14th November 2005, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by downbylaw
Ive often wondered why sydney has such small fields. Very often less than 9 runners unlike melb which has big fields often. Can anyone enlighten me? Is it the gai and hawkes domination or is the money better in vic?? Bookies vary rarely loose and i just think there profit might be smaller compared to the large fields.
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Trust me... Bookies do loose, often... In a very small field one horse will be the outstanding favorite at deadly odds and almost no one will bet on the race. So you have the cost of setting up, paying staff and more and might take a handful of $10 bets..
Melbourne racing benefits from strong provincial racing where runners only need to travel 50 - 100 klms to get to the city tracks. Even Adelaide feeds horses into Melbourne events, whereas Sydney has a provincial circuit from Wollongong to Port Macquarie and out to Canberra. You have to bring the horse in days before a race house them somewhere, pay staff etc It's all too hard and the prize money for place getters doesn’t cover the costs... There's no real solution till you get the public more involved through television broadcasts on pay TV.... Which is yet another bungle?
My Point was that there are three races on next Saturday and not enough horses... They all when south and west for the carnivals and then to the spelling paddock
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