{"id":10157,"date":"2014-08-18T11:03:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T10:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=10157"},"modified":"2014-10-18T07:08:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T06:08:54","slug":"use-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2014\/08\/18\/use-form\/","title":{"rendered":"When to use form and when not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each day I flick through the available sports on offer and have a quick look for anything interesting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the racing today something jumped out immediately, Battle group in the 16:00 at Kempton.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Battle group famously refused to race at the Grand National and caused a false start. They restarted, but it didn&#8217;t make it past the first fence. Today it is running over 1m4f at Kempton.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gg.com\/racing\/form-profile-1232005\">One look at it&#8217;s form<\/a> and it&#8217;s a miserable recent record, three refused to races and two pulled up in the last six\u00a0outings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Call me adventurous, but I think it could be a lay or at least a lay to back! The price is a little steep but it&#8217;s chances\u00a0of a win must be much lower.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the flip side when I visited Betfair&#8217;s web site this morning I was greeted with some\u00a0interesting advice &#8216;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Burnley only found themselves trailing at half-time in one match last season. The half-time draw is available to back at 2.62.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That would be great if we were half way through the season, but last seasons form in a different division, isn&#8217;t going to count to much on the first game of this season. Especially with a new look Chelsea team. It&#8217;s too early to make any judgement on how a team plays just yet. I doubt the managers even know TBH.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So there you go, some ambiguous form and some rock sold form to work with.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/74060000\/jpg\/_74060322_021801547-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_10157\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"10157\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=betangel\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each day I flick through the available sports on offer and have a quick look for anything interesting. 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