mikeynz

This comment is about how much on course betting facility is necessary for low key meetings.When there was the lockdown,the Methven meeting,sept 11 had no oncourse betting,people (owners and hangers on)attending were advised to bet before they arrived on course if they wanted a bet or bet on smartphone,after all that the figures were very good supposedly meaning that people can adapt to reduced on course betting options. What I'm trying to point out is today they race at Winton,last time they raced there I counted about twelve cars and as many people on the tv so on days like this you probably only need one or two tote windows for the cash only punters,they have reduced the on course tv coverage but mostly it's been ok except for the continual intrusion of dog shit that's being rammed down our throat,I'm not keen on dog shit at the best of times.

Salvation Army=good people,dont need to be religious to be good people.

Note the date of this article,what has changed?

Had heaps of horses on my fav list,not one alert,probably raced and won by the length of the straight.

William Pike riding today,no alerts from the TAB,why bother?

This coved is gunna change a lot of things.in racing and in sport,football in the U.K. Is only going continue in its present mould if the rich help the less than rich,it's gunna mean the reset button is gunna mean major changes,but some things have in reality been getting out of hand anyway.

How do they get on with Victorian horses and riders,they can't compete,am I correct.

The tab say that turnover is going well but,if it's all tote then that's probably good,bigger takeout,but if it's fixed they could be losing money so we are getting mixed information really.

Maybe you have been watching so much racing that it is getting boring to you,I haven't even seen the rugby yet,that bores me now,racing cant be completely stuffed judging by the field sizes for some meetings despite modest stakes but I have noticed the stakes especially for some of the harness are very ordinary,how you get bigger stakes well you gotta have more income,that's the hard part.

Who's not returning?

I'm staggered to believe that everyones happy with the state of affairs,mind boggling.

Be ok if he was paralytic whenever he turned up at the races but for what he did a wee while back ,pretty petty. Basically dont worry about him,all these PC basterds.😡

I've got some but I have never had a alert,yesty I added William Pike,just to see if it will work I've also got some horses but I've never had a notification,is there a time frame before a event that you receive alerts,not every horae I have on the list have been retired.

First 4 punters will be disappointed.

Maybe some harness racing is too easy and you dont see too many gallops dominated like the Purdons do,greyhounds must be easier in reality.

Do they restrict punters on the gallops or are trots the only ones restricted.

In reality if people want to race a horse they are free to do so but this one is taking time,might be a late bloomer.

In a 3 horse race it is possible he could trip,fall and fail to complete the race but then you could hook a rope around his neck and drag him over the finish line by tractor😂

How would you work out the cashout price for that?

I use to try multis in football say for instance 3 or 4 games with 1 goal only,seems simple was simple but always somewhere in my travels you would always get stumped and like snakes and ladders it was go back to the start,winning is not easy. Just to add to that what do people consider a big bet,5,10,25,50,75,100 thousand or what.

In many ways it is poor business restricting,let's say you are a big punter,say putting 75grand on to win or even the place the odds you get are better than you will get with money in the bank,however I reckon in most cases the house always wins in the end because it only takes 1 or 2 to big bets to bum out and the punter loses but the turnover is healthy,be fair to say the TAB did nicely with the draw in the rugby,some big bets would have gone awol,coz the nature of the game finishing the way it did would have beaten most.

It would make sense if they had a betting without certain runners,but you need enough runners to make it work.

Probably be paying 8 or 9 in the actual race

It does make you wonder how much is stacked on a purdon horse that pays 1 dollar in the place pool,not much point,it cost the Tab in the end

Considering the Cup was a good race,cutting the tv cover straight after for 2 greyhounds shit was pretty average,but wall to wall and profit drivers is all that matters now