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Ian,
Last thing I heard is that Mark Coton is working on a new theory based on Strike Rate. – BTW he stated in one of his latter articles for Racing Weekly that Value is nothing more than a fetish these days and I tend to agree with him.
Daylight,
Phil Bull spent long hours studying a race, he even used to take his formbooks with him to the bath. Keep it up dude!
(Edited by pixo at 1:43 am on June 27, 2003)
Noddy cannot possibly win this after failing the task again, they will turn on him once they find out. What a loser!
Cameron reminds me of Mrs. Doubtfire :biggrin:
(Edited by pixo at 9:27 am on June 5, 2003)
Gold Guest had a solid chance and was heavily gambled. Nimello drifted accordingly, he is also notoriously unreliable. Nothing nefarious about that particular race IMHO.
(Edited by pixo at 8:56 pm on Mar. 27, 2003)
Ian, could you please give me then a ballpark figure of the yearly income from gambling on horseracing from these anonymous "professional backers" you mentioned?
Which "professional backers" are you refering to Ian, I am very curious can you please name them?
Do they have, like Alex Bird did, a XV Century moated house in Cheshire, a string of luxury cars and succesful racehorses, their own private jet, a box at old tratford and a riverside suite at the Savoy? Or perhaps, like him, they have won over £123,000 (aproximately £1 million in today’s money) on a single horse -Mill Reef.
Alex Bird turnover in the 60’s was £2 million a year, and indeed at a stroke the introduction of 2.5% betting tax in 1966 wiped off his profit margin. However he then reduced his annual turnover to £250K and cut-off 80% of his wagers. The year before he died, he pulled a massive coup in the 1990 Ayr Gold Cup. Final Shot was backed from 40/1 into 12/1 and the result was never in doubt.
As far as criticising Alex Bird "professionalism" please take note that this man had the discipline of not having a bet after chartering a private plane to Newmarket on four consecutive days.
Regarding your statement on Phil Bull, lets make one thing clear as water… Phil Bull made his fortune from gambling and not publishing.
Last, but not least, Barney Curley. Are you aware Ian that the famous "Yellow Sam Coup" in 1975 netted him almost £300K then?
Going back to my original post premise if I may and why it would be ilogical for great gamblers to sell "tips". There was a popular racecourse saying during Alex Bird heyday: "Alex Bird won’t go to bed with his wife the night before a big punt in case he talks in his sleep" I think that says it all.
(Edited by pixo at 4:06 pm on Dec. 12, 2002)
I very much doubt that great gamblers like Phil Bull, Alex Bird and Barney Curley would have contemplated the idea of selling "tips" to the general public just to soil their nests in the process.
(Edited by pixo at 1:34 pm on Dec. 12, 2002)
A Tote betting monopoly in the UK would be my worst nightmare!!!
PS. Lets be realistic here, who’s going to stop the bookies & exchanges from re-locating overseas? Any hopes of more money being pumped back into racing would simply evaporate then.
(Edited by pixo at 12:20 am on Dec. 10, 2002)
Sakhee has a round action and I would be concerned if lively ground at Ascot. The noises from Newmarket are okay but not as hot as I would have expected, is he fully wound up for this? Just a hunch, but I can’t help thinking that Godolphin may have the Juddmonte International in three weeks time as his main mid-summer’s target.
(Edited by pixo at 5:41 pm on July 24, 2002)
Good luck folks! :)
DL, why the choice of stiff 5f? I would have thought easy tracks suit her best.
