towcester (bookmakers) dogs

Five Bookies stood.
Pick one was Barry Johnson,Pick 2 BG racing ,Pick 3 Quantam (aka b johnson) ,pick 4 Treble chance (unorthodox betting) and lastly Coulton and Flowers.
The margins they bet to were unattractive for any discerning punter but the general public seemed happy enough to have a bet.In my view the position where they bet is poor,as they are slightly at the bottom of a dip which naturally means everyone is cramming towards them and access isn't good.The weather was fine on Saturday but as they have not got any cover presumably they will use umbrellas when it rains and I think this will impair viewing  for the grandstand patrons.
The amenities were superb and the track looked magnificent-it deserves to succeed and in the short haul am sure will be very popular.

they were bound to get a big crowd saturday but they will get less and less every meeting and if i had a wide runner it never set foot at towcester

There were early prices with a no. of firms (betting to a collective ca. 105%) so there was no excuse for them to bet to prohibitive percentages.
It's greed and short sightedness. Regular punters have got used to betting on here with a ca. 5% deduction and with the firms with morning prices
at around 105%. If they think significant numbers of non six pack type punters are going to bet to those percentages or the 122% overround equivalent
tote prices(18% deduction) then I would expect them to be disappointed and to find a dwindling crowd. A significant no. of punters are also now used to beting from home with pictures. I can't see too many sitting in a betting shop for hours on end on a Friday, Saturday or any night for that matter.

i would think the 25k a year rent the bookmakers are reported to have paid means they have a big over round

something not right with me that b.johnson has 2 pitches chris page is no mug can't understand why he did not get greyhound base bookmakers in did he not have no say over the matter

Kevin Ackerman appointed the Books.

cheers pompey that says it all

didn't you fancy it there pompey rat?

Sent in a C.V in July,but no response.

that's disappointing to hear

think they want to keep there bags contract lol

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mdm probably has it spot on!

dont forget towcester have towcester bet not the tote

beeb im not sure how that works...they were totepools we were betting into in the restaurant and there were totepool windows all around the place....then you have towcesterbet and i understand they have to send any signifigant bets back to the ring? So what towcesterbet is i dont know really,if i wanted a win bet or casts etc we just did it at the totepool terminal or at the table so does towcesterbet just replace any onsite betting shops or something else?

The screens in Towcesterbet looked as if they may have been Betfred rebranded and there were totepool windows as Patrick says.   Max stake at a price was £50 , anything else was at SP.

presumed it was like bangor bet or chester bet which would mean then cannot use tote computers for jackpots

interesting one race friday called towcester tote

Respect where it is due, a huge improvement tonight with SP's tonight at Towcester. Lets hope it long continues as well as Towcester Greyhound Track.