Fri 1st Feb Horse Racing Chat - Join In

[Win2Win]

Not a good week with the wife's nan passing away after a stroke, the funeral this Sunday, and wifey's dog passed away yesterday at the age of 4

I haven't done much betting myself this week for obvious reasons, but having a little dabble today.

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I've just found out Ladbrokes have bought Betdaq

After all the years the bookies tried to get the government to ban exchanges!!

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Great result in the 3:45. Laid 3 in a 5 runner race and didn't hit one of them

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What a fantastic ride by McCoy on Kandari, I never backed it but laod 2 in the race

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I've watched my 2nd Mass of the week via webcam

The body has been on display since last Sunday at the Chapel with a live cam from the Philippines, the family stay with it until the funeral on Sunday. That to me is just weird, although I seem to remember similar things in this country in the 70's when I was a lad

Last time I was in manila a neighbour of the wife's family couldn't afford a chapel so they displayed the coffin at the side of the main road for a week

[TooTall]

I've just found out Ladbrokes have bought Betdaq

After all the years the bookies tried to get the government to ban exchanges!!

Have they done this just so its easy for them to controlled SPs

[Win2Win]

Probably as they have no chance of setting one up themselves being tight-fisted .... they only look after the shareholders not the customers so I wonder if the commission will go up?

The bookies have been hedging on the exchanges for a couple of years now, and that effects SP. Simple choice, rip-off bookies or Betfair?