Betfair has taken a look at the sickest beats, the longest priced winners, the most backed horses and all the numbers from the 2025 calendar year.

IN-PLAY BAD BEATS:

321 horses beaten after trading at $1.01 (AUS/NZ) - meaning the backers rated them a greater than 99% of winning from that position.

Top 5 Bad Beats by Volume
Fourofus – Riverton – $18,123 @ $1.01
Parissident – Moree – $6,456 @ $1.01
Tropical House – Murray Bridge – $3,808 @ $1.01
Jimmy The Bear – Caulfield – $2,983 @ $1.01
Charme De Rosey – Ipswich – $2,788 @ $1.01

7 horses were remarkably beaten twice at $1.01 – Beautiful Jewel one of those, both at Morphettville.

Tracks with the most horses beaten at $1.01 - Morphettville 10, Gold Coast 8, Eagle Farm 8, Moonee Valley 8, Warrnambool 7, Doomben 7, Ipswich 7.

LONG ODDS WINNERS:

While the $1.01 bad beats were one for the layers, now it's time to celebrate the backers. Let's discuss the horses that traded at monster odds before showing there are no certainties in racing. 125 horses were matched at above $700 before going on to win the race.

Top 5 longest odds winners:
Warwick (AUS) 11th Oct R4 11. JEROME - $860.41 Betfair Starting Price Post comm
Ascot (AUS) 12th Mar R7 14. QUEENS SACRIFICE - $824.00 BSP (post comm)
Rockhampton (AUS) 12th Apr R6 4. KERZNER - $547.31 BSP (post comm)
Beaudesert (AUS) 17th Mar R7 21. REACHOVER - $478.32 BSP (post comm)
Gatton (AUS) 28th Jan R7 16. SIR BEVERIDGE - $469.94 BSP (post comm)

AVERAGE PRICE OF GROUP 1 WINNERS:

2025 was the shortest price Group 1 winners average on record. An incredibly low $8.02, with a whopping 32 favourites winning.

MOST TRADED RUNNERS:

Ka Ying Rising in The Everest was the most traded runner of 2025 and a nice fill-up for backers who were all over the Hong Kong sprinter.

Eight of the 10 most traded runners came in Melbourne Cup week with Ka Ying Rising in The Everest and Via Sistina in the Cox Plate the other two.

Backers were all over Via in the Champions Stakes, and also won on Observer in the Derby, and Half Yours in both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

Punters did miss on international raiders Al Riffa and Presage Nocturne in the Cup, Surfin' Bird on Cup Day and Getta Good Feeling in the Oaks.

MOST TRADED RACES:

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