Sickopunter 403 Report post Posted June 26, 2017 Comments for race 2 in Singapore D'Great Pride - Educated here. Keep an eye on betting Alrina - Locally trained. Monitor betting moves Augustano - Has home track advantage. Market watch advised Be Bee - Kicks off on home track. Keep an eye on betting and parade rings. Am I the only person who finds this crap offensive as a punter? Someone is obviously doing this "form" which means someone is getting paid for it. Have quality form (which you should have) or go with none. In this case the latter would be better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insider 3,883 Report post Posted June 26, 2017 You are pulling our legs aren't you? Locally trained! Home track advantage! Is this for real? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sickopunter 403 Report post Posted June 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, Insider said: You are pulling our legs aren't you? Locally trained! Home track advantage! Is this for real? Please go check. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBigStuff 387 Report post Posted June 26, 2017 It's a sick joke and whats more of a joke is that they are not showing the first 4 races from there!!!! When there is so much nz interest there why do we get dirty dogs taking a dump on the track in outback australia. It's a joke. Looking at the results Laxon/Rogerson just had a winner, cant see it of course!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sickopunter 403 Report post Posted June 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, MrBigStuff said: It's a sick joke and whats more of a joke is that they are not showing the first 4 races from there!!!! When there is so much nz interest there why do we get dirty dogs taking a dump on the track in outback australia. It's a joke. Looking at the results Laxon/Rogerson just had a winner, cant see it of course!!! Its an embarassment. Its more of the same TAB attitude. Slash costs, reduce quality, these idiots will bet on anything with little or no information. Hardly how the places we should look up to operate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBigStuff 387 Report post Posted June 26, 2017 26 minutes ago, Sickopunter said: Its an embarassment. Its more of the same TAB attitude. Slash costs, reduce quality, these idiots will bet on anything with little or no information. Hardly how the places we should look up to operate. And another kiwi just had a winner, Marsh & Go Racing....couldn't watch that in nz, thank goodness for sky racing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelly 53 Report post Posted June 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Sickopunter said: Am I the only person who finds this crap offensive as a punter? Someone is obviously doing this "form" which means someone is getting paid for it. Have quality form (which you should have) or go with none. In this case the latter would be better. Reasonably confident that those Singapore comments are done by a computer overseas - it's all short sentences, following a pre-defined template... so no one is being paid. But yes, those comments are useless as a guide and are only there to part a fool from their money. Maybe don't look at them if it riles you so? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhaussen 3,226 Report post Posted June 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Sickopunter said: Augustano - Has home track advantage. Market watch advised whoever wrote this needs to go HOME and stay there and as for market watch advised, well new job watch advised!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sickopunter 403 Report post Posted June 26, 2017 3 hours ago, skelly said: Reasonably confident that those Singapore comments are done by a computer overseas - it's all short sentences, following a pre-defined template... so no one is being paid. But yes, those comments are useless as a guide and are only there to part a fool from their money. Maybe don't look at them if it riles you so? It riles me because I love the industry and things like this continue to bastardize and belittle it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonkatime 323 Report post Posted June 26, 2017 16 hours ago, skelly said: But yes, those comments are useless as a guide and are only there to part a fool from their money. Maybe don't look at them if it riles you so? Or maybe they could just do them accurately in the first place? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Falcon 81 Report post Posted June 27, 2017 All you guys complain on this site what for. 1 Write to Michael Dore 2 If he does not reply write to John Allen or to Peter Benstead(Head of Industry and Relationships) at peter.benstead@nzracingboard.co.nz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,923 Report post Posted June 27, 2017 I have been banging on for years about the paucity of information availed by the TAB on Singapore and Hong Kong race fields. Inane race comments aside there is still a total lack of stats about each runner. Totally disgraceful situation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,923 Report post Posted June 27, 2017 Fiery Falcon I have spoken on a one to one basis with a Senior TAB staffer on this matter a number of times. Sadly there has been zero improvement! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayden Sefonte 42 Report post Posted June 27, 2017 4 hours ago, gubellini said: I have been banging on for years about the paucity of information availed by the TAB on Singapore and Hong Kong race fields. Inane race comments aside there is still a total lack of stats about each runner. Totally disgraceful situation. There are other free sites that provide what you are after. Racenet being one although some of their descriptions in running can be well out which can be very misleading when trying to read form without video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,923 Report post Posted June 27, 2017 Thanks Hayden. I do use Racenet for Australian racing. Will try for Singapore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sickopunter 403 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 UPDATE. No comments for Singapore tonight. Without doubt an improvement on the comment that had been there but fairly disappointing that standards have slipped so low they have stopped trying. To be clear they could get quality comment without much trouble. It comes down to too cheap or too lazy. Either way its poorly thought out and doesn't reflect well for the future. Brickbat or Bouquet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patiti 274 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 They were on the tab site from 12 noon with tom woods's picks for each race. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBigStuff 387 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 And there are comments in the tab form guides on the website so don't know what you are on about sicko. Been a hard night picking winners there tonight!!! Craig Grylls had a ride earlier and ran 4th. Has a few better rides on Sunday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBigStuff 387 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 2 hours ago, Sickopunter said: UPDATE. No comments for Singapore tonight. Without doubt an improvement on the comment that had been there but fairly disappointing that standards have slipped so low they have stopped trying. To be clear they could get quality comment without much trouble. It comes down to too cheap or too lazy. Either way its poorly thought out and doesn't reflect well for the future. Brickbat or Bouquet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhaussen 3,226 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 they're at it again https://www.tab.co.nz/racing/runner.html?date=2017-07-23&meetno=18&raceno=2&entryno=3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 4,489 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 7 hours ago, MrBigStuff said: That's good enough info isn't it ? ( is this the updated Tom Wood input ) Surely no one is complaining about that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubes 1,770 Report post Posted July 21, 2017 Mrs Cubes was just wondering how Space Oddity got tipped as a placegetter considering formline and comments ? pete 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBigStuff 387 Report post Posted July 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Cubes said: Mrs Cubes was just wondering how Space Oddity got tipped as a placegetter considering formline and comments ? Well anything could have happened in that race by the looks of it, awful form. And they are running for $35k, the mind boggles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBigStuff 387 Report post Posted July 22, 2017 4 hours ago, von Smallhaussen said: they're at it again https://www.tab.co.nz/racing/runner.html?date=2017-07-23&meetno=18&raceno=2&entryno=3 4 hours ago, Midget said: That's good enough info isn't it ? ( is this the updated Tom Wood input ) Surely no one is complaining about that. Somehow I don't think he would be writing "locally trained" in those form comments, some other clown who knows nothing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
optical 41 Report post Posted July 23, 2017 On 21/07/2017 at 10:02 PM, MrBigStuff said: More Marion than duke... Haha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...