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Quote - "I never liked the Derby being on a Wednesday because it was either a school/uni/work day." It was for you and me mate but many, many thousands threw a sickie or whatever and made the day an unofficial bank holiday. Was it best on a Wednesday ? I dont really know is the honest answer...

You obviously were not around when it was held on a Wednesday. People crowded around the course from start to finish, the hill bursting with people, open top buses lines all the way up the straight, not a blade of grass to be seen anywhere but on the track. It was like it was a bank holiday...

I'll second that. And thats one of the problems. I had to hand pick ones to invite to the box on various occasions but my hands were basically tied. If it had been up to me none of them would have got in. Again, money (habitual losers) talks.

DO is spot on. Money is what it is ALL about. And i certainly dont buy this idea that if they move the five furlong race from Saturday or move the Coronation Cup or move whatever race to another day that it will entice people to go. The plain and simple fact is that it does not matter what...

Every man and his dog know why attendances are falling mate. COST !!!!!!! Yes, attendances are holding up at the "big" meetings (except Cheltenham of course), but go the the "smaller" tracks during the week and it is a sorry sight. But there is one course that has bucked the trend. And it is...

Exactly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was sad to read about your mate Danny. Christmas is that time of year when i think we all remember the ones we have lost in the past. And yes, the King George at Sandown was "different" but it still didnt stop One Man winning it on a track that many thought may not suit. But wherever they...

I think you have me a bit wrong mate. I am not a traditionalist in everything, far from it. But old race names i am definitely guilty as charged. Take the previously mentioned "Racing Post chase" for instance. Can you tell me what it has been called for the past six or seven years without...

I say make the most of this years King George at Kempton because there wont be many more to come. The way the Jockey Club have broken the news along with their plans for Cheltenham and Aintree scream to me that they are gonna look after the jewels in their crown and the rest will have to survive...

Yes.

I know you are very clever with your data analysis/spreadsheets/cross referencing etc etc etc and you have my utmost respect. Me ? I'm just an old twat who is still learning the internet and reckon i would have to live to about 485 to be able to say i am an expert. I know what i know to get...

Morning mate, It does tell me a lot. The interest just isnt there any more and of course, with the internet, there is just no need to go scrawling thru page after page of form books, Chasers and Hurdlers, Superform etc etc. I am a bit older than you but it was still "OUR" generation who did...

I wrote the above piece just a few days ago but definitely wasnt expecting to see the return of the possible doom and gloom for Kempton so soon. Yes, we have heard it all before about the track and redevelopment but in this financial climate i would be a tad worried if i was a Kempton fan.

Yeah, plenty will lay off on Betfair reet, but what i am talking about is laying on Betfair to get our liability up. For example, lets just say we wanted the 2/5 fav to be a minimum £30k loser and there were only a few minutes to the off and it was only a £22k loser, we would look to lay £20k on...

And speaking of taking one on, something which may surprise a few people is that we would use Betfair to take a bit more money on an odds on chance that i/we didnt fancy. I've heard people talk about how bookies just offload all the money they have taken on each horse in each race and have it...

I honestly dont know how it is gonna look in the future but i can safely say that the number of betting shops is gonna keep on dropping. Go back 20, 30, 40 years ago and if a Tote monopoly had been mentioned i would have fought it as much as i could. But nowadays, bearing in mind that we have...

They have been around for many years now Walsworth. They were one of the deciding factors for me to finally get out of the game and that was back in 2013. I'd started in the industry back in 74 so i think i'd done my fair whack. The emergence of the casino games took away a lot of the...

One firms "it wasnt a good result but not too bad", is another firms "we got slaughtered". It obviously depends on how big they are and how big they play. I would love to be able to sit in one of these "Mickey Mouse" firms trading rooms one afternoon and watch the ticker and liability screen...

A definite sign of the times regarding form books, form annuals, racing nostalgia and autobiographies. It is now four weeks to the day since i offered these books up, free to a good home, and not one taker. I am of the opinion that in years gone by they would have all been snapped up in a...

With reference to a piece from an earlier post and the front page headline on the Racing Post website yesterday afternoon, a comment from one of the bookies mouthpieces made me laugh. Some bloke from BetGoodwin said they got "absolutely filled in" and hammered at 16's, 10' 9's and 8's. As...