Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Your fav track for backing winners?

  • 23-05-2012 5:42am
    #1
    dave3004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 621 ✭✭✭


    Ronseal.

    Apologies if I left your fav track out.

    Should be interested in the answers here.

    Which track is your fav for backing winners on the flat? 29 votes

    Leopardstown
    0% 0 votes
    Southwell
    3% 1 vote
    Brighton
    13% 4 votes
    Wolverhampton
    0% 0 votes
    Kempton
    6% 2 votes
    Cork
    6% 2 votes
    Lingfield
    0% 0 votes
    Ascot
    6% 2 votes
    York
    24% 7 votes
    Windsor
    3% 1 vote
    Goodwood
    0% 0 votes
    Newmarket
    6% 2 votes
    Beverley
    3% 1 vote
    Chester
    0% 0 votes
    Doncaster
    3% 1 vote
    Folkstone
    0% 0 votes
    Leicester
    0% 0 votes
    Naas
    0% 0 votes
    Dundalk
    0% 0 votes
    Catterick
    17% 5 votes
    Bath
    0% 0 votes
    Epsom
    0% 0 votes
    Newbury
    3% 1 vote
    Haydock
    0% 0 votes
    Curragh
    0% 0 votes


Comments

  • #2
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    any of them, once I'm winning


  • #3
    UrbanSea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,335 ✭✭✭✭UrbanSea


    I take it you meant where you find easier for winners?


    Dundalk


  • #4
    BQQ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,144 ✭✭✭BQQ


    Southwell.

    Lots of horses don't handle the fibresand, even ones that go well on polytrack, so following horses with course form is profitable.


  • #5
    CraigSmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭CraigSmith


    No Cheltenham or ffos las?

    do you know anything about horses my man? :O


  • #6
    Oscars Well.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭Oscars Well.


    CraigSmith wrote: »
    No Cheltenham or ffos las?

    do you know anything about horses my man? :O
    It says on the flat ;)


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    mailburner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,961 ✭✭✭✭mailburner


    ascot for me and lingfield

    cant seem to pick winners at chester dundalk or on the aw at kemp


  • #8
    CraigSmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭CraigSmith


    Oscars Well. wrote: »
    CraigSmith wrote: »
    No Cheltenham or ffos las?

    do you know anything about horses my man? :O
    It says on the flat ;)

    how very embarrising haja


  • #9
    dave3004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 621 ✭✭✭dave3004


    CraigSmith wrote: »
    how very embarrising haja

    Why would Ffos Lass be the 2nd racecourse ya think of after Cheltenham?

    I'd agree with Southwell. Course form is crucial and can throw out half the field when selecting your horse.

    I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that any progeny outta Captain Rio loves Soutwell. I always keep an eye out for that breeding on that track.


  • #10
    CraigSmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭CraigSmith


    dave3004 wrote: »
    Why would Ffos Lass be the 2nd racecourse ya think of after Cheltenham?

    I'd agree with Southwell. Course form is crucial and can throw out half the field when selecting your horse.

    I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that any progeny outta Captain Rio loves Soutwell. I always keep an eye out for that breeding on that track.

    ffos las just like cheltenham has a very good trend of true horses winning, the ground doesnt change in 10 minutes of sun and its a straight course, otherwise you'd be looking at tipp in Ireland which is actually on tonight, for some reason i get fairly lucky there, no other reason :P


  • #11
    hucklebuck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,173 ✭✭✭hucklebuck


    dave3004 wrote: »
    Why would Ffos Lass be the 2nd racecourse ya think of after Cheltenham?


    You mean apart from the fact Kempton, Ascot, Newbury, Leopardstown and Haydock are in the list? Only really missing Aintree and Ffos Las for the top jumps tracks after Cheltenham imo.


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    finbarrk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,494 ✭✭✭finbarrk


    Not too many on here would have been to all or most of those tracks. Jockeys or trainers maybe. I have been to only 6 of them and I would consider myself to be reasonably well traveled.


  • #13
    Luap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭Luap


    Dundalk, enough said.


  • #14
    Panrich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,866 ✭✭✭Panrich


    Can't vote. I've always had a soft spot for Sandown as a racecourse and as a lucky betting venue. :(


  • #15
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    Oscars Well. wrote: »
    It says on the flat ;)

    Ffos Las is a mixed track, and has 8 flat meetings this summer


  • #16
    TheMilkyPirate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,028 ✭✭✭TheMilkyPirate


    Southwell without a doubt.


  • #17
    dave3004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 621 ✭✭✭dave3004


    Well the results show that 4 tracks hold the key to our successes.

    Southwell, Dundalk, Ascot and The Curragh.

    We should run a test.

    Next time one of these meetings is on I will have a flick through the card and have a bet or two and I will monitor the P&L for few weeks too.


  • #18
    Nulty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,838 ✭✭✭Nulty


    Chepstow in the winter, Cheltenham, Haydock summer.


  • #19
    marc96
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 300 ✭✭marc96


    dubai carnival or kempton


  • #20
    skipz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 671 ✭✭✭skipz


    :cool:
    BQQ wrote: »
    Southwell.

    Lots of horses don't handle the fibresand, even ones that go well on polytrack, so following horses with course form is profitable.

    Aye, i think a few year ago i made a few pound on a horse trained by Peter Hiatt that loved that track.


  • #21
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Good topic Op !

    I had a little fun counting how many of those racecources I've been to. 16 in all.

    Of those on the list, I have probably had more success at Newmarket, although this probably has as much to do with the regular frequency of good racing there than my ability to pick winners.
    But for a bet per course return, York has probably yielded a higher profit over the years.

    Off the list, Nottingham is my happiest hunting ground. The slightly descending straight course there is one of the best in the UK in my opinion.

    I don't like betting at Epsom. The undulations and camber on the track don't suit every horse. I think The Curragh is a better test of a good horse.

    I don't go mad at Chester either, I just don't like the tight, almost circular course. I'll include my local racecourse, Galway here for the same reason. The horses are almost continually rounding a bend. Give me the long cavalry charges seen at Nemarket, York and Ascot with the field breaking into groupes of two. To me thats racing at its best !

    Of the courses on that list, York is probably my favourite.


  • Advertisement
Advertisement