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marksmeets302
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I just found out all my data about markets before February 2nd 2015 is gone. Unfortunately, I don't have any backups going back that far. Does anybody have a list (text file, spreadsheet or whatever) that specifies market name, post time, venue, country, number of runners for GB and IE races going back a couple of years? (marketId not necessary but would help a lot)

(would like to use the data for an experiment in machine learning - hopefully it can help me in choosing the right stakes for a given race and strategy)
xitian
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Hi Mark,

Try https://promo.betfair.com/betfairsp/prices/

Includes all the BSP prices too.
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marksmeets302
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looks great, thanks!
LinusP
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I have a simple python program that will scrape all of the data off that site and into one txt file if you want it.
spreadbetting
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I collect the data from the promo prices site and can do you a dump of the following if you want

EVENT_ID Descending, MENU_HINT, EVENT_NAME, EVENT_DT, count(`SELECTION_ID`)
121501602, GB / Fake 28th Oct, 2m NHF, 28-10-2015 16:10, 5
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marksmeets302
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Thanks Linus and spreadbetting,

I'll let you know how it goes with the machine learning. So far it's a bit disappointing: I'd thought adding information on volume at the off and number of horses would seriously improve the learning but as far as I can tell so far it doesn't help at all. Back to the drawing board!
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