{"id":10394,"date":"2014-11-28T15:14:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T15:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=10394"},"modified":"2015-01-31T15:21:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T15:21:52","slug":"hennessy-gold-cup-one-favourite-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2014\/11\/28\/hennessy-gold-cup-one-favourite-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Hennessy Gold Cup – One of my favourite races"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have fond memories of the\u00a0Hennessy Gold Cup. I’ve traditionally done well at this race and\u00a0its the race I traded live at the IX Investor show for Betfair in 2006.<\/p>\n

Seeing a betting company at an financial investment show was a shock for many people and lots couldn’t understand why we were there, so we had real trouble getting people to come near the stand.<\/p>\n

This was when I rolled up my sleeves and traded live for everybody. A slightly unorthodox set up, but it worked. As the profits flowed in, it inevitably brought people to the stand to try and understand what market I could possibly be trading on Saturday. I found a photo last year while archiving some data that somebody took at the show, it was a good day. There is nothing like acting on the spur of the moment!<\/p>\n

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Back then it felt that was I was doing was so interesting, that it was inevitable that interest would grow. It has, but not in the way I thought. When so many people struggle to make a living trading (trading anything to be honest) or have tried and failed to win money gambling, I imagined interest would have gone stellar. But for whatever reason, it still remains a niche activity and the exchange mechanism itself is still not as well established as I thought it would have become. It’s a shame because it’s such a great concept and one that deliver such great value to an user in the betting markets.<\/p>\n

Back then I was pondering just how long the opportunity would last. Now, with a few more years behind me, I find myself pondering just how long I’ll last! I’m keen to make sure I tick off a load of things on my bucket list and won’t be happy until I have. So I don’t want to leave it too late to do that or not do it for the sake of a decent trading month. So I think I need to start being more picky. With my kids now nearing the age where they can have their own Betfair account, I think it’s fair to say that\u00a0they need the money more than I. So I should give them the opportunity.<\/p>\n

I hope to get to Newbury to enjoy the big race in person one year. Till then I’ll still have\u00a0to enjoy it from behind my screen.<\/p>\n

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I have fond memories of the\u00a0Hennessy Gold Cup. I’ve traditionally done well at this race and\u00a0its the race I traded live at the IX Investor show for Betfair in 2006. Seeing a betting company at an financial investment show was a shock for many people and lots couldn’t understand why we were there, so we […]<\/p>\n

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