Anyone do well on the Grand National?
- Thread starter Fordulike
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Yes, the bookies, they breathed a sigh of relief when A P McCoy came in fifth.
Well done on your gain though.
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I'm very bad at remembering people's names, so I call everyone Dude. Saves embarrasment. As a result in my local they often call me Dude.
I split £10 across 4 horses, one of which was called Monbeg Dude. I had £1.50 each way (50:1, top 5, 1/4 odds) so I made a £10.25 profit!
I split £10 across 4 horses, one of which was called Monbeg Dude. I had £1.50 each way (50:1, top 5, 1/4 odds) so I made a £10.25 profit!
I believe some bookies pay out each way for fifth on the National.
AP would have returned 2-1, not a fortune but I expect a few punters got their overall stake money back.
I didn't bother this year, but have made small profits in the past by backing four or five horses each way.
Maybe Rob, but it was announced on some news bulletins before the race that the bookies stood to lose around £50 millions if Tony McCoy won, hence my sayng they sighed with relief when he came in fifth.
I never bet on horse racing so know nothing about the odds distribution.
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Yesterday, on the National with Ladbrokes, a £1 each way bet meant:
Cost: £2
£1 to win.
£1 to come 1-5th, at 1/4 odds.
So:
If you put a quid each way on at 10:1
1st: £10 + stake + £2.50 + stake : £14.50
2nd-5th: £2.50 + stake: £3.50
It is a mugs game, unless you are one of the something like .00001% who are professionals making a living out of it.Thanks Mike, but I still won't bet on them.
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I let my family choose a horse each and put no more than a tenner in total on the race.
It's a yearly family fun thing, no more, no less
It seems that's true of most of the country. I worked at Epsom for a couple of years and hated race days, traffic chaos!It's a yearly family fun thing, no more, no less
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When I lived in Epsom, I was only a kid, so of course I loved race days
I must be in 0.00001% then. So far this year I have doubled my money on horse racing. I expect this trend to remain true through the remainder of the year.It is a mugs game, unless you are one of the something like .00001% who are professionals making a living out of it.
I let my family choose a horse each and put no more than a tenner in total on the race.
It's a yearly family fun thing, no more, no less
(haha, like you its a tenner of familly fun on national day only, except this year we won something!)
