Swad@MattSwad
Random but keep being asked for winners…don’t ask me! 🇫🇮
Finding the exchange absolutely impossible to tolerate. Think greyhound racing has an unforeseen issue coming on top of the rest of the current issues that nobody has spoken about. Possibly already happening to a degree, gambling kennels to struggle to make ends meet imo going forwards.
Might as well use my actual figures, 2026 I’ve managed £865,000 stakes, and haven’t won a penny, in fact I’ve lost £3,150, which puts ROI at somewhere less than 1% after comm, whatever. My downfall driven by less and less money available to match my bets making my average price received worse, theoretical examples now from Sheffield…2023 if you are trying to lay £400 @ 6.0 you’d be matched by 7.0 for a couple of bags liability no issues. Fast forward to now genuinely if you want £400 against a 6.0 dog you’d be lucky to have all your money done by 9.0 (try it yourself or tell me im wrong)
I am obviously different to gambling kennels in terms of the way I’d bet a card, I am pretty steady, they are giving it the short sharp strokes (presumably) as you would, but the point im trying to make still stands on the basis the exchange X Matcher/ecosystem doesn’t know or care who you are, there’s little there to be won now. I guess careful how I phrase this…lets say for whatever reason someone is confident a dog won’t be winning. You’d now genuinely be lucky to get more than a few hundred quid a lay average without questions being asked (again X Matcher super efficient). Or try the reverse of getting a dog “readied” for a big run, sure you’ll get a bit more down but its hard to get a dog to win a race if your life depends on it! I think the game will be left with those that love the game/happy to run for run money and are happy with what they have in life, got loads of respect for that.
Back onto me, the other obvious uncovered solution is to try and back dogs instead rather than lay. Ok then you try and back dogs round Sheff off the show price or into an efficient market with a minute to run, GL. Or try and recycle through SOFT bookmaker accounts betting early prices averaging in 2026… err £500-£1000 an account and fcking around with all the admin that comes with it, again GL not for me. Try a diff track? Sure I can’t be chewed on (Doncaster is brilliant on a Sat night but more from a viewing than punting perspective get yourself down).
The old “evolve or die” quote goes through your head. Yeah sure, the issue with that is you have to badly fcking want it to evolve yourself, a wise head (on here actually) said this game gets to everyone eventually, you will have your turn don’t worry, wasn’t wrong, here we are. This probably looks like a bit of main character syndrome, close your door on the way out etc bla. Fully aware me betting or not betting at Sheffield 4 times a week wont change anything at all, just an observation, interested to know what way others that probably know more than me where the game is heading.
Anyway off topic, what next for me? Bought 3/4 dogs to run Sheff to give something back/stay in the game, I’ll get down to whinge about the grading /drink £6 Coors Light… and bet randomly. Then try and attend all the big nights of racing, probably a bit deep, but if you think about the game and what makes you happy, it isn’t having a monkey on t3 winner at 4/1 because you made it 3.2845 and getting the sweets on the forecast, its attending these big final nights and dare I say the ones you’ll miss once the game is finished.
Waffle Swad
