Greyhounds tonight on Sky

[Guest Mr Bookie Buster]

Now first of all, I have to admit to knowing Sweet FA about Greyhound racing. There are however dogs running tonight live on Sky priced at 50/1 and upwards. You can get like 12.5/1 on them to come each-way. There is also a dog on Betfair in a later race where there is vast amounts of cash looking for 1.19 on this dog to win. Now my question is this. How do you explain these prices. Are greyhounds really that consistant. I mean at they end of the day they are dogs, who bump each other as they run up the track and could easily get knocked back. I recently made a bet on a greyhound on Sky Live Racing at 50/1 about 4 months ago. The dog actually came in second. Now i did not have him each way, but in all fairness, if a 50/1 shot in a 6 dog, frantic messy race can come in second, they he is also persumeably capable of coming in first. I mean he only lost by a head. The only reason I bet on him was the outragous odds and I notice that similar odds are being offered tonight on a number of dogs. Anyway it would be great if anyone could explain to me about Dog Consistency. I just don't understand these prices at all. Cheers BB

[Seen2001]

Greyhounds tonight on Sky I think the kind of races you are talking about are Open races, where you tend to get a wide variety of ability between the 6 runners. Often you have 1 or 2 dogs which should be a class above the rest, which explains the huge prices for the outsiders. However, backing at very short prices on the dogs is a perilous venture - one bump can cause even the best dog to lose a fair amount of ground as well as (more vitally) momentum.