US horse racing markets

[Daywalker]

Hi all,

Does anyone have experience trading US horse markets? I have traded them in past when I had access to an American site that had up to date odds and accurate minutes to post. I wondered if the Betfair start times are more in line with reality than back then? Also, does anyone trade them on Betdaq and if so, how does it feel compared with Betfair?

Thanks
D

[alrodopial]

It's been some time that I last checked but I think they are not so "accurate" in some cases
Actual starts may differ minutes in some races but I don't know when and why

What is the site with this info about minutes to post?

Does anyone else know any site/service that provides such info?
time to actual off for GB/IRE/AUS/US races? (a live estimation)

[Captain Sensible]

I used to use https://classic.ebetusa.com/racing_menus/next-race.html for the time to the off to control some of my own bots, was reliable enough for me at the time. Haven't used it for a while because the US stuff always had too little liquidty for me and other things were more lucrative especially when they seemed to cut back drastically on the tracks they covered. Be interesting to know if things have icked up since they started to allow inplay markets etc

Does anyone else know any site/service that provides such info?
time to actual off for GB/IRE/AUS/US races? (a live estimation)

There's actually an API call that's 'supposed' to return the following race status info

I keep meaning to code soe stuff to use it but the docs say it's only for UK and IRE stuff and my bots seem to work fine without that info



https://api.developer.betfair.com/servi ... Status+API

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RaceStatus

 

DORMANT
   

There is no data available for this race.

DELAYED
   

The start of the race has been delayed

PARADING
   

The horses are in the parade ring

GOINGDOWN
   

The horses are going down to the starting post

GOINGBEHIND
   

The horses are going behind the stalls

ATTHEPOST
   

The horses are at the post

UNDERORDERS
   

The horses are loaded into the stalls/race is about to start

OFF
   

The race has started

FINISHED
   

The race has finished

FALSESTART
   

There has been a false start

PHOTOGRAPH
   

The result of the race is subject to a photo finish

RESULT
   

The result of the race has been announced

WEIGHEDIN
   

The jockeys have weighed in

RACEVOID
   

The race has been declared void

ABANDONED
   

The meeting has been cancelled

[alrodopial]

Thanks captain
It may be helpful in the near future
Can this "api RaceStatus" be called from ba com?
How?

[Captain Sensible]

Don't think it's be added to Gruss yet, it's new API call, I only came across it around a month ago.

[Daywalker]

What is the site with this info about minutes to post?

It was called Sports Interaction but it was taken over by Twin Spires(?) and then required membership and a US address so I gave up on it. Sports interaction is back up as a brand but it's not the same as before and I don't think it does horses.

It was brilliant at first because you had accurate MTP and could watch the odds change and there seemed to be a slight time advantage over the exchange, made some good profits (although not massive amounts due to lower liquidity as mentioned) but these things don't last forever.

I'm thinking more for automation now as before was manual. I'm going to give it a shot and see, start small, lower risk.

Thanks for replies
D

[Daywalker]

I used to use https://classic.ebetusa.com/racing_menus/next-race.html

Hi Captain,

I've been looking at this link and I think I can work it in to my bot.

Thank you
D