The Times racing section – depressives only please

[JAR]

I use a computer program for most of my punting.
Ten years ago it used to advise me of a "no bet because the race is too competitive", in about one in five races that I analysed.
Even then I rarely made a profit but mostly broke even.

Today my same program gives a "no bet " result in 99% of the races I analyse.
Since I only bet on the computers advice this has reduced by bets from 5 per week to less than 1 per month.
So much for the competitive racing initiative of recent years.

The result has been to cause me to reduce my bets. I am sure there must be other punters like me.
I cannot see how less punter money going into racing can help racing.
I will not bet unless there is at least a slim chance of a profit. The mugs are kidded that there is a chance of profit when there is not. The current set up leaves no chance at all of a profit and requires mug punters to keep the game going.

[dave jay]

I forgot to mention that the taxpayer has never has never put a penny into the Tote.

And its not just the UK government who fall foul of EU rules, the French PMU also have to sort themselves out,

Petter Nylander[/url:19znt7lz][/color:19znt7lz] was arrested under a EU arrest warrant for illegally trading in France, even though the Franch law itself is illegal under EU rules. These warrants can be issued in one country against anyone that resides in another country who is suspected of breaking the in the country it was issued in. The law doesn’t require the Issuer to have any evidence and cannot be challenged by the country executing the warrant.

[JAR]

Perhaps racing should go the way of football.
You can hardly watch the national news on television these days without several minutes or more of football "news" put into the news slot.
Football is only one sport there are many who’s main interest is another sport be it fishing, athletics, judo, running, swimming and horse racing to name a few.
If we had a few minutes of horse racing put into most national news programs, as is the case with football, just imagine how much more interest and hence more money would be generated for horse racing.

Also like football , catch them young – buy the kiddies horse racing T-shirts, hats etc. Encourage children that it is nerdy if they do not go into a bookies at the weekend.

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