Non runners

[jonfranc]

Many times, horses withdrawn at the start, still appear to be trading in running, eg Glenora Gale last week. Why?.

[jrvoice]

I think Betfair has some issues with this at the moment - I had my bets cancelled a few days ago because they'd removed a horse as an NR by mistake when it actually ran.

Guess what - if my bet had remained then I'd of won @ 11's

Jon

[Captain Sensible]

With late withdrawals betfair don't have time to remove the runner/reset the market so it's available for people to bet on.

People will still back the non runners for allsorts of reasons , bot's that are unaware etc and people backing it to create a false market for anyone unaware of the non runner as it can have the effect of increasing prices on other runners by playing with the overrounds. Because there's no deduction for non runners in the 'in running' market if you can trick bots into putting up incorrect prices it can be profitable.

[jrvoice]

...but surely if a market still has a non-runner in it, the obvious answer is to lay it as its impossible for it to win?! Or have I missed something?

Thanks for your reply to my question btw, about to refer to the docs

Cheers,
Jon

[MarkRussell]

Hi,

If it is a non-runner then Betfair will just void the bets when they settle the market.

Regards,
Mark