Short Priced Horses A Profitable Way Forward
Short Priced Horses A Profitable Way Forward UK
Firstly, sorry if you do not like this article but this is my opinion so take it or leave it.
What do I mean about short, priced horses, I mean the favourite in a UK race that has decimal odds 1.51 to 2.98. Now you would expect quite a few winners backing these horses, wrong!
Let me show an example days racing where I documented the prices of short priced horses at 11am.
6th June 2025
Bangor 1.40 Solent Getawsay 2.34 2.66 Lost
Bangor 4.10 Al Sayah 2.52 Lost
Bath 6.20 Secret Santa 2.0 Lost
Bath 7.30 Asinara 2.26 Won
Doncaster 6.05 Daquiri Bay 2.06 Lost
Doncaster 6.40 Hard Endeavour 2.98 Lost
Epsom 2.05 Maximised 2.48 Won
Epsom 2.40 Caladagan 1.85 Lost
Epsom 4.00 Desert Flower 2.6 Lost
Goodwood 5.49 Alberta Maxima WD - Withdrawn
Not a good strike rate!
Backing these short, priced horses blind presents a problem. Even if you try to lay at a lower you still cannot profit as the losing horses will hit your profit hard.
I will show you another days racing the winning strike rate was a bit better.
05th June 2025
Ffos Las 21.00 Twist Of Fatecatch 2.12 Lost
Ffos Las 7.20 Gavin 2.78 Lost
Ffos Las 6.15 Reina Del mar 1.64 Won Novices Hurdle
Lingfield 2.20 Poncho 2.8 Lost
Lingfield 3.20 Keybaar 2.52 Lost
Lingfield 3.50 Gallant 2.38 Won Handicap
Lingfield 4.55 Mesaafi 1.75 Won Handicap
Hamilton 2.12 Midnight Tango 2.16 Won Maiden
Hamilton 2.42 Eternal Sunshine 2.94 Lost
Uttoxeter 2.00 Miss Goldfire 1.97 Lost
Uttoxeter 2.30 Pounding Poet 2.26 Lost
Uttoxeter 3.00 Harrys Hope 2.16 Lost
Uttoxeter 4.00 Hecouldbetheone 2.74 Won Handicap
Uttoxeter 4.33 Auntie Maggie 2.28 Won Handicap
Uttoxeter 17.05 Crystal Mer 2.28 Won Handicap
So, let us look at combining these horses in doubles and trebles, will it work?
What do you think, no!
Even combining two horses with decimal odds 1.79 and 1.87 for example you will get winning days and losing days. I would rather have a double with decimal odds of 4.0 and 3.7.
Now look at exotic bets like Lucky 15 using short, priced favourites, I will let you work this out!
Hope you enjoyed this article.