Now that’s what I call organisation

[Cav]

It snowed in between.

It did indeed Rob. It snowed at Newbury last week as well where unlike Haydock on Saturday it turned the going heavy, probably because the snow wasnt falling on partially frozen ground.

As I say no big deal in the larger scheme of things, but another small example of why the game is rapidly going skint.

[ricky lake]

Indeed Gamble , the Dewhurst was a shocker as was my annual membership , as I witnessed 22thousand folks cram into the July course to see Simply Red , I managed to escape the sea of vomit that ensued

But the real pain was that the Rowley racing on which this friday night fever was meant to fund , to protect the proper racing was rewarded with a saturday of 5 mediocre handicaps and a claimer ……we all have our price , flat racing on a saturday is about generating levy by losses and the dross follows even in my most hallowed of places the Rowley course

I stumbled from that into the AW season where anything is fair game , you are right though, those with sufficent war chests will be able to sit it out and regain an edge and for that they have my admiration

I am sickened by it and I gladly leave it to others more astute and battle hardened

For me I am now back to where it all started jumping and at least the malaise that I descibed earlier is not yet even an infant ….

I have been racing since 1955, and have seen a few odd things , in the world of aw flat racing those are now commonplace , but then again when you are racing for a prize of 2 grand , what can you expect

have a great Christmas

Ricky

[gamble]

A sobering post Ricky.

The exchanges have set us free
I would not go back for one minute,
however there are far more
big specialists with real expertise
creaming off large amounts today
than at the outset and this increases
the difficulty for the mainstream punter.

They have successfully found a way
of ascertaining figures near
to real chance, and within the limits of
liquidity they will lick up all they can

There is also a subset of smaller
stakers joining in this fest.

Both of these groups have been
depleted by the premium charge.

The problem with specialists
creating near to real chance means
there is little value for those bereft
of specialist knowledge.

There is a further group who have
inside information which may give
them an edge over the specialists
They might be termed the insiders

Then there is the last group who blatantly
cheat to give them the perfect edge.

What your post suggests is that the
latter group is growing bigger
and regularly beating and demoralising
the specialists and insiders.

I got all this out of a Xmas cracker

Have a merry one !

[Maxilon 5]

Superb post, Gambers. I agree that the exchanges have set some people free, which, as you so eloquently point out, isn’t freedom at all.

Do you remember that time when Martin Pipe appeared on the Morning Line in the mid-nineties? He tipped a horse of his in a handicap hurdle at 6/1 at about 9.45. If I remember correctly, he used the word certainty. Pipe did not usually do this. In fact, he never did this.

In those days, most bookies opened at ten. By the time I’d got to the betting shop closest to me, about ten minutes walk away, a queue of punters had developed which snaked onto the high street. Living, breathing people like you and me. A queue of people behaving like frantic, greedy housewives at Mark’s & Spencers on January 1st.

I miss all that.

[gamble]

I have just ingested poisonous
plastic fumes from a frying pan
handle that combusted on an electric cooker.

I’ll do my best to respond Max.

Yes it was fun
Sad thing was I was
the only one in that queue
and the bitch from Corals
mostly opened late at 10.15
with mishymashy mascara
and the breath of a ferret
on her and something nasty
from last night.

Corals as you will remember
mostly had the best earlies.

I got my own back on her
backing in large amounts
on a daily basis.
I didn’t win huge amounts
but enough to destabilise
her normal expected return,
on turnover
She was moved quite quickly.

Ferret breath rarely beats fish

[ricky lake]

fantastic post Gamble , and Max yep we remember those days , what I am asking for is to stop the cheating and abuse of trust that debases a once great game to now a shabby mis mash of chancers and sharp practises

You are totally spot on!!! the cheaters are rife and are winning on a regular basis . meanwhile the pool of losers decreases by the day

anyone who thinks this is not happening is welcome to go and watch the aw spectacle close up and see what you will be welcomed with ……, but for heavens sake do not risk any money on it otherwise you are joining the victims

cheers

Ricky

[cjboy]

The bloke said the course was raceable at 11am. The jockeys said it was unraceable at 11.30am

Go figure.

It snowed in between.

I was there and the Jockeys were concerned long before the snow came. A big problem was that the fences were frozen, don’t know if they had been covered up.

CJB

[anthonycutt]

anyone who thinks this is not happening is welcome to go and watch the aw spectacle close up and see what you will be welcomed with ……, but for heavens sake do not risk any money on it otherwise you are joining the victims

cheers

Ricky

I did alright on Saturday thanks very much. Maybe you should consider betting on something else?

EDIT:I’m sorry, this is a truly awful post. One day I’ll get brave & start a thread explaining why I quite like the AW.

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