race 1 invercargill start

[the galah]

anyone watching that must have thought it was a shocker.

 jay bee hill charging the tapes and starting about 10m in front of the others off the front line. So with the advantage of 10m and a fast moving start it ended about 25m in front after 50m.

If your having a bet,watching another horse get such an unfair advantage seems quite unfair and silly.

and they want people to bet on those races

how the starter didn't see what happened or did see it and allowed it was rather ridiculous.

Edited 22 hours ago by the galah

[WOLF]

Agree with above.      “They want people to bet on these races” but they are not , if they go by the tote figures.Abysmal.   Treble on race 1 got to 5k + but that is another story for another day??

[mikeynz]

I will say for what's it's worth, some of those maiden trots do struggle tote pool wise, would doubt too many big bets on fixed odds either, just a lottery.

[mikeynz]

Probably find too that the afternoon turnovers will pick up once all the churchgoers have finished their Sunday lunches lol.

[Brodie]

Tote pools are just not worth the effort for any serious punter that wants to win!

Industry is in serious trouble with the risk averse policy that the TAB Bookies have adopted.

Just not going to work but then again it is all about toiled to them rather than turnover and profit.

Unfortunately their policy has a bigger negative flow on for attracting any new owners and punters to harness racing.

Gammalite keeps saying that it is wealthy men subsidising harness racing in several states in Oz.

There is no one in NZ that is stupid enough to fund TAB shortfall so if they don’t change their policy then things will be dire.

[mikeynz]

Not everyone is a serious punter, Trifectas, First 4s, Quaddies Doubles are all tote, naturally for win and place, top3, 4 you would want fixed but when there is plenty of depth in field totes still well supported, always will be, many don't worry.

Harness will get better turnovers when they get better fields, will that ever happen, that's the big question.