Proform In Running Module

The In Running Module is integrated into many parts of the Proform Software.
In this section we breakdown the various parts and explain each one.

There are quite a few videos with commentary for most of this section.

Contents

The Proform In Running Module

Why Use the Proform In Running Module?

Data Coverage and Scope of Data

Race Results Screen in Data View

In Running Screen in Data View

Colour Coding the Data using the In Running Tab in Preferences

In Running Results Presentations in System Builder

In Running Tab in System Builder

Analysing Lowest In Running Prices
Analysing Highest In Running Prices
Researching Lowest In Running Prices

 

 

 

Why Use the Proform In Running Module?

For several months now, the next module of Proform Professional has been as it were in the “laboratory stages” of development and now it is ready to see the light of day for the first time. We believe that the in-running (IR) module will be a significant addition to anyone who has an interest in how a race develops IR or wants to see how a horse trades during their performances.

The data has been there before but as we know to our own cost it takes a significant investment in time and resources to be able to analyse and assess the data and then use that in an effective way for day-to-day investing. As we all know the cornucopia of races that the British racing calendar throws at us is a complex puzzle and anything that can save time and allow more analysis time is to be welcomed.

Whilst the original ways of betting or investing still remain, there are a myriad of ways that you can just place a simple pre-race wager these days, once the tapes go up or the stalls open that won’t be the end of the way that you can manage your bet or even have a bet if you have not yet invested. That is very much the ethos behind the Proform Professional IR module which is designed for those of you who very much either bet IR, want to know how your horse progresses through the race or even how often they trade below or at a certain price. Those would be just a few of the ways that the new tool can be used.

We realise that IR betting is not for everyone but there are many misnomers about this form of betting and the images that it conjures up. You don’t necessarily need to be the fastest finger or have the quickest pictures – some manual dexterity helps but we feel that having the data and prior knowledge of how a horse will trade is far more important. If you like what we have created here is an IR formbook.  We of course need to make it clear at this point that like the official formbook it is not just a question of reading that and finding all the answers and horses don’t always run to form and repeat again and again, but you are more likely to have a far better chance of making your betting profitable if you have the information at your disposal.

We don’t intend during this piece to give lots and lots of examples as to how the software can be used those can be found in this help file, which gives a full demonstration of all the facets and abilities of the IR Proform module, but here are a few points to consider in the way that the database can be used that hopefully will whet your appetite and want you to get involved.

One of the simplest tools that will be introduced within the new module will be the ability to see on how many occasions a horse has traded at a certain percentage lower than its Betfair SP (BSP) – this of course would give you a clue as to if a horse was worth considering as a back-to-lay vehicle. Many punters now are happy to at least cover their initial investment by laying their stake IR at a shorter price than they backed it originally, thus essentially giving them a free bet. Of course there are extensions of this tactic and some punters will lay back more than their stakes at shorter prices on their original selection to give them a profit on all the runners in the race, producing what is known as a “green book”. The point we are trying to make here is that within the Proform IR module you will have the capability to assess all of that information about a selection and see how many times it has traded as a particular percentage below BSP, what prices it has traded at, plus of course all the other factors that exist on the database – you may for example want to just see the runs as a certain track or on a particular type of ground. As with the main Proform database all of those facilities will exist to really drill down into the data.

Already in the database are pace ratings and descriptions of the running styles of horses, they are of particular interest if you want to see how a horse is likely to trade IR and any race analysis is going to improve for having that sort of knowledge. If you like you are trying to create a mental picture of how a race will play out before it is run. These pace and running style descriptions are now augmented by the actual data of how a horse has traded during the race so you can see the ebbs and flows of the price during the race. This will give you a good idea of how IR players have reacted to the run style of a horse; again it may well be that on examining a short-priced favourite and its IR history you can see that it has always traded at a bigger price IR due to a particular trait in its run style. Many players would then be happy to back the horse in question IR and obtain a bigger price than pre-race, and as we all know there are many examples each day of horses trading at way above their BSP and still going on to win. The Proform IR module will give you that information at your fingertips and can identify horses who do this on a regular basis and still go onto win.

Let’s at this point give you another example and a little teaser from the database and how you could use it to your advantage. We have just looked at the IR record of horses in chases when they trade below 1.99 and found a horse that has on seven yes seven occasions traded below that price and never converted trading that short into winning. Now at the very least that should set you thinking that if I had backed that horse it would be worth saving my stakes if it got down to those sorts of prices, alternatively laying it IR is an option as would be backing any of the other protagonists in the race that are challenging it at the time. You would of course be in possession of this information pre-race, information that the majority of punters on that race won’t have – being in that position gives you a vast advantage on them and it doesn’t become a question of manual dexterity then more one of being knowledgeable about a horses IR traits and style.

The horse in question by the way is Battlecry who has seven times traded odds-on in his chase races and never ever won one of those. I’m sure you will all find your own examples and ways of using the data to suit your own means.

We know that IR betting isn’t for everyone initially but if you take time to experiment with the data and use small stakes we are sure that it will open up a whole new range of possibilities for your betting and like everything within the Proform database you can research the profitability of any system or individual horse on any IR parameters.

Obviously, this IR module has substantially extended the use, capabilities and scope of Proform Professional and a considerable amount of development time has been required for this idea to come to fruition. There is at the moment within the marketplace no other database of IR statistics and data that can rival what we have put together here and for this reason alone we feel that we are only able to offer the product as an additional one to the main Proform Professional product at a small supplementary cost. We feel that the cost of subscription will quickly be recovered not only in time savings for the IR players amongst you but also in the wealth of additional data and knowledge that will be available to you via the IR database. We hope that the enquiring minds of the Proform customer base will enjoy this new additional feature and that those of you who are already fascinated about how races are run will want to get involved straight away and for those amongst you who are to still to discover IR betting it will give you the confidence and information that you need to get involved.

We see this as very much the starting point with this module and we will be continuing development over the coming months as we take on board your comments, ideas and suggestions.

 

 

 

Data Coverage and Scope of Data
The In Running Module in Proform covers data from 2008 to date.
The data covered is In Running Highs and Lows for each runner in each race and up to 20 In Running Highs and Lows for each runner as the race progressed.
The prices are only recorded when the volume bet at the price is at least £2. (NOTE: A bet to the volume of £2 is £1 from the backer and £1 from the layer.)
From the In Running Highs and Lows the percentage difference to Betfair SP is also shown.
(NOTE: If the In Running High and Low data is not displayed, i.e. is 0, then either the data does not exist with Betfair because their site may have been down at the time of the race or the volume bet was less than £2)

Here is a run down of the various items of data.

In Running Low
This is the Lowest price the horse went to In Running.  The Low price when a horse wins will more than often be 1.01

The In Running Lows are shown on the race results screen, the In Running Tab in data view and in the drill down screen of the System Builder.
The In Running Lows can be analysed using the In Running Tab in the System Builder and there are results presentations available from the Presentation Tab.

The In Running Low can be colour coding from within the In Running Tab in the Preferences Screen.  The colour code is based on the percentage difference of the In Running Low against Betfair SP.

In Running Low Percentage to Betfair SP
This is the Lowest price the horse went to In Running expressed as a percentage difference from Betfair SP.
An example would be if the In Running Low of a loser was 1.34 and it's Betfair SP was 7.99 then the In Running Low Percentage would be -95.14%
(NOTE: 50% of a BSP of 3.00 (2/1) is 2.00 (evens), when working out the percentage the 1pt added to BSP is deducted first.

The In Running Low Percentages are shown on the race results screen, the In Running Tab in data view and in the drill down screen of the System Builder.
The In Running Low Percentages can be analysed using the In Running Tab in the System Builder and there are results presentations available from the Presentation Tab.

 

In Running High
This is the highest price the horse went to In Running.  The high price when a horse loses will more than often be 1000

The In Running Highs are shown on the race results screen, the In Running Tab in data view and in the drill down screen of the System Builder.
The In Running Highs can be analysed using the In Running Tab in the System Builder and there are results presentations available from the Presentation Tab.

The In Running High can be colour coding from within the In Running Tab in the Preferences Screen.  The colour code is based on the percentage difference of the In Running High against Betfair SP.

In Running High Percentage to Betfair SP
This is the highest price the horse went to In Running expressed as a percentage difference from Betfair SP.
An example would be if the In Running High of a winner was 12.00 and it's Betfair SP was 6.37 then the In Running High Percentage would be 104.84%

The In Running High Percentages are shown on the race results screen, the In Running Tab in data view and in the drill down screen of the System Builder.
The In Running High Percentages can be analysed using the In Running Tab in the System Builder and there are results presentations available from the Presentation Tab.

 

In Running Lows 1 to 20
These are up to 20 In Running Low prices at set intervals throughout a race.
The intervals are based on the amount of low prices available and the distance of the race, for instance if the race was run over 5f and there are at least 20 low prices available 60 seconds (the time of the race) then the prices are taken at 60 seconds divided by 20, so every 3 seconds, but if the race was over 3m and took 387 seconds then the prices are taken approx every 19 seconds, 387/20.

The In Running Lows 1 to 20 are shown on the In Running Tab in data view.

The In Running Lows 1 to 20 can be colour coding from within the In Running Tab in the Preferences Screen.  The colour code is based on the percentage difference of the In Running Lows 1 to 20 against Betfair SP.

 

In Running Highs 1 to 20
These are up to 20 In Running High prices at set intervals throughout a race.
The intervals are based on the amount of High prices available and the distance of the race, for instance if the race was run over 5f and there are at least 20 High prices available 60 seconds (the time of the race) then the prices are taken at 60 seconds divided by 20, so every 3 seconds, but if the race was over 3m and took 387 seconds then the prices are taken approx every 19 seconds, 387/20.

The In Running Highs 1 to 20 are shown on the In Running Tab in data view.

The In Running Highs 1 to 20 can be colour coding from within the In Running Tab in the Preferences Screen.  The colour code is based on the percentage difference of the In Running Highs 1 to 20 against Betfair SP.

 

In Running Interval
This is the interval in seconds that the In Running Low and High 1 to 20 prices where taken over.
The In Running Interval is shown on the In Running Tab in data view.

 

 

Race Results Screen in Data View

When viewing a race result in data view you can now see the In Running High and Low for each runner along with there respective percentage difference to Betfair SP.
These fields can be colour coded depending on the percentage differences.

You can also see the percentage difference from Industry SP to Betfair SP in the +/- column.
(NOTE: The Betfair SP on race results screen is in decimal format, i.e. includes the 1pt stake)

Here is a screen shot of a race results screen, followed by an explanation of each field.

 

You can see in the screen shot the new columns:-

IR High
This is the In Running High that each horse reached.  Rory Boy while In Running reached a high of 70.00 on Betfair, which is 1816% higher (%DiffHIGH column) than his BSP of just 4.60.
The IR High is highlighted in red because it is higher by 100% or more than BSP.  This can be set in preferences where you can set the background and font colour of the IR High dependant on the percentage difference to BSP.
The IR High is displayed as a dash (-) when the horse lost and it's IR High was 1000. This can be turned on or off in Preferences.

%DiffHIGH
This is the percentage difference or increase from Betfair SP to the In Running High Price.  The IR High is displayed as a dash (-) when the horse lost and it's IR High was 1000. This can be turned on or off in Preferences.

IR Low
This is the In Running Low that each horse reached. We can see in this race that all 4 losing horses traded pretty low In Running.
The IR Low is highlighted in green because it is lower by 50% or less than BSP.  This can be set in preferences where you can set the background and font colour of the IR Low dependant on the percentage difference to BSP.
The IR Low is displayed as a dash (-) when the horse won and it's IR Low was 1.01. This can be turned on or off in Preferences.

%DiffLOW
This is the percentage difference or decrease from Betfair SP to the In Running Low Price.  The IR Low is displayed as a dash (-) when the horse won and it's IR Low was 1.01. This can be turned on or off in Preferences.

+/-
This is the percentage difference between Industry SP and Betfair SP and includes 5% commission on the Betfair SP Price.  You can see in this instance the BSP of the winner Rory Boy was -2.34% worse than taking Industry SP.

 

 

 

In Running Screen in Data View

When viewing a race card in data view there is now a new In Running Tab.
The tab includes various normal form information about a horse, along with the new In Running data for each run.

Below is a screen shot of a race with the In Running Tab open, followed by an explanation of each field.

The In Running Tab contains some of the information from the normal form tab, i.e. Speed Rating, Date of Run, Course, Going, Distance and Betfair SP, to name a few.
(NOTE: The Betfair SP on In Running Tab is in decimal format, i.e. includes the 1pt stake)

The In Running Tab also contains a preferences button, which will take you to the preferences tab where you can change the colour coding of the In Running Highs and Lows.  There is a full section on this further down the help file.

The In Running Tab also contains In Running Prices and percentages for each run, which are :-

IR High
This is the In Running High that this horse reached on each of it's past runs.
We can see that on 2nd March 2011 Rince Donn reached the maximum of 1000 In Running when going onto win.
The IR High is highlighted in red because it is higher by 100% or more than BSP.  This can be set in preferences where you can set the background and font colour of the IR High dependant on the percentage difference to BSP.
The IR High is displayed as a dash (-) when the horse lost and it's IR High was 1000. This can be turned on or off in Preferences.

%DiffHIGH
This is the percentage difference or increase from Betfair SP to the In Running High Price.  The IR High is displayed as a dash (-) when the horse lost and it's IR High was 1000. This can be turned on or off in Preferences.

IR Low
This is the In Running Low that this horse reached on each of it's past runs.
We can see quite clearly that Rince Donn when losing often trades very low In Running.
The IR Low is highlighted in green because it is lower by 50% or less than BSP.  This can be set in preferences where you can set the background and font colour of the IR Low dependant on the percentage difference to BSP.
The IR Low is displayed as a dash (-) when the horse won and it's IR Low was 1.01. This can be turned on or off in Preferences.

%DiffLOW
This is the percentage difference or decrease from Betfair SP to the In Running Low Price.  The IR Low is displayed as a dash (-) when the horse won and it's IR Low was 1.01. This can be turned on or off in Preferences.

Also the In Running Tab contains In Running Lows and Highs as the race in question was run, here is another screen shot where we have scroll sideways on the In Running Tab to show you, first the In Running Lows within the race.

 

IR Low 1 to 20 (L1 to L20)
This is the In Running Lows that this horse reached throughout each of it's races.
The IR Lows L1 to L20 are taken at intervals within the race.
The intervals are based on the amount of low prices available and the distance of the race, for instance if the race was run over 5f and there are at least 20 low prices available 60 seconds (the time of the race) then the prices are taken at 60 seconds divided by 20, so every 3 seconds, but if the race was over 3m and took 387 seconds then the prices are taken approx every 19 seconds, 387/20.
This set of data is very useful to see the running style patterns of a horse, you can see when the horse makes a mid race move or if it leads early or is not put into a race until late by the way the prices decrease throughout a race.

The IR Lows are highlighted in green because it is lower by 50% or less than BSP.  This can be set in preferences where you can set the background and font colour of the IR Low dependant on the percentage difference to BSP.
The IR Lows are displayed as a dash (-) when the horse won and it's IR Low was 1.01. This can be turned on or off in Preferences.

 

This next screen shot is again of the In Running Tab scrolled across even further to show the In Running Highs in each race.

IR High 1 to 20 (H1 to H20)
This is the In Running Highs that this horse reached throughout each of it's races.
The IR Highs H1 to H20 are taken at intervals within the race.
The intervals are based on the amount of low prices available and the distance of the race, for instance if the race was run over 5f and there are at least 20 low prices available 60 seconds (the time of the race) then the prices are taken at 60 seconds divided by 20, so every 3 seconds, but if the race was over 3m and took 387 seconds then the prices are taken approx every 19 seconds, 387/20.
This set of data is very useful to see the running style patterns of a horse, you can see when the horse starts slowly or begins to fade away in a race by the way the prices increase throughout a race.

The IR Highs are highlighted in orange because it is higher by 100% or more than BSP.  This can be set in preferences where you can set the background and font colour of the IR Highs dependant on the percentage difference to BSP.
The IR Highs are displayed as a dash (-) when the horse lost and it's IR High was 1000. This can be turned on or off in Preferences.


IR Interval
The IR Interval is the gap in seconds that each IR High 1-20 and IR Low 1-20 is taken from the race.
T he intervals are based on the amount of low prices available and the distance of the race, for instance if the race was run over 5f and there are at least 20 low prices available 60 seconds (the time of the race) then the prices are taken at 60 seconds divided by 20, so every 3 seconds, but if the race was over 3m and took 387 seconds then the prices are taken approx every 19 seconds, 387/20.

 

Video of In Running Tab In Use
Here is a short video of the In Running Tab being used in the race above, where we set some quick filters to see how the In Running Tab data is affected.

click here to view the video

 

 

Colour Coding the Data using the In Running Tab in Preferences

The colour coding of the In Running Highs and Lows throughout Proform can be changed from within the Preferences tab

You can get to the preferences in three ways

• From the buttons on the left sidebar
• From the Options Menu at the top of Proform, then click Preferences
• From the Preferences button at the top of the In Running Tab when viewing a race/result in data view.

Once you have the preferences open click on the In Running Tab and you will be presented with the following screen.

Here is an explanation of the various In Running Preferences

Hide 1.01 prices on winner
If you have this ticked then the In Running price of 1.01 will be replaced with a dash (-) wherever the In Running price is displayed.  i.e. The race results screen, In Running tab in data view, drill down in system builder etc
There are some instances where horses win and do not reach 1.01, these In Running prices will still be shown.


Hide 1000 prices on winner
If you have this ticked then the In Running price of 1000 will be replaced with a dash (-) wherever the In Running price is displayed.  i.e. The race results screen, In Running tab in data view, drill down in system builder etc
There are many instances when horses lose but do not reach 1000 In Running, these In Running prices will still be shown.
(NOTE: Most horses do reach 1000 in running but on many occasions it is to extremely small volumes, remember the In Running prices in Proform are only reported when the volume bet is at least £2, i.e. £1 on the back side and £1 on the lay side)

In Running Lowest
If you have this ticked then the colours and percentage you set for the In Running Low prices will be used throughout Proform and wherever the In Running Low price is displayed.  i.e. The race results screen, In Running tab in data view, drill down in system builder etc
You can set the percentage lower than BSP to whatever you wish and by clicking the buttons at the side you can choose the background colour and font colour for the In Running Lows throughout Proform.  Your chosen colours are displayed around the percentage you enter in this screen so you can see how they will look.


In Running Highest
If you have this ticked then the colours and percentage you set for the In Running High prices will be used throughout Proform and wherever the In Running High price is displayed.  i.e. The race results screen, In Running tab in data view, drill down in system builder etc
You can set the percentage higher than BSP to whatever you wish and by clicking the buttons at the side you can choose the background colour and font colour for the In Running Highs throughout Proform.  Your chosen colours are displayed around the percentage you enter in this screen so you can see how they will look.


In Running Low 1 to 20
If you have this ticked then the colours and percentage you set for the In Running Low 1 to 20 prices will be used in Proform on the In Running tab in data view.
You can set the percentage lower than BSP to whatever you wish and by clicking the buttons at the side you can choose the background colour and font colour for the In Running Lows 1 to 20.  Your chosen colours are displayed around the percentage you enter in this screen so you can see how they will look.


In Running High 1 to 20
If you have this ticked then the colours and percentage you set for the In Running High 1 to 20 prices will be used Proform on the In Running tab in data view.
You can set the percentage higher than BSP to whatever you wish and by clicking the buttons at the side you can choose the background colour and font colour for the In Running Highs 1 to 20.  Your chosen colours are displayed around the percentage you enter in this screen so you can see how they will look.



Once you have set your In Running Colour Preferences, click OK and they will be remembered until you change them again and even if you close Proform they will be remembered the next time you use Proform.
(NOTE: If you have any In Running Prices on screen while changing the In Running Preferences, then after clicking OK they will not be reflected on screen until a refresh of the screen is done.)

 

 

In Running Results Presentations in System Builder

There are now some new In Running Results presentation in the system builder on the main Presentations tab.

Here is a screen shot, followed by an explanation and videos:-

by In Running Low Price
This results presentation will output your system results presented by the In Running Low Prices.

As an example of how to use this presentation, this short video shows you how to look at the In Running Lows for the previous days results
Click here to watch the video

The In Running Low Price presentation can be used for many research ideas using the full scope of the system builders parameters.

IRL Ranges
This results presentation will output your system results presented by the In Running Low Prices grouped into ranges of price ranges.

The price ranges are as follows:-

IR Low N/A (signifies no price available)
1.01
1.02-1.10
1.11-1.20
1.21-1.30
1.31-1.40
1.41-1.50
1.51-1.60
1.61-1.70
1.71-1.80
1.81-1.90
1.91-2.00
2.01-2.20
2.21-2.40
2.41-2.60
2.61-2.80
2.81-3.00
3.01-3.50
3.51-4.00
4.01-4.50
4.51-5.00
5.01-5.50
5.51-6.00
6.01-6.50
6.51-7.00
7.01-7.50
7.51-8.00
8.01-8.50
8.51-9.00
9.01-9.50
9.51-10.00
10.01-15.00
15.01-20.00
20.01-30.00
30.01-40.00
40.01-50.00
50.01-70.00
70.01-100.00
100.01-250.00
250.01-500.00
500+

As an example of how to use this presentation, this short video shows you how to look at the In Running Low Ranges to analyse a a course, in this case Nottingham
Click here to watch the video

In further videos we will show you have to analyse a course using a In Running Lay Price.

by In Running Low %
This results presentation will output your system results presented by the percentage difference from Betfair SP to Low Price In Running.

This quick video example below shows you how to look at the previous days racing presented by In Running Low %, you can quickly see how many horses traded below their BSP In Running.
Click here to watch the video

 


IRL % Ranges
This results presentation will output your system results presented by the percentage difference from Betfair SP to Low Price In Running in ranges of percentages

The range bands are as follows

>=99.00%
90.00% to 98.99%
80.00% to 89.99%
70.00% to 79.99%
60.00% to 69.99%
50.00% to 59.99%
30.00% to 49.99%
10.00% to 29.99%
9.99% and lower

It is often easier to look at the Low In Running percentages in the ranges view

This quick video example below shows you how to look at one horse using the In Running Low % Ranges.  The horse in question is My Condor who trades 50% lower than BSP on many occasions.
Click here to watch the video

by In Running High Price
This results presentation will output your system results presented by the In Running High Prices.

You could use this presentation to look at individual horses high trading prices when winning or to see if any particular course helps horses win at inflated prices in running under certain conditions.

IRH Ranges
This results presentation will output your system results presented by the In Running High Price Ranges

The price ranges are as follows:-

IR High N/A (signifies no price available)
1.11-1.20
1.61-1.70
1.71-1.80
1.91-2.00
2.01-2.20
2.21-2.40
2.41-2.60
2.61-2.80
2.81-3.00
3.01-3.50
3.51-4.00
4.01-4.50
4.51-5.00
5.01-5.50
5.51-6.00
6.01-6.50
6.51-7.00
7.01-7.50
7.51-8.00
8.01-8.50
8.51-9.00
9.01-9.50
9.51-10.00
10.01-15.00
15.01-20.00
20.01-30.00
30.01-40.00
40.01-50.00
50.01-70.00
70.01-100.00
100.01-250.00
250.01-500.00
500+

by In Running High %
This results presentation will output your system results presented by the percentage difference from Betfair SP to High Price In Running.



IRH % Ranges
This results presentation will output your system results presented by the percentage difference from Betfair SP to High Price In Running in ranges of percentages.

The percentages ranges are as follows:-

IR High Perc N/A (signifies no price available)
<0%
0% to 100%
101% to 200%
201% to 300%
301% to 400%
401% to 500%
601% to 750%
751% to 999%
1000% and Higher

 

 

 

In Running Tab in System Builder 

The In Running Tab in System Builder contains various new fields, which can be used to analyse In Running Prices.

Below is a screen shot of the In Running Tab, followed by an explanation and videos:-

 

The parameters on the In Running Tab are split into 3 sections, lets take each section separately.

 

Analysing Lowest In Running Prices
You can analyse Low In Running prices by price, or by percentage lower than BSP.

There are three fields available to you under the heading Lowest In Running Prices
The first two are for analysing the Low price and the third for analysing the Low %, we will look at by Low In Running Price first.

by Low IR Price
Analysing In Running Low prices can throw up all sorts of profitable scenarios, horses that regularly trade low in running and lose is a good example.

You can set the In Running Low price to whatever you require and can use the operators > >= < <= AND
Examples would be
<=1.02
<1.10
>=1.01 and <=1.10
>2.0
>=2.54
or just simply 1.01

Lets look at the Lowest In Running Price field using a working example and video.

In this example we want to find horses who fail to convert a Low In Running price into a win, we will call this their Conversion Rate.

A good starting point when looking at a days racing is to look at the conversion rates of runners on that day.

So we will look at horses who ran on a particular day (in this case Thu 20th Oct 2011), which have traded at 2.0 (evens) or under in the past.

To do this we will set the day to today, and click Use HORSE Decs in the Date Tab in System Builder and enter <=2.00 in the Lowest In Running Price on the In Running Tab in System Builder, here are the screen shots of these two settings:-

We then run the system....This will return all horses who running on this day and their past conversion rates at a In Running Low price of 2.00 (evens) or less, presented by horse.

The best way to show you this is with a video...

Click here to watch the video of this and a more in depth explanation of the results and how to filter them, drill down into them, view the race etc

 

Use of the Second In Running Price Parameter
If you wish to use two ranges of In Running Low prices, such as >=1.20 and <=1.30  and >=1.50 and <=2.00 then you would use the second In Running Low Price parameter.
You would set the first In Running Low parameter to >=1.20 and <=1.30
and the second In Running Low parameter to >=1.50 and <=2.00
This would then return prices from within both of the two ranges set.

 

by Low IR Price % Lower than BSP
You can analyse the Low In Running prices by the percentage they are lower than the Betfair SP.

This can be used to find potential back to lay horses.

You can set the In Running Low percentage  to whatever you require and can use the operators > >= < <= AND
Examples would be
>50 (this would return results only when the horses In Running Low price was at 50% or lower than BSP)
>=75 and <=95
<20

Lets look at a video example of Low In Running percentages.

In this video we will look at horses running on a particular day and show their past record when they have traded at 50% or lower than their Betfair SP In Running

Click here to watch the video

 

Analysing Highest In Running Prices
The second section of the In Running tab is for analysing In Running High prices

You can analyse by price and by percentage higher In Running.

 

by High IR Price
Analysing by High In Running price can be used to find horses that often trade very high in running and win, or to find courses that throw up high trading winners more often than they should.

You can set the In Running High price to whatever you require and can use the operators > >= < <= AND
Examples would be
>100 (This would return results for horses who traded higher than 100 (99/1) In Running)
>=250 and <=500

As an example lets look at horses who traded at 100.0 or more In Running at a particular course, in this case Aintree. We will then go on to look at just the winners of these races.
We will also then show you how to look for horses running on a particular day that have traded 100.0 or more in running when going on to win a race.

Click here to watch the video

 

by High IR Price % Higher than BSP
You can also analyse the In Running High prices of horses by the percentage higher they went In Running in comparison to Betfair SP.

You can use this in many ways, one angle would be to find horses that often trade higher in running for trading, hold up horses, or horses that often dwell or start slowly etc

In this video example we look at horse running on a particular day and research their past winning records when they have traded at least 100% higher in running compared to their Betfair SP.
That is twice the price, i.e. if they went off at a BSP of 14 then researching at >=100% would find the times they have traded at 27.0 or above in running and won.

There are some horses that very often trade higher in running due to their running styles and it can be often worth leaving a little IR at a bigger price on these types of horses.

Click here to watch the video

 

 

 

Researching Lowest In Running Prices
The third section of the In Running tab is for researching Low In Running Prices, this is the most complex section.

Lets look at the In Running Tab screen shot again

Under the heading Research Lowest In Running Prices we have four parameters

These are used to research what profit/loss laying horses at a particular In Running Low price would return.

For instance, what is the returns to laying the field at a particular In Running Low price? at a particular course? or distance? etc etc

To show you how to use this area for research we need an example, we have provided a pictorial example below and a video example of the same further down.

Example of Researching Lowest In Running Prices
We will look at Towcester Racecourse, mainly because the uphill finish can produce some unexpected results.

First of all lets analyse all of the results at Towcester if you have layed every horse in every race at 1.38 In Running.

To do this we set the In Running Low Price to <=1.38 and the Research IR Low Odds to 1.38 and the course to Towcester in the Course Tab.

Here is the screen shot of the In Running Tab set-up and you can see that because we have used research odds this is highlighted in yellow under the Betfair Price box.
This is a reminder that you are using a research price for this system because the research price will override the Betfair price normally used.

And here is the screen shot of the course tab with just the course Towcester chosen.

 

 

We now run the system and the following results are returned

We can see that there was 548 horses that traded 1.38 or less in running and 390 of these went on to win the race.

What follows is the returns to laying all of these 548 horses at 1.38 In Running.


The returns to laying each horse to a 1pt stake at 1.38 after 5% commission was a profit of +4.71 points, which can be seen in the Lay P/L BF column
(NOTE: When laying 1pt at 1.38 you stand to lose only 0.38 of a point if the horse wins, while if it loses you win 1pt minus commission)

The returns to laying each horse to a liability of 1pt loss at 1.38 after 5% commission was a profile of +12.40 points, which can be seen in the LLS Lay P/L BF column
(NOTE: When laying to a liability of 1pt, you stand to lose 1pt if the horse win, while if it loses you win 2.63pts minus commission, calculated like this 1pt / (1.38-1) )

(NOTE: The commission on the laying returns are calculated on a per market basis, since you are laying more than one horse in a race, so losing bets counteract the overall commission)

We can see from this initial query that it would be profitable to lay the field in all races at Towcester and make profit laying them, but lets not stop there, lets break down the results by race type and see if there is a particular sphere in which more or less profit is made.

So in the Presentation Tab we select by Race Type and Run the System again, here is the screen shot of the results

We can see from the results that all the profit is in NHF races, not that surprising given that the younger horses contest these races and find it hard to stay up the hill.

 

So we now set in the Race Tab just NHF races, like this

 

and now we have this information lets look at how to use the Research Price Loop to look at various Low Research Prices In Running in quick succession for the Towcester NHF races.

We can set a loop of prices on the In Running tab so that the system will run through the Towcester NHF races and show the returns for each price point we set

In this case lets start at 1.01 up to 1.38 with a increment of 0.01 price points each loop

Here is the screen shot of the Loop set-up ready to run

We now click the RUN LOOP button and the system builder will run 38 systems, one for each of the prices between 1.01 and 1.38 moving up in increments of 0.01 price points.

Each system will be listed in the recent reports window with the research odds used in the description, here is a screen shot after the Loop is complete

We can now click back into each report to see the returns at each price point.

The following video shows the above full sequence with commentary to give you a better understanding of how the Research Price Loops work.

Click here to watch the video

 

The above is just one example of how the In Running Low Research Prices and the Research Loops can be used, with a little imagination and all the various parameters in Proform it is easy to see how you can find many many angles for laying the fields at In Running Low prices, here are a couple ideas to get you started

• Find courses and distances where low trading horses get beat.
• Research 1.01 prices or any other In Running Low price that get beat, by 1000's of parameters.
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