The Drifters

[Gavlar17]

No, not quite what you were thinking.... I'm referring to those bets which you have struck only to then see a remarkable drift in the betting exchanges in the lead-up to the off. I'm just looking to gauge a bit of forum opinion surrounding how much attention is actually paid to drifters in the market. In the past, unless it was a significant move, I wouldn't have given it much attention and would have actually been grateful that I'd got on online and was benefitting from BOG. However, over the past couple of months, anything I'm backing which goes on the drift (even slightly) seems to run an absolute horror-show. What are your thoughts? Is a drift in the market enough to put you off?

[BillyHills]

Overall i tend to agree with your findings although i rarely have a bet close to the off so it doesn't actually alter how i bet, if that makes sense. A couple of times lately i have backed a horse in the morning at around 10/1 only to watch the race much later and see its drifted out to double the odds. At first i'm thinking thats good value and then it gradually dawns on you that your on a no hoper and it runs poorly. To answer you last question; i wouldn't back a horse close to the off that had drifted to double the odds.