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Ridersonthestorm33 likes this post.
Place betting - why bother.
Most 100/1 chances are now about 5/1 a place, and that's with no odds on fave in the race.
Staggering really.
That's been a well known practice from day one - whatever corporate supplies the odds - there's then a roll of the board to go under.
6/1 with a corporate account = 5/1 Tabtouch, 11/8 = 10/9 or even money, 4/7 = 1/2 or 4/9 and so it goes.
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Nothing to answer regarding tactics!? Gee I’m glad you’re not a steward
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It's just their approach, sometimes it pay's off. $1.10 shot in gate three and there drawn in gate one on a 20/1 shot to take a sit...it ain't neccesarily so!
Lady driver over there several years ago was in a bit of controversy - just can't think of her name at the moment - she was an attacker too, don't die wondering approach.
savethegame likes this post.
Gave up on Doc Ryan two or three years ago - sat behind the leader - gave little. Horse's that get the sprint lane and do nothing - not all the time but 98% of the time can give them away from a punting perspective.
Their is no easier run in sport.
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Was an early race about 4 o'clock our time - spent a fortune because think took about 8 or 9 of them always...anyway the bloody thing got back in the race, and ran about 5th. Massive run.
Got a couple of roughies in there and the tri paid a four figure amount - it needed to!
As the old milk commercial use to say for that chocolate/strawberry flavoured drink - Quick Is The Trick.
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Look their is nothing worse than being on something and seeing it gallop in the score up. Different states have had different rules over the decades.
Don't know if there is a right answer, gallop - cause no interference - too bad for punter's and good news to other punter's.
A tricky one. I've been on them when it's happened very occasionally, but it's terrible not to get any run for your money.
I'm ok with it though, certainly a lot better than the ridiculous idea of somebody or commitee to close off betting early as runners were just beginning to score up.
Often betting was closed even earlier than what it should've been. They shelved that and rightly so - must've cost them a fortune.
Although in NSW going back awhile apparently cancellations were being accepted well after jump time. Also a joke.
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With Tony - there was a unique case/incident when he was down in Tasmania - where he did quite well as a trainer and freelance driver
Obviously the stewards down their were given given the tip to keep an eye on him - because ive never seen what transpired in harness racing before with him
What happened - he either drew the outside of the front (8) or the outside of the2nd row (12) - and his horse galloped in the score up - so he is 40-50 metres behind - he finally got it into a pace - and like anyone in that situation - tried to make up the ground before release point - he got to within about 3 lenghs of them - and the horse when originally galloping had drifted down near the pegs - so he ended up - following the horse on the 2nd row in the running line out - and ended up in a reasonable position - 7th or 8th - 1 out 3 back
His horse ran 2nd - the stewards held up the all clear - and then disqualified his horse - ive never seen that happen in Harness racing in those circumstances before
I think the stewards overall do an outstanding job - but sometimes they hammer the situation - and dont think of the punters - who also get hammered - ie Quin Tri - 1st 4 and E/W punters - it would leave a very sour taste - if you successfully had that horse in any of those bet types
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What about when some people apparently were getting on after the jump at the Greyhounds and that had to be changed. Think possibly made A Current Affair or one of those shows.
The genuine people who make a mistake and want to cancel should still be able to. Working out who's genuine and who's not can be something else though.
The best attempted cancellation ever: Robert Shaw in the great film "The Sting."
These were the day's when the West Australian newspaper had a great coverage of the Friday night card - covering several races in write ups - this race was one - so I eagerly read...."Jack Retzlaff was elated with the run of...such & such" ( can't recall the name of it ) great little write up off the event - only trouble was had no idea what the word "elated" meant...off on the bike to the library to look it up!
The silly things you remember but yes Jack Retzlaff was very happy and pleased with the run.
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I am not sure that I agree with the decision to withhold the
vision of Race 4 at Pinjarra on Monday. There was a serious fall in this event
and I agree that exposure to mainstream and social media should be avoided if
possible. To remove the vision altogether however does not allow punters to do
post race form analysis for future reference. At the very least the fall itself could be edited from the replay after all it is 2019.
Major sporting organisations in Australia have handled
controversial matters very poorly in recent times and whilst this is at the
lower end of the scale transparency is always the best policy.
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Have mentioned this issue previously btw.
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