New Posts For Thread: thats why you get rubbish racing in britainhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960154/thats-why-you-get-rubbish-racing-in-britainhave a look at the prize money on offer today compered to ireland :^0Horse-racing ireland hates betfair. The chief executive was on rte saying that they don't pay anything for their product, but that will change very soon along with the other companies who are based off-shore.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960154/thats-why-you-get-rubbish-racing-in-britain?post_id=432063506#432063506Horse-racing ireland hates betfair. The chief executive was on rte saying that they don't pay anything for their product, but that will change very soon along with the other companies who are based off-shore.Mon, 03 May 2010 10:07:37 -0500Massive cut-backs to the funding of ALL aspects of Irish racing were announced in the last Irish budget..... and will soon hit home.There were even threats of race officials going on strike.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960154/thats-why-you-get-rubbish-racing-in-britain?post_id=432063502#432063502Massive cut-backs to the funding of ALL aspects of Irish racing were announced in the last Irish budget..... and will soon hit home.There were even threats of race officials going on strike.Mon, 03 May 2010 10:05:38 -0500agree Vinnie....also I think (maybe it has changed) but I understood that the Irish Books werent allowed to use BF to hedge....https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960154/thats-why-you-get-rubbish-racing-in-britain?post_id=432063498#432063498agree Vinnie....also I think (maybe it has changed) but I understood that the Irish Books werent allowed to use BF to hedge....Mon, 03 May 2010 10:02:53 -0500OVERSEAS - You get plenty of value at the head of the market. You would be crazy to lay a 100/1 in ireland with plenty of these plot horses throughout the season. Also in England there is more liquidity with the bigger prices, so bookmakers on trackhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960154/thats-why-you-get-rubbish-racing-in-britain?post_id=432063494#432063494OVERSEAS - You get plenty of value at the head of the market. You would be crazy to lay a 100/1 in ireland with plenty of these plot horses throughout the season. Also in England there is more liquidity with the bigger prices, so bookmakers on trackMon, 03 May 2010 10:01:37 -0500agree wth you re dundalk overseas .https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960154/thats-why-you-get-rubbish-racing-in-britain?post_id=432063490#432063490agree wth you re dundalk overseas .Mon, 03 May 2010 09:59:33 -0500I am not fooling myself Workrider....appreciate that the UK books are no saints...but Irish racing with the books means you could never bet on track.....Dundalk on a Friday night is very bad..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960154/thats-why-you-get-rubbish-racing-in-britain?post_id=432063486#432063486I am not fooling myself Workrider....appreciate that the UK books are no saints...but Irish racing with the books means you could never bet on track.....Dundalk on a Friday night is very bad..Mon, 03 May 2010 09:51:31 -0500a good synopsis of irish racing loper .https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960154/thats-why-you-get-rubbish-racing-in-britain?post_id=432063482#432063482a good synopsis of irish racing loper .Mon, 03 May 2010 09:50:08 -0500overseas , i was over at exeter and cheltenham a few weeks ago and some of the place terms would have made dick turpin blush ffs :^0 also at sedgefield and kelso last year had trouble getting bets of £200/ £300 bets on at the track . sohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960154/thats-why-you-get-rubbish-racing-in-britain?post_id=432063478#432063478overseas , i was over at exeter and cheltenham a few weeks ago and some of the place terms would have made dick turpin blush ffs :^0 also at sedgefield and kelso last year had trouble getting bets of £200/ £300 bets on at the track . soMon, 03 May 2010 09:48:47 -0500The field sizes in Ireland mean that racing could easily have expanded into far more meetings, but with the current economic climate, the decision to resist expansion in the heady times means that Irish racing looks, structurely, in far better shapehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960154/thats-why-you-get-rubbish-racing-in-britain?post_id=432063474#432063474The field sizes in Ireland mean that racing could easily have expanded into far more meetings, but with the current economic climate, the decision to resist expansion in the heady times means that Irish racing looks, structurely, in far better shapeMon, 03 May 2010 09:46:07 -0500Guernsey races today, 20k prize money , 5 races, P D Evans and G Moore carve up of the prize money ;) both sent good horses, Toux les doux , Penang Cinta too name two. Nice day out.http://www.guernseyrace.org.gg/https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960154/thats-why-you-get-rubbish-racing-in-britain?post_id=432063470#432063470Guernsey races today, 20k prize money , 5 races, P D Evans and G Moore carve up of the prize money ;) both sent good horses, Toux les doux , Penang Cinta too name two. Nice day out.http://www.guernseyrace.org.gg/Mon, 03 May 2010 09:45:27 -0500