There’s a big day of racing at Newmarket on Saturday and it’s time for another Sky Bet Money Back Special! If our horse finishes 2nd or 3rd in the 13:50 at Newmarket, Sky Bet will refund our stake as cash, up to a maximum of £20.00. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £18.54 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 3rd May 2019 and 13:50 (race-off) on Saturday 4th May 2019.
- If fewer than nine 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 cash, 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.
At the time of writing, the lay odds aren’t quite tight enough, so I’ll use fictional lay odds for Power Of Darkness in the following example and I’ll update the bottom of the post with an actual selection after the race.
At the time of writing, laying our bet with Smarkets is likely to give us the smallest qualifying loss and greater potential profit.
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 £18.92…
Place £20.00 on Power Of Darkness @ 4.333 = Potential profit of £66.67
Lay £18.92 on Power Of Darkness @ 4.60 = Potential liability of £68.11
Outcomes:
Let’s have a look at our potential profit/loss for the possible outcomes…
Outcome | Bookie | Exchange | Cashback | Profit/Loss |
---|---|---|---|---|
Power Of Darkness wins | +£66.67 | -£68.11 | £1.44 loss | |
Power Of Darkness finishes 2nd or 3rd | -£20.00 | +£18.54 | +£20.00 | £18.54 profit |
Power Of Darkness finishes outside top 3 | -£20.00 | +£18.54 | £1.46 loss |
So, we’ll make a nice profit of £18.54 if Power Of Darkness finishes 2nd or 3rd and we stand to lose a maximum of £1.46 on any other outcome. Risking £1.46 to make a profit of £18.54 gives us effective odds of 13.70, which I’m sure you’ll agree, makes this a profitable offer in the long run.
If eligible, cash refunds will be credited within 24 hours of the race finishing.
* Al Muffrih was available at back odds of 3.25 and lay odds of 3.50. Al Muffrih finished outside the top 3, resulting in a loss of £1.70 on this Sky Bet offer. *
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Tom
Guest userHi Mat
Do you think WH MB if 2nd is worth putting up? You can use the 3 odds boosts to at least have a risk free stab at it 3 times.
Tom
Matt
1490Hi Tom.
It’s one I’ve included on the Horse Racing Offers page, but yes it might be worth a post on the main page at some point.