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JayJay · March 29

The long term stats:

Favourites winning percentages regardless of price:

NSW

Metro 33.3%

Prov 35.8%

Vic

Metro 31.3%

Prov 34.0%

WA

Metro 34.0%

Prov 32.6%

When the favorites are odds on:

NSW

Metro 57.1%

Prov 57.2%

Vic

Metro 54.1%

Prov 54.7%

WA

Metro 56.3%

Prov 54.0%

Quoting a few celebrated examples of longshots winning is populist but not really definitive. However, Victorian racing does have slightly lower percentages of favourites and odds on favourites winning.

Thunderstruck · March 30

Ridersonthestorm33 said:
The Emirates now known as the Longines Mile - it was Tears I Cry in 2007 - was around 250/1.

Think Empire Rose ( champion huge NZ mare ) was about 66/1 in a McKinnon and won then a few days later started favourite in the Melbourne Cup and won that too.

Most thought will just have a nice pipe opener into the Cup but she went bang at the clickety click to one. Those Kiwis..could be sneaky.

Ladies and gents i give you Pablo's Pulse @ Warwick Farm 500-1 and the record holder and never won another race....

Saw an ad for Blue Bet must be a newer one on the scene? i have had varying issues with some corps lost all bonuses with Pointsbet and Neds too pretty much so pizzed them off, still don't mind them and stick with Tabtouch a bit, although they cop some **** other than betfair there prices are as good as any(generally ahead of Sportsbet who are maybe the biggest?)the just mentioned Sportsbet is the other main one for me.

Signed up with Ladrbrokes but find i haven't used them really..and i must be a dummy or it's my app but i find Bet365 navigationally considerably harder so avoid them mostly too lol

thefalcon · March 30

yep i remember tears i cry, nikita berriman and trained by ciaron maher, probably his 1st gr.1 and when he had normal hair.

why i remember is that i was surprised at the name of his sire Lacryma Cristi (ire) which translates to "Tears of Christ". should never have got past the naming committee...especially in Catholic Ireland.

savethegame · March 30

Thought Dulicfy was a strange long price winner 330/1 won his first start -----,was able to win a cox plate by seven lgths later .Sugar Lips always maintained he was hist best horse. Strange his card finished up 10 wins from 21 starts ..Dulicfy mustive kept a fair bit in the locker. at trackwork.

B.L. No disrespect grew up with family & friends invovled in both codes----.bookies were the germans---- even a fourth cousin of a bookie was too close to talk horses with. it was so common jocks would do 2 -360s before to make sure no ears were on the job. everything was so secretive.taught extra point is everything.on a racecourse.back then..

One of the better sprays heard on a course was at the trots B.M. was the bookie when two punters came to collect you wouldn't like to catch quarter of what he wished on them...

JayJay · March 30

Bill Mack or Barry Matkovich STG?

savethegame · March 30

Barry Matkovich

bookielover · March 31

Thunderstruck said:

Ridersonthestorm33 said:
The Emirates now known as the Longines Mile - it was Tears I Cry in 2007 - was around 250/1.

Think Empire Rose ( champion huge NZ mare ) was about 66/1 in a McKinnon and won then a few days later started favourite in the Melbourne Cup and won that too.

Most thought will just have a nice pipe opener into the Cup but she went bang at the clickety click to one. Those Kiwis..could be sneaky.
Ladies and gents i give you Pablo's Pulse @ Warwick Farm 500-1 and the record holder and never won another race....

Saw an ad for Blue Bet must be a newer one on the scene? i have had varying issues with some corps lost all bonuses with Pointsbet and Neds too pretty much so pizzed them off, still don't mind them and stick with Tabtouch a bit, although they cop some **** other than betfair there prices are as good as any(generally ahead of Sportsbet who are maybe the biggest?)the just mentioned Sportsbet is the other main one for me.
Signed up with Ladrbrokes but find i haven't used them really..and i must be a dummy or it's my app but i find Bet365 navigationally considerably harder so avoid them mostly too lol

Thunderstruck, BLUE BET is owned by Sydney rails bookie Michael Sullivan.

Sullivan retired from operating on track years ago, and became a major shareholder in Sportingbet. He either sold out there or was, shall we say, displaced, and went back to working on track on the rails in Sydney.

He is still working there today, even though he has his Blue Bet site.

Blue bet has got 85,000 subscribers, of which 25, 000 bet on on a regular basis,

He recently announced that he will be going public in the near future with Blue bet.

Chariotsonfire · March 31

spinking said:
Having a discussion about the old Ascot ring today and Brett Lentons name come up my mate reckons he would have to be 80 years old can anybody confirm roughly how old he would be?

I think Brett is one year younger than me and that makes him 72.

SLIPPERGOLDEN · April 1

BET365 Thanks You. An update on my post from last year

WINNING BIG Bet365 boss Denise Coates gets UK’s biggest ever salary at $850million – around $98thousand an hour for the last year

More info @

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14517009/bet365-boss-denise-coates-biggest-salary-469million/ ;

thefalcon · April 2

^^ what chance have we punters got, eh?

Rodent · April 2

thefalcon said:
^^ what chance have we punters got, eh?

A good chance if we weren't banned.

lick · April 3

Does anyone remember the “Casino Room” at the far end of Ascot (river side) there was Rod Evans, Hooley Dooley and one other - betting Eastern States and local / straight out and each way - packed always - punters and runners dashing off to the main ring to compare or lay off - 1970’s - saw Bob Hawke there once.

SLIPPERGOLDEN · April 3

The late Flying Dutchman Steve Spanbrook was usually beside Rod Evans in the Casino Room. At one stage Steve and his brother I believe owned the Leederville Hotel.

thefalcon · April 3

yes, and at the time of his death he ran peninsular golf club. never seen a person with a greater appetite...had to be seen to be believed.

psycho · April 4

Casino room also had Terry Rohde a very good form analyst

thefalcon · April 4

the pub steve had was on lord street, no longer there, demolished...i forget the name.

thefalcon · April 4

^^ was it the norwood?

SLIPPERGOLDEN · April 4

Correct Falcon he had The Norwood. I thought they had an intertest in Leederville also at one time.

Ohsomodest · April 11

My preferred betting provider is Betfair if betting on track on the day.

But I prefer to bet early when markets open, and in futures markets (with a view to laying off the stake on Betfair if the price shortens). The best options for me are Sportsbet and the TAB. They are the only proper bookmakers as far as my experience is concerned. Sportsbet do restrict me but they at least allow a decent win. The rest either have banned me (except to the extent legally required to take a bet) or apply such heavy restrictions as to make it pointless.

Bet365 are the absolute pits, gutless parasites. No wonder they are making filthy amounts of money, they just ban winning punters.

spinking · April 11

Ran into a mate at the races yesterday and I can tell you who his least favourite bookie is after yesterday. Sportsbet. He had a four leg multi . The winner of the first yesterday into Adelaide to beat North Melb into two NRL legs which both got up. When he logged into his account they had deleted the first leg due to it not being run on the advertised scarpside course. He was about to take it up with them when I left .

savethegame · April 12

Grubs so all losing bets due a refund y/day --what happens during a meeting when distances get altered , also rail shifts made to avoid a bad section of the track.Think also people with multiple accounts run the risk with technology betting patterns, facebook accounts.to marry who's- who- The day they have a massive win.be a different ball game ?.

lick · April 13

The bookies "ring" is now boring, quiet and unimaginative. Does a bookmaker ever say "thanks" when you place abet with them - very very rarely in my experience.

And they are hardly ever better odds than the tote. Their demise has been, sadly, coming for some time.

If they are to survive, they should be innovative and fun.

freodockers · April 14

Never heard a tote machine say thanks either.

G'day Punter!

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