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Caralabek plunge highlights cheating and incompetence
West Australian Racing
PerthTurfTalk
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Caralabek is a reasonable stayer going around at in the 5th at Belmont today. It was a $17 chance with most agencies yesterday, a major reason for this would have been the fact that both front bar shoes were on.
Reviewing the odds this morning I notice Caralabek has been backed into $4 from the $17 (Quoting TabTouch odds) opening price. Clearly a strong move, even for the current corporate bookmaking standards we are accustomed to.
These type of plunges happen all the time so this doesn't concern me. Then I see a late annoucement on the CRIS website -
Race 5: (1) CARALABEK - Bar Shoes (Both front) OFF
Are we seriously going to sit back and cop this? There will be a $250 fine for the stable. They could have backed it to win $50k+. There will be denials from the stable that they don't know 'who's money it was'. Sick of being taken for a fool. If you want to believe that then fine. Guessing you are a 55 year old man still writing out a list for Santa Claus.
It isn't even the stable that upsets me. It is the powers to be which allow this to happen. Simple - SCRATCH THE HORSE. Or at worst make it run with the gear that was initially published in the racebook.
We are an industry set up for cheats. Nobody in the main stream media will ever write anything about this because it isn't a good news story and might put their job in jeopardy.
So let's keep doing what we are doing. Hide the cheating and incompetence and promote the falsehoods of whatever is left of this industry.
Reviewing the odds this morning I notice Caralabek has been backed into $4 from the $17 (Quoting TabTouch odds) opening price. Clearly a strong move, even for the current corporate bookmaking standards we are accustomed to.
These type of plunges happen all the time so this doesn't concern me. Then I see a late annoucement on the CRIS website -
Race 5: (1) CARALABEK - Bar Shoes (Both front) OFF
Are we seriously going to sit back and cop this? There will be a $250 fine for the stable. They could have backed it to win $50k+. There will be denials from the stable that they don't know 'who's money it was'. Sick of being taken for a fool. If you want to believe that then fine. Guessing you are a 55 year old man still writing out a list for Santa Claus.
It isn't even the stable that upsets me. It is the powers to be which allow this to happen. Simple - SCRATCH THE HORSE. Or at worst make it run with the gear that was initially published in the racebook.
We are an industry set up for cheats. Nobody in the main stream media will ever write anything about this because it isn't a good news story and might put their job in jeopardy.
So let's keep doing what we are doing. Hide the cheating and incompetence and promote the falsehoods of whatever is left of this industry.
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you might have a valid point diva if it happened infrequently.
but it doesn't.
last year, 'integrity' said they were going to crack down on this type of thing, but exactly sweet sweet sweet nothing changed at all.
if fact there is probably more instance of it now than then.
i have probably reached the point where i WANT racing to die.
and they are going a good job of trying to make my wish come true!
well the r1 one is but not the r5 pair.
As Diva as already said wet track, extra weight of the shoe. IMO nothing untoward going on.
If so, one could say the punter(s) that hit it are as keen as catshite ( and/or have plenty $-) $-) ) unloading onto something with bar shoes on that hard ;)) ;)
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the $17 would have been wrong, but it is irrelevant, because it happens TOO OFTEN, and the amount of times they win is much more frequent than stats say they should.
in other words, they should win with the same frequency, as horses do, without late notification, but they win much much much more often than that.
i have no idea about the horse in the coming race. bit that too is irrelevant.
that'll teach 'em! =))
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