The Prince of Burma appreciation thread

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Ever notice the following on Betfair in a 2 horse race, usually when one is very short:

Looked earlier & Federer was 1.01/1.02 to win his 2nd round French Open match. Opponent was 55/60

Despite the fact that you're better backing his opponent at 55 that laying Federer at 1.02 and you're better off laying his opponent at 60 than backing Federer at 1.01 99.2% of the turnover has been on Federer

Do people not engage brain before pressing the blue/pink button or are there a pile of people with deep pockets who know zero about gambling

Nadal & Djokovic both 1.01 tomorrow. Opponents around the 60/65 mark, exactly the same happening as outlined above

ALWAYS the case when there's an overwhelming jolly. Very bloody strange

UrbanSea wrote: »

Am I the only one that wouldn't mind doing jury duty, seems interesting

I believe Freddie Quimby has the right to walk out of here a free hotel

Looking well handicapped alright Fangee but he didn't show a thing in a few runs after a really long break.


Tom O'Ryan got a bad going

TOM O'RYAN, the Racing Post's award-winning journalist, is in intensive care in Hull Royal Infirmary following a freak accident at his home in Brawby, near Malton, on Wednesday.
O'Ryan, 58, broke his pelvis in two places and also suffered two fractured vertebrae and internal bleeding after being struck in the back by a flying fence post while cutting grass in a field.
The incident happened when a tape attached to the post got caught up in the blades of equipment attached to a tractor that still had the engine running when O'Ryan got off in order to deal with the potential hazard.
After raising the alarm by phoning his partner Wendy Barry who was in the house, O'Ryan was airlifted to hospital in Middlesbrough, but when the air ambulance was unable to land owing to weather problems it was re-routed to York Hospital. After doctors decided he required specialist treatment, O'Ryan was transferred to Hull.
Barry said on Thursday: "Tom can move his hands and feet so there is no danger of paralysis, but he is in intensive care. He needs an operation, but I am still waiting to hear if that will be today."
She added: "We have been told that if he had been standing face-on to the post when it hit him, things would have been a great deal more serious."
O'Ryan, who won the Racing Journalist of the Year at the Derby Awards in 2002, and also a presenter on Racing UK, was on Thursday due to attend the Northern Racing College in Doncaster for his final training session before becoming a jockeys' coach.