Fellow punters (a lot more knowledgeable & experienced than I) said the whole day, except for one race, was best AVOIDED!!!
Sadly I did not listen to them, and subsequently lost my shirt, string vest, woolly jumper and weather-worn wind breaker! The lot, but not necessarily in that order!
Ironically I did win a nice percentage (10% is 'nice' for me) of the Quartet in the race my peers recommended. (but no thanks to them or to the favourite- like all the other July day favourites on the day...)
The chaps had said that Race 2 was a 'sure thing' with Dubai Dizzy (F) and the first timer #6 from the Zackey stable bound to perform. The number 6 placed nicely but the Dizzy-one is still to reach the finish line, 5 days later!? The top four were 3,4, 6, 5 which got me 9.46% for my R34.00 6 horse-boxed QT- like I said 'nice'; and there was I thinking that the R550.00 win would carry me for the rest of the day being the "smallpunter" I am (Or was!)
I am not a great studier of form, but was I the only one thinking that Dubai Dizzy could NOT win at the unproven distance of 1900m when his only run, and win, was at 1300m!? Why was it so 'short'?
Well, by the time the feature race came around that R550 of mine (minus beer money) was looking rather lean. So with my R100 bet on Jackson (4th last!?) I thought that I would try and collect on a few of those 6 places that those kind folk (irony) at Gold Circle & Phumelela allowed us insignificant punters for the main race.
My bets (see below) included at least 4 of the top 6 or 7 favourites and a couple of 'roughies' like Polar Bound and Eton Square. I was willing to collect maybe R1.60- 2.00 on the faves and maybe afford a few more beers for races 8 thru 12 if just 3 or 4 of these assured (by me and all those f...ing tipsters) places came in...
GUESS WHAT?
Only ONE out of six of my place bets came in the top six! God bless you Glen Hatt, it paid approx R4.00. The rest are still running!
ALL the results for this meeting were unbelievable and most were entirely unacceptable!
As they say in Cockney slang "We were [all] stitched-up, good and proper"! (thanks to those so-called boffins running our local racing!).
Back to mid-week Bingo for this punter...
smallpunter
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