Racing to the Point.
On Saturday I went to the local Point to Point and to meet up with Mumbly and the Font of Good Advice.
I love the Point to Point. I have been going for what seems like forever, as Mumbly used to take us when we were quite small and it brings back loads of childhood memories.
I met Mumbly and the F.O.G.A. at the finishing post..... which is an old tradition, meeting up with those that we know there always in the same place, and then went to put money on the horses that were running in the first race.
Mumbly does it properly. She goes and sees the horses that are parading in the ring before they go out onto the course. She studies them, and then looks in the form guide to see how good they are.
The F.O.G.A. waits. He watches me put money on quite quickly, hoping that I have judged the right time to put the money on, hoping that he odds dont change to my disadvantage after I have placed my bet.
I dont use a terribly scientific method.I use a "girl method" I pick horses that arent the favorate (its amature racing, they might well fall at a fence or have a bad day, so the favorate might not win) but I do choose a horse that, has odds that mean it might well be in the running.
Then its all in the horse's name.
F.O.G.A. as I said waits. Right up until the horses are going up to the start. Then he quietly 'has a word' with the bookie and comes back slightly grinning.
We then all meet up again at the finishing post. To cheer and hope that the horse we are championing makes it round, and to make our day, wins.
Mostly you loose money at the point to point. There is not a single bookie that doesnt have a very new top of the range car for himself and at least two members of his family. He will have four hot and expensive holidays a year. Betting is a bit like going to the cash point, getting out some money and then handing it all to the person behind you in the queue.
But on Saturday. I won. I left the point to point with more money than I arrived with. And I played for lunch, a hot chocolate and a £10 getting in fee....and I bet on quite a few horses...and majoritively lost.....but to leave with more money than I arrived with was something that hasnt happened often and I was delighted!!
(and no F.O.G.A. I am not going to mention that you arrived in your Landy and how cool it looked!!x)
lybxx
I love the Point to Point. I have been going for what seems like forever, as Mumbly used to take us when we were quite small and it brings back loads of childhood memories.
I met Mumbly and the F.O.G.A. at the finishing post..... which is an old tradition, meeting up with those that we know there always in the same place, and then went to put money on the horses that were running in the first race.
Mumbly does it properly. She goes and sees the horses that are parading in the ring before they go out onto the course. She studies them, and then looks in the form guide to see how good they are.
The F.O.G.A. waits. He watches me put money on quite quickly, hoping that I have judged the right time to put the money on, hoping that he odds dont change to my disadvantage after I have placed my bet.
I dont use a terribly scientific method.I use a "girl method" I pick horses that arent the favorate (its amature racing, they might well fall at a fence or have a bad day, so the favorate might not win) but I do choose a horse that, has odds that mean it might well be in the running.
Then its all in the horse's name.
F.O.G.A. as I said waits. Right up until the horses are going up to the start. Then he quietly 'has a word' with the bookie and comes back slightly grinning.
We then all meet up again at the finishing post. To cheer and hope that the horse we are championing makes it round, and to make our day, wins.
Mostly you loose money at the point to point. There is not a single bookie that doesnt have a very new top of the range car for himself and at least two members of his family. He will have four hot and expensive holidays a year. Betting is a bit like going to the cash point, getting out some money and then handing it all to the person behind you in the queue.
But on Saturday. I won. I left the point to point with more money than I arrived with. And I played for lunch, a hot chocolate and a £10 getting in fee....and I bet on quite a few horses...and majoritively lost.....but to leave with more money than I arrived with was something that hasnt happened often and I was delighted!!
(and no F.O.G.A. I am not going to mention that you arrived in your Landy and how cool it looked!!x)
lybxx
posted by lyb | 11:17 AM
1 Comments:
...it would be indeed a daft thing to do!!
....you've never placed a bet????
blimey girl....go do it!!
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