New Posts For Thread: The growing gap between Midweek and Saturday Racing .....https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31907365/the-growing-gap-between-midweek-and-saturday-racing.. A truly awful midweek so far, will the gap only get bigger with tracks fighting over every penny now. ? 7 planned UK meetings on Saturday.The maiden/graded 2yo races today are high class but some of the handicaps are not much better than sellers.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31907365/the-growing-gap-between-midweek-and-saturday-racing?post_id=565506573#565506573The maiden/graded 2yo races today are high class but some of the handicaps are not much better than sellers.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:32:22 -0500Each to their own,steerforth.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31907365/the-growing-gap-between-midweek-and-saturday-racing?post_id=565506547#565506547Each to their own,steerforth.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:24:06 -0500But it's not necessarily bookmaker fodder is it? You've contradicted your earlier post. My argument - that I'll die in a ditch for - is that these races are more punter friendly that a typical Saturday premier card.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31907365/the-growing-gap-between-midweek-and-saturday-racing?post_id=565506533#565506533But it's not necessarily bookmaker fodder is it? You've contradicted your earlier post. My argument - that I'll die in a ditch for - is that these races are more punter friendly that a typical Saturday premier card.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:21:05 -0500Newbury tonight - 2 x Class 4 and 4 x Class 5. Not even new. Grade 1 tracks putting on the sort of bookmaker fodder you might expect at the third rate tracks.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31907365/the-growing-gap-between-midweek-and-saturday-racing?post_id=565506413#565506413Newbury tonight - 2 x Class 4 and 4 x Class 5. Not even new. Grade 1 tracks putting on the sort of bookmaker fodder you might expect at the third rate tracks.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:34:28 -0500I would agree that the quality of midweek racing seems to have dropped. I tend to judge a race on how many of the mnames I recognise although of course that does not work with maidens and novice races. My memory may not be what it was but when I don'https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31907365/the-growing-gap-between-midweek-and-saturday-racing?post_id=565506329#565506329I would agree that the quality of midweek racing seems to have dropped. I tend to judge a race on how many of the mnames I recognise although of course that does not work with maidens and novice races. My memory may not be what it was but when I don'Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:25:23 -0500Not sure the gap is much different from even 20 years ago or even before GC, it may well be , not that I have taken any notice tbf. Paul Kealy has an article about how the big handicaps have changed and if he is right it could back up what you say frhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31907365/the-growing-gap-between-midweek-and-saturday-racing?post_id=565506267#565506267Not sure the gap is much different from even 20 years ago or even before GC, it may well be , not that I have taken any notice tbf. Paul Kealy has an article about how the big handicaps have changed and if he is right it could back up what you say frThu, 23 Jul 2026 05:08:30 -0500The days when there are most bookmaker bonuses available are the days you should take a back seat.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31907365/the-growing-gap-between-midweek-and-saturday-racing?post_id=565506233#565506233The days when there are most bookmaker bonuses available are the days you should take a back seat.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:21:53 -0500weekends are even more bookmaker friendly. Even more handicaps, just with bigger fields. When I first started punting someone who knew a lot more than me said Saturday's were a bookies benefit. I'm not sure Sunday racing was a thing back then.Lot ofhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31907365/the-growing-gap-between-midweek-and-saturday-racing?post_id=565506123#565506123weekends are even more bookmaker friendly. Even more handicaps, just with bigger fields. When I first started punting someone who knew a lot more than me said Saturday's were a bookies benefit. I'm not sure Sunday racing was a thing back then.Lot ofWed, 22 Jul 2026 20:10:49 -0500Gotta be desperate to bet to create a thread like this! Laugh Not really , quite the opposite as my Account PROVES , unlike your fictional, copy and paste, " look at me " Waffle. Period: Just for Today(relates to event settlement date) 202https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31907365/the-growing-gap-between-midweek-and-saturday-racing?post_id=565506079#565506079Gotta be desperate to bet to create a thread like this! Laugh Not really , quite the opposite as my Account PROVES , unlike your fictional, copy and paste, " look at me " Waffle. Period: Just for Today(relates to event settlement date) 202Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:37:40 -0500Never understood it DD. All the books say concentrate on the better class races. But when it comes to having a bet, I prefer to have some confidence that half the field can't win. Saturdays I put my feet up and admire the quality, (with the sound offhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31907365/the-growing-gap-between-midweek-and-saturday-racing?post_id=565506025#565506025Never understood it DD. All the books say concentrate on the better class races. But when it comes to having a bet, I prefer to have some confidence that half the field can't win. Saturdays I put my feet up and admire the quality, (with the sound offWed, 22 Jul 2026 14:29:05 -0500