Villa Chris

The slots are the devil 😈

For example if I had a lucky 15 I’d never cash out if the first two come in. My arse might go if the third come in but I’d like to think I’d leave it.

Here you go . See what some of you make of these. Not sure how old they are. https://www.cdsystems.uk.com/previousresult.htm

I’ll try and find a write up of different ratings that were compared and had profit/loss etc. Will hunt it out later when get back from work .

That’s a good point because top 5 in the betting changes

I used to do a prize money rating . It works then it doesn’t work etc etc . Obviously it was far too simplistic on its own which is why it failed. I suppose prize money won is a decent indication of the type of races the horse has ran in .

It’s a joke. Who in the right mind wants to watch this ?

Just read a race at Newton Abbot has been abandoned tomorrow due to shortage of horses running in it. We are left with 3 races that are just 3 runner races , a race with 9, a race with 8 and then a race with 6. No doubt those fields will shorten again with non runners .

Yep I had to look at Montaasibs record yesterday when I seen that he’d won a group 1. I just had him down as a good handicapper . Charyn on the other hand seems a group horse .

Definitely a bit of fun for me. @LeMale I noticed he was 66/1 not long before the off. I was like I hope he doesn’t win now 🤣

Course maybe ?

He runs better at Newbury possibly ? His record there is won and 3rd where as Thirsk is 5th and last . Also he seems like a proper quick ground horse. Both his runs at Newbury G/F and Thirsk both Good ground. Add to that the horse may have just had a bad day it happens. He was eased down in his last race at Thirsk too when finishing last. He doesn’t seem the most consistent type either .

Say you’ve identified a horse at say 33/1 who you think has a realistic chance of winning and a good chance of placing if you’re looking at the ew angle. Then you see the second favourite at 5/1 who you think has a very strong chance of winning what do you do ? Does that 5/1 put you off the 33/1 ?

Anything 40/1 or more I’d probably go ew .

When I first started betting on horses I didn’t see the point in backing anything less than 7/1- 6/1. Most of my selections were double figures but I knew nothing about horses at the time. I’m struggling how to improve my ratings at the minute. Sometimes they align up with Richards so I’m not doing too much wrong but something isn’t quite right as proven when I ran up -100 over a few weeks with no winners. I only bet what I can afford to lose, and although I want to make money I also do it for fun . This recent conversation on here has inspired me to start looking at big priced horses again so for a bit of fun I’m going to start putting some selections up small stakes and my thoughts on why I’ve selected the horse. Might start today or tomorrow . If several bets might bang them in a lucky 15.

Caught my eye last couple of runs

I scanned the card last night after you put up your selection and Vintage Fizz was the one I took from it . Won’t be backing him though as I’ve missed the price.

I think some of these could possibly run better than their odds suggest

Who’s Madferit today?

Zilz do you know that some firms have stopped the bonus on the forecasts and tricasts ? I remember you mentioning the odds used to be a lot better years ago and now many don’t even give you the 10% bonus for getting one in.

I still enjoy watching those old uns. Wouldn’t get away with it now mind 😂

Unlucky against the Villa 😉