New Posts For Thread: When did 7/5 come to UK Racing?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796237/when-did-75-come-to-uk-racingCheltenham now twinned with Aqueduct?I wondered how that price came about screaming as I'd never seen it before and I ended up in an argument with some settler who I finally convinced that 9/4 was even bigger let alone 95/40.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796237/when-did-75-come-to-uk-racing?post_id=563020711#563020711I wondered how that price came about screaming as I'd never seen it before and I ended up in an argument with some settler who I finally convinced that 9/4 was even bigger let alone 95/40.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:55:39 -050095/40 Kribensis was down to the late, great John Stubbs. Some of the SP reporters could see it being heavily backed at 9/4 on the off, despite 5/2 being freely available elsewhere in the Ring. So Stubbs split the difference with scrupulous precision.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796237/when-did-75-come-to-uk-racing?post_id=563020683#56302068395/40 Kribensis was down to the late, great John Stubbs. Some of the SP reporters could see it being heavily backed at 9/4 on the off, despite 5/2 being freely available elsewhere in the Ring. So Stubbs split the difference with scrupulous precision.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:47:58 -0500Thank you Ged. Excellent research as always.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796237/when-did-75-come-to-uk-racing?post_id=563020515#563020515Thank you Ged. Excellent research as always.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:58:29 -0500at the same time greyhounds return sp's of 17/8https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796237/when-did-75-come-to-uk-racing?post_id=563020509#563020509at the same time greyhounds return sp's of 17/8Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:57:40 -0500I always remember backing Michael Stoute's horse Kribensis to win the Champion Hurdle and it returned at 95/40 and the bookmaker tried to settle at 85/40.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796237/when-did-75-come-to-uk-racing?post_id=563020499#563020499I always remember backing Michael Stoute's horse Kribensis to win the Champion Hurdle and it returned at 95/40 and the bookmaker tried to settle at 85/40.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:51:47 -0500Prices like 19/20 21/20 etchttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796237/when-did-75-come-to-uk-racing?post_id=563020477#563020477Prices like 19/20 21/20 etcFri, 17 Mar 2023 11:48:00 -0500Just look at football betting and the fraction prices they use, let's be honest they are only there so the bookmakers can nick some more money, as minute as it is.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796237/when-did-75-come-to-uk-racing?post_id=563020473#563020473Just look at football betting and the fraction prices they use, let's be honest they are only there so the bookmakers can nick some more money, as minute as it is.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:46:38 -0500It's because when we see 7/5 we think, rightly or wrongly, that used to be 6/4 and half a point is lost.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796237/when-did-75-come-to-uk-racing?post_id=563020459#563020459It's because when we see 7/5 we think, rightly or wrongly, that used to be 6/4 and half a point is lost.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:44:32 -0500It's interesting on the betting terminals you can use either. Fractions still more popular but decimal is easier to understand and is used by all the Eastern Europeans that come in.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796237/when-did-75-come-to-uk-racing?post_id=563020453#563020453It's interesting on the betting terminals you can use either. Fractions still more popular but decimal is easier to understand and is used by all the Eastern Europeans that come in.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:43:23 -0500Thanks ged, quite an increase in 2021.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796237/when-did-75-come-to-uk-racing?post_id=563020451#563020451Thanks ged, quite an increase in 2021.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:42:04 -0500