Black Caviar - Royal Ascot

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RidgyDidge

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I hope you all had your money on the record breaking Aussie horse Black Caviar.

It was close, but a win is a win :-)


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Congrats on the win! A beautiful horse. Phew for the win! Boy was the race close at the end! Out of curiosity, why would someone bet on something if the odds are such as 1 - 33, where you put down £33 and if win, win £1?? :?
 
Oakandacorns said:
.....why would someone bet on something if the odds are such as 1 - 33, where you put down £33 and if win, win £1?? :?
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I asked that question at the weekend. Professional betters would risk large amounts under spread betting. Not something a person just putting a the odd quid would do.
 
the odds were actually 1-4 to 1-6
I was at Ascot , a guy there put £100,000 on he is now in possesion of £120,000 and a very stained pair of underpants :rofl:
 
Looked like the 1-11 odds on Frankel were a safer bet judging by the enormous distance he won his race and with a ranking of 140 he is officially the best horse in the world and only 1 point off the highest ever ranking. :wink:
 
It looked to me like the horse (and jockey) might not be used to running on gradients like ours are.

Apparently the horse weighs around 565-575kgs and is just 16.2hh and is even heavier than Denman! Desert Orchid weighed around 550kgs at his peak. Proof again that a good big 'un will always beat a good little 'un.
 
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