Topic: The Horse Racing thread

[naYoRHa2b]

Close that. Good horse Bo Zenith but glad I was on Zenta

[paulrazor]

Close that. Good horse Bo Zenith but glad I was on Zenta

I was watching on my phone, commentator actually thought bo zenith won

It was that close I dont blame him for the mistake

5er double on Banbridge and Zenta

33.75

[paulrazor]

shishkin wins

two doubles up. Another 33.75

plus there was a special just before start

shishkin and either ahoy senor or a plus tard to finish 2nd. 5er at 16/5

[paulrazor]

3 ew on sharjah at 20/1 got back 18

no value in backing a 1/9 shot for the win

[naYoRHa2b]

3 ew on sharjah at 20/1 got back 18

no value in backing a 1/9 shot for the win

It was evens on William hill but only up to fiver. I did end up just doing a couple of quid on zanahyir e/w as well

Your doing well anyway mate

[paulrazor]

It was evens on William hill but only up to fiver. I did end up just doing a couple of quid on zanahyir e/w as well

Your doing well anyway mate

yeah just had a tenner this morning in account

got up to about 80, withdrew 50, still have some knocking about and will cover national bet

just doing 3 horses in that. Le Milos backed

ill pick two others

https://www.grandnational.org.uk/grand-national-runners.php

thanks mate

[Gerry Attrick]

Wasn’t breathtaking today. I really think Cheltenham to Aintree takes a lot out of horses these days. Most of them have been on the go for 7 months and most of the good ones run so little there’s almost a mini bounce factor.

[Crouch Potato]

Was a serious case of Seconditis for me today, 3 seconds. Would definitely look for some good ground horses in the National.

[oldfordie]

Anyone else getting bookies account restrictions.
They are really tightening up. 2 closed inside a couple of months ive had for years. it's not as if am cleaning up, just ticking over more than anything.

[liversaint]

Anyone else getting bookies account restrictions.
They are really tightening up. 2 closed inside a couple of months ive had for years. it's not as if am cleaning up, just ticking over more than anything.

My Ladcrookes account was limited to pennies years ago. My Betfred account I use for small bets and throw a few big priced no hopers in .  I use different shops at different times of day as I know a couple of lads who have bets referred to traders for having the cheek to win. Apparently some shops use facial recognition now as well

[oldfordie]

My Ladcrookes account was limited to pennies years ago. My Betfred account I use for small bets and throw a few big priced no hopers in .  I use different shops at different times of day as I know a couple of lads who have bets referred to traders for having the cheek to win. Apparently some shops use facial recognition now as well

I know some bets get flagged so steer clear of them. had WH for over 20yrs restricted to coppers a few weeks ago, now bet365, over 20yrs with them as well. I think some of the bookies are in trouble, cutting right down on promotions and chopping accounts who don't deposit regularly.

[Crouch Potato]

If you only use certain accounts when they do some sort of special offers and boosted prices, rather than betting daily with them tend to do that sort of thing. Had that happen to me with a Betway account.

[oldfordie]

If you only use certain accounts when they do some sort of special offers and boosted prices, rather than betting daily with them tend to do that sort of thing. Had that happen to me with a Betway account.

I have about 10 accounts so I can always take the best odds and extra places etc. I know what you mean, I dont just use these bookies when they give me a free bet. just mentioned they've chopped the promotions as it shows they are tightening up.

[Xabisfeet]

Anyone else getting bookies account restrictions.
They are really tightening up. 2 closed inside a couple of months ive had for years. it's not as if am cleaning up, just ticking over more than anything.

I had 3 or 4 accounts closed in the space of a few months a couple of years ago.

Advice online was to bet direct on the bookie's website rather than via an odd comparison site (I was betting through the Racing Post site)

Seems to have helped.  Only the one closed since.

Like you, my accounts are just ticking over.  Never put money in or take any out

[oldfordie]

I had 3 or 4 accounts closed in the space of a few months a couple of years ago.

Advice online was to bet direct on the bookie's website rather than via an odd comparison site (I was betting through the Racing Post site)

Seems to have helped.  Only the one closed since.

Like you, my accounts are just ticking over.  Never put money in or take any out

Thanks Xabis, I do have a habit of just clicking the oddschecker best odds link. will stop doing it now.

[goalrushatgoodison]

Very informative conversations there. I hate the online mechanism purely because I rarely withdraw my winnings. I had accounts years ago but closed them for that reason. I had to go back during the pandemic and have stayed with it for the moment. Don't bet so much theses days which helps.

[Crouch Potato]

Bloody weather forecasters, they were predicting no rain today and tomorrow. 

[kesey]

Bloody weather forecasters, they were predicting no rain today and tomorrow. 

Was thinking about that . Last time I looked it said the going was good to soft.

[kesey]

Just thought on . It's ladies day and I bet their false tan is all over the shop.

[adruk87]

Hadn't realised b365 only applied best odds guaranteed if bets were placed after 10am on the day, put my bets on last night and just had 9/4 on Pic D'Orhy as opposed to the 4/1 it went off at, how annoying.

[Crouch Potato]

Hadn't realised b365 only applied best odds guaranteed if bets were placed after 10am on the day, put my bets on last night and just had 9/4 on Pic D'Orhy as opposed to the 4/1 it went off at, how annoying.

They used to have it on bets the day before, maybe they are getting tighter, like some of the other bookies. 

[naYoRHa2b]

I've dropped a right bollock today. On sporting life I had Tritonic and Bill Baxter in my stable so I get a heads up when they run. Bet against them though 

[adruk87]

They used to have it on bets the day before, maybe they are getting tighter, like some of the other bookies. 

Changed on the 5th April supposedly after a quick Google. Obviously didn't advertise that one.

[Crouch Potato]

I usually do well at Aintree, but first 2 days been a bag of shite for me.

[1892tillforever]

I usually do well at Aintree, but first 2 days been a bag of shite for me.

Same, it has been tough going. Fakir never looked like winning, and Go Dante failed to go anywhere.

[Barneylfc∗]

Changed on the 5th April supposedly after a quick Google. Obviously didn't advertise that one.

I remember getting an email about it. In fairness to them, they're one of the last bookies to go down that route. Sky, PP and Hills have all had it for ages

[AndyMuller]

Some day that yesterday. On the ale from 9:30am until 3am was some going.

[aedge659]

Just seen Constitution Hills half brother won at Huntington today, wish I'd known he was running beforehand.

[jillc]

Some day that yesterday. On the ale from 9:30am until 3am was some going.

I got first and second place in the big race, wasn't a bad day.

[AndyMuller]

I got first and second place in the big race, wasn't a bad day.

Nice Jill, well played.

No winners for me and the hangover and comedown of the century yesterday.

[Andy2508]

Question for you racing enthusiasts- what software do you use when looking through form, h2h, pedigree etc? I’ve always used RI which I find quite clunky, especially for the price! There’s that many different sites/systems to access it’s hard to chose.

[Gerry Attrick]

Question for you racing enthusiasts- what software do you use when looking through form, h2h, pedigree etc? I’ve always used RI which I find quite clunky, especially for the price! There’s that many different sites/systems to access it’s hard to chose.

I just use Racing Post mostly. But Attheraces and Racing TV are good.

[1892tillforever]

Question for you racing enthusiasts- what software do you use when looking through form, h2h, pedigree etc? I’ve always used RI which I find quite clunky, especially for the price! There’s that many different sites/systems to access it’s hard to chose.

As Gerry said.

However, Raceadvisor.co.uk is really useful IMO for general form reading and other data.

[duvva 💅]

Racing Post for me mainly, also the Sporting Life. I don’t subscribe to the RP so only have access to the basic info, form etc

What’s RI?

[Andy2508]

Cheers gents, I have the ones you’ve mentioned other than Raceadvisor.co.uk but still always go back to RI, I’ll check that website out as I’ve not heard of it before.

RI being Raceform Interactive, Racing Post’s paid for version. It takes some getting used to (as I said before, quite clunky) but once you have the hang of it’s not bad - much quicker than Racing Post site but it just feels a bit outdated (especially considering you have to fork out for it).

[duvva 💅]

Cheers gents, I have the ones you’ve mentioned other than Raceadvisor.co.uk but still always go back to RI, I’ll check that website out as I’ve not heard of it before.

RI being Raceform Interactive, Racing Post’s paid for version. It takes some getting used to (as I said before, quite clunky) but once you have the hang of it’s not bad - much quicker than Racing Post site but it just feels a bit outdated (especially considering you have to fork out for it).

Ah ok thought it was that just couldn’t remember the name. I’ve looked at it a few times over the years, so interesting to hear from someone who has it. Always seemed like it was quite a clever tool for putting together some of your own queries such as quickly being able to identify things like if their are any runners who love soft/heavy for example running that day, or is it not as intuitive as that?

[aedge659]

Question for you racing enthusiasts- what software do you use when looking through form, h2h, pedigree etc? I’ve always used RI which I find quite clunky, especially for the price! There’s that many different sites/systems to access it’s hard to chose.

I mostly use the info supplied on the betting sites which is from the Racing post/Sporting life originally.  Then search an individual horse on the Racing Post if I want to find out more.

[Andy2508]

Ah ok thought it was that just couldn’t remember the name. I’ve looked at it a few times over the years, so interesting to hear from someone who has it. Always seemed like it was quite a clever tool for putting together some of your own queries such as quickly being able to identify things like if their are any runners who love soft/heavy for example running that day, or is it not as intuitive as that?

You can get info such as % wins on all grounds, which I always found strange you can’t on RP! It’s definitely better than RP IMO as you can get the same info and more but to be honest I don’t think it justifies the fee, hence why I’m looking at changing. It feels like they haven’t invested into it for years, all the form is there but it’s like running a program from a floppy disk! 

Quite interesting that all of you are just mentioning the free sites, RP, ATR etc. I think I’ll have to try getting used to doing this too, save my money for the betting 

[Andy2508]

I mostly use the info supplied on the betting sites which is from the Racing post/Sporting life originally.  Then search an individual horse on the Racing Post if I want to find out more.

Any reason you get the info from the betting sites as opposed to Racing Post, if ultimately you end up back at RP anyway to delve into a certain horse? It’s never really crossed my mind to look at the info on bookies sites, maybe somewhere else to look into

[aedge659]

Mostly familiarity for me with the betting sites and having info in one place so I can judge the market at the same time. Sky Bet are my preferred choice for easy and clear content under each horse. Even if I don't actually place the bet with them 😉 I don't actually spend too much time researching so it's just quick and easy for me.