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'I was slightly surprised and a tad disappointed to read last week of the upcoming closure of the Betfair Community or Forum as most users know it. I haven’t contributed to it for many years (one of my posts did elicit a typical response from then Racing Post editor Bruce Millington in his weekly column the following week) and only dip into it occasionally these days, but in its heyday when it was populated by geniuses and madcaps in equal measure it was an exceptionally educational as well as entertaining read even if it did sail very close to the wind on occasions.
Prufrock (a regular in the early days, particularly on racing analysis, ratings and handicapping), Jonjo (who started the excellent Clerkwatch thread where fictitious official going readings and the individuals behind them were regularly exposed), Janov, Davix, Johnn, Muqbil, Millhouse, Zilzal1, Parispike, Quito, Cubone, Barton Bank (an outstanding punter) and Yifter The Shifter (who often threatened to sort out other posters by meeting up in pub car parks) were just some of the regulars I became familiar with.
If asked to nominate my all-time favourite thread, though, it was one started by Cgull and named ‘The Top Ten International PROPUNTERS in The World Today’. It featured characters such as Wun Hoh Wun (the technology wizard with the edge in fast pics), Saul Bennt (if Saul is laying, I ain’t playing) and Jocky Zrace (has the northern turf meetings by the short and curlies). It’s wickedly funny and if you aren’t familiar with it, I recommend you track it down before the platform gets taken down on December 21.
Most of those forum names were at their most prolific when I was at my most active on the Exchange, which was the period just after LuvBet had closed down and the Exchange was flooded with new punters who were so captivated by the novelty of being able to lay horses that they failed to appreciate just how heavily the percentages were stacked against them with their focus seemingly more on the opportunity to lay and less on the mathematics underpinning it.'
'I was slightly surprised and a tad disappointed to read last week of the upcoming closure of the Betfair Community or Forum as most users know it. I haven’t contributed to it for many years (one of my posts did elicit a typical response from then Racing Post editor Bruce Millington in his weekly column the following week) and only dip into it occasionally these days, but in its heyday when it was populated by geniuses and madcaps in equal measure it was an exceptionally educational as well as entertaining read even if it did sail very close to the wind on occasions.
Prufrock (a regular in the early days, particularly on racing analysis, ratings and handicapping), Jonjo (who started the excellent Clerkwatch thread where fictitious official going readings and the individuals behind them were regularly exposed), Janov, Davix, Johnn, Muqbil, Millhouse, Zilzal1, Parispike, Quito, Cubone, Barton Bank (an outstanding punter) and Yifter The Shifter (who often threatened to sort out other posters by meeting up in pub car parks) were just some of the regulars I became familiar with.
If asked to nominate my all-time favourite thread, though, it was one started by Cgull and named ‘The Top Ten International PROPUNTERS in The World Today’. It featured characters such as Wun Hoh Wun (the technology wizard with the edge in fast pics), Saul Bennt (if Saul is laying, I ain’t playing) and Jocky Zrace (has the northern turf meetings by the short and curlies). It’s wickedly funny and if you aren’t familiar with it, I recommend you track it down before the platform gets taken down on December 21.
Most of those forum names were at their most prolific when I was at my most active on the Exchange, which was the period just after LuvBet had closed down and the Exchange was flooded with new punters who were so captivated by the novelty of being able to lay horses that they failed to appreciate just how heavily the percentages were stacked against them with their focus seemingly more on the opportunity to lay and less on the mathematics underpinning it.'
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