Guys, thanks for all your help. Decided to have a flutter at the races today and, since I wasn't at home to watch the first few races I decided to take the prepost (i.e. fixed odds) prices at Darwin All Sports. As it happened, I backed a winner at a price of $4.00 but afterwards I found top fluctuation paid $4.5, diviplus paid $4.58.

So, given that for some races I won't be there in the half hour or so before start time, I was wondering what the best approach is to try to get the highest price.

Intuitively I would guess that fixed price would be best for favourites, however I don't take many of them today I backed horses at $5.50, $10, $5.50, $12, $4, $12 and $9. Would I be safe is assuming that the long odds bets will ease before race time? In which case, well firstly what price defines a long shot and secondly what's my best option top fluctuation or divi plus?

I was a bit alarmed to see that one of my $12 shots had eased to $21. In a funny way, I'm actually happy it lost because otherwise I would have "lost" nearly half of my profits. Bad odds only affect your profits when your horse wins. Bottom line is I'm looking for which betting option is best for obtaining the highest price (given that I can't be there for some races)

thanks again