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Some generous soul has just payed 2K for Chelt Tatts 75.
I am truly flabberghasted. If you Gave me 2k and said there's the pitch.. go and trade it.. I'd stay at home! :(
I am truly flabberghasted. If you Gave me 2k and said there's the pitch.. go and trade it.. I'd stay at home! :(
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Must be a mistake surely!
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Last pick can sometimes be infinitely better than some in the middle !!
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Please tell me you are being ironic with regards to Cheltenham tatts demo. I managed to sell number 46 fortunately as I had already decided that I wasn't going again, whether it sold or not.
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Sarcastic rather than ironic, before you correct me. The irony is that the badge charged to such a pitch is at 'premium' rates
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there is a more incredible one on there at the moment.
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Best Guess is Stratford Rails pick 7,Reached reserve of £4000
Not worth a £1000 in my view |
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Should Be pick 3
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unless of course the bidder knows something we don't
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Stratford rails probably the worst positioned in the country.. along with Epsom. Of course, if they were to relocate them....
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.... there would be an absolute riot amongst the other books.
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it would soon quieten down it always does.
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Stratford have a good relationship with the bookmakers. An individual tried to get the rails relocated before without success as the only reason was their personal gain at the expense of everyone else and the track management wouldn't have it.
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they could move them to 1234 in tatts and nobody would do anything.
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wassy im fed up with being told what a good relationship we have with the courses.they say jump and we say how high.ive completely given up.we had the best year weve ever had last year but if it wasnt for my wife wanting to work id walk away.we just roll over time and time again.
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Rails rules Regit?
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Stratford is different regit to be fair. At the bookmakers meeting the management asked us what we'd like to do with the marketing fee money to promote the ring. They try to help us where they can, I have no problems with them. That puts them on a list on one out of all the courses I attend that I can say that about.
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racecourses rule ribero.could you believe how bad wethrby was on saturday.nice day but £16 to get in.race 3 just summed it up.very little info about the stewards cos they were judging the best xmas jumper competition.ive not been to that meeting before and in future apart from cheltenham i will not be going out in jan or feb.how the bad picks make it pay is amazing.respect to anybody who has a go but do they actually make a profit.
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wassy i know your clued up on rules etc.
cheltenham badge on jan 1st its 7 or 8 times cos of attendance.this year cos of worst weather ever(couldnt build joint so came home)crowd 55% of usual how does it work for next year. wouldnt happen in a hundred years but wouldnt it be nice if cheltenham wrote to books who bet and thanked them and returned 2 times entry cos of attendance.would have been the perfect meeting for everyone to say NO THANKS and left them to it. |
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i guess when the buyer is revealed then we will all have an opinion if they have paid too much for it or have a potential bargain
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I'm not really clued up at all regit. All I go on is the contracts. I can't imagine one years' attendance based on the worst weather (even for Cheltenham) in living memory is a basis for reducing the badge next year. I agree though that if I was in charge I would do as you suggested as a gesture of good will and thanks. Suppose it depends on how the management view us at that track.
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intheknow if a ladbrokes pitch didnt reach reserve would they be able to sell it for less than the underbidder to someone else or would they have to be able to justify it to the shareholders cos some of the pitches that wont reach the reserve have some high bids.eg catterick flat.
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Sorry regit, I don't what their plans are
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regit
your best Christmas jumper competition isn't as daft as what we had to put up with at Sedgefield on Friday. the announcer announced 15mins before the last race that the stewards had given permission for the last hurdle to be omitted. it was a bumper. |
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REGIT IF A RESERVE IS 4K .....AND IT REACHES 2800 THEY ARE ALLOWED TO OFFER IT TO THE PERSON THAT BID 2800 ...IF THATS WHAT U MEANT
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SHOULD THE BIDDER BE A COMMISSION AGENT WHO REPRESENTS ONCOURSE BOOKMAKERS ON A COMMITTEE(ILLUMINATI,)THEN DONT BE SHOCKED WITH THE IMPENDING ANNOUNCEMENT THAT DUE TO "HEALTH AND SAFETY" "UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES"EXT EXT,THE RAILS WILL BE REPOSITIONED
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foxy, yes I heard that too and found it a strange announcement. However, when you saw the race, they actually bypassed what would have been the last hurdle, so they were sort of right
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11.06am
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perhaps there moving Yarmouth rails aswell.
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by the time they approached that stage of the race I was looking at the sky hoping for an act of god so I never noticed. |
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IT ALWAYS MADE ME CHUCKLE THAT UNDER THE OLD NJPC CERTAIN BOOKMAKERS ALWAYS USED TO BUY JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME,AND SELL JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME,IT REALLY WAS UNCANNY,ANYBODY OBSERVING WOULD THINK THEY WERE GETTING THEIR CARD MARKED
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IN OTHERWORDS THE MINORITY FKKIN THE MAJORITY
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JOHNNY,I SMELT A RAT WHEN U OFFERED ME YOUR HEREFORD PITCH FOR A BOX OF CRUNCHIES
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YEAH BUT WEHEN U WEAS THINKING ABOUT IT ...I SAID GO ON THEN ILL CHUCK FOLKESTONE IN AS WELL
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no johny i meant if the reserve was 20,000 and the underbid was say 17,000 could they sell to someone else for less than the 17,000 privately or would the fact they have shareholders stop this.
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WHY WOULD THEY GOE TO SOMEBODY WITH ABID LESS THAN 17 WHEN THEY HAVE A 17 ON THE TABLE
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Possibly, Johhny, because the 'bid' of 17K was 'moody'?!
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didnt phrase that very well.meant if someone was prepared to match the underbidder.as an underbidder (not in this case but generally)do you have to buy if the seller says yes even though you havent matched the reserve.
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YOU WOULD THINK .....YES ......BUT
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