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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

MY BIG RACE TIP

I don't miss too much from the UK, apart of course from friends and family, but one thing I did enjoy was an occasional flutter on the horses. In Thailand gambling is prohibited.
I mention it now because today is the start of the Cheltenham Festival. I remember many years ago now that I won just over 300 quid for a bet that cost just 3.50. I was lucky that the first two horses in the three-horse bet won at odds of 25-1 and 33-1. For those who don't know I also had a 1/12th share in a racehorse for a while, again many years ago now.
For the duration of the festival I have decided to give you a Big Race tip - it's up to you whether you take any notice of it. It's just for fun and I'll let you know how my selection gets on.
Today is the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle and I am going for an outsider. Asian Maze is currently priced around 14/1 and may run a big race. If you ignore its last two runs it's well overpriced and could upset Detroit City, the favourite. I suggest a 100 baht each way bet at 14/1. And it's not my choice just because of the name!

2 comments:

Anonymous 9:22 PM  

How do you place bets? Every website I go to is blocked by the MICT. Unless you are using a proxy server, but I've managed this long without one so don't really want to start now.

(c) 2016 Written by Andrew Batt 5:05 AM  

Matt, I've had that same problem and have been unable to bet from here. If you do manage to find a site that isn't blocked then your Thailand credit/debit card will be declined when you try to deposit funds because all sites seem to reject any Thai-based cards.

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