on another forum, One of the pro tipster's has given out an 8 to 1 pop as his best bet of 2005:


http://www.cyberhorse.com.au/dcforu...rumID6/192.html

any thoughts?

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why gobble with the turkeys, when you may soar with the eagles!!

its a good sign that she has raced ok at sandown before however -

2yo filly
dead track
apprentice jock
now 11/2
lots of talk

probably the lay of the year!

I actually like #1 to win and 1,3,5,2 for the tri. Either way good luck to all .

Thoughts are that it turned out to be a bad bet.........
Hope he still doesn't think it to be the bet of the year...

BJ - Horses going around in midweek races are never 'bets or the year' no matter how good their chances look.

'Bets of the year' if such a thing exist will come from well established, well credentialed PROVEN performers that are fit, in form and are racing in set weight races, including WFA. There are plenty of these and they can be most lucrative for the discerning punter.

got to disagree there le mer, the bet of the year, for most punters anyway, is the last winner backed, & it remains the bet of the year until the next one comes along.

& as for only finding them in set weight/wfa races, well i guess that might make up for ones inability to handicap a race, eh?

I reckon backing every runner paying $19.00 & less in the newspaper in that race except for the Fav .

I reckon an outsider has a strong chance of getting up in that race.

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Cheers.

Looked up race 3 Melbourne, and only horse near $8 was Looming, so had my dollar on it, but obviously it wasn't the tip. Got to be lucky sometimes. Thanks.

What I can't get my thick head around is that some 'Joe Blow' that nobody knows comes on here with the best bet of the year, and the mulitudes in their wisdom plonk their hard-earned on it....ya-know, they don't deserve a second thought....

Cheers.

Gday Squirter..

No plonking here, having said that I managed to lose on the race all the same..I gotta give the guy who posted the selection originally a lot of credit tho.. it does take balls to make a call like that... and I gotta say, I dont care how good anyone is at handicapping, we get it WRONG more often than we get it right, so good luck to the guy and more power to him I say..

As for those who jumped on without having a good look, it made the divvy for looming so much the better for those who backed it.. But that happens every day on the punt... Your enemy is not the bookie or the machine, but the other punter, and if they are willing to plonk on duds morer power to them. I am willing to take their money every now and then..by backing things that are a better chance... I am only sour that I lost on that race

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