Welcome to the Vain Stakes Edition of the VNEWS…

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This newsletter includes the following:

• VJoke – Can’t pass the Test, try again………
• VBigBets – Tavidance wins easy…..
• VBet – Thanks for the joke Christian…..
• VH2H – Top 6 in the H2H’s every race…..
• VMeetings – Group Races in Melb/Syd and Adel……
• VKeeping – Mouse Hover…….
• VFeature Racing – The Everest…….
• VPromotions – Vain Stakes Promo………
• VFacts – Vain Stakes first run in 1992……..
• VRefer – Thanks……..
• VEnd – Good Luck……

VJOKE

A lovely blonde lady failed the written driving test four times. At the fifth attempt, she was extremely determined to pass: The test had the same question. “You are driving at 100 km/ph. On your right is a cliff, on your left is a wall, On the road you see an old man and a young man. What will you hit?” The Woman walked up to the Examiner and said. “I’ve answered this question all four ways, Wall, Cliff, Old Man and Young Man, yet I failed all four times. How is this possible? What am I supposed to hit?”
The Examiner replied. “The Brakes!”

VBIGBETS

Last Saturday the biggest winning wager with us was at Flemington:

• Flemington Race 4 – Tavidance $10k Fixed at $2.40 – Credit of $14k to the VICBET Client…..

And the largest losing wager with us was also at Flemington:

• Flemington Race 1 – South Pacific $10k BOB (unplaced at $2.05-$1.95) – Loss of $10k to the VICBET Client….

Don’t forget we have the Daily Big Bets appearing in “Real Time” as we take the bets on the VICBET Home Page on the Main website……

VBET

This week’s $100 FREE VBET goes to Christian S. Good luck with your Free Bet Christian and thanks for sending the joke in. Thanks to everyone else for sending the jokes in by Live Chat or email to vicbet@vicbet.com…..

VH2H – Head to Head Betting

VICBET H2H Betting is available every race in two groups of three. It is the three Favourites (1st, 2nd and 3rd) combined in one H2H outcome and the second H2H is the 4th, 5th and 6th Favourites combined, excluding the Fav if it is Odds-on (under $2). This is a moving dynamic market so as the odds change for the actual race the odds will change for the H2H outcome. Also, you can pick your own H2H outcome, then simply go to our Live Chat or WhatsApp Tim Cleary (0433-339347) and he will price up for you, this can be in a group of two or three, max wager is $100 when he does this……This is a novelty bet type so it is for the small players……

VMEETINGS

The Group Races are hotting up with Group Racing in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide this weekend. On the overseas front the Group races are in NZ including the Group 3 Winter Cup at Riccarton and Group races overnight in Ireland…..

VKEEPING

Need to know who the jockey is on your selection, the weight or the barrier, hover your mouse over the “Horse Name”. Also for the full thread of the fluctuations once again hover your mouse over the flucts……

VFEATURE RACING 

Up on the VICBET website there are now the main Spring Carnival Features to have a browse at, we will put up a lot more shortly. This week the Vspecial is in The Everest. The equal second Favs are Alligator Blood, Bivouac, Classique Legend and Farnan, all about $10. This week anyone can have $14 on any of these, up until Midnight on Friday 14th August. (Max Wager $500) Simply place your wager at the current Fixed Odds and we will amend the odds for you. Note this is for current VICBET account holders only. You can send us a reminder by Live Chat or email Tim at tim@vicbet.com.

VPROMOTIONS

Vain Stakes Promo! Have a Fixed Odds Win Bet on the race and if your horse comes second, you get your stake back UP TO $100! (First Fixed Odds Win bet on the race). With nine runners currently before scratchings not a bad deal…..

VFACTS 

The race was first held in 1992 and is named in honour of the former champion racehorse and sire Vain. The Vain Stakes is the first Group race of the new racing season for Colts & Geldings only and most of the time the assembled field is made up of returning stars on their way to bigger races, or fit, in-form winter gallopers testing themselves in stronger grade. The most prominent winners are Haradasun (2006), Starspangledbanner (2009) and Sepoy (2011)…..Now who the race is named after: Vain (1966–1991) was a champion Racehorse that dominated Australian sprint racing in the period 1968–70 when he won 12 of the 14 races he contested and ran close seconds in the other two. Vain was bred and raced by Melbourne brothers Walter, Fred, and George Johnson and was trained by Jim Moloney in the Melbourne suburb of Mordialloc. His normal jockey was Pat Hyland, who rode him to all his wins. As a two-year-old Vain was undefeated in Melbourne in the Spring of 1968 and the Autumn of 1969, winning races such as the VRC Sires Produce. Moving to Sydney, he won the Golden Slipper Stakes by four lengths and the Champagne Stakes by 10 lengths, the latter in the fastest time ever recorded for a two-year-old over six furlongs (1,200 metres). As a three-year-old, Vain won the Caulfield Guineas by three lengths, then campaigned in the VRC Spring Carnival, winning over eight days the Craven ‘A’ Stakes by 12 lengths and the Linlithgow Stakes by six lengths. In his final race, he carried a record 10 lb over weight-for-age (WFA) in winning the 1969 George Adams Handicap. Vain set an Australian prize money records as a two-year-old and three-year-old. His only defeat as a three year old was against the champion New Zealand colt Daryl’s Joy, who also won the W S Cox Plate and Victoria Derby and who later raced successfully in the United States as a stayer including winning at Group one level. Vain sired two Golden Slipper winners and was a leading sire in Australia. He is also the great-great grand-sire of Black Caviar on the dam side….Watch Vain win the 1969 Golden Slipper Stakes – CLICK HERE

VREFER

We are the Old Fashioned type of Bookmakers (four generations going back to 1941). Today it is Rod & Tim sharing the reigns. We are NOT Corporates, we work On Course at the Melbourne Metro Meetings on the Rails, however the vast majority of our turnover is Online. Once again your referrals are always very much appreciated and one of the main sources of us sourcing new Clients, we would like to reward if you ever felt like introducing a family member or friend to us. When they set-up an account and mention your name in the “Where did you hear about us” part we will reward you in your VICBET account……

VEND

If you are new to VICBET in recent times welcome, if you have had an established account and have misplaced your login details, jump on the Live Chat, reply here to the VNEWS  or FREECALL 1300-126126…… We will forward your details to you by text and email…..

Finally we are the only Bookmaker doing the Best of the Best (BOB) on all Australian Race Meetings (except Tasmania) seven days a week……

Good Luck, Stay Safe at this hard COVID-19 time and Happy Punting…..