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How to Read Betfair's BSP Files (and What IPMIN Really Means)

Betfair publishes a free CSV of every runner's starting price and in-play high and low. Here is what each column means and how we use it.

Everything on this site comes from one free source: Betfair's daily Starting Price files at promo.betfair.com/betfairsp/prices. There's one file per day for UK win markets and one for Irish win markets, with names like dwbfpricesukwin09112026.csv. A file named for a date holds the previous day's racing.

The columns

ColumnWhat it is
event_id, menu_hint, event_name, event_dtThe market: Betfair's race ID, the meeting (“Sandown 8th Nov”), the race name (“2m4f Hcap Hrd”) and the off time.
selection_id, selection_nameBetfair's ID for the horse, and its name. We key horses on the ID.
win_lose1 if it won, 0 if not.
bspBetfair Starting Price.
ppwap, morningwap, ppmax, ppminPre-play weighted average price, morning WAP, and the highest and lowest pre-play traded prices.
ipmax, ipminHighest and lowest prices traded in-play. These only count bets with a payout over £100, so they're not tick-perfect.
morningtradedvol, pptradedvol, iptradedvolMoney matched in the morning, pre-play and in-play.

A real row

For example, Bobbys Nelson ran in the 2m Nov Hrd at Ffos Las on 9 Nov 2025. Its BSP was 5.19 and its in-play low was 1.30, which is 25% of its BSP. It lost. That's a DOB under our rule. Source: CSV.

How we turn rows into rates

A runner counts if its BSP is at least 2.02 (below that, half the price would be under 1.01, which can't trade) and Betfair recorded an in-play low for it. It's a DOB if the in-play low is half the BSP or lower. That's it. Full details, exclusions and the race-type rules are on the methodology page.

Trading tools

If you trade in-running yourself you'll want proper exchange software, not a spreadsheet. We'll review the main options here. In the meantime, the featured tools slot below is reserved for them and is empty for now.

See also: Tools FAQ

By The DoubleOrBust Team · Data 9 Nov 2025 – 9 Nov 2026, updated daily from Betfair's BSP files · How we count

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