction-factor-for-no-19-scratching?post_id=544664243#544664243I presume it was a reserve that wasn't needed, judging by its position on the card (19/21), and the weight it was set to carry. But if you lay all the time on Irish races with reserves, you presumably know how the betting on those races work when a rSun, 10 May 2015 09:51:12 -0500Hi there. I had some lay bets down on the place market for Killarney Race 1 today.Horse no. 19 (Ballyoisin) was scratched and at the time I remember was paying around 5.00 in the Win market. Bookies were paying around 4.00 and their deductions were ahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30495053/killarney-race-1---no-reduction-factor-for-no-19-scratching?post_id=544664067#544664067Hi there. I had some lay bets down on the place market for Killarney Race 1 today.Horse no. 19 (Ballyoisin) was scratched and at the time I remember was paying around 5.00 in the Win market. Bookies were paying around 4.00 and their deductions were aSun, 10 May 2015 09:38:11 -0500