prices

[paulpmbrs]

hi been cleaning old files up that go back to 2010 in horse racing now ive noticed
in 1 of the results the total sum of price % ranges between 130 up 165 my question
is at what time are the result prices taken as i always assumed betfair was 101% market
also is it possible once racing resumes to download the next days racing an at what % total
would this be at? thanks for any help

[jabe]

I believe, especially in the UK, that the market doesn't really get started until less than 30 minutes or so before the start of a race. By the off, a race will usually have very little over-round. Those in other countries might not end up close to 101% or whatever the figure is. UK prices are driven by on-course bookmakers, and in the short time between races they concentrate very much on the next race.

The same applies to the following day's data. You can get the race data and there may be some advanced prices, but the over-round will remain large until the on-course bookies get to that race.

[paulpmbrs]

thanks Jabe now just need to remember how to set up an excel sheet to download the days racing