Well, I suspect it was TOTALLY due to two horses with very similar names coming home first and second. You know what some mug punters are like. I can pretty much guarantee you that a stack of people out there included Terrific Taurus and Terrible Taurus in their Quinellas and Trifectas purely and simply because of their names. The Trifecta was $6659 up here, but the Quinella was a ridiculous $107. I reckon that's about 1/30th of what it should have paid considering the odds of the two horses!!!



[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2003-12-13 22:10 ]

The trifecta paid on the correct horses on STAB, and paid $5,423.20

By my reckoning, there were 13.5 units on STAB. (we don't have flexibetting).

I have a little formula which is pretty close normally, and I reckon the Tri should have paid $29,000.

If I had that particular Tri, I would be screaming blue ************ murder, that's for sure......

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How about that!
Logged into the forum specifically to raise the same issue to find myself beaten to the jump.
Proves I'm not totally paranoid.
I stopped betting in NSW about 6 months ago but somehow got dragged into having a trifecta on this race.(must have been looking to get out)
My selections were Desert Sashay and Full on magic to win,those,Domielle and Sunshine Sam for second,all those +1-2-4-14 for 3rd.
I did not find a place for the Taurus twins.
The result and the ridiculous dividends (exotics) have me sworn off (frightened me off) Sydney racing forever.
Can someone more enlightened than me, tell me how I missed the chances of the twins in my painstaking study of the form?
My first reaction was the same as another poster.
Surely it is to do with the names of the horses.
I wonder if the stewards take an interest in this sort of thing?

Same stable, and also what everyone has missed is that the numbers add up, 6-7-13. When they form some sort of pattern (even at a stretch) there usually seems to be extra units on. Serious punters, go figure.

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Easy to beat a race but not the Races.
Whoever set that little Xmas presant up [6+7 the place = unlucky 13 the win] had a great sense of humour. Terrible for us and Terrific for them and Taurus the Bull s...

Shocking day for handicapping, only one winner [poacher's luck in Bris.] from 9 bets but saved by two winners from a system I run concurrently. Handicapping nightmare at Rosehill ? You betcha !!

cheers.


[ This Message was edited by: crash on 2003-12-14 07:07 ]

DONT TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF IT. YOU WILL GO CRAZY. HANG IN ON YOUR OWN HANDICAPPING AND PUT THIS ONE DOWN TO EXPERIENCE.
THIS TYPE OF THING HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
WE CANT GET THEM ALL.
AS A MATTER OF INTEREST I PREACH THE FAITH ON THE FORUM. AS YOU KNOW I BACK LISTED HORSES ONLY AND ONE OF THE TAURUSES HAD A LISTED PLACING. WAS PLACED IN THE HEAVY (TERRIFIC) IN MAY AT ROSEHILL.
AFTER TIPPING LAETARE IN THE BIG ONE AT BELMONT I FOLLOWED UP WITH CRIMSON PAK IN RACE AT AT GREAT ODDS.
ONE OF ONLY TWO LISTED HORSES IN THE RACE (MYSTIC GLOW) THE OTHER. FIRST WIN EVER FOR CRIMSON PAK IN 40 STARTS. NOW THATS FAITH.

G'day all,
While you all are trying to make sense of things- if you saw or can see a replay of bris r2 where there was a protest 4th v 3rd, can anyone see how it was upheld?
The 4th was hanging in behind the 3rd while the jock was changing hands with the whip,don't know a lot but thought the decision was ??????. People next door lease c u twist cost them about 6k, but we are only bushies so it don't really matter!
cheers
PS I think Katsidis got 8 meetings for the ride???????

[ This Message was edited by: boxhead on 2003-12-14 17:59 ]

didnt take notice of the ride but some months ago i mentioned a certain rider here that seemed to lack some urgency.
i know the forum doesnt like us commenting on jockeys so guess will leave it at that.

speaking of poor playing trifectas ......does anybody remember a race in perth a couple of years ago ...the placegetters were all roughies 66/1, 100/1 and 50/1 or so....the trifecta only paid about $4,000....one irate punter who had the tri made an inquiry and apparently somebody had a $20 mystery bet on the trifecta and yes, they got the 3 in order 20 times .... the trifecta pool was about $100,000......

cheers,
noel

Those divvies were absolutely ludicrous given the odds of the placegetters.When and where is the TAB accountable????In QLD.(where I am)both horses were showing upwards of $60win,yet the quin pays $107????In NSW the quin only paid $88???Pourquoi???The tri only paid $3288.70 in NSW.QLD.$6659.90.

Please explain.It is a joke.Let's ask the powers that be in the TAB to declare the size of the actual pool on that particular race,and the number of winning tickets.No bull******** about some punter scooping the pool and eroding the divvies with some phantom mystery trifecta.I have Malcom Knowles book on quinellas in front of me as I write.Quinella odds look up table:50/1 into 50/1;approx expected divvie $1274!!!!Yet both the first and second horse were showing over $60 when they jumped.I think something should be done about this.My mainstream avenue of betting is multiple quinellas,doubles and trifectas.I bet to prices on each combination to take out a certain amount.I would never in my wildest dreams had that combo,but would have been pretty ********ed if I had!!!Can anyone explain this anomaly to me realistically?Can management look into it on an official level for the benefit of all punters??