The Official Off Topic Thread

BumperD

Late tips while cracking a driver down the fifth by the absolute birdies.

convert

Let's keep things civil, people. Enough of the petty arguing and snips.

akelly02

Any way of recording the racing on ITV? Not on tv3 today it seems

kiers47

What in the name of God is going on in France. Track must be in an awful state if jockeys are refusing to ride the race on it. In saying that it is France.
US Navy Flag looked to nearly come down in the Poulains.

Fanny Wank

Summerville Boy MkII at Killarney tonight??

kksaints

Timmy Murphy retiring from race riding. Always remember his ride on Tikram in the Mildmay of Fleet in 2004. It was coolness personified.

kksaints

kksaints wrote: »

Timmy Murphy retiring from race riding. Always remember his ride on Tikram in the Mildmay of Fleet in 2004. It was coolness personified.

Just posted this in the injured/retired thread.

That ride for me was an absolute peach too.

Francie Barrett

Minimum bet on FOBT machines reduced from £100 to £2 finalised.

Bookies have claimed that this will result in betting shop closures in the UK (boo-hoo), but also decreased sponsorship of horse racing. Will be interesting to see how this plays out, will prize money for British racing be reduced, or can other sponsors be found to fill in the gap.

danganabu

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Minimum bet on FOBT machines reduced from £100 to £2 finalised.

Bookies have claimed that this will result in betting shop closures in the UK (boo-hoo), but also decreased sponsorship of horse racing. Will be interesting to see how this plays out, will prize money for British racing be reduced, or can other sponsors be found to fill in the gap.

Maximum!

£100 was absolutely absurd anyway. A curse on society them feckin machines anyway, they are like a machine vending drugs to vunrable addicts.

Francie Barrett

danganabu wrote: »

Maximum!

£100 was absolutely absurd anyway. A curse on society them feckin machines anyway, they are like a machine vending drugs to vunrable addicts.

Oops, of course

longshotvalue

danganabu wrote: »

Maximum!

£100 was absolutely absurd anyway. A curse on society them feckin machines anyway, they are like a machine vending drugs to vunrable addicts.

I wonder with this is the £2 as small as it seems, is it max £ per bet on the likes of roulette or per spin.?

If its per bet, the way Ive seen that played, you can still bet more or less as much as you like on each spin

kiers47

aidankkk wrote: »

I wonder with this is the £2 as small as it seems, is it max £ per bet on the likes of roulette or per spin.?

If its per bet, the way Ive seen that played, you can still bet more or less as much as you like on each spin

It is per spin I believe.

4068ac1elhodqr

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Minimum bet on FOBT machines reduced from £100 to £2 finalised.

Bookies have claimed that this will result in betting shop closures in the UK (boo-hoo), but also decreased sponsorship of horse racing. Will be interesting to see how this plays out, will prize money for British racing be reduced, or can other sponsors be found to fill in the gap.

Yes in the UK £2 max, but is still wide open in the North, as there is no one in power able/available to enforce the new changes to the act in that region (but they still get paid all the same).

In terms of crying bookies, they've all seen +10/15% (1 day move!) on share prices since the US states have indicated they would open up around 32 states to the aul gambling. Superbowl's ad breaks are about to get a bit longer.

Anyone who plays virtual, rng's, FOBT's etc needs a head examination.

There was a story in the paper the other day about a Galway hurler, who blew 70k on bets, including it said 'Virtual Horses' - that's where he went wrong.

kiers47

Jayden Powerful Accident wrote: »

There was a story in the paper the other day about a Galway hurler, who blew 70k on bets, including it said 'Virtual Horses' - that's where he went wrong.

I remember a couple of years ago a lad losing the rag with a member of staff in PP as they didn't have the form for the virtual's on display..

I didn't even realize there was such a thing.
People are so gullible its unreal.
I swiftly went to the board and picked the 20/1 of the 5f 0-100 handicap in steepledowns as he had good course form, was well drawn and had had a wind op since his last run. :pac::pac:

Francie Barrett

I wonder will this actually help problem gamblers, or will it actually hurt the bookmakers at all. We don't have FOBT's in Ireland, but it doesn't stop problem gambling. I see lots of fellas who would walk into a bookies, slap €50 on some random dog race (they'd jump in front of the queue to get on because the race is just about to go off) before going onto the next, and the next until their money is gone.

I would be shocked if they didn't have ideas on how to rejig other betting events to simulate FOBT's. The virtual events would be a start.

kiers47

Francie Barrett wrote: »

I wonder will this actually help problem gamblers, or will it actually hurt the bookmakers at all. We don't have FOBT's in Ireland, but it doesn't stop problem gambling. I see lots of fellas who would walk into a bookies, slap €50 on some random dog race (they'd jump in front of the queue to get on because the race is just about to go off) before going onto the next, and the next until their money is gone.

I would be shocked if they didn't have ideas on how to rejig other betting events to simulate FOBT's. The virtual events would be a start.

On that actually. I notice lately(in the last couple of years) that most bookies are having these virtual roullete on the telly that people can bet on.
Is there a max bet on these? Although in saying that im not sure ive ever seen anyone actually betting these.

Fanny Wank

Well worth a read I thought

https://twitter.com/YettonExile/status/997090936206319616?s=19

FatRat

Just looking at the Preakness stakes tonight, no interest in backing him in it at 4/9 but Justify to win the triple crown (tonight and the Belmont Stakes in June) is 2/1 with Bet365. I'm gonna have a punt on that. Don't think any of the horses over there are within reach of him.

BumperD

Conditions look awful at pimlico in Maryland

kiers47

Jesus I dunno 2/1 seems a bit skinny. It's incredibly hard on a horse to take in those 3 races in the space of a month.
The Belmont especially tough as a lot of horses will skip the Preakness and come back for the Belmont fresher.

BumperD

They were bearing down him at the line

FatRat

Who is there to beat him is the question? That was not as impressive as I would've thought but the conditions were outrageous and how he was ridden - taking on good magic for most of the race - could have been his undoing inside the last furlong. Those horses closing on him should not have been that close. 3 weeks off now, I wouldn't be very worried about how he comes back to Belmont.

All that said, not as impressive as Id have thought. Ill see how he looks on Belmont day and might trade it out for small profit.

kiers47

I know he was up with the pace but they didn't exactly go mental. The fractions were very steady. Perhaps even on the slow side.
He is clearly the best horse there at this point of the season but the Belmont is a different kettle of fish and many potential triple crown contenders undoing.

Best of luck with your bet though FatRat. Would be some achievement for a Colt that didn't race last year too.

kiers47

Actually the horse I thought was an ideal candidate for the Belmont was a horse that is under the same ownership but with Todd Pletcher in Audible.

I guess they will leave him at home after today.

mailburner

horse that won the 6.45 main edition could be very good
one for the notebook

BumperD

https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/mullins-vet-charged-with-passing-inside-information-about-2016-faugheen-injury/329727

The vet knew !

akelly02

Battash being smashed already for the temple on Saturday . Lump job

mailburner

BumperD wrote: »

https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/mullins-vet-charged-with-passing-inside-information-about-2016-faugheen-injury/329727

The vet knew !

this made me laugh
the vets brother for anyone who didn't read


Michael Brennan has refused to cooperate with the BHA's investigation and was excluded from the sport in October 2016, meaning he is barred from entering racecourses or racing stables and licensed individuals forbidden to associate with him.

what a surprise!

but seriously wouldn't it be great to be in the know

Fanny Wank

Fanny **** wrote: »

Summerville Boy MkII at Killarney tonight??

Sold to Roger Brookhouse for £150,000 today

Lady Haywire

Johner wrote: »

Yesterdays racing was shocking bar a few good races.

Looking forward to seeing how Madison to Monroe gets on in the bumper today. Gorgeous looking animal. Wonder if whoever named him is a fan of the actress. :pac:

I see this horse rocked up yesterday upped to 3m. Just remembered the name from this thread.