Re: [racebase] allupcomp

Sat, 05 Feb 2005 14:08:34 -0800

"I guess it's safe to assume that your fourth investment will not occur in one of the Group 1 events next Saturday :-]"
 
 
Probably not, Neil. A couple of maidens have been good to me so far . . . something which happened only intermittently in real life.
 
I'd backed Utrecht a couple of times earlier after noting her huge finish at Wanganui in late Nov. As a dead-set back runner she needs a genuine pace, which she didn't get the first two times I backed her, then at Trentham she was one of only two maidens in a field of recent winners. I didn't back her there but her sixth was a handy effort. She sure got my attention yesterday when she started her home straight run and getting outbobbed on the line was a kick in the head . . . and then for the rest of the card every photofinish seemed to go to the big finisher.
 
I don't know if I'll back her again; probably just a small wager to keep her honest until she breaks maidens. Her style of racing makes her too risky a conveyance.
 
I had my biggest bet for a while on Wahid yesterday, taking the $1.85 early. Now that I'm a barista, I have to work every Saturday so I put my bets on in the morning, whack a tape in the VCR and watch the day's events at around 9-11pm. I've got to say that the discipline this imposes has seen my punting improve out of sight . . . it's been good recently, anyway.
 
I can't believe they bet evens on Wahid . . . I had him as a threes on shot.
 
I watched a little bit of that early morning tipping show. They still don't have anyone going on those panels who comes out and says, "Get on this, it's over the line, back it till your nose bleeds." They waffle about, giving every horse a show and searching for reasons the fav will get beat. Sometimes racing isn't like that. Sometimes there really is only one chance in a race. But good on them . . . they're making the fav backable.
 
And they absolutely, especially that Steve Davis, re-inforce one of my maxims: "Keep your own counsel."
 
Gil
 
BTW: As to the comp, in the words of the great philosopher and Yankees catcher Yogi Berra: "It ain't over till it's over."
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [racebase] allupcomp

 
Come on, Gil, give the other guys a chance!
 
Best of luck for your fourth bet ... Peter has probably written out the cheque already :-o
 
I guess it's safe to assume that your fourth investment will not occur in one of the Group 1 events next Saturday :-]
 
Regards
 
Neil

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