October
FebruaryShopworn phrase
How often do you hear racing radio commentators and hosts tell the listening punter: "You’re shopping well the tote about such and such a horse" when comparing the odds in an upcoming race, only to see that very horse shorten dramatically late to its realistic price — the odds it was always likely to end up at. It will happen every time.
Betting on horses labelled "great shopping value" on the TAB will just about always leave you disappointed. It is a market that follows others, it is a market that will always adjust to the more accurate markets being bet elsewhere.
Besides, how could betting into a market where the host takes 18 percent of the money out of the pool before the race is even run be deemed "shopping well"?
Cronulla (NSW)