{"id":3251,"date":"2010-12-26T07:18:16","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T07:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=3251"},"modified":"2012-03-15T16:22:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T16:22:04","slug":"some-winter-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2010\/12\/26\/some-winter-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"Some winter cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"

One look at the racing card will echo what you will have seen for the last month or so, abandoned racing. It’s the worst period I have known in my ten years on Betfair, pretty bleak. Boxing day usually brings a whole slew of opportunity and some top quality action at Kempton. Today, out of the 11 meetings due to take place today, only one hasn’t been abandoned as I write this, and there is a real prospect of that remaining fixture being lost. This has be costing racing a fortune.<\/p>\n

On the upside I was up early this morning to watch the Ashes and feeling there was value in England, see yesterday’s blog, I was lovely and green when I rose to watch the match. I also did of a bit of racing in Caulfied and Randwick to top up the account.<\/p>\n

It looks like a thaw is about to set in this week but the forecast is ominous again at the moment for the end of the week. Let’s hope the weather returns to normal again and we don’t experiance a ’63 winter again. I’ve almost forgotten what it’s like to have a normal day!<\/p>\n

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One look at the racing card will echo what you will have seen for the last month or so, abandoned racing. It’s the worst period I have known in my ten years on Betfair, pretty bleak. Boxing day usually brings a whole slew of opportunity and some top quality action at Kempton. Today, out of […]<\/p>\n

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