Is there any way in Greyhound racing to lay the Fav exactly on the off?
I can take BSP so i would not need to wait for it to match?
I have several times want to lay the Fav but when there is 2 dogs joint prices i cant choose the clear fav ..if i could place the bet as close as possible to the off .Any way of doing it?
Thanks
Is there any way in Greyhound racing to back Fav exactly on the off?
Thats a good question but the restriction is the starting time, not starting exactly on the published start time. 90% of my automation is greyhound racing and i have set the rules to fire 10 seconds before and after the published start times. I think this is the best fit for now?
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
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jamesedwards
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There is race status available as a text SV so in theory you can place you bet when the status = goingintraps. The status updates can be a bit hit and miss for greyhounds. It's UK tracks only and some of them don't work accurately and sometimes not at all.Blackpowder64 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2026 4:03 amIs there any way in Greyhound racing to lay the Fav exactly on the off?
I can take BSP so i would not need to wait for it to match?
I have several times want to lay the Fav but when there is 2 dogs joint prices i cant choose the clear fav ..if i could place the bet as close as possible to the off .Any way of doing it?
Thanks
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Blackpowder64
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May066 Thank you for your suggestionMayo66 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2026 11:55 amThats a good question but the restriction is the starting time, not starting exactly on the published start time. 90% of my automation is greyhound racing and i have set the rules to fire 10 seconds before and after the published start times. I think this is the best fit for now?
Hope this helps
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Blackpowder64
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Jamesedwards Thank you but like you said is not reliable enough
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Been down this rabbit hole before. Best solution is to monitor how volume progresses for greyhound markets and then compare current volume pattern with your historical data to time your bet close to off.
There is also a raceStatus flag for greyhounds for 'GOINGINTRAPS' on the Betfair Race Status API which you may have seen when looking at a GH market on the website.
If you check that yourself using the API, you can place your bet close to the off that way, however Peter mentioned that it was inconsistent 2 years ago when looking into it.
If you want the quick and dirty method it is just using the start times as already suggested.
Been down this rabbit hole before. Best solution is to monitor how volume progresses for greyhound markets and then compare current volume pattern with your historical data to time your bet close to off.
There is also a raceStatus flag for greyhounds for 'GOINGINTRAPS' on the Betfair Race Status API which you may have seen when looking at a GH market on the website.
If you check that yourself using the API, you can place your bet close to the off that way, however Peter mentioned that it was inconsistent 2 years ago when looking into it.
If you want the quick and dirty method it is just using the start times as already suggested.