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The A/E statistic in horse racing is also known as the Actual vs. Expected ratio. It is commonly used to measure the profitability of betting selections. This statistic helps bettors and analysts work out how well a particular set of criteria or factors predicts the actual outcomes of horse races. The formula for A/E is…

Simply put liability in betting is the amount of money you have risked, the maximum that you can lose. When you make a back bet it’s easy to understand, if you bet £10 on Red Rum then your liability is that £10, that’s the most that you can lose, your liability. Where it can get…

RPR stands for Racing Post Rating and it is the Racing Posts rating for the horse adjusted for today’s weights. So in theory in the opinion of the Racing Posts private handicapper the horse with the highest RPR should win the race. In practice that is not the case because no rating is 100% accurate…

Horse Racing Accumulator Simply put an Acca bet is a bet on a number of different events combined in one bet such that all the profit from one selection is staked on a second selection, the profit from the second bet is staked on a third and so on. What does Acca Stand For? Acca…

SP stands for Starting Price, it is the price that a horse was trading at just before the off and if you had a bet with a bookmaker and didn’t ask for a price then your bet will be settled at Starting Price. In the old days the SP was calculated by a representative of…