Regardless of what the favourite in the race does, your bet is now for your selection to either win the race or finish second behind the favourite. This was overcome by taking the favourite out of the market, reforming the odds and offering prices on all but the most likely winner. This was first introduced on course by bookies when a race contained a very short priced favourite that ordinary punters would not be interested in betting on.įor instance, when a horse is as short as 1/20, it would mean you would have to bet £20 to win just £1Īs a result, punters would retire to the bar, not have a bet and bookmakers would do little business with the majority of people. It's certainly worth having an account with both bookmakers and comparing the odds on the markets you think you can profit from. The markets on offer between Bet365 and William Hill are very similar but there are a couple of differences (as well as the fact that Bet365 has an extra market). Those two bookies really stand out against the rest of the bookies, who tend to offer just 3 or 4 markets on each race.
Looking at horse racing today for types of bets bookmakers offer, the most on day to day racing was Bet365 with 9 markets on most races and William Hill with 8 markets
