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Oh yes, definitely be queuing up to pump some money into that…
This might have been sarcastic but actually one unlucky punter just missed out.
ONE punter chasing Saturday’s huge Scoop6 pot was just denied
when Barbican won the final leg at Ascot by a short head from
their selection Spifer, meaning £1 million could be up for grabs
in next Saturday’s bet.Scoop6 results
Two remaining ticket holders went into the final leg, but Barbican’s narrow victory means £535,852 is carried forward."Our sympathies go out to the Scoop6 punter who almost won a fortune, but Barbican’s gritty success means our combined pools could be approaching the magicmillion mark next Saturday,"
said Totepool spokesman Andrew Griffiths.£342,224 was bet into the pool and there were 1,497 winners of the place fund, each picking up £45.70.
Scoop 6 breakdown:
After leg 1 3,230 tickets remaining
After leg 2 291
After leg 3 61
After leg 4 17
After leg 5 2
After leg 6 0Read that in today’s RP, gutted for however lost on the last leg, especially if it was just the one punter rather than a syndicate
With the daily national papers writing less and less about racing, I do not think now is the time to start bashing one of very few papers that that caters almost exclusively to the racing industry. I have not read the article in question, but the Racing Post is usually a very good product, and the website does give very up to date information on racing stories, and though the results may not be up as fast as on other websites, it is still a quality webpage.
Although some things may not be as good as they can be, I really do think the Racing Post has earned some slack, and has certainly earned my respect.
DJ Shadow. To my mind, the greatest DJ in history. From
Endtroducing
in 1996 through to
The Outsider
, he keeps producing brilliance, and I can’t wait for his next album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujLzS2aXDJs
Original and still the best (Building Steam With a Grain of Salt a close second)
Well, OS X makes it a little simpler since you can easily record the audio on Garage Band (do tell me if you need more info on recording the original audio) but you need to export it to your RSS feed, which is basically your own blog sort of thing, then submit it (the RSS URL) to iTunes. I’ve never actually done this, I only know the basic method, and it does seem quite difficult, but if you’re passionate about getting it done, I’d be happy to help in any way I can.
it says everywhere .. what we call ‘live’ may be subject to a delay .. lets not bring the nanny state into racing, purleeze ..
It does not ‘say everywhere’, certainly not when i’m watching racing, and how is informing people of the risks of in-running gambling ‘nanny state’? In my eyes warnings help put everyone on a level playing field and no one feels cheated (even if they should have known better).
I think it is wrong that racecourses are aiding pro punters profit off the naivety of other, less informed punters, my point was that the way to stop this would be to make sure that those who are, as you say, deliberately giving away money, absolutely know what they are getting in to.
If people then want to continue betting at such a significant disadvantage, then they should be allowed to, and racecourses can take some much needed income.
I just want to reiterate that the way things are at the moment, particularly with ATR advertising themselves as ‘live’ much of the time (don’t know about RUK), and exchanges like Betfair having only small warnings about delays, it is wrong that racecourses offer a way to take money from other players.
I’m in definite agreement with you that warnings about picture delays are not nearly displayed well enough, probably because of the money the exchanges are going to make from it.
However, I don’t think you should ban people from renting boxes to bet on faster pictures. Firstly, as you mention, the people who bet against them should be aware about the delay, and exchanges should give more warning about this, but also, how would you stop them? It would be easy enough to lie about whether you are going to bet in running, so would be very difficult to stop from what i can see.
In the first race of the Festival, Sulwaan appears to be a bit of an unknown quantity, having had only one previous run over hurdles and only 4 runs on the flat. Maybe a better bet at the prices would be Devils Bit, given his increased experience, the dual hurdles winner seems to have a better chance, as he was an easy winner at Gowran in June, and was running well in a grade 3 at Fairyhouse before that. Having said that, it must be noted that Dermot Weld has won this race 4 time in the last 7 runnings of this race and his fellow must be respected.
Bit against the grain of what you folks are listening to, but I’m listening to Everyday (Netsky remix) – Rusko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD40VXFkuswI think you have to be very careful when changing rules regarding the use of the whip. If you tighten up the guidelines on whip use, or introduce actual rules, then it would be very embarrassing and difficult to go back on those rules if it doesn’t work out or isn’t practical. It would also be a perfect platform for those who want the whip, or racing, banned as they could say ‘they’re making it easier to beat horses’. So whatever route the BHA take, they have to be very careful it is workable and that they don’t go back on it.
I really think that Bungarra should give everyone else some peace and quiet, let people focus on racing, not how well Cormack does his job (very well imo).
Often read your thread ginge, and I was wondering if you could clarify your strategy of backing multiple horses in the same race, I’ve seen before that you make tissue prices, does backing multiple horses come from this? i.e. do you back every horse you think is overpriced?
It does come from my tissues, yes Dusty. I usually have a margin for error. So for example if I thought something was a true 27% 11/4 chance, I normally don’t back it at 3/1 but would at 100/30. Unless I think the race is easy to work out when 2% would be enough (3/1). To complicate it still further, the bigger the price, the less margin for error I’d need. Sometimes 1% difference (my price to bookies price) on a 33/1 shot is enough.
Usually my main bets are the ones with a bigger percentage difference (best value), unless I decide on horses with trainers in particularly good form instead. Saving on the other "value" bets.
Occasionally I’ll back the one / ones I think are the best value and leave the others alone, particularly if I think it is better to back one (or two) each way instead of four horses to win.
Hope that helps explain Dusty.
Very helpful, thanks.
Often read your thread ginge, and I was wondering if you could clarify your strategy of backing multiple horses in the same race, I’ve seen before that you make tissue prices, does backing multiple horses come from this? i.e. do you back every horse you think is overpriced?
The fact that people now see a headline on ‘corrupt racing’ and dismiss the whole sport as corrupt, is increasingly similar to people believing that cycling is corrupt following multiple reports on blood doping.