There’s another big day of racing at Newmarket on Saturday and it’s time for another Sky Bet First Race Special! If our horse finishes 2nd or 3rd in the 13:50 at Newmarket, Sky Bet will refund our stake as a free bet, up to a maximum of £20.00. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £14.43 and here’s how…
Key Terms:
- This offer applies to our first bet on the 13:50 at Newmarket.
- Qualifying bets must be placed between 14:00 on Friday 28th September 2018 and 13:50 (race-off) on Saturday 29th September 2018.
- If fewer than seven runners come under starters orders, Sky Bet may withdraw the offer.
- If our horse finishes 2nd or 3rd, Sky Bet will refund our stake as a free bet, up to £20.00.
Qualifying Bet:
If you’re unsure about how to place qualifying bets, check out my Qualifying Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how they should be done.
It’s entirely up to you which horse you go for, but it would make sense to select a horse with fairly short odds in the hope of a 2nd or 3rd place finish.
Having looked at the odds available, we could place our qualifying bet on Kadar.
At the time of writing, laying our bet with Smarkets gives us the smallest qualifying loss.
We can calculate our lay stake using my matched betting calculator…
As you can see, the calculator tells us that our lay stake should be £18.81…
Place £20.00 on Kadar @ 6.00 = Potential profit of £100.00
Lay £18.81 on Kadar @ 6.40 = Potential liability of £101.57
Outcomes:
Let’s have a look at our potential profit/loss for the possible outcomes…
| Kadar wins | + £100.00 – £101.57 = £1.57 loss |
| Kadar finishes 2nd or 3rd | – £20.00 + £18.43 + £16.00 (extract 80% from our £20.00 free bet) = £14.43 profit |
| Kadar finishes outside top 3 | – £20.00 + £18.43 = £1.57 loss |
So, we’ll make a nice profit of £14.43 if Kadar finishes 2nd or 3rd and we stand to lose £1.57 on any other outcome. Risking £1.57 to make a profit of £14.43 gives us effective odds of 10.19, which I’m sure you’ll agree, makes this a profitable offer in the long run.
If eligible, free bets will be credited within 24 hours and will be valid for 3 days. Free bet stakes are not included in any returns.
If you’re unsure how to extract 80% cash from a £20.00 free bet, check out my Free Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how it should be done.
* See my Horse Racing Offers page for a full list of money back offers available today! *
* Kadar was a non-runner, resulting in break even on this Sky Bet offer. *
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