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JamieSensible said:
General moan - William Hill going entirely NRNB has made a complete mockery of their prices, and their initial Handicap offers are an absolute joke. (They should be offering two markets the same as Bet365 usually do).

The industry as a whole have been very greedy this year, but from my first review it's almost as if they don't want anyone to place a bet with them.
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​​​​​​​I said I was waiting until the day for handicaps, (exception of Captain Conby Pertemps, a graded horse clearly pot hunting) and this has confirmed it.
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It’s screwed me massively as it’s one of the few accounts I can bet as I choose. Might have to dust off the Corals account now!
 
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It's a funny old game... Myself that doesn't have the access to Hills feels hard done by! As there's plenty in there i would like to get my hands on to add at NRNB! Looking at some I'm interested in aren't even shorter than what firms I can back with have them at ante post! Yes they have shortened the shorties even more which was expected, but I would bite your hand off to have the 'Luxury' of a Hills, to have a bit of security to some rather than the risk. I'm just hoping the accounts I do have, when their NRNB button is pushed there is some value to be had, but I'm not holding my breath.
 
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Big Bucks said:
It's a funny old game... Myself that doesn't have the access to Hills feels hard done by! As there's plenty in there i would like to get my hands on to add at NRNB! Looking at some I'm interested in aren't even shorter than what firms I can back with have them at ante post! Yes they have shortened the shorties even more which was expected, but I would bite your hand off to have the 'Luxury' of a Hills, to have a bit of security to some rather than the risk. I'm just hoping the accounts I do have, when their NRNB button is pushed there is some value to be had, but I'm not holding my breath.
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….coincidentally, I was just looking at a few where Hills offer NRNB & are the same or even better than other firms.

Hopefully they’ll still be offering their periodic ‘double price boost’.
 
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Big Bucks said:
It's a funny old game... Myself that doesn't have the access to Hills feels hard done by! As there's plenty in there i would like to get my hands on to add at NRNB! Looking at some I'm interested in aren't even shorter than what firms I can back with have them at ante post! Yes they have shortened the shorties even more which was expected, but I would bite your hand off to have the 'Luxury' of a Hills, to have a bit of security to some rather than the risk. I'm just hoping the accounts I do have, when their NRNB button is pushed there is some value to be had, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Surely you must have a hills shop nearby? Never seen a city/town without one!
 
Kautostar said:
Surely you must have a hills shop nearby? Never seen a city/town without one!
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Not one in Bedford!:upset: Recently managed to get another account opened but daren't place more than 0.1pt per bet as want to try and keep this account open!
 
First time I've had a chance to have a look at the Hills NRNB prices..........very, very fair I'd say. Think I'll be helping myself to a few over the next week.
 
Apologies if this has been around for a while and everyone’s already aware but I’ve noticed SkyBet have a limited ‘to be placed’ market on all races bar the handicaps. I don’t use SkyBet often and not sure how much use those markets would be (maybe for some dirty multiples in races that are bound to cut up). Just thought I’d point out that the option is there.
 
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Betfair not suspending markets is a surprise.
some decent trades and trade outs
 
BagOfHammers said:
Apologies if this has been around for a while and everyone’s already aware but I’ve noticed SkyBet have a limited ‘to be placed’ market on all races bar the handicaps. I don’t use SkyBet often and not sure how much use those markets would be (maybe for some dirty multiples in races that are bound to cut up). Just thought I’d point out that the option is there.
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Yep, and you can expect your account to go as a result.
It's not hard to lose an account at the best of time, taking advantage of this would pretty much guarantee it.
I lost a Sky account a few years ago when playing place only doubles in festival races a week out that were clearly going to cut up, took 2 days for them to issue the red card...
 
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Outlaw said:
The Real Whacker gets the ambitious GC entry, trainer loving it.
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Could be a clue as to intentions for his primary target though. with no entry in the ryanair, could this be the clearest indication the BANC will be his destination? obviously it's the most likely but i have seen some talk of the turners
 
AaronLad said:
Could be a clue as to intentions for his primary target though. with no entry in the ryanair, could this be the clearest indication the BANC will be his destination? obviously it's the most likely but i have seen some talk of the turners
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Interesting thought, could well be!

There is only one Gold Cup .... would perhaps depend on whether they thought if not this year, next year for a GC bid, which race is better to have been in?



None of it really means he's likely to run any faster, and trainer being ambitious about 'own horse' when they're not usually in that position isn't that useful either really, but it's fun to dream :applouse: Love it
 
Istabraq said:
Yep, and you can expect your account to go as a result.
It's not hard to lose an account at the best of time, taking advantage of this would pretty much guarantee it.
I lost a Sky account a few years ago when playing place only doubles in festival races a week out that were clearly going to cut up, took 2 days for them to issue the red card...
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Thanks for the heads up. Already lost one sky account so trying to keep this one
 
Betfair have woken up now.

Janidil 25-1 WH is worth a NRNB given his Ryanair entry.
 
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Kevloaf said:
Interesting thought, could well be!

There is only one Gold Cup .... would perhaps depend on whether they thought if not this year, next year for a GC bid, which race is better to have been in?



None of it really means he's likely to run any faster, and trainer being ambitious about 'own horse' when they're not usually in that position isn't that useful either really, but it's fun to dream :applouse: Love it
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Yeah i had an afterthought, would they waste a novice race for the ryanair if it cut up, probably not, but like you've said the gold cup is a different story
 
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