The two Saturday meetings were slightly unusual in
that one was held in Kimberley. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one hoping that the
horses [and jockeys] familiar with the surface and conditions there might
actually run some races to form… After all it wasn’t Kenilworth were one could
easily have 30ml of rain before the first. Flamingo Park conditions are
nothing, if not consistent! As usual- Boy,
was I wrong!
Out of a 9 Race card only ONE favourite WON a race
and only THREE favourite horses placed!? There weren’t any R50.00-type win
returns but there were a lot at the R6.00 to R11.00 type level. Blimey, what a
crock of shite!
The Jackpot and PA pay outs
were big but, surprisingly, not massive, so some people got to collect
something. I’ll refrain from calling those winners ‘punters’ as they were
probably all the connections of the un-fancied nags that came in. The big pay
out at this meeting was the Pick 6 at a whopping R205,044.00 to ONLY 2.45
tkts!?
I dare say Kimberleys’
normal Monday turnout of about 34 on-course punters maybe grew tenfold for this
‘festival-type’ Saturday, but hold your horses (pun intended) local organisers;
if you don’t let those extra feet collect something small, they might become as
cynical & bitter & deserting as this commentator. Beware Ooms!
The KZN card for the same day produced 4 favourite
winners [in a row] which was basically the Jackpot and that must’ve given our
buds who play big Jackpot perms ‘a pain in the hole’, cos it only paid R136.60!
(Sorry for you lads- now you also feel fleeced-up, nê..?)
Not
surprisingly though for the Pick 6 guys and us mere mortals who play PA’s there
was going to be one Race to screw us over. (Isn’t there always?).
Cue the last, Race 8- Result:13/9/7/1
That’s
an eye-watering:
(a)
R58.40 win for #13; R2.80 place for #9 and R12.40 for #7!
(b)
Highest Swinger- R229.90
(c)
Exacta- R872.20
(d)
Trifecta- R11,531.60
(e)
Quartet- R203,091.20 (that’s a fifth of a Million Rand for a QT!?)
OUCH!!! And thanks once
again GOLD CIRCLE, your ability to run things ‘properly’ & ‘honestly’
beggars belief!
Roll-on Sunday and Gold Circles’ corrupt
counterparts at altitude (Aka Phume.., something?) also stitched us up but they
did it nice and early-on in the meeting. Race 2 was the start of the PA in this
8 race card and us PA punters were bent over double and firmly rodgered from
behind!
The #14 favourite conveniently ran 4th, discarding
probably 70% or more of the PA tickets in the first of the 7 Legs! There was a
R44.10 winner, an R11k Trifecta and a nearly R59k Quartet! Thanks fellas.
After that it looked like favourites started to come
and the big Pick 6 players out there would’ve been disappointed with the small
result of R6855. The PA was only nine hundred Rand less at R5908! Ouch!
I think that’s it for me, for now. I cannot take
this crook-ery any longer.
You might
only be losing two to three hundred Rand a week G.C and Phum. from this smallpunter,
but listening to the betting Joe-public in you Totes I can tell you with the
certainty, that the Proteas will choke in one-day tournaments, that I am NOT
the only one deserting.
Your shops are empty of horse backing punters! (I’m
not counting the 497 Nigerians in every store playing R5.00 soccer bets here,
I’m talking the R30,40, 50 and R100 a day uncles like me…)
Wake-up, smell the coffee and take a look!
smallpunter
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