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Probe starts into AW races

Probe starts into AW races

On top of rumours of another scandal about to break, the BHA is investigating unusual betting patterns at all weather courses: –

https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/9465233.stm

22/04/2011 | By More
One horse race

One horse race

I was going to write about the FA Cup semi final today as it looks a really tantalising prospect. But the thing that really caught my eye this morning is racing’s continued struggles to adapt to modern commercial realities. The result of which is a race that includes just one runner at the 17:10 at Leicester this afternoon.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/apr/14/one-horse-race-leicester-protest

It’s unfortunate that prize money is under pressure, but in any other commercial regime you would simply incur less cost to …

16/04/2011 | By More
The two grand race

The two grand race

Ok not quite two grand and also it shouldn’t have been! But thanks to Betfair’s well documented problems this week, a failure to turn markets in play, I fluked a big gain on one race today. See below: –

090711 - 1740 - Nottingham £1800 - 02 - CopyTo be honest I’d rather forgo the money and have the whole system working as it should do. It serves no one to have a faulty platform and it would be much better to be sure that you know what is …

11/07/2009 | By More
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