Sportsman 350 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Many years ago I had an insight into the world of greyhound racing. Unbelievably corrupt. I have no reason to believe that horse racing is any better. Why would I wager money on something I have no control over? A game of poker on the other hand..... Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be. Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity http://www.safetypublishing.co.uk/http://www.safetypublishing.ie/ Link to post Share on other sites
big_cod 146 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 (edited) Many years ago I had an insight into the world of greyhound racing. Unbelievably corrupt. I have no reason to believe that horse racing is any better. Why would I wager money on something I have no control over? A game of poker on the other hand..... To be fair the average punter has it all to do a lot of horses in the lower grades are often just out for run out but a little bit of inside knowledge goes a long long way but as anything in life nothing is a certaintys a lot can wrong in a race in high value races most horse are trying big prize money sees to that . Edited August 8, 2018 by big_cod http://sea-otter2.co.uk/Probably Whitby's most consistent charterboat Link to post Share on other sites
Phone 753 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 All, As a farm boy delivering to the horse track I learned to "follow the hay bill". Always seemed to work for me. Phone Link to post Share on other sites
Martin56 341 Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 Thanks Paul, most appreciated & will reciprocate if I get any info' at my end. (I have one or two given now & again) Fishin' - "Best Fun Ya' can 'ave wi' Ya' Clothes On"!! Link to post Share on other sites
Martin56 341 Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 All, As a farm boy delivering to the horse track I learned to "follow the hay bill". Always seemed to work for me. Phone Thoroughbreds eat oats bud - might be why you missed your way?? Fishin' - "Best Fun Ya' can 'ave wi' Ya' Clothes On"!! Link to post Share on other sites
Phone 753 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Martin, Yup some with - some without blackstrap. Go to the barn - regardless of what was delivered the bill will read "hay". A spooky to the point of paranoia - horse trainers are. Phone Link to post Share on other sites
Vagabond 1022 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Sherlock Holmes "For some reason it seems to perpetually astonish the British public that one horse can run faster than another" Our R I master (sanctimonious old humbug) used to preach and screech about the evils of gambling, which made me inclined to take up bookmaking as a career. By contrast our maths master, after our final School Cert exams (yes I pre-date GCEs) spent the last few maths lessons of our school careers taking us through the mathematics of making a book. That nearly convinced me to become a bookie - and stopped me from ever becoming a punter ! 2 RNLI Governor World species 471 : UK species 105 : English species 95 . Certhia's world species - 215 Eclectic "husband and wife combined" world species 501 "Nothing matters very much, few things matter at all" - Plato ...only things like fresh bait and cold beer... Link to post Share on other sites
corydoras 472 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Thoroughbreds eat oats bud - might be why you missed your way?? So will cattle. I'll bet a pound to a penny a thoroughbred will not turn it's nose up to a bit of good Timothy hay. The problem isn't what people don't know, it's what they know that just ain't so.Vaut mieux ne rien dire et passer pour un con que de parler et prouver que t'en est un!Mi, ch’fais toudis à m’mote Link to post Share on other sites
chesters1 1593 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) Timothy is saddly lacking in hay fields today ,most mass produced stuff is single variety unfortunately some even completely weed free . The stuff the farmer i worked for sold hay but horse owners remarked their horses liked it better than competitors stuff and that was down to it containg timothy and other grass varieties and a lot of weed species. I spent many hours pulling ragwort and digging dock so he could charge a quid or more extra lol Theres hay and meadow hay and i guess meadow hay is declining ,its strange round here in the hundreds of acres of unkempt fields money isnt made selling hay its horse country as you can get! Edited August 12, 2018 by chesters1 Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies! There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle Mathew 4:19 Grangers law : anything i say will turn out the opposite or not happen at all! Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny! "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson Link to post Share on other sites
corydoras 472 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Ahh well. I grew up surrounded by acres of Timothy and Italian Rye. The problem isn't what people don't know, it's what they know that just ain't so.Vaut mieux ne rien dire et passer pour un con que de parler et prouver que t'en est un!Mi, ch’fais toudis à m’mote Link to post Share on other sites
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