"I have never had so much success (or fun) with the punt. Thanx heaps and great
punting to all!”
"I am very appreciative of the efforts that go into producing this outstanding information."
Mention straight course racing and substantial wager in the same sentence, and I’m sure a fair percentage of the nation’s serious hard core punting brigade might just start to twitch a little.
The straight course racing to which I’m referring is, of course, the sprint races run at Australia’s most identifiable racecourse Flemington. Since the demise of Adelaide’s Victoria Park, which had a straight 1000m course, Flemington is now the only metropolitan track which hosts straight racing.
Some years ago, a close friend of mine travelled the Victorian country racing circuit. He was at just about every major bush meeting held for a period of some six years.
He eventually gave it away, tired out from the travelling and not from his betting activities. He told me he'd won, on an annual basis, for five of the six years he attended the country meetings.
It was the car rides, and sometimes light plane trips, to and from the venues that wore him down. The social life, he said, could be hard going if you didn't discipline yourself.
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