Cheltenham 2021 - Ante Post Bets

[Kevloaf]

From sky bet why all antepost and request a bet are down

'Due to a comms error we have made the decision to pull all antepost markets off site for the time being, those will be added back on site in due course.'

Makes sense, a pretty big communication error to let people know all losing bets will be refunded haha.

I bet somewhere there is having an absolute whopper of a day.


I'm not having the best working day of my life today, but got to be better than whomever foofed that up

[Istabraq]

Silly question how do you go about adding a horse to the Betfair exchange

I think the modern way is to email/tweet them but they will record who requested it and it may increase restrictions with PP and Sky as well as betfair sportsbook...

[Faugheen_Machine]

Could do with Discorama being added to the national being with Sky if anyone regularly adds horses with them.

[archie]

An open question to Forum members.

Given that the Spring festivals after Cheltenham didn't go ahead, what is the likelihood that owners and trainers in the NH community will seek to maximise the horses already in training and on the payroll as it were, rather than bring in a host of new recruits. I'm wondering whether this could be the case and if so then might we ultimately see far more runners from Cheltenham 2020 returning in 2021 than is usually the case.

Maybe get some clues in August.

https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/bloodstock-latest/siblings-to-three-cheltenham-festival-heroes-up-for-grabs-at-goffs-land-rover/434501

[Run4Home]

Silly question how do you go about adding a horse to the Betfair exchange

I use facebook messenger as they tend to reply there very quickly ; they are a pain to get horses added to markets though at times!

[Arkle]

Good stuff cheers

[Istabraq]

Makes sense, a pretty big communication error to let people know all losing bets will be refunded haha.

I bet somewhere there is having an absolute whopper of a day.I'm not having the best working day of my life today, but got to be better than whomever foofed that up

And all an error like this will do is is accelerate a merged approach with betfair/PP strategy.
Bit like the local branch ballsing up and memo goes out referring everything to head office...

[Saxon Warrior]

Get a feeling they made a f*** up on the offer.... at a guess it should be for the upcoming flat races but have sent the wrong info out on email. (And customer Support being clueless confirming Chelt is included)

The fact they have taken down all markets today too & I found this page (which I'm guessing is the actual offer) - https://support.skybet.com/s/article...&refType=topic

Interesting how this one plays out...

That all makes sense, the Void rule looks similar to a lot of others, but Sky appear to be giving antepost backers the chance to cashout if entries are reopened (as will happen for the 1000 Guineas and 2000 Guineas).

[Saxon Warrior]

This already happens in my opinion.

Happened from Ladbrokes to Coral for me recently.

[Kautostar]

Sky emailed with their new version

[Istabraq]

All Sky markets back up now...

[Outlaw]

I think the modern way is to email/tweet them but they will record who requested it and it may increase restrictions with PP and Sky as well as betfair sportsbook...

May or may not be true, but I think along the same lines and get friends/racing acquaintances to share the requests.

[Istabraq]

May or may not be true, but I think along the same lines and get friends/racing acquaintances to share the requests.

Bookies will store as much info on you as possible and are constantly looking for trends/links, so if you request for example 3 horses to be added, all same trainer/jockey/owner, and they all win, you have to expect restrictions.
Stay as anonymous as you can and make sure you have regular mug bets such as over 2.5 goal accas, first goalscorer in live match etc, throwing a few quid away has to help in the long run....

[Istabraq]

I've had a small bit on Marie's Rock at 50s think it's big enough to take a risk.. She looks an out and out 2 Miler to me so don't see her going for the Mares Hurdle. Didn't think about handicaps before but there's a chance she could go that route it'll all depend what she does first start next season I guess.

Did some reading on Maries Rock myself and like the profile, her Haydock win was franked when the runner up, The Con Man, won off 135.
Sky have her 14/1 in the any race market, I’m undecided whether this offers value or not but there will need to be substantial improvement (which she may well have) for her to be competitive in a champion hurdle and the County, Mares or even M Pipe could be races they consider.
Will wait for someone to convince me...

[Kautostar]

You’ll only get refunded by sky on losing ante post bets if its run somewhere else now. Just voided all my dodgy 2000 Guineas bets though that had doubled in price so that’s good!