Looks like the shutdowns are an unavoidable issue for Betfair & they seem to usually schedule for after midnight on Tuesdays UK time - maybe the Tuesday gallops here don't rate.

Whichever, it is very poor business practice to have your whole operation shutdown for any amount of time & leads me to wonder how much (or little) it would take to bring the whole show to a halt for any given amount of time, a DOS attack for example. Maybe the boffins at Betfair have a handle on all of that, one would hope so.

Anyway after being left 'high & dry' today, I look forward to making a few fellow BF punters miserable tomorrow