Horse Racing in OZ

[Charles49]

My apologies for such a woeful result last week. Lets hope there is a quick turnaround in fortunes today.
Here are todays selections.

ROSEHILL:
R1 no 1 Rafha's Choice Won $5.37
R2 no 4 Telepathic Won
R5 no 2 Howmuchdoyouloveme 3rd
R6 no 8 Typhoon Jolie
R7 no 4 Ryker e/w at odds 4th
R8 no 1 I'm Imposing....long shot place chance from top stable
R9 no 2 Sure and Fast

MOONEE VALLEY:
R3 no 4 Catch that Cat 3rd
R5 no 1 Flying Light 2nd
R7 no 4 Lonrockstar
R8 no 7 Sea Spray
R9 no 3 Taddei Tondo e/w chance with strong jock aboard.

LAY BETS:
Sr8 No2 Its SomewhatStarted 2nd fav. Ran 2nd. Lay bet won
Br7 no 3 DidntcostalotWon. Started $3.50 fav. Lay bet lost


Cheers n Beers

[Charles49]

Difficult day ahead. Best racing is at Ascot in Perth where the $1m AUD Group 1 race will be run and won. Early Favourite is Magic Artist at around $5 and its the form hose of the field with an excellent jock on board.
Here are todays tips.

SANDOWN:
R1 no 1 Ragazzo Del Corsa 3rd
R2 no 1 Jacquinot Bay
R3 no 7 Firehouse Rock
R9 no 1 Purple Smile

ROSEHILL:
R2 no 1 Tarquin2nd
R7 no 7 Felines Won $4.30
R8 no 2 Cauthern's Power
R9 no 14 Wudang Mountain

LAY BETS:
Ascot R8 no 10 Real Love Ran unplaced. Lay bet won


Cheers n Beers

[Charles49]

Group One racing for the year has finished however there are a few Listed races around in Brisbane and the Group 2 Villiers Stakes at Randwick. Lets hope we can find you some winners.

FLEMINGTON:
R2 no 2 Allergic...... longshot with a place chance
R3 no 2 Antelucan
R6 no 13 I'm a Tiger....value bet here at odds
R7 no 1 Tashbeeh Won $2.80
R8 no 9 Durendal Won $3.50

RANDWICK:
R5 no 4 Lucky Lucky Lucky3rd
R6 no 2 Hellbent 2nd
R7 no 17 Gods In Him

DOOMBEN
R8 no 2 Fontelina Won $6
R9 no 3 Feltre...each way chance Late Scratching

LAY BETS:
SR4 no 2 AlegeriaStarted2nd Fav. Ran third. Lay bet won
MR9 no 10 Yellen Started $3 fav. Finished 3rd. Lay bet won


Cheers n Beers

[Charles49]

Morning all. Extreme heat in southern Australia today with temperatures expected to top 45C. Racing in Victoria and South Australia has been abandoned so we are left with NSW, Queensland and Western Australia. Lets hope we can snare some winners despite the heat outside.

ROSEHILL:
R1 no 8 Sebrikka
R2 no 7 Zin Zan Eddie
R4 no 7 Mary Lou
R6 no 6 I Am Zealady3rd

DOOMBEN:
R5 no 2 Charcuterie 2nd
R9 no 1 Hoffgarten
R10 no 2 Comacina3rd

ASCOT:
R4 no 5 Silverstream 4th
R5 no 7 Cosmic Storm Won
R7 no 11 Delicacy Won

LAY BETS:
SR4 no 4 Cauthens PowerOpened up $2.50 fav. Ran unplaced. Lay bet won.
SR6 no7 Fitou Second Fav. Won. Lay bet lost
PR7 no 10 Real Love Second Favourite. Ran unplaced. Lay bet won

[Charles49]

Here is an interesting story with an insight as to how the Corporates in Australia react if you win.
A close friend of mine was recently limited to just a $50 liability by Ladbrokes simply because he bets responsibly.
The sad part of this story is the absolute lack of customer care from Ladbrokes towards their account holder. To begin with they didnt bother to advise my friend that his account had been restricted. He found out when he went to have a bet of $100 on a cricket match at $1.73 and his bet was reduced to $68. He then discovered that access to fixed prices for horse racing had been removed so he contacted Ladbrokes and here is the response he received.
Thank you for contacting Ladbrokes.com.au

As per our Terms of Use (provided below) and following the completion of a recent account review we regrettably advise that your account is limited to win up to $50 and we are only able to offer you tote prices at this time.

5. ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR BETTING PLATFORMS
5.2 We may, in our absolute discretion, change the content (including betting products or elements of the betting product) of our Betting Platforms at any time (provided such changes do not affect games and/or bets already in progress).

This limit may be altered or even removed at some point in the future.

We appreciate your understanding in this matter

My friend then tried to discuss the matter with Ladbrokes and all attempts including a meeting at their offices were declined by Ladbrokes. Finally they gave him an URL to a website on remote Norfolk Island and told him to contact the webmaster and take the issue up with them as Ladbrokes licence to operate was issued by the Norfolk Island Gaming Authority.
The action taken against my friend was undertaken close to or on Christmas Day. Ladbrokes colours are bright red and white which coincidently are the same as Santa Claus's traditional colours.
Understandably my friend now considers Ladbrokes the Christmas grinch!!.
Feel free to add your own thoughts, comments or stories of similar occurrences on here.

[Charles49]

Welcome to 2016 and may your punting year be a successful one.
The action moves to Western Australia today for the running of the Group 2 Perth Cup at Ascot. Here are today's selections.
MOONEE VALLEY:
R1 no 2 Heatherly Won $2.80
R3 no 5 Young Nicola Won $12
R5 no 9 Love Days 2nd
R6 no 1 Leica Day Won $3.50
R8 no 2 Boomwa 4th

ROSEHILL:
R2 no 1 Bitburg 2nd
R3 no 2 Open Book Won $8
R8 no 7 Moral Victory

ASCOT:
R6 no 3 Cosmic Storm3rd
R7 no 14 Silverstream
R8 no 11 Neverland 2nd

LAY BETS:
Melb R8 No 17 Badajoz Started $3 fav. Ran unplaced. Lay bet won
SYD R8 No 8 Start WonderingStarted odds on fav. Ran unplaced. Lay bet won


Cheers n Beers

[Charles49]

Nice start for the year so lets hope thats a sign of good things to come.
Today's action centres on the Gold Coast where the prizemoney for the nine races totals AUD$10m.
Thats an incredible average of about $1.1m per race which is about twenty times the normal for a saturday race in Brisbane.
Here are todays selections.

GOLD COAST:
R3 no 1 Buffering Won
R4 no 16 I Am Zelady Won $9.60
R5 no 12 Feltre......100/1 shot with a very rough place chanceRan 2nd Paid $18.44 the place. !!
R6 no 1 Lucky Hussler Won $4.80
R7 no 1 Mahuta Won $6.10
R8 no 1 Capitalist Won

CAULFIELD:
R3 no 3 Tashbeeh Won $4
R4 no 1 Yulong Baby Won $3.20
R9 no 8 Volcanic Ash

CANTERBURY:
R2 no 10 Bring A Secret 3rd


LAY BETS:
SR5 no 8 Rye.Ran unplaced. Lay bet won


Cheers n Beers

[Charles49]

It seems my friend's story above (post dated 2/1/16) isn't alone in Australia when it comes to winning punters trying to get set. Even legislation in NSW that requires a Bookmaker to accept a $2k liability is apparently being bypassed if the story above from a recent Champion Picks newsletter is correct.
Here is the Champion Picks article.
Racing not always a sure bet

It’s been interesting to hear the concerns of racing authorities surrounding in-play betting on sport.

In-play wagering – allowing punters to bet online on sporting events while a match is underway – is outlawed in Australia, but that position is being considered as former NSW premier Barry O’Farrell leads a review of the Interactive Gambling Act.

Bookies want it legalised because of the action it generates – which they claim is happening anyway, but flowing to overseas bookmakers unregulated and untaxed.

Racing is dead against it because it sucks away its lifeblood: the punting dollar. Australian racing offers a new event to bet on every few minutes, 364 days a year – a volume of punting opportunity unmatched by other sports locally. But allow constant in-play betting on sport, and the minute-to-minute punting focus expands from the racetrack to the wider sporting landscape.

Sure. But as a punter, you can’t help thinking the authorities’ focus is wrong. Racing has a few issues of its own it should get in order itself before it worries about external threats.

Racing obviously needs punters like no other sport. Moreover, it needs volume turnover to sustain the non-stop calendar of events. Yet even at the most basic level, racing often fails the punters it so critically needs.

Speak to any number of them about the game, and before long you’ll hear about a stack of issues that can be summed up in two simple words: getting on.

Punt regularly, and you start to learn. Learn, and you become a better punter (and probably wager more too, incidentally).

As you become a better punter? It gets harder and harder to actually have a bet.

The same bookies who saturate the screens with their odds simply refuse to take your action the moment they suspect you might be anything other than a total dimwit.

It’s an obvious equation, but seems lost on those who run racing. It’s ludicrous to think that just below the noise about losing the punting dollar, there’s more than a few people actually trying to bet on racing – and bet on it regularly – and they’re not able to.

It starts with stake limiting, when you place a wager but are told only half of it has been “accepted”. From there it’s a slippery slope as the accepted amounts get lower and lower.

Some take this approach to the extreme. To take one such example, one well-known bookmaker once took one of my $50 stakes and reduced it to seven cents. Yes, that’s $0.07.

It gets to the point where even if a bookie isn’t just flat rejecting your bets – which some certainly will – they may as well be.

To be fair the issue hasn’t gone completely ignored. To their eternal credit, Racing NSW last year introduced minimum bet regulations: any bookmaker wishing to hold money on NSW races is now required to accept any bet where the punter can win up to $2,000.

But still, things aren’t as simple as they should be. For starters, don’t expect all bookmakers to actively abide by the regulations. As I’ve experienced, at least one prominent agency will still automatically limit and reject your bets on NSW races.

When queried, their curt response amounted to “that’s the decision we’ve made and it’s final”. It wasn’t until I insisted they were bound by regulations – twice more – that I was passed to a member of management, who outlined the process required for me to be “approved” – including a statutory declaration stating that I was in fact who I claimed to be, along with certified copies of my ID and proof of residence.

The process was akin to applying for a passport.

Bear in mind, this is a bookmaker I’d joined months earlier and already confirmed my identity with as part of their verification process. Who’d taken every bet I’d asked for on any event without question, until they decided I wasn’t losing enough.

Apparently it’s for security reasons. But the timing and process makes it clear: security only matters if we’re not getting enough of your cash. Keep losing? No questions asked.

After some back and forth and submission of documentation, my bets on NSW races are now accepted – albeit after delayed ‘approval’, which gets interesting when betting close to race time – the very type of live betting the industry is worried about losing.

Other jurisdictions, most notably Victoria, have yet to follow the lead on minimum betting rules. There’s no recourse for those banned by their bookmakers from betting on racing in other Australian states. It’s hard to think of any industry which so willingly shoos away loyal customers who actually want to spend – let alone one which is also so vocal about losing turnover.

Racing is inherently a good product which can survive and thrive against competition from other forms of gambling. But it might be time for the industry to concentrate on improving the offer, rather than seeking to have competition banned. Make it easy and make it convenient, but most importantly, get rid of the barriers that punters experience.

And the bookies? It’s a numbers game. Bookmaking may again involve framing and maintaining a market, rather than just publishing a price and then banning any customer who doesn’t lose. A bookmaker who can’t make money running a market at 120 per cent should probably think about a new line of business.

[Charles49]

Well its been an excellent start to 2016 with a couple of top results. Last week Feltre was one of the selections and despite it being an 100/1 outsider it finished second. The funny story here is that the jockey got a bit excited as the post approached and thought he had the race won so went the early crow...only to find the inside horse had kicked and won. He was fined $1,000 which of course was little consolation for those of us who had backed Feltre.
Racing today is pretty ordinary however will do my best to locate a winner.

RANDWICK:
R2 no 4 Mount Panorama
R3 no 6 Miss Royale 2nd
R7 no 2 Diamond Oasis 4th

FLEMINGTON:
R3 no 9 Niccolo 2nd
R4 no 4 Quick Strike 3rd
R6 no 4 Hellbent Won $2.40

SUNSHINE COAST:
R6 no 13 Royal Tithe 3rd
R8 no 2 Shotacross The Bow

ASCOT:
R6 no 5 Lucky Street. Won

LAY BETS:
Mr5 no 11 Star Stealer Started 2nd Fav. Ran unplaced. Lay bet won

Cheers n Beers

[Charles49]

Heavy track at Rosehill today wont assist our task of finding winners however lets hope we can turn a profit.
ROSEHILL:
R1 no 4 Start Wonderingwon
R3 no 4 Mount Panorama 3rd
R4 no 1 So Serene
R7 no 2 Tiger Tees
R9 no 9 Supreme Effort Race Abandoned

FLEMINGTON:
R4 no 1 Star Rolling
R5 no 2 Magna Rossa
R7 no 5 Wild Rain
R9 no 1 Azurite ...each way chance.

DOOMBEN:
R2 no 2 Award Season is a special

ASCOT
R8 no 11 Paseo Del Prada

Lay Bets:
SR4 no 10 Honesty Prevails Won $4.50 lay bet lost

Cheers n Beers

[Charles49]

Morning Guys. Interesting racing around today so here's hoping we can pluck a few winners this week. Races in Melbourne now go every 30 mins on the hour and half hour which is an interesting move designed to speed up the process.
Todays selections are:
RANDWICK:
R1 no 6 Allergic Won
R4 no 5 Slots
R5 no 13 Cant Find Snippy......this is a 100/1 shot with a rough place chanceStarted 200/1.Ran 3rd Paid $24.00 the place!!!
R6 no 4 Hasselhoof looks hard to beat4th
R8 no 8 Ghost Protocol...another longshot (50/1) with a rough place chance

CAULFIELD:
R1 no 6 Schockemohle each way3rd
R4 no 1 Extreme Choice Won
R5 no 3 Hell of an Effort
R6 no 1 He or She2nd
R8 no 7 Golden Spin...looks the goods here2nd

LAY BETS:
SR3 no 9 FelinesWon $2.40. Lay bet lost
MR8 no 6 Palentino Ran unplaced. Lay bet won


Cheers n Beers

[Charles49]

Mixed bag last week however it was nice to see a longshot pop up for a place. Today racing in NSW and Victoria will be conducted on good tracks and again Victoria will run their events on the hour or half hour much to the chagrin of Racing NSW. Sadly our top racing States continue to fight over the carcass.
Lets hope we can find a positive outcome for you today.

RANDWICK:
R5 no 5 Rich Enuff 3rd
R7 no 8 Winx...looks a standout bet Won
R8 no 6 Sultry Feeling Won $9.50

CAULFIELD:
R1 no 3 Tashbeeh 2nd
R2 no 2 Risque Won $4.40
R5 no 3 Politeness 2nd
R6 no 1 Mahuta Won $4
R7 no 4 Lucky Hussler....another that looks the goods.2nd

LAY BETS:
MR7 no 7 Turn me LooseStarted Fav. Ran unplaced. Lay bet won
SR3 no 6 Kangarilla Joy Ran 2nd. Lay bet won

[Charles49]

Sorry Guys there will be no tips for this Saturday as I,m off on a four day fishing junket. Tough life I know but some of us have to do these things. Interesting turn of events here with a boycott of betting being called last Wednesday as a protest against Corporates closing accounts, the inability and/or inconsistency of our betting agencies to accept bets (except in NSW where there are mandatory bet minimums) and the farcical situation regarding start times for Victorian and NSW racing and the problems this causes with Sky Channel 519.
Cant tell you at this point if the boycott had any real effect but the fact it was called for as a form of protest says a lot about racing in Australia and the issues it has.

[Charles49]

Huge day of racing here today with plenty of quality Group racing.
Some tough fields with plenty of chances so hopefully first up from a quick spell we can find you a winner or three.
RANDWICK:
R2 no 2 Telperion 4th
R4 no 2 Scarlett Rain Won $5.50
R5 no 2 Honesta.....rough chance at odds
R6 no 3 Solicit Won $2.40 looks the goods......each way chance is the Queensland visitor Tinto.
R7 no 1 Mongolian Khan...each way. Favourite is the champion WinxWon however its odds represent poor value.

CAULFIELD:
R6 no 3 Turn Me LooseWon $3.50
R7 no 1 Extreme Choice Won $3
R8 no 2 Dothraki.......rough place chance here despite being badly drawn. Alternatively No 16 Heatherly3rd will give you a good run for your money.
R9 no 10 Azkadellia Won $2.20 will be tough to beat here.

LAY BETS:
MR6 no 4 HucklebuckRan unplaced. Lay bet won
SR 6 no 7 Ghisoni Won $2.40. Lay bet lost

[dags]

Hey Charles,

How you going? long time no chat, I see your tipping is still going well

dags