Season ends licensees numbers??

[tripple alliance 1,253]

Today it's defiantly  over for me I didn't renew my license it will be interesting how many licensees there are in the new season there seems to be nice numbers of younger licensees  coming along , perhaps the future is a little brighter , time will tell . I haven't had a bet for 6 weeks  that's a record , I started betting as a 12/13yold  and had some intense punting as a 18/25 year old, I went to the races to punt and couldn't understand why anyone would go to the races to sit in a bar . Today I would probably be described as a gambling addict but in that period  I  bought my first home with the complements of the TAB, paid cash and didn't have to pay the govt fees attached to buying your first home so after a life time of gambling and racing a few horses it's time to put my feet up and just  have a nibble now and then , happy punting everyone .

[Leggy 4,194]

Interesting. After 8 reminders and a lot of humming and hawing, I renewed mine in the end but respect your decision TA. Hard to hang up the boots despite the awful context left to continue in but also hard not to.

[Shad 1,686]

1 hour ago, tripple alliance said:

Today it's defiantly  over for me I didn't renew my license it will be interesting how many licensees there are in the new season there seems to be nice numbers of younger licensees  coming along , perhaps the future is a little brighter , time will tell . I haven't had a bet for 6 weeks  that's a record , I started betting as a 12/13yold  and had some intense punting as a 18/25 year old, I went to the races to punt and couldn't understand why anyone would go to the races to sit in a bar . Today I would probably be described as a gambling addict but in that period  I  bought my first home with the complements of the TAB, paid cash and didn't have to pay the govt fees attached to buying your first home so after a life time of gambling and racing a few horses it's time to put my feet up and just  have a nibble now and then , happy punting everyone .

Sad to hear that, but in all fairness can see where your coming from, I've never had a license, but like yourself be lucky if I've had 2 bets in the last 3 months, lost a bit of interest, easily done these days, wonder how many more think like us at the moment, can't say I brought my house from the tab, that's some sort of effort, well done,

[We're Doomed 5,908]

1 hour ago, Shad said:

Sad to hear that, but in all fairness can see where your coming from, I've never had a license, but like yourself be lucky if I've had 2 bets in the last 3 months, lost a bit of interest, easily done these days, wonder how many more think like us at the moment, can't say I brought my house from the tab, that's some sort of effort, well done,

I did manage to buy a car from a treble win back in the good old days, but a house is in another league.

[tripple alliance 1,253]

11 hours ago, We're Doomed said:

I did manage to buy a car from a treble win back in the good old days, but a house is in another league.

Brilliant stuff W D , trebles back in the day  paid fantastically well basically they were an all up bet and then the bonus was you could usually double that all up bet so 5x5x10=$ 250 x2 $500 it doesn't work that way today anyway it seems we were working along similar lines , trebles bought me my house , biggest collect Morrinsville trots . 

[Memphis3 1,366]

I bought a sausage roll from my winnings at Trentham once. 

[tripple alliance 1,253]

14 minutes ago, Memphis3 said:

I bought a sausage roll from my winnings at Trentham once. 

I'll bet you photographed the sausage roll , had it framed and it still hangs on the wall today , what a win , Ah those were the days .

[Mr Spyro 422]

Knew one trainer who paid off a large home  loan     in one  bet.   Horse won first up after being kept away from  any trials .  Takes guts and a lot of confidence to  bet like that  as horse only paid about $ 6  . It went on to win nearly a million in stakes. 35 years ago that was  a lot of money.

[We're Doomed 5,908]

2 hours ago, Mr Spyro said:

Knew one trainer who paid off a large home  loan     in one  bet.   Horse won first up after being kept away from  any trials .  Takes guts and a lot of confidence to  bet like that  as horse only paid about $ 6  . It went on to win nearly a million in stakes. 35 years ago that was  a lot of money.

I have this vague idea  that when Axeman won his debut maiden race by about 10 lengths  he was something like 1/11 in the betting. Te Aroha I think in the early1980s. Our resident expert will know.

[Total 8]

8 dollars a win, 8 dollars a place  or similar