Avoiding
Disasters In Horse Racing (And would
someone please kick me!!)
Yesterday had all the hallmarks
of being a great day.
The first three legs of the quaddie in Victoria had
been won and run and I was alive into the fourth leg
with two runners. Like a lot of our ratings subscribers
I had taken 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 (the top 2 rated in each leg)
and life was good. With ten dollars a unit (total invest
$160) and the favourite way paying $400 for a $ and
the second top rated paying about $1400 for a $ the
collect stood at either $4K or $14K.
To easy
- 1 & 2 / 4 & 5 / 8 & 9 / 1 & 8.
I
just love it when you get into this position - as a
punter, life just doesn't get any better. The obvious
move is to lay the favourite on Betfair to lose $2500
so, on the day, can't lose. Perfect safety first approach.
Foolproof.
And so I adopted the fool proof plan to perfection and
laid the favourite Glasovit to lose about $2400. Wonderful.
Sit back - have a glass of wine - watch the race - congratulate
yourself on your "smarts".
Superbucks is a huge win - $14K plus the $$$$ from Betfair
on Glasovit - while Glasovit is a about a $1500 net
result. - any other runner win still about a grand in
front.
History shows that Glasovit duly wins - oh well, c'est
la vie - still a good day. One can't be greedy, can
one?
The TRUTH starts to dawn about half an hour later while
checking the TAB account. That's strange - the quaddie
div hasn't been credited yet. Was there a protest? Couldn't
be - it won easily. Third against second maybe? Check
the web site - no - weight right - ummm - ummm - oh
no - don't tell me.
Check the day's transactions - don't panic - OH MY GOD
- you bloody idiot - in the third leg, instead of 8
& 9 via the internet account I've clicked on 7 &
8 !!!!! This resulted in much totally unnecessary (according
to HER) swearing and gesticulating. Not only have I
NOT collected $4K from the quaddie I've laid the winner
to lose about $2400 and all but wiped out my Betfair
account which had taken a not unreasonable amount of
effort to get to that level.
Everyday when we e-mail the ratings the last line states:
Always
check numbers and times on your TAB – all care
– no responsibility taken
