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I believe that Pascal, the famous French mathematician, who came up with Pascal’s Triangle was a keen roulette player and that this discovery was part of his research into the game.
Sadly, Lord Sandwich didn’t invent the sandwich at all. Though the tale evokes a wonderful image there’s evidence to suggest otherwise.
One of the reasons for gambling to have a bad name? The religious vocal moral minority.
For flat and all-weather races the horse’s posting position is given as the stall number. On the race card that’s usually in brackets and is given in all the newspapers and on the Racing Post site.
National Hunt races, of course, has none of this.
I wonder if this is done to build up the pools.
When I was there for the Open last year I noted that even the outsiders were getting better prices with the bookmakers.
I wonder if this is done to build up the pools.
When I was there for the Open last year I noted that even the outsiders were getting better prices with the bookmakers.
Each week I confess to a spot of gambling; I do a one line Scoop-6. This morning I was doing quite well selecting the sure-fire winners (oh, deluded soul) until I came across this bugger.
The 3.15 is horrendous to try to find anything from and if it weren’t for the fact that it falls on the Scoop-6 coupon then, unless I were there in Esher, I would ignore this race.
Anyway, I’ve got it all down to two selections at the end of the day.
The first is the second possibility, which FSL has dumped quickly enough; MIKADO. There’s two reasons why I like this one; the first is that the trainer is regarded as running better than form in my book and the the second that this horse has a nice combination of speed rating and low weight.
This, therefore, makes it a contender in my book.
The other one which looks like which will get the nod is VERASI. Won twice here at Sandown so it’s a course winner and isn’t likely to get lost around the Pond Fence area. Has good positive figures for the going and the distance.
I’ll be mulling over these as I pedal into town to the bookies (I can’t seem to get onto the ToteSport site this morning) to put my £2 bet on, or I could even splash out for a whopping two line entry.
There you go, Verasi or Mikado for me.
I’ll be on The Hill as usual. If it’s good weather then it’s drinks and picnic at about the 10 furlong start before wandering off later in the afternoon to end up buying a five foot tall porcelain greyhound as the wine kicks in.
I love The Hill on Derby Day. Admittedly one can’t see much racing other than the starts but it’s a fun day out.
I’ll be on The Hill as usual. If it’s good weather then it’s drinks and picnic at about the 10 furlong start before wandering off later in the afternoon to end up buying a five foot tall porcelain greyhound as the wine kicks in.
I love The Hill on Derby Day. Admittedly one can’t see much racing other than the starts but it’s a fun day out.
On the Racing UK channel the on-air pundits/experts came up with the suggestion that something had happened over the past few years, obviously alluding to global warming, and as a consequence the sun has been setting in an unforcastable manner.
Sometimes the mind boggles.
FSL. That I will accept. However, the great thing about the BF markets is that one is able to load the place side of things if required.
Often I will have one point to win and two to place. With bookies one isn’t able to have this option.
And, of course, one can often match a bookie’s SP win price with the place price on BetFair if we’re looking outside the sharp end of the market.
But all I ever want is £10ew and I can’t even get that on the exchange because I get ripped off over the place price.
As soon as I read this then, I have to admit, I lost any sympathy for the poster.
No-one is ripping anyone off one the exchanges. There’s two separate markets; the win and the place. The price available in the market is just that — the price available in the market.
No-one is ripping off anyone.
– Malc
I pity the poor sod who works in the Office For Fair Trading who has to deal with this ‘evidence’.
(Edited by Malc Smith at 8:50 pm on Dec. 14, 2006)
<br>Malc Smith writes Dec. 9, 3:59pm, page 12):<br>“Just read the 2.05 comment and I see that you didn’t mention FLIGHT LEADER anywhere.â€ÂÂ
Just read the 2.05 comment and I see that you didn’t mention FLIGHT LEADER anywhere.
(Edited by Malc Smith at 4:23 pm on Dec. 9, 2006)
