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    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 11:23am
A thread for all the political and business issues that stress Bagdad Bob out.


BAGHDAD BOB (AUS)		Bay gelding 2000 
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Bay 1983		Raise a Native
Chestnut 1961		Native Dancer
Grey 1950		Polynesian
Brown 1942		Unbreakable
Black Polly		1935
1936		4-i
14-a
Geisha
Grey 1943		Discovery
Miyako		1931
1935		23-b
5-f
Raise You
Chestnut 1946		Case Ace
Bay 1934		Teddy
Sweetheart		1913
1920		2-n
1-k
Lady Glory
Brown 1934		American Flag
Beloved		1922
1927		7>
8-f
Famed Princess
Bay 1973		Nashua
Bay 1952		Nasrullah
Bay 1940		Nearco
Mumtaz Begum		1935
1932		4-r
9-c
Segula
Bay or brown 1942		Johnstown
Sekhmet		1936
1929		17-b
3-m
Copper Princess
Bay 1957		Princequillo
Bay 1940		Prince Rose
Cosquilla		1928
1933		10-c
1-b
Copper Hill
Bay 1946		Case Ace
Brittany		1934
1940		1-k
9-f
Sea Wraith
Bay 1989		Arctic Lord
Bay or brown 1980		Lord Gayle
Bay 1965		Sir Gaylord
Bay 1959		Turn-To
Somethingroyal		1951
1952		1-w
2-s
Sticky Case
Chestnut 1958		Court Martial
Run Honey		1942
1946		1-p
9-h
Arctic Chimes
Bay 1967		Arctic Slave
Bay 1950		Arctic Star
Roman Galley		1942
1931		10-c
7-f
Bell Bird
Chestnut 1954		Mustang
Belpatrick		1941
1948		3-b
23>
Light Promises
Chestnut 1971		Small Time#
Chestnut 1956		Smokey Eyes
Chestnut 1947		Stardust
Celestial Light		1937
1940		16>
13-a
Red Garter
Chestnut 1952		Pamphilos
Vaninka		1941
1941		6-d
3-a
Revenant
Grey 1965		Grey Ghost
Grey 1957		Vilmorin
Silver Strap		1943
1942		7-d
2-b
St Fleur
Bay 1947		St Magnus
Helianthe		1933
1939		13-e
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Wish i had my own thread named after me - very few achieve it - so well done Baghdad  Clap.  Means you've made the grade , got the goods , rule the roost - if you know what I mean.
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I have one. Big smile
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I've been impressed by the way he has transitioned from Racing / Punting expert in the Racing Section to a member able to comment at the highest level on all sorts issues - & in a balanced & fair way. Its rare to find someone with that sort of flexibility these days
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Originally posted by Passing Through Passing Through wrote:

I have one. Big smile
I know you have PT. Yours is more "perseverance" based I think LOL
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Originally posted by oneonesit oneonesit wrote:

I've been impressed by the way he has transitioned from Racing / Punting expert in the Racing Section to a member able to comment at the highest level on all sorts issues - & in a balanced & fair way. Its rare to find someone with that sort of flexibility these days

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Does having a thread named in my honour or dishonour qualify me for anything? Thanks to those who have honoured the naming of this thread any other compliments would be appreciated.Wink

After having spent 35 years of my life attending racetracks I have found this forum a way of expressing right wing points of view, that I could never thought about or even contemplated in the past. 

I would spend 5 days a week travelling all around Victoria, with occasional flights to interstate meetings.One day in Ballarat, the next at Sale, then fly to Casterton on the SA border, then on to Caulfield, week in, week out. I guess I am one of the few punters who made a good living out of the punt and set myself and family up for life and now have the time to contribute to TBV.

BTW, PT, I was the one that started that thread on your good self, although, because of lack of interest, I think it finished up in the laundry basket
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I put him in my Black book ....   

      But my day is coming , I have applied to sing the National Anhem at the Trump wins a second Term , announcemenT.

On he same bill as PT is blurting out the Lord's Prayer .       Rusty will have the air waves for " Please Forgive Me " =   Talking of Sweden hahaha.
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Originally posted by Baghdad Bob Baghdad Bob wrote:

Does having a thread named in my honour or dishonour qualify me for anything? Thanks to those who have honoured the naming of this thread any other compliments would be appreciated.Wink

After having spent 35 years of my life attending racetracks I have found this forum a way of expressing right wing points of view, that I could never thought about or even contemplated in the past. 

I would spend 5 days a week travelling all around Victoria, with occasional flights to interstate meetings.One day in Ballarat, the next at Sale, then fly to Casterton on the SA border, then on to Caulfield, week in, week out. I guess I am one of the few punters who made a good living out of the punt and set myself and family up for life and now have the time to contribute to TBV.

BTW, PT, I was the one that started that thread on your good self, although, because of lack of interest, I think it finished up in the laundry basket

I guess you travelled around to get access to bookies in those days.

Super effort, many would have had dreams of doing that.

By the way how much money did you make Smile
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I did not bet with bookies, I only bet on the tote playing the overs. In those days there was a differential margin between the tote odds and the bookies, so I was able to exploit that margin across all bet types on the tote.Unfortunately over the years as the on course bookies became weaker the differential fell away and today the on course market, especially at provincial meetings, is irrelevant.
I made enough, after being taxed as a pro punter, to invest my winnings wisely and set myself and family up for life.
I was never a punter, as such, more of a numbers man, I never studied form and still have no idea of reading form and only bet on horses that were over the odds, and have not had a bet on the TAB for years.
As I got the equivalent of $2.50 on heads in a coin toss over a period of years , it is not difficult to see how I was able to win over all those years.
Others had tried the same but let sentiment, opinion , form etc into their betting and most fell by the wayside.Very few had the self discipline to back horses they did not think could win, which I had no difficulty doing because I had no idea who could or could not win.
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I can see why you have a thread started in your name Bob. Beat them at their own game.
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