Horse Racing & General Punting Superthread

Never a great time to get Covid, self-isolating, but on the plus side I'm watching a few races and a replay of the Dally M last night.

I'd say Craig Bellamy would've fell off his chair or would be making a complaint to Racing.Com after Terry Bailey, a Racing.Com race caller declared
the Storm MORALS!

Now for anyone who doesn't know TB he could stop a freight train with his tips. Known as the biggest "mock", especially when he uses the "M" word.

If Storm can overcome this, they'll win 4 in a row. :-)
 
Via Sistina wins Australia’s premier race by 5-6 lengths wow
 
Berries said:
Was surprised how little 2000m form was in the race, the top 2 only ones who really excel at it. The rest are mile horses
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That's just how our horses are to be honest we are great up to a mile, after that well let me just say this nicely when Pride of Jenni is one of our better 2000m plus horses that says it all, would not even place overseas. We have the best sprinters in the world by a distance (the one in HK is close though now) but look at the MC market for evidence, they are all internationals. It's a shame Jan Brugel was ruled out would have given that field a trouncing.

Any race 2000m plus is a complete turn taker race in Australia, one turns up one doesn't, rince and repeat it for 10 races. It is why to improve this we have to have AT LEAST 1-2 staying races on each weekend card, in Syd and Melb it's the only way the quality improves, otherwise you just ask every hald decent international to dominate.

For the Melbourne Cup

Took the early price a few weeks back on OneSmoothOperator before the Geelong Cup.

The two I'm interested most in now are Land Legend which is a genuine 3000m plus horse run was good in the Caulfield for this race and Absurde which comes through the other formline.

I'll preface this by saying I could be wrong but I will be shocked if Buckaroo wins, it's never got near it when stretched to this trip, is this year a very weak year though yes. It will go in my quaddie for safety but I doubt it wins.

That's the way I'm seeing it anyway
 
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Bella Nipotina becomes the highest earning sprinter in Australian history. Also only a few million off the great Winx
 
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Bella had never won consecutive races in her career until last weekend.
I couldn't take the price after hearing that but happy to see her win.
After the Everest run I was just shaking my head for a good few seconds.
Absolute champion mare.
 
The following will be in the top 4 IMO

1. Absurde
2. Onesmoothoperator
3. Sea King
4. Land Legend

Last year I did a first 4 and missed out by 1 which was no.14 $140,000 missed by 1 and I’m still traumatised by it :upset:
 
Brendan7 said:
That's just how our horses are to be honest we are great up to a mile, after that well let me just say this nicely when Pride of Jenni is one of our better 2000m plus horses that says it all, would not even place overseas. We have the best sprinters in the world by a distance (the one in HK is close though now) but look at the MC market for evidence, they are all internationals. It's a shame Jan Brugel was ruled out would have given that field a trouncing.

Any race 2000m plus is a complete turn taker race in Australia, one turns up one doesn't, rince and repeat it for 10 races. It is why to improve this we have to have AT LEAST 1-2 staying races on each weekend card, in Syd and Melb it's the only way the quality improves, otherwise you just ask every hald decent international to dominate.

For the Melbourne Cup

Took the early price a few weeks back on OneSmoothOperator before the Geelong Cup.

The two I'm interested most in now are Land Legend which is a genuine 3000m plus horse run was good in the Caulfield for this race and Absurde which comes through the other formline.

I'll preface this by saying I could be wrong but I will be shocked if Buckaroo wins, it's never got near it when stretched to this trip, is this year a very weak year though yes. It will go in my quaddie for safety but I doubt it wins.

That's the way I'm seeing it anyway
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Buckaroo coped a horror gate. But I never thought they’d be a contender anyway. I still think Vauban has a slight chance but if not definitely in the top 6. I think they learnt a few lessons after last year.
Interpretation is another one that isn’t too bad but with the MC, you just never know. I always end up putting $1 on each roughy in case and a few years back it came through so you never know. If it’s dry weather I’d say it’ll be as it’s predicted if it’s wet then that’s when it gets exciting lol
 
L.B said:
Buckaroo coped a horror gate. But I never thought they’d be a contender anyway. I still think Vauban has a slight chance but if not definitely in the top 6. I think they learnt a few lessons after last year.
Interpretation is another one that isn’t too bad but with the MC, you just never know. I always end up putting $1 on each roughy in case and a few years back it came through so you never know. If it’s dry weather I’d say it’ll be as it’s predicted if it’s wet then that’s when it gets exciting lol
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I will be physically ill if Vauban wins was on at 81-1 last year and ran like a custard donkey. For me I just can’t take it hope it loses. Interpretation is in my quad, Saint George is too those are the two I like at prices. The rest have been found. Can’t believe Kah’s horse is so short
 
Oooh Baby took Knight’s Choice at fixed odds 81/22 ..only put 2 each way. Took it only because of the Knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.. :D

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Can someone explain this? My old man put $100 on the cup winner, and called me to share his excitement. I looked up the odds that Sportsbet (his agency) had on it and it was $101. He thought he had won $10k. He actually won $6,700. I have no idea about gambling.

All I know is you look at the odds when placing a bet and there will be a record of it. He was sad when he found out it was ONLY $6,700 lol. He got my bro to put the bet on because he doesn’t know how to use the app, so he didn’t see the odds I guess, although he went off a website showing Sportsbet odds about an hour before the big race.

I get that odds fluctuate but surely not down to 67-1? I can’t make sense of it when looking at the dividends, because they show so many different numbers and it looks like different ones even for different states?
 
InGusWeTrust said:
Can someone explain this? My old man put $100 on the cup winner, and called me to share his excitement. I looked up the odds that Sportsbet (his agency) had on it and it was $101. He thought he had won $10k. He actually won $6,700. I have no idea about gambling.

All I know is you look at the odds when placing a bet and there will be a record of it. He was sad when he found out it was ONLY $6,700 lol. He got my bro to put the bet on because he doesn’t know how to use the app, so he didn’t see the odds I guess, although he went off a website showing Sportsbet odds about an hour before the big race.

I get that odds fluctuate but surely not down to 67-1? I can’t make sense of it when looking at the dividends, because they show so many different numbers and it looks like different ones even for different states?
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He took tote odds. Fixed was 101, tote finished about 63
 
I said to the Mrs yesterday it's a shit cup field.
Knights choice opened $201, started $101 and ran past a few of the faves.
Happy enough waller or maher didn't win.
 
Brendan7 said:
I will be physically ill if Vauban wins was on at 81-1 last year and ran like a custard donkey. For me I just can’t take it hope it loses. Interpretation is in my quad, Saint George is too those are the two I like at prices. The rest have been found. Can’t believe Kah’s horse is so short
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Fkn was way off! First 4 paid out $780,000 FML
 
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