Rough tips and other bets...
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Im calling this a bet..the sequel to the movie Dumb Money been written as we speak, roaring kitty is back and already GME has gone nuts.. I suspect this could double overnight, like last night
we shall see
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Exciting time in the racing calendar. Good number of group level races here and Australia. Orchestral racing at Ellerslie for the first time this season. I've chucked her into a same race multi. Quite like Belardo Boy in the Hunterville Mile (G3). In the G3 James Squire. I'm a bit of a fan of Ceolwulf and Zardozi. In the Underwood Stakes I reckon Coco Sun has a bit of value.
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Not the horse I'm personally picking but the TAB is giving away money with its slot pick for the Everest, I Wish I Win. Bet up to $50 on fixed odds, and get what ever you put in with bonus cash, no matter where it finishes. Unless it wins ofcouse. Then you collect. Also the cheeky $10m opportunity to pick the order of the race. The options from the TAB is bringing in the unlikely punters. The missus has $50 on I Wish I Win and has had a stab at the running order.
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Melbourne Cup tomorrow. Interesting field, especially as the best horse in the field Via Sistina was pulled and entered into the Champions Stakes on the weekend instead. Nothing is really jumping out at me. Instead I'm going on Sharp n Smart to continue my trend of wasting my hard earnt on him.
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it is open as shit this year
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@mariner4life said in Rough tips and other bets...:
it is open as shit this year
The only horse I can see winning paying under $10 is Onesmoothoperator. I reckon the winner will be a horse paying $20+.
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I saw on social media something about NZ banning greyhound racing. Yep.
This may rattle the equine industry. I assume the Rodeo guys will be on their toes, but Dressage and others have potential issues here as well.
Watch: Greyhound racing to be banned in New Zealand, Winston Peters announces
Advocates says it's the "end of an era of exploitation" as Winston Peters announces the closure of the industry over "unacceptably high" injury rates.
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@JK said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.
Really???
Fuck knows what I've been punting on!
Hmm... where did I get that from? Somewhere in my memory I thought they had banned it.
Seems only ACT.
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@booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@JK said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.
Really???
Fuck knows what I've been punting on!
Hmm... where did I get that from? Somewhere in my memory I thought they had banned it.
Seems only ACT.
NSW tried and it cost a premier his job…
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@voodoo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@JK said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.
Really???
Fuck knows what I've been punting on!
Hmm... where did I get that from? Somewhere in my memory I thought they had banned it.
Seems only ACT.
NSW tried and it cost a premier his job…
That's not quite true. It certainly dinted his approval ratings but it didn't cost him his job.
The NSW Government announced out of the blue they were banning greyhound racing in about 2016. Followed on from a lot of media coverage on animal welfare issues in the industry. There was a lot of backlash, especially in regional areas where it does have plenty of supporters. Also a few major media players here came out against it, seen as being elitist and lacking in consultation.
In the end they reversed the decision. The Premier (Mike Baird) resigned a year or so later, which he was probably always going to do.
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@JK said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.
Really???
Fuck knows what I've been punting on!
The answer is: anything and anyone that moves.
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@barbarian said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@voodoo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@JK said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@booboo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@gt12 Aus banned greyhounds a number of years ago.
Really???
Fuck knows what I've been punting on!
Hmm... where did I get that from? Somewhere in my memory I thought they had banned it.
Seems only ACT.
NSW tried and it cost a premier his job…
That's not quite true. It certainly dinted his approval ratings but it didn't cost him his job.
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Um, thanks, useful clarification
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A little bit stoked today. Had a winner at Ascot Park (my 68th as an owner, I think, but who's counting?) but what was cool is the fact about two years ago, one of my workmates said "you have a bit of luck as an owner - get me into the next one you buy into". This one came up at the sales in February 2024, a racing mate of mine bought it then offered me a share, I pulled in this workmate and another colleague of ours and we took 5% between the 3 of us (me 2.5% and the other two took 1.25%).
The horse (a pacer) qualified earlier this year behind a filly that went on to win group races, our guy came back in this spring, won three workouts, came to the races today for the first time and won by 2 and a half lengths, barely raising a sweat in the process.
We've already had some interest from agents and now he's won so easily, the price has probably gone up...
If only all horse ownership was this easy.
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Yeah yeah get fucked
(Really happy for you)
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