Logging bet results

[Frinck]

Hi,

I haven't implemented this as yet, but before I do, I have a couple of questions that you might have the answer to...

First off, what's the latest amount of time after a race is run that results are generally known? Things like photo finishes and stewards enquiries can really put a delay on things, but generally speaking can anyone give me some kind of steer please?

For many of us, the key to any automated results gathering (and consequently, staking plan) is the speed the results can be obtained. Other posts have highlighted this. I guess a large percentage of results will be available within minutes of a race, but in the event of a delay, how will the bet results worksheet react?

For example, if I had a trade in race 1 that didn't have the result coming through at the time of the next market auto-select to race 2, will that race result be lost forever? Or will it be updated on the auto-refresh to race 3?

Any guidance would be much appreciated,
Frinck.

[GaryRussell]

The bet results are obtained by querying your account statement so it is reliant on how quickly Betfair settle so a stewards enquiry for example will definitely hold things up. If the result is not known when the next race is selected then it will be picked up when the following race is selected if the result is known then.