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It wasn't good was it. I think abandoning the meet was probably the right thing to do the jockeys probably were not going to want to race on it again.

i was watching at the races what i could not understand is why they took 30 mins to put the horse down this was from comments by matt c

Scrip - re that Times article you linked on MOTD (BetAngel reference).

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8210-1759824,00.html

I read that as bad news for the old names: Ladbrokes, Hill, etc. and good news for traders on Betfair as punters migrate on-line bringing more liquidity.

I tried listening to williamhillradio.com while following a few horse races earlier this week and found them to be consistently about 45 seconds behind real time. If they think their clients will put up with that kind of service, they deserve what is coming to them.

Reminds me of that film The Sting :-)

compooundup iam the same as you with whill i thought it was my computer whats laughable is when they say hit the 1 key to place a bet when they are already running

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Be aware that Attheraces on SKY is also delayed.

Surely England footy team value at 1.44 today

scrip gone in big time for me ,above average stakes on an england win agree with you i thought they would be around 2/7 1/3 mark.dil do you know by how much apart from beeming picts to sat then back to your dish i thought it was a 10 sec delay if it is more then that unless you are all green you are at a disavantage.

Surely there is far more value in Italy at 1.64 to win at Scotland than there is in backing England to win at Wales at 1.41

I'm in for England to win and with a biggish bet too.

I mean, let's face it, etc, etc. ;-)

fund agree with you but you have got to spread the risk in on italy as well,anyone thinking of betting on england go to william hill or vc bet as they are offering 4/9 at the moment which is better then the exchanges.

Anyone trading the cricket C&G final?

currently deliberating whether to lay off having backed Hampshire - any thoughts?

Agree with you guys on good value but only got 1.41. Will drip feed and average up on this as long as England doesnt score a quick goal.

Italy look good value too but then again they are in pole position and can afford to slip up.

Since the sat picture delay has been mentioned I thought I'd share with you all that a mate of mine was providing live commentary on several ManU games last season on his mobile phone to an "illegal bookmaking syndicate" in Hong Kong. Even though there's a delay on the phone, the 2 second or so gain on the pictures was enough for the syndicate to profit handsomely over the mug punters that they were dealing with.

My mate wasn't too generous in offering me with the full details but I know he made more than enough to pay for the season ticket a few times over! The commentary only lasted for half a dozen games so I assumed that the syndicate got taken out!

Bristol City odds on vs Colchester - Colchester all over them in the first 10 mins

bakko thanks for info fund sorry cant help with cricket trying to sort out horse bets to lay to much sport for one day!

Backed hampshire at 2.1, have just backed my stake back out at 1.33 :-)

out of the cricket a bit early - now all green at 1.24

fund do you tahe a position on bcvcol

woodie

i have nicked in and out a few times laying bristol city and will continue to do so despite colchester down to 10 men - amazed with 20 mins to go the draw is still odds against despite bristol city not looking like they have any idea how to score

The pattern of pre match trading on England has been interesting. I have turned quite a few thousand already and am nicely green for little risk. Going to keep an eye on things in the next hour and see if some more opportunities pop up but the at the moment Englands price looks to come in more and lots of people laying Wales and the draw.