{"id":12377,"date":"2017-11-30T17:30:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T17:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=12377"},"modified":"2017-11-30T17:31:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T17:31:50","slug":"hennessy-gold-cup-one-of-my-favourite-races-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2017\/11\/30\/hennessy-gold-cup-one-of-my-favourite-races-2\/","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\u00a0it’s the race I traded live at the IX Investor show for Betfair in 2006. I know I’ve posted this summary, or something similar, before. But it’s definitely one of the highlights of my trading career so far so it’s worth a reprise for those that haven’t seen it before.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Seeing a betting company at a 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. I famously had a full blown row with somebody who came over to berate us for attending. He hadn’t bothered to investigate that we were actually talking about trading and not\u00a0traditional\u00a0betting. I wasn’t going to let him get away with that!<\/span><\/p>\n

After failing to get the message across I decided on a plan. I rolled up my sleeves and started to trade live for everybody. A slightly unorthodox setup, 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\u00a0while 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!<\/span><\/p>\n

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From that point on the stand was heaving and interest grew over the day. As more people came to the stand, it drew more people in. I didn’t really get the chance to leave after the point. It was an exhausting experience, but a great one. I felt it we could reach these people the race markets could turn over millions rather than the hundreds of thousands they currently were.<\/span><\/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 II’ve\u00a0started to get more picky.<\/span><\/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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I have fond memories of the\u00a0Hennessy Gold Cup. I’ve traditionally done well at this race and\u00a0it’s the race I traded live at the IX Investor show for Betfair in 2006. I know I’ve posted this summary, or something similar, before. But it’s definitely one of the highlights of my trading career so far so it’s […]<\/p>\n

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