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Tick Market)
This, as the name suggests, is where we predict what the total winning margins will be at a meeting.
The maximum winning distance for a Flat Race is 15 lengths while a National Hunt Race is 30 lengths. This also applies should only one horse complete the race. Distances under a length are recorded as follows:
Short Head = 0.1 of a length
Head = 0.2 of a length
Neck = 0.3 of a length
Half a length = 0.5 of a length
3/4 of a length = 0.75 of a length
In this market whole points are divided into tenths. If you go high (buy) with £10 a point then it will be £1 a tenth.
Example
At a jumps meeting at Aintree, we might quote total winning distances at 64 - 69.
It had been raining non-stop for the previous two days so the distances made up at 78.
Had you bought at 69 you would have won 9 times your stake.
9 x £5 (50p a tick) = £45
Had you sold at 64 you would have lost 14 times your stake.
14 x £5 (50p a tick) = -£70
 
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