There's unprecedented in-play carnage on the Betfair exchange in the 13:30 at Fakenham with not one but two horses matched at 1.01 and the eventual winner backed at 1000.0... The 13:30 at Fakenham today could well have yielded a Betfair first, in that two horses traded at 1.01 in-running and lost, while the winner traded at the maximum price of 1000.0. But that only tells half the story of possibly the most extreme, and bizarre, in-running race in Betfair's history. Betfair's Tony Calvin explained: "Benny The Swinger jumped the last clear and looked set for an easy victory. As you would expect, he traded at the minimum price of 1.01 on Betfair, with £35,524.24 traded at that price alone. "However, he then took the wrong course on the run-in. "The horse in second, Roc De Guye, who had been matched at the maximum price of 1000.0 on Betfair when seemingly booked for second, was then also backed at the minimum price of 1.01 on Betfair when looking sure to take advantage of the wrong-course blunder. "At this stage, he becomes the second horse to trade at 1.01 in the race, and £538.24 matched at the minimum price alone. "However, Roc De Guye then stopped on the run-in and Peak Seasons got up on the post to win by a nose. The winner had traded at the maximum price of 1000.0 on Betfair, with £45.92 matched at that price. "A further £65.88 was matched on the winner at prices upwards of 500.0 on Betfair. Calvin added: "I can't readily recall a race where two horses have traded at the minimum price of 1.01 and lost, and the winner has traded at 1000.0. "And certainly not a race when a horse - in this case, the runner-up Roc de Guye - has gone from 1000.0 to 1.01, in a matter of seconds, and still lost. "To cap it all, the runner-up Roc De Guye even traded as the 1.4 favourite in the photo finish betting! "The race could well be a Betfair first - and no doubt one that will live long in the memory of those Betfair customers who have backed a 1000.0 winner in the most bizarre of circumstances."
Typical! The game I look into properly I get right at a very nice price but the others all go and bloody lose!
