One of the ways of making money at the racetrack is to become a bookmaker on Betfair, that is, you lay a horse to lose. Last Saturday a golden opportunity arose for Gold Coast layers in Race 8 when O'Lohnro started $2.50 SP favourite and was convincingly beaten. At his first preparation he won twice and all of a sudden he was being hailed as a possible future star. Last preparation he was beaten 1st up, at 1200m, by the smart Swift Alliance but in the run began slowly and was wide on the turn to

One of the ways of making money at the racetrack is to become a bookmaker on Betfair, that is, you lay a horse to lose. Last Saturday a golden opportunity arose for Gold Coast layers in Race 8 when O'Lohnro started $2.50 SP favourite and was convincingly beaten.

At his first preparation he won twice and all of a sudden he was being hailed as a possible future star. Last preparation he was beaten 1st up, at 1200m, by the smart Swift Alliance but in the run began slowly and was wide on the turn to be beaten 0.4L. Second up he was beaten 0.75L ,at WFA, by the 3yo Trusting, who came from behind O'Lohnro, himself midfield early, conceding 8kg to the winner. Third run in he beat the mare Miss Marielle by 0.75L, who won her next two starts at WFA beating Pacino and Nom De Jeu, respectively. O'Lohnro's two runs before a spell were disappointing runs all things considered especially the unplaced run to Drumbeats when he was on the pace but weakened.

Last Saturday O'Lohnro was first up, but this time at 1400m, drawn 9 of 18 runners with 58.5kg in a handicap. I won't argue about the weight allotted but any sensible punter who had worked out O'Lohnro was not a fast beginner (every chance of being caught wide) nor had won second up over 1400m (fitness risk) should have realized he was worth gambling against.

Obviously some punters did not do their homework because after drifting from $3.20 to $4.20 he was sensationally backed to start $2.50. History may show him to become a really top class horse but on Saturday he was grossly under the odds.