What is laying?


Bookmakers have been laying bets on horses to lose ever since laying began. It is actually a very simple concept, but not one which many people are familiar with.

More people are familiar with the concept of betting on a horse. Say you go into a bookmakers and bet £10 on a horse at 2/1. If it wins, you get 2x£10 in winnings, plus your original stake back, for a total of £30. If it loses, the bookmaker takes your £10.

When you made that bet, the bookmaker also had to make a bet. He bet that the horse would lose. If the horse lost, he won £10. If it won, he lost £20.

The bet that the bookmaker made was a lay; he was betting that the horse would lose. The point is that in a race of 10 horses, you have a 1/10 chance of picking a winner, but a 9/10 chance of picking a loser.

Basically put, laying is the art of betting on horses to lose. It is the way that bookmakers make all their money

The lay bet wasn't available to your average punter until the age of the internet. Betting exchanges opened on the internet which allowed users to place lay bets on horses.

So I just bet on the least likely horse to win all the time and I can get rich?
Woah there, I'm sorry to say that it's not quite that easy.

Remember that you are actually betting far more than your stake money every time you lay a horse. If you lay a horse at £10 which is at 13/1, it probably stands a good chance of losing. If it wins however you've just lost £130.

That's where Horse Laying Network comes in. We sift through all the data about which horses are racing every day, and we select just those who are the least likely to win, and are still being offered at good odds on the exchanges. Using our tips, you can minimize your risks and make great profits.