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I backed Lucarno each way in the Derby yesterday, and have since had it suggested to me that some bookies may have been paying four places on the race(?).
Does anybody know if this is true? I backed him with Hills.
Cheers. :)
Absolutely none as far as I’m aware – very strange (and stingy) – probably as Dettori was on-board the favourite and they kept it odds-against all afternoon.<br>Makes you feel so sorry for them doesn’t it.. :biggrin:
Shape of the race probably as much a factor as anything. Had it been 4’s the field, then someone may have gone 4 places
As davidjohnson suggests a 17 runner conditions event with a (morning) Evs fav is – from a bookies point of view – hardly the ideal medium for quarter the three let alone quarter the four, and I daresay some would rather put up the ‘win only’ sign than lay the places at the ‘law of nature’ that is fifth the three.
(Edited by Drone at 7:49 pm on June 3, 2007)
Quote: from Drone on 7:45 pm on June 3, 2007[br]As davidjohnson suggests a 17 runner conditions event with a (morning) Evs fav is – from a bookies point of view – hardly the ideal medium for quarter the three let alone quarter the four, and I daresay some would rather put up the ‘win only’ sign than lay the places at the ‘law of nature’ that is fifth the three.
(Edited by Drone at 7:49 pm on June 3, 2007)<br>
Boyles paid, half the odds the second, and a third the odds for third, considering second and third favs filled the places, it would have been fairly expensive for them.<br>But as I have said before on previous post, Irish Bookmakers are much more likely to give concessions than most English Bookmakers, the Big Three are a disgrace, Corals by far the worst.
Quote: from madman marz on 9:48 am on June 4, 2007[br]
<br>Boyles paid, half the odds the second, and a third the odds for third, considering second and third favs filled the places, it would have been fairly expensive for them.<br>
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Quote: from Drone on 7:45 pm on June 3, 2007[br]As davidjohnson suggests a 17 runner conditions event with a (morning) Evs fav is – from a bookies point of view – hardly the ideal medium for quarter the three let alone quarter the four, and I daresay some would rather put up the ‘win only’ sign than lay the places at the ‘law of nature’ that is fifth the three.
(Edited by Drone at 7:49 pm on June 3, 2007)<br>
I was thinking the same myself Drone. The duff suggestion I recieved certainly didn’t apply to Hills.
Close, but no cigar. :(
Thanks for the replies all the same. :)
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