Reminiscing, Night 2. Twenty minutes after Untold Dollars’ performance, Untold Rufiyaa raised the bar again to take the @shelbournepark €12.5k National Puppy Stake. A race-to-race Group 1 double at the home of Greyhound Racing.
Seeing as no one is allowed to place a bet anymore and bookmakers are being killed off weekly, I’m using International week to reminisce about my favourite ever race. Biased, of course. Untold Dollar @shelbournepark — Winter Racing Festival €10k Championship 600, 2024.
🏆 Untold Rufiyaa, winner of the 2024 IGOBF National Puppy 525 Final
What an incredible winner and a fantastic win for trainer David Byrne and lucky owners Calum and John Purdy
⏱️ 28.29
💶 €12,500 1st Prize
#WinterRacingFestival#GoGreyhoundRacing#ThisRunsDeep
𝗔 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 ⭐️ 🐾
UNTOLD RUFIYAA (Trap 1) opens his account on debut at Romford
Trainer: Tom Heilbron
Owners: @untold_racing (Callum Purdy & John Purdy)
Puppy Cup prospect 🏆
23.76sec 🔥
🏆 A huge run from Untold Dollar as he gets to the front into the opening turn, going through the gears out the second bend, he pulls clear and builds up an unassailable lead along the far side to claim the Winter Racing Festival Championship 600!
More coverage on a fantastic @PremGreyRacing Puppy Derby Final here at Monmore this past weekend 🏆
Untold Dollar cashed in to take the £20,000 prize for trainer Carol Weatherall and owners Callum and John Purdy - see the @ExpressandStar for more 👇
https://t.co/RnehBIn6f4
PGR Puppy Derby champion 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 lands another big prize tonight down at Hove 🏆
An inside draw helps Carol Weatherall’s star win the £5,000 Hove Puppy Cup 💥
Watch live greyhound racing ⤵️
https://t.co/0vxAW6Z2ad
Young Buck: Untold Dollar on only his third UK appearance wins £20,000 @PremGreyRacing Puppy Derby @Monmoredogs for Carol Weatherall and owners John and Callum Purdy
Carol Weatherall’s Untold Dollar landed the first of today’s two big finals 🏆
£20k PGR Puppy Derby Final over 480m at Monmore
🎥 @PremGreyRacing/@Monmoredogs
A sportsbook pays a quant $800K a year to erase people like Billy Walters - the man who beat sports betting for 40 years and walked out with hundreds of millions.
Billy Walters - the most successful sports bettor in history.
he never won on gut. he and his partners moved the line with data and computer algorithms, then bet only when the number was wrong - and sized every bet by strict money management.
"I never worried about getting broke." the fear that ruins everyone else was gone; he treated a bankroll as ammunition, not his life.
he also named the trap most players never escape: "losing can be almost as great." the book lives on exactly that thrill - the one that makes you chase, double, and bet with your heart.
that is every edge you have. the house does not fear your bad luck; it feeds on your need for action. Walters killed the need and kept the math.
bookmark this one. the edge was never the winning bet. it is the discipline to size it - and to never bet with your heart.