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Usaidit's Bets and Banter Thread.
Usaidit's Bets and Banter Thread.
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cheers. i'll have a nibble.
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apologies for that one,can't predict em falling
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lol no worries. 1st loss of the day, only a tiny bit out of the profits.
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Think you need to read my post again Usaidit - as you've just said aboce you can't predict fallers, mine was brought down in the carnage at Sedge.
Did however back Cast Cada so luck may be on the turn  |
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BTW, if Emerald Glade is off tonight has a great chance. Just cannot understand why it is 9.6 on here?
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Now fully expect Finbin to go in after it finished 2nd for me at Wetherby last week. Flying Doctor p1ssed all over Finbin then ran a shocker last night when you guessed it - my shilling was on.
Sedgefield 16:00 1st 1.Finbin (IRE) 2.88 13/8F 2nd 4.Hasper 6.49 9/2 5 ran NR 6 Status: Weighed In |
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morning all
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Morning.
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ah,there's life out there
system lay for tomorrow is 2.20 ayr lexis hero-needs to shorten a tad though |
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good morning
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Morning All
OK Usaidit, suppose I was just caught up in my own sad little world. Was typing as the race was going, having backed one that got slide tackled by the faller. I was simply predicting what was inevitable given my current run of luck. Going to start a grail of sorts today. Going to start with £100 and aim to double it every month. Need a little focus. |
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Hello.
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afters all
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afters all,3 for today for the grail
300 wolves faithful one 410 brighton hill of miller 440 brighton tom wade good luck today |
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Afternoon Salmon/Usaidit
Think we have to be pro-active in lifting our game on the forum. It is a bit dead but only the contributors can make it improve. Was going to post a topic earlier asking if there is ANYTHING positve in racing at the moment? I'm not a constantly upbeat person, but does the game smell so much more now than ever? I don't think so. The broadcasting is the major issue to me. |
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I haven`t quite followed drew`s argument about fallers so I may have hold of the wrong end of the stick. My feeling is that the extra dangers of steeplechasing are factored into the price. As a result I personally think Novice Chases are potentially the best betting medium in British horse racing. Unfortunately I spent the winter in The Naps Tables proving the opposite
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It wasn't an argument Salmon - I was just bemoaning my bad luck
one of my poorer traits I am afraid |
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luck is like a door,it swings both ways
is this attempt based on backs or lays Drew? |
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I think the forum,if that`s what you`re talking about,has been going downhill for some time. Mainly because so many of the more interesting ( in various ways ) posters have either been banned or lost interest. Warwick and jonjo are just two that fall into the latter category. Those that have been banned are too numerous to mention. You will notice tynecastle has disappeared again. Kinky Devil made a fleeting appearance under a slightly different name when the new forum was introduced but I suspect a loophole was closed. Now even info has been banned ( under that name anyway ). It is all going to hell imo.
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Backs Usaidit
I have tried laying, and although it goes against the grain for me, am trying again on paper at the moment (still unsuccesfully [>o] ). So I'm generally aiming to back winners. I have too many bets at the moment and am experimenting with curbing this, but could have chosen a bad day as the racing this evening has plenty of opportunity. May go to Wetherby this evening if my mates are going - think they may be going to Newcastle though which is too far to get back from tonight. |
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Looks as though Lester is laying one of my backs
 Salmon, you will have to be more interesting then - if some of the stars have disappeared you will have to shine more brightly |
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salmon is the steve davis of the racing forum
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I am of course invariably interesting drew. The trouble is up to about a couple of years ago I could tumble in from the pub and be ...er....contentious on half a dozen threads. That is now very rarely possible and I think this new abortion of a forum has finally finished it off.
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lester may not live long imo
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Lester
Are you laying Faithful One? If so why? I make the 13/2 I took earlier pretty good value. Only playing for buttons while I try to regain some form. Either that or pack it up for a while - which I don't want to do as what happens in the next 2/3 weeks is so important to the rest of the season. |
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just checked the other site and i have laid 2 of yours drew,but don't worry out of my last 5 lays,4 have won
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Great to hear Salmon
Does the fact that most of what I read on this thread I find interesting make me easily pleased? Or had I joined in years ago would I now also be hankering for the good old days? I do agree btw that there are more infantile berks on the forum as a whole than when I began contributing |
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laying is as easy or as hard as you want to make it Drew
the cleverest approach for a backer is to find what you think wins-and lay the one you think it beats which is shortest in the betting you'll see one person do it on the thread from time to time |
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Form will take a turn for one of us then Lester
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I haven't developed a decent strategy Usaidit and this is an obvious hole in trying to make it pay.
Think I will always be able to more easily find a 6/1 winner than, say, 3 2/1 losers. We will see. |
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perhaps you should both be figuring out whether it is more of a back/lay than you first thought rather than letting egos run amock
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My theoretical lays today are Abondanza (can see 2 that can beat it so 2.04 too skinny) and Interakt (all have some sort of chance so 3.5 is too short). In the second named I am diametrically opposed to Lester again though!!
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I have a difference of opinion with Usaidit about laying drew. I personally try only to lay when I think there are a minimum of three that can beat it.
I think The Groutch ( an old trawler hand and a successful one when we concentrated on lays ) first put that into words on a trawler thread, but I had essentially been doing that anyway,without quite thinking it through. |
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How does this fit with you're US laying Salmon - or does it not have the same criteria? We have spoken of this before I think - I back and you lay more or less simply by market watching?
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Mmmmmm.
I could argue that the I am essentially doing the same in The US. I simply don`t lay the first 3 favs ( except occasionally by accident when one shortens ). I must admit that on UK racing I AM talking about form. The US stuff is different because of the way the markets form so quickly. |
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system lay coming up-lexis hero-far too long for our approach
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Ayr 14:20
1st 7.Where's Romeo (IRE) 2.96 15/8F 2nd 1.Extra Power (IRE) 7.90 11/2 3rd 4.Lexi's Hero (IRE) 5.09 4/1 8 ran NR 2 Status: Result another one bites the dust |
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WD Usaidit
Was it short enough for you to get involved with? |
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nope Drew-it was just a touch too long
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Good afternoon.Today I will offer up a lay of Flowing Cape in the 16.00 at Wolverhampton.Good luck.
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