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Could anyone help with what would happen in this scenario.

You place an each way bet in a five horse race, then one scratches, so they are now only paying out for win only. Your horse is still a runner. What happens with the each way part of the bet?

Cheers
 
parimutuel said:
Could anyone help with what would happen in this scenario.

You place an each way bet in a five horse race, then one scratches, so they are now only paying out for win only. Your horse is still a runner. What happens with the each way part of the bet?

Cheers
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Doubles up on the win part, so if you had ?10 e/w you now have ?20 win. Hope that helps.
 
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Not sure if this is a stupid Question , or i'm being stupid , But why is there a Mares handicap hurdle on oddschecker ... in between the N.H. chs and the Ballymore nov hdl.
............................................................................................ where has this been mentioned ???. :confused:.
 
BigChaang said:
Not sure if this is a stupid Question , or i'm being stupid , But why is there a Mares handicap hurdle on oddschecker ... in between the N.H. chs and the Ballymore nov hdl.
............................................................................................ where has this been mentioned ???. :confused:.
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I think its a race at the april meeting and they've messed the dates up
 
BigChaang said:
Not sure if this is a stupid Question , or i'm being stupid , But why is there a Mares handicap hurdle on oddschecker ... in between the N.H. chs and the Ballymore nov hdl.
............................................................................................ where has this been mentioned ???. :confused:.
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Cue Kevloaf meltdown....
 
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I've been on my bet365, William hill and Betfair accounts. None of them letting me add a double of run wild Fred to win nch and grand national, any idea why?

Can bet each leg separately but no option for adding the double.....
 
That Horse said:
I've been on my bet365, William hill and Betfair accounts. None of them letting me add a double of run wild Fred to win nch and grand national, any idea why?

Can bet each leg separately but no option for adding the double.....
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Related bet I assume
 
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That Horse said:
I've been on my bet365, William hill and Betfair accounts. None of them letting me add a double of run wild Fred to win nch and grand national, any idea why?

Can bet each leg separately but no option for adding the double.....
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As Crowley says, it's classed as related contingency. The odds of one directly impacts the chances of the other therefore the double price isnt the true odds of the double happening.

There is a skybet special at 125/1 if that appeals.
 
Faugheen_Machine said:
As Crowley says, it's classed as related contingency. The odds of one directly impacts the chances of the other therefore the double price isnt the true odds of the double happening.

There is a skybet special at 125/1 if that appeals.
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Cheers both, I'll take a look at skybet
 
One for the more experienced amongst us. If a bet is placed with a cash out option, and circumstances arise where it becomes clear that the race in question is no longer a target, how quickly do you have to get out before the cash out option is removed? I understand that there will be no definitive answer to this; just wondered if people had experience of getting out in time really. It is something that I’m very keen to keep on top of.
 
CueCard said:
One for the more experienced amongst us. If a bet is placed with a cash out option, and circumstances arise where it becomes clear that the race in question is no longer a target, how quickly do you have to get out before the cash out option is removed? I understand that there will be no definitive answer to this; just wondered if people had experience of getting out in time really. It is something that I’m very keen to keep on top of.
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It does depend on the situation but I'd say generally, the higher the profile of the horse, the quicker you need to act.

In my experience, you're lucky if you can act quick enough to cash out a bet on a big injury announcement.
 
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CueCard said:
One for the more experienced amongst us. If a bet is placed with a cash out option, and circumstances arise where it becomes clear that the race in question is no longer a target, how quickly do you have to get out before the cash out option is removed? I understand that there will be no definitive answer to this; just wondered if people had experience of getting out in time really. It is something that I’m very keen to keep on top of.
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Experience of last season is if there's even the slightest whiff of an injury issue, you need a time machine to cash out with 365.
 
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Sounds like I’ll have to get polishing that crystal ball! Thanks for the replies.
 
I'm more of a national hunt horse racing fan but I'm trying to get into the flats before the Guineas - are trials for the flat classics solely for the trainer to get a measure of a horse's ability in the lead up to a big race?
 
Sprinter Sacre said:
I'm more of a national hunt horse racing fan but I'm trying to get into the flats before the Guineas - are trials for the flat classics solely for the trainer to get a measure of a horse's ability in the lead up to a big race?
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Not really, they're no different from the Cotswold Chase (as a Gold Cup trial) or a Kingwell hurdle (as a Champion hurdle trial), they are graded races in their own right that carry good pots and there's no obligation to progress to the 'big' race from the trial.
Flat racing has changed massively in the last 20 years, almost as much chance a horse will have their prep in Dubai or an Kempton/Wolverhampton AW race these days...
 
Sprinter Sacre said:
I'm more of a national hunt horse racing fan but I'm trying to get into the flats before the Guineas - are trials for the flat classics solely for the trainer to get a measure of a horse's ability in the lead up to a big race?
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For the more unproven unexposed horses yes, as trainers will be deciding whether to run in the Guineas or not.

But for the high class 2yos they will generally be just prep runs, though Aidan does tend to send his best colts straight to the race.

the derby trials will be more of a fact finding mission to see if they have a good one on their hands.
 
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