Friday 29 August – MZ Metro T.C.
Race 1: ‘Perfect For Now’ opened $3.80 & closed $3.50
The ‘book’ held a small loss on the winner but easily the best backed was Gammel Danske ($5.00 - $4.40). The early morning money was for Ulter Boy (9th) who opened at $9.00 but after around 1:00pm
trading on that runner went quiet and he closed at $15. The favourite did get customer’s off to a good
start in multi’s.
Race 2: ‘Belle Eyre’ opened $10 & closed $11
The winner was well supported in the morning and her price did come into $8.00 around 10:00am on the
weight of money. There were no big wagers on her just plenty around the $100 - $200 mark. The best backed runner closer to post-time was Chief Inanga (8th) who has proved to be a costly runner for our
customers over the past two weeks. Mocca Man (4th) was the best backed runner in multi trading, he
opened at $3.00 and closed at that price. The winner closed a good result for the ‘book’.
Race 4: ‘Scotlynn Hamish’ opened $2.60 & closed $2.20
The favourite Scotlynn Hamish didn’t get backed in the morning but we did take some large multi-wagers on him as soon as the ‘book’ opened. Dream Supreme (2nd) was the best backed runner late along with Navy Cross ($7.50 - $4.80). We lost on the favourite and plenty of multi’s were well on their
way into the later races.
Race 5: ‘Del’s Hoof N It’ opened $6.00 & closed $7.00
We opened Moment Of Truth (3rd) at $5.00 and as soon as we opened $1,000 and $500 wagers went on him. He closed at $2.20 on the ‘book’ and $2.60 the tote a price that surprised us and he would have done some damage had he won. The winner Del’s Hoof N It repeated his last start performance with an
easy win but he did have an easier trip that the favourite. The late money came for The Fat Controller which opened our $2.60 favourite (closed $3.00 final Field and $2.80 tote).
Race 6: ‘Be Artful’ opened $7.00 & closed $4.00
We will have to start to show Be Artful a bit more respect as this is the second week we have opened him up at well over tote closing price. He only won by a nose but that was enough to do some damage
to the ‘book’ as he was once again well backed in early trading. The late money came for Partywiththehotgirl (2nd opened $7.00 - $6.00). The favourite Charisteas (4th) was the best backed in multi trading and was
an unlucky runner coming from the back in a race run with a quick last half so he will be kept safe again
next time he starts.
Race 7: ‘Special Ops’ opened $6.00 & closed $8.00
We had a few calls telling us we had the first two favourites around the wrong way but we knew it was going to be easy to sell both runners and the only damage would come in multi betting. We took $3,000 bets on both London Legend and Ohoka Rebel and a few $1,000 wagers on them. London Legend did close as our only losing result but trading on the race was steady all day and it was never going to be a
bad result in the single trading ‘book’. The winner took a few wagers but the two favourites did scare off most wanting to get involved heavily on the remainder of the field.
Race 8: ‘Domination’ opened $7.50 & closed $12
As expected the favourite Makarewa Sun (2nd) was all customers wanted to be on in multu trading and we thought the $1.60 opening price would keep the liability on this horse under control but that was far from what happened as the money just kept coming for him. He closed $1.40 with the ‘book’ and $1.50 the tote, on his run after an early break and a late storming run home for second we doubt we will be offering up opening odds of $1.60 next time he lines up. We closed the winner well over our opening price but it was hard to sell any other runner no matter what price we put up. No surprise that this result
was a good one for the ‘book.
Race 9: ‘Majhac Meddle’ opened $5.50 & closed $9.00
With only two of the previous seven ‘final field’ races on the night won by favourites customers came looking to recoup their loss’s on Music Man which closed at $1.80 after opening at $2.40. The winner took a couple of reasonably sized wagers but did still close a winning result for the ‘book’
A tough night for our customers with a number of well backed favourites getting beaten but it was a
pleasant trend reversal from what the ‘book’ has experienced over the past few weeks.
Biggest winning multi on the night: $100 to win $8,970 - Scotlynn Hamish $2.30, Del’s Hoof N It $6.00 & Special Ops $6.00.
The report on large wagers in will return next week, the harness desk had the night off and it was left in the capable hands of our rugby league boomaker KG (Kevin Gutschlag) to trade . Kevin is Southland bred and as one would expect coming from that region has a harness background. Looking at the night’s overall result for the ‘book’ it might pay if the desk has a few more Friday nights off.
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