zurichwhite Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Good luck Bolty me old son, I know the pitfalls of putting up a bet which goes on to lose - we all know or should know the risks and 7/1 seems value. btw, with the time zone and the itchy need for a horsey bet during the day, I've been on all sorts of Aussies nags, harness, pacing, trotting, maybe it's all the same thing. Anyway, just playing 2 - 3/1 shots, sometimes coupling with the other joint fav. A lot to be said for following the money down there it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 12, 2011 Good luck Bolty me old son, I know the pitfalls of putting up a bet which goes on to lose - we all know or should know the risks and 7/1 seems value. btw, with the time zone and the itchy need for a horsey bet during the day, I've been on all sorts of Aussies nags, harness, pacing, trotting, maybe it's all the same thing. Anyway, just playing 2 - 3/1 shots, sometimes coupling with the other joint fav. A lot to be said for following the money down there it seems. ZW, you are spot on me old son. We get the elite racing (Sydney & Melbourne) on a channel called TVN down here. They put up the www.sportingbet.com.au market mover about one minute before every race. Astonishing strike rate, particularly in Sydney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbwfc Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Just snapped up the available ?11 at 8.0 on betfair. Will try get some more on if more odds like that are available. Cheers Bolty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrp Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 ZW, you are spot on me old son. We get the elite racing (Sydney & Melbourne) on a channel called TVN down here. They put up the www.sportingbet.com.au market mover about one minute before every race. Astonishing strike rate, particularly in Sydney. They won't ever be the same after losing their top football compiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widnes Two Hats Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I take it we're having 'So You Think' But which race chaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbwfc Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I take it we're having 'So You Think' But which race chaps? Coronation Cup on 3rd June at Epsom I believe. Only antepost at the moment though. Incidently thats 1 day after my last exam... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 12, 2011 (edited) Whatever happens on June 3rd (and, yes, I really do think he'll do the business), stick with him. All class and has been brought up there to win the Arc de Triomphe. Can't believe some of the prices you lads are talking about. Traf - I'd best be getting some cabbage across! Interesting links:- http://www.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/so-you-think-leaves-obrien-awestruck-2635324.html http://www.foxsports.com.au/other-sports/horse-racing/aidan-obrien-hails-so-you-think-better-than-galileo-rock-of-gibraltar-giants-causeway-dylan-thomas-yeats/story-e6frf41l-1226049586054 Edited May 12, 2011 by bolty58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrp Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Workforce won't be running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted May 13, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 13, 2011 Garrp - this only encourages me even more. SYT will see him off later in his campaign - possibly at Longchamps. Traf, I am e-mailing you for your bank account details mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Workforce won't be running That's got to be good news then, all we need now is for St Nicholas Abbey to go lame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted May 16, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 16, 2011 (edited) Big news:- http://www.racenet.com.au/news/697/69733.asp Get on wherever you can. He'll be odds on in June after toying with Workforce (if he runs) this weekend! Edited May 16, 2011 by bolty58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 just looking on Betfair, it seesm that St Nicholas Abbey is still the market favourite and is currently trading at 2.84 Workforce has drifted out to 8.4, and maybe this is on the back of the rumours that it won't be running. So You Think is currently trading at around 7.0 Having said all that, there isn't much money been traded yet, only just over ?5400 thus far, I guess this may start to increase as we get closer to the start of the race. If Workforce doesn't run, then without a doubt you won't be getting anywhere near 7.0 on race day for this horse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 There's precious little liquidity in the market, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widnes Two Hats Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Right I'm in Thought I'd ask for 10's and got it matched so I'm happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted May 22, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 Got a massive $1.31 offered for Sundays Irish race! As a rule, don't bet below 4/9. He should win it on his ear though. Hopefully, we are getting odds at Ascot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Only getting 1.22 here, mate! It might help our cause if there was an "upset" today! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted May 22, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 No upset Traf. unextended. I'll bet he's forgetting what the whip is! Might be a bit of a shock when it has to be used when he races against Workforce and St. Nicholas Abbey! Expecting the same result however. He'll be home first. Just hoping for some decent 'in the black' odds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbwfc Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I think I may have been backing him in the wrong race. Heard he wont be racing in the Coronation Cup anymore and straight to Royal Ascot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I think Ascot was always the plan. This is why I wasn't getting involved in the 6.0 and over being offered earlier for the Coronation Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbwfc Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Ah crapp. I'll lay it off and salvage what I can then get it onto Ascot. Might be going with a few of the lads from Uni that day too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted May 22, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 (edited) The latest write up I have seen confirms what you are saying Rich. Seems O'Brien is going for the King George. Lost track now - the Coronation Cups timing wouldn't make for an ideal stepping stone towards the King Goerge, would it (i.e. they are not on the same date/track etc.)? This is what I was sent this morning:- Australasian superstar So You Think posted his sixth Group I success, and his first in the northern hemisphere, when coasting clear for an easy win in the Group I Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh on Sunday. The New Zealand-bred son of High Chaparral (IRE), who set the Australian racing scene alight last year, was hardly pushed by jockey Ryan Moore to surge four and a half lengths clear of multiple Group 1 winner Campanologist. "He stepped up from the last run but had just been ticking over at home since then, it's a long season,? trainer Aidan O'Brien told Press Association Sport. "Ryan was delighted with him and said he was very straightforward. The minute he asked him, he responded immediately. The plan was to come here and then go for the Group I Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot. "He is an incredible horse. When you look at him in races you notice that the others are flat to the boards around him. He'd have no problem winning a mile Group I race and we'll take it one race at a time with him.? Bookmakers were quick to react to the four-and-a-half-length success by making So You Think outright favourite for both the Betfair King George and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Paddy Power pushed the five-year-old ahead of last year's Arc winner Workforce in their Arc market at 7-2 from 4-1. The firm left him unchanged at 5-2 favourite for the King George at Ascot on July 23. Victor Chandler were even more taken with the victory, cutting So You Think to 2-1 favourite (from 11-4) for the King George and to 7-2 (from 9-2) for the Arc at Longchamp on October 2. Moore, who also rides Workforce, second favourite to So You Think in most antepost markets, was equally impressed. He said: "So You Think has a big, long stride that covers the same amount of ground most horses would taketwo strides to cover. He travelled very well and was impressive when I asked him to go on." UK Racing Post offered the following assessment: SO YOU THINK only did what he was entitled to do against this opposition. He?s clearly a horse of immense talent, but we?re going to have to wait until he takes on other top-class Group 1 horses before we have our excitement fulfilled, as he didn?t meet any on this occasion. Following his pacemaker and always travelling with considerable ease, he went to the front two furlongs out, quickly asserted and did nothing much more than the minimum from there. One would have to be impressed with the manner in which he disposed of inferior rivals, but surely more onerous tests await him So You Think was originally purchased by DGR Thoroughbreds for $110,000 from the Windsor Park Stud draft at the 2008 NZB Premier Sale and did his early racing under the care of master trainer Bart Cummings. Bred in New Zealand, he is by English Derby winner High Chaparral, who now shuttles to Australia from the Group II winning Tights (USA) mare Triassic. I am happy if some of you got juicy odds for an upcoming race. All about value, see. 10-1 for one which starts as 2-1 fav. Best of luck anyway. This is going to be some ride possibly culminating in something extraordinary at Longchamps. Edited May 23, 2011 by bolty58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 The plan is: Ascot (Prince of Wales over 10f on 15th June) and possibly the Coral on July 2nd at Sandown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted May 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 23, 2011 Cheers mate. I'll be watching. We got that one live last night, 50 minutes before Bolton v Man City started. I would rather SYT lost and we didn't - even though SYT brought in the second leg of a treble (Barcelona winning Champions League final is the last leg) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Cheers mate. I'll be watching. We got that one live last night, 50 minutes before Bolton v Man City started. I would rather SYT lost and we didn't - even though SYT brought in the second leg of a treble (Man U won the league to start the ball rolling & Barcelona winning Champions League final is the last leg) Dirty bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted May 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 23, 2011 Dirty bastard. Oi, Mukti - the first leg was Man City winning the FA Cup. This makes me an only 'slightly soiled' bastard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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