REGISTER NOW!! Why? Because you can't do much without having been registered!

At the moment you have limited access to view all discussions - and most importantly, you haven't joined our community. What are you waiting for? Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join Join Talking Horses here!

Reply to thread

Message

I never just look at raw times Maurice - as I'm sure you know, the race-by-race rail movement is published - in the case of the first race at Ayr on Friday it was relatively minor, but any movement at all affects my calculations.

I would agree with you Saturday's times suggested they watered after racing on Friday.

Paul's not wrong, but it just isn't in the BHA's interests to provide data for serious punters, as serious punters tend to lose less, or even win, and that has a net negative impact on the Levy revenue racing receives.

Some consequently want a return to a turnover-based Levy, but there are very good reasons why that is a bad idea, not least because it would kill the betting exchange business model and could herald a return to betting tax.

The abolition of betting tax was the single best thing any Labour government ever did for me!

<blockquote data-quote="Ian_Davies" data-source="post: 2698541" data-attributes="member: 66646">I never just look at raw times Maurice - as I&#039;m sure you know, the race-by-race rail movement is published - in the case of the first race at Ayr on Friday it was relatively minor, but any movement at all affects my calculations.I would agree with you Saturday&#039;s times suggested they watered after racing on Friday.Paul&#039;s not wrong, but it just isn&#039;t in the BHA&#039;s interests to provide data for serious punters, as serious punters tend to lose less, or even win, and that has a net negative impact on the Levy revenue racing receives.Some consequently want a return to a turnover-based Levy, but there are very good reasons why that is a bad idea, not least because it would kill the betting exchange business model and could herald a return to betting tax.The abolition of betting tax was the single best thing any Labour government ever did for me! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😂" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" title="Face with tears of joy&nbsp; &nbsp; :joy:" data-shortname=":joy:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ian_Davies, post: 2698541, member: 66646"] I never just look at raw times Maurice - as I'm sure you know, the race-by-race rail movement is published - in the case of the first race at Ayr on Friday it was relatively minor, but any movement at all affects my calculations. I would agree with you Saturday's times suggested they watered after racing on Friday. Paul's not wrong, but it just isn't in the BHA's interests to provide data for serious punters, as serious punters tend to lose less, or even win, and that has a net negative impact on the Levy revenue racing receives. Some consequently want a return to a turnover-based Levy, but there are very good reasons why that is a bad idea, not least because it would kill the betting exchange business model and could herald a return to betting tax. The abolition of betting tax was the single best thing any Labour government ever did for me! 😂 [/QUOTE]

Verification: 5 + 3 = ?