12 Day old posting- sorry, connection problems!

THIS PIECE BELOW WAS WRITTEN ABOUT 12 DAYS AGO. (On Monday, 10/09/12). I have had connection problems- apologies. Next angry outburst will be much sooner, I promise, after those SKELMS (‘crooks’ to the English chaps out there) took my all money in just one race (the so-called feature) at Arlington yesterday!

The last two weeks (would’ve been last week in AUG. and first in SEPT.) have delivered mostly average PA payouts with one or two exceptions in the R2-3 grand region, which I still considers ‘big’ for a PA. The one Friday at Fairview had a very big PA dividend of approx. R6400 which was R900 odd Rand more than that days Jackpot! (One should maybe give those jackpots ago? God knows, I still cannot pick 7 place horses in a row with anything resembling success, maybe 4 winners is an easier option..?)

That Saturday’s PA at Kenilworth (would’ve been the one two weeks ago-08 SEPT).) did raise that once-or-twice-a-month-type question (seems to be happening more often these days though..?) when Felix’s ride on the favourite  (Horse was Soul Sacrifice) in the first leg ran-in in a resounding 4^th place, at once throwing me and 5 guys around me in my local Tote OUT of that days’ PA! My perm had been R48.00, but was I wrong, fellow punters, in making that my one banker & assuming that it could run in the top 3 considering its form and the interest in the animal? I don’t think so!
That PA paid +/- R2100 mostly because of that first leg. As a matter of interest if it did place I would’ve got a percentage (albeit it a smaller dividend, I know!) and doubled up a few times! Still, no sour grapes on my part. Me, never..?

The most interesting comparisons one can draw since my last posting were I opined about “how few winning tickets” there are with big PA payouts (24 and 12 spring to mind on two recent occasions); is that how many there are with the really small PA’s. Two in recent weeks paid R13.90 to 52 thousand tickets and the other about R11.00 to a massive 80+ thousand ‘lucky’ punters! ( I use the term lucky with just a hint of “I’m sorry for you buddies”-type sarcasm). I dare say if I played I probably would’ve missed these two miniscule PA’s as well, like I always do!

I couldn’t hit a cow in the.... with a banjo! (You know what I mean?)

As a smallpunter I wouldn’t be in that league, but I imagine playing a R348 perm and the payout is only eleven bucks can also be fairly annoying! This punter would be happy with constant R150-300 type PA pay outs that I could ‘attempt’ to hit with 10, 15 or 20 Rand straight line. Should we ask them at racing HQ to fix it? They seem good at that sort of thing..?
Having said that I’d also like to win the 5 numbers and the bonus on the Lotto as well- see, not greedy me, just something ‘nice’ back for all the money I (we) put into this respective pastimes would be nice occasionally. (Yes, even for a small punter, the losses add up!?)

Take care and good luck this weekend lads!

Summertime has GOT to be better for us ‘ordinary Joes’...

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