Bimbo

Carbon copy tickets? Sounds fascinating. What decade are we talking about?

You can catch up with all the races and lots of other stuff around the day on youtube.

That must be the reason why he repeats the things he says. That must be the reason why he repeats the things he says.

Should be ITV. Stratford and Thirsk are programmed to be on Trackside 2. They don't always stick to what's programmed, but hopefully they do tonight.

If the race was abandoned they have to refund bets. Paying out any wins would be a goodwill gesture.

Could do flag starts. Give Australian viewers a bit of a laugh.

No. It’s a good idea when everything works well.

Does sound like overkill, but they're not really General Managers. General managers usually have staff reporting to them, are responsible for financials and all kinds of other things. These guys would just get the title to make them sound and feel important and justify a higher salary. Don't forget that consultant that flies over from Perth to join in on the fun. I'll never forget the time they had her on The Straight. She talked for hours and said nothing. What a mess.

Five runs on heavy for zero wins. Currently second favourite. Probably mostly so they can boost the deduction they get to apply. Will have to wait until scratchings before putting my $5 on. Regal Award. 49.5 kg and bred to swim, the one for me.

No risk here for the TAB. This is essentially just the old Pick 6 with a few tweaks. It’s a parimutuel type of betting option.

No point engaging with politicians. National campaigned on taxing offshore gambling providers and then endorsed the monopoly instead. They’ll tell you anything to get your vote and then do whatever they want.

They don't like that kind of thing. Ties the money up over three hours or so. They prefer you churn funds over all six races. Bit like someone playing a poker machine. Once a week $10 punters aren't really the target. Personally I would struggle to get one or two and would see $10 better spent on a pint

I just stopped betting. Might have the occasional bet, but it’s very occasional now. I don’t like the dishonest practices. They pay no tax in New Zealand and say you can trust them to be competitive as they give you the same odds as Australian punters. In Australia they tell punters the odds are lower than what they would be but they have to pay tax. Don’t like supporting that kind of BS.

They were useful about twenty years ago, but any edge is now gone. I read an American book I found in an Onehunga bookshop about them a long time ago. It was quite easy to put together a map using comments from a few back copies of Best Bets or Turf Digest and nobody talked about them so I presume not many were doing them. Like every other edge I've ever found, plenty of others found it a little later and that was that.

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