Might be worth mentioning that NTDs are often not that on Betfair as they pay a third place quite regularly (depending on when the scratching came in).

Another thing that I might mention here is that horses whose history ends up ...X1 are often a good lay. By my calculations (can't be absolutely certain of the figures) yesterday there were 11 lay winners of this sort, and only one loser. Note that I do not lay them unless there are at least 9 starters --- have to make it a little difficult for the horse and jockey! --- nor do I lay an odds on shot e.g. Strawberry Boy, Platinum Rocker, ...yesterday. Have a feeling it was Bhags who first pointed the above out.

If anyone is interested, there are 9 of the above at all meetings today (before scratchings). Good luck.