Rhe GAMBLES keep coming - Every meeting - all plenty going inEven at turned 8:00 pm at Wolverhampton The above - ICONIC TIME13 runs since it last Win - a year ago.Morning price: 12/1 10/1 9/1 8/1 15/2 8/1 15/2 7/1 15/2 6/1 7/1 13/2 6/1 13/2 6/1 5/1
Even the lightly-raced 3yo BLUE TULIP - up against a Sir Mark Rescott FAV Just 4 previous runs - beaten a Total of 64 lengths Morning price: 25/1 28/1 25/1 28/1 33/1 22/1 20/1 18/1 20/1 16/1 11/1 9/1 .... In it goes.
A bad week for bookmakers got worse on Thursday evening when a "monumental" gamble was landed at Wolverhampton by Iconic Times.
One layer said it was the first time he had seen every bookmaker run out of cash on a racecourse, while another estimated the on-course plunge to have taken £50,000 out of the ring.
With favourites having dominated the first three days of Glorious Goodwood, bookmakers took another hit when Iconic Times won division one of the 7f handicap by a length under Sean Dylan Bowen.
The Jennie Candlish-trained four-year-old returned 2-1 favourite after opening at 7-1 on course.
On-course bookmaker John Hutchinson, who trades as BDC Racing, said: "People were backing the horse with every bookmaker between 6-1 and 7-1 and couldn't get enough on. I laid a £6,000 to £1,000 bet and another bet to win £3,000, so I thought I'd better go to the paddock to look at the horse. When I came back we'd laid another £5,000 to £2,000.
"It was a monumental gamble and quite an expensive night. Never before have I seen every bookmaker run out of cash on a racecourse, but they did last night. That's how bad it was."
The gamble appears to have been orchestrated on course, with Coral and Paddy Power reporting they had not seen any activity out of the ordinary on Iconic Times.
Barry Pinnington was another bookmaker left to count the cost of the Wolverhampton coup.
"I laid it at £7,000 for £1,000 and while it didn't cost me that, it did cost me a substantial amount," he said. "A guy had a grand on with me, went next door and had a grand on and then went down the line and up the other way and had monkeys [£500] on.
"It shortened and then another guy came in and took all the 3-1 and 5-2 and must have had another £10,000 to £15,000 on up and down the line, and then another guy came in and had a bit of the 9-4.
"There were nine books there last night and they've got to have taken at least £50,000 out of the ring."
A bad week for bookmakers got worse on Thursday evening when a "monumental" gamble was landed at Wolverhampton by Iconic Times.One layer said it was the first time he had seen every bookmaker run out of cash on a racecourse, while another estimated t
The Wolverhampton ring seems to have really come alive since I was last there, which is great to see.
Even when the likes of William Hill and Ladrokes etc were standing at Dunstall Park those sorts of bets would have been from a parallel universe.
The Wolverhampton ring seems to have really come alive since I was last there, which is great to see.Even when the likes of William Hill and Ladrokes etc were standing at Dunstall Park those sorts of bets would have been from a parallel universe.
Last time I went, there were more people playing the Fruit Machines by the Entrance, under the Stands, or in the Bar - than there were bothering about the horse racing.
Mind you, it was a Saturday night, and the 'after racing Disco' (or similar) in the adjoining hotel was being heavily promoted and marketed.
Needless to say, my mates horse ran a stinker - and it was a long drive home, having swerved the hotel entertainment.
Thought similarLast time I went, there were more people playing the Fruit Machines by the Entrance, under the Stands, or in the Bar - than there were bothering about the horse racing.Mind you, it was a Saturday night, and the 'after racing Disco' (or