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[Saxon Warrior]

I got a micro share in Come On Du Berlais as a Christmas present - Gordon did a video for owners earlier today saying he expects a big run. She travelled over a day early, has already got experience of travelling over to UK and winning, and has her conditions. She's odds on though and a bumper at Newton Abbott isn't exactly the race I'd be doing my nuts in in terms of a bet

Good luck, looks like a great gift, the way shes started out her career.

[That Horse]

Good luck, looks like a great gift, the way shes started out her career.

Cheers, I'm hoping to get a trip to Gordon Elliott's stables out of it as well Saxon, he does two visits a year for Sunday racing club owners - it's a raffle style thing I believe but hoping to be one of the lucky ones. The video put up on the Sunday app from the last time was pretty cool, they got to meet Tiger Roll and a few other big names that were stabled there at the time.

[Lobos]

Just make sure you tell him to aim Frontal Assault at the NHC.

[Saxon Warrior]

Cheers, I'm hoping to get a trip to Gordon Elliott's stables out of it as well Saxon, he does two visits a year for Sunday racing club owners - it's a raffle style thing I believe but hoping to be one of the lucky ones. The video put up on the Sunday app from the last time was pretty cool, they got to meet Tiger Roll and a few other big names that were stabled there at the time.

Fingers crossed that you get that stable visit That Horse

[BigChaang]

Good news .. to see that Josh Moore is out of Hospital , and back home now. ..
And on the road to Recovery after a bad fall at the Haydock meeting in April.

[robith]

RP posting that gambling act review will introduce soft credit checks for ?125 a week losses or ?500 a month.

[Kautostar]

RP posting that gambling act review will introduce soft credit checks for ?125 a week losses or ?500 a month.

We’re all doomed if that’s the case. Time to find a new hobby. The one I’ve read states ?125 a month or ?500 a year which is a joke tbh

[Faugheen]

RP posting that gambling act review will introduce soft credit checks for ?125 a week losses or ?500 a month.

Was it not 125 a month and 500 a year..

[Dandrew99]

We’re all doomed if that’s the case. Time to find a new hobby. The one I’ve read states ?125 a month or ?500 a year which is a joke tbh

If that's counting open bets as losers, then yeah we are kinda screwed...

[robith]

Was it not 125 a month and 500 a year..

sorry yes, typo

[robith]

If that's counting open bets as losers, then yeah we are kinda screwed...

it says net losses, so surely open bets don't count because the bet hasn't been settled yet?

[Lobos]

it says net losses, so surely open bets don't count because the bet hasn't been settled yet?

Agree. Has to be settled bets only.

[Dandrew99]

it says net losses, so surely open bets don't count because the bet hasn't been settled yet?

I think it was Istabraq who said unsettled bets count as losers for the purposes of these calculations. No idea if it's true myself, but if that's right then I guess no more than ?500 in open bets at any given time? I'm sure some people's books are that big before the previous festival has even finished...

[Lobos]

I think it was Istabraq who said unsettled bets count as losers for the purposes of these calculations. No idea if it's true myself, but if that's right then I guess no more than ?500 in open bets at any given time? I'm sure some people's books are that big before the previous festival has even finished...

That can't be right. Would be the end of AP betting as we know it if they take that stance. The end of betting completely I'd say as bookies couldn't function under those constraints.

[Istabraq]

Put it this way, if you are allowed to have 5000 pounds worth of AP bets your P&L is zero until they settle, but if they all lost you record a 5000 pound loss which takes losses well beyond the thresholds that are current being banded around.
AP bets therefore have to be considered losers until their settlement confirms otherwise.

I’d love to be wrong but not sure how I can be.

I had a lengthy battle with Betfred around 7/8 months ago who claimed that despite the lifetime of the account being considerably profitable my recent ‘losses’ exceeded their internal limits forcing account closure pending financial interrogation, however, there were no losses on the account whatsoever, just a significant number of Cheltenham bets that hadn’t yet settled…