Lay of the Day Horse Racing Tips 13 July, 2025
The Lay of the Day is a one of today's horse racing runners who is not expected to win. Industry experts provide a lay which can be bet against or laid on a betting exchange like Betfair.
The horse racing lay selections aren't complete outsiders who have no chance. They are short priced runners that are under the odds.
Lay of the Day
Looking to take on some of the favourites? Want to lay the more favoured runners? The team at bets.com.au has you covered.
We provide our lay of the day for Wednesday and Saturday metro racing as we pick out the horses to fade.
Our lay of the day for racing on July 12:
Randwick - Race 9 No. 16 Getafix
With a drop in grade and a freshen-up following the Hawkesbury Guineas, Getafix was a good bet last time out via a midweek BM72 at Randwick-Kensington.
He duly saluted via that latest appearance and the three-year-old opened up a big margin in the process, but he may have just belted a weak field.
The three horses from that event who have raced since were all well beaten at their next starts and after getting $3.50-$4.00, he's now $2.50 in a BM88.
He's up against It's A Knockout, who ran slick time when bolting in fresh and while another win wouldn't shock, Getafix has been hit-or-miss over his career.
Betfair Exchange - Back and Lay
The Betfair betting exchange, established in the UK in 2000, allows punters to call the shots, set their odds and take each other on. It is quite different to the traditional model of taking on a bookmaker’s odds.
Savvy gamblers get real value from the exchange and from the back and lay options available. Quite simply, it is you betting against fellow punters.
Betfair punters can use the site just like they would any other when browsing at odds for a team/horse at any given time with their ‘back’ and ‘lay’ system.
To ‘back’ a team or horse is the exact same as it would for any other bookmaker, except you’re taking on odds presented by other punters. If you put $50 on something paying $10, you’ll win $500, just like you would anywhere else.
To ‘lay’ a team or horse means you’re taking on the role of the odds provider and like any bookmaker, hoping like hell the horse/team you’ve opened odds on loses. If you open odds for a team/horse at $10 and someone places a $50 bet and wins, you will lose $450.
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Lay of the Day FAQs
How do I get the Lay of the Day?
Follow the instructions above on this page to get a Lay of the Day every day from Rob Waterhouse.
How does lay betting work?
To ‘lay’ a team or horse means you’re taking on the role of the odds provider and like any bookmaker, hoping like hell the horse/team you’ve opened odds on loses. If you open odds for a team/horse at $10 and someone places a $50 bet and wins, you will lose $450.