Horse Racing

It's funny to think that up until the 1950s, the Galway meeting lasted a mere two days! Some would say that a week is too long and I do admit to getting a little weary by the time Friday comes around. Nonetheless, it's a great social occasion and a great excuse to have a few pints and a bet - so I'm looking forward to next week immensely.


Wednesday sees the first of the big races; The Galway Plate (a handicap chase) where the Paul Nicholls trained Roby De Cimbre has shot to the top of the betting and now trades at 5.0. Nicholls took this race last year with Oslot and when you consider Nicholls' strike-rate when sending horses to Ireland (48% in the last six years), it's not hard to see why punters have latched on to the six-year-old.

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While designed to thrash out issues relating mostly to New South Wales racing, several Victorians will attend the meeting on Friday week.

Moonee Valley Racing Club chairman Bob Scarborough, Thoroughbred Racehorse Owners' Association chairman David Moodie and multi-millionaire owner and breeder Jon Munz will join a host of prominent NSW breeders who called the meeting.

Arrowfield Stud principal John Messara, Coolmore's Tom Magnier and Gerry Harvey, one of the country's biggest owner-breeders, are among the NSW-based signatories.

The meeting will focus on the issues that are potentially threatening racing's future, with corporate bookmakers' fees to the industry pivotal.

Corporate bookmakers and Racing NSW are embroiled in a legal battle over what is a fair and equitable payment method: turnover, as Racing NSW insists, or gross profits, as corporate bookmakers claim.

A court decision is not expected until November, but its ramifications will flow to Victoria, where corporate bookmakers pay a product fee of 10 per cent of gross profits -- a figure bumped up to 15 per cent during the spring carnival.

According to the invitation, the reductions in prizemoney recently announced in NSW could spread to other states if the issue is not addressed.

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Horse racing is synonymous with betting. Many people bet purely for the fun of it; looking at the name of the horse, the name of the jockey, or even obtuse ideas such as the birthday of the jockey. Some people take the betting on races a lot more seriously though, and many earn a living doing it. The top tipsters often have a horse betting system they follow religiously.

Here are some of the essential things you should consider if you want to create a successful horse racing betting system:

Distance

The distance when referred to horse racing is how far the horses have to run in order to reach the finishing line. The distance is a crucial factor that you have to weigh up before you pick out the horse that you will lay a bet on. Horses are no different to people. Some are blessed with great stamina and can run for miles and miles. Some have great speed, but can only keep the speed up for short distances. Each horse will have a preferred distance, and it will be your job to know what a particular horse's favoured distance is. before laying a bet on it.

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