[AusRace] Dr.Nick

[L.B.Loveday]

Dr Nick regularly dropped into the Randwick High Value room, presumably to
check in with those who put his bets on, back in the "good old days". Not
then "shrouded in secrecy".

 

I only spoke to him a couple of times, but enough to sum him up as a polite,
unassuming person, and of course, smart.

 

It was amusing the day he "pinched" a bottle of beer from me. TAB provided
free soft drinks in a small fridge for customers, and I'd bring and store
beer there some days for "Beer O'clock", starting an hour before the last on
slow days (and days with late finishes, and maybe on other days). DrN must
have thought TAB had slipped a few beers in, and took one. I feigned outrage
to my operator (who used to be my Beer O'clock drinking partner) and she
said, close to panic, "Don't say anything, he'd be so embarrassed" - a sign
of the respect people had for him.

 

"And he said the flow-on impact could be disastrous for the racing
industry". Or not - depends to an extent on what those who now get better
dividends do with the extra cash in their pockets.

 

LBL

 

 

From: Racing On Behalf Of Ken Blake
Sent: Friday, 13 December 2019 14:23 PM
To: 'AusRace Racing Discussion List' <racing at ausrace.com>
Subject: [AusRace] Dr.Nick

 

 

Nick Aubrey finally revealed !!!

 

Bookmaker Rob Waterhouse estimates the exit of the mysterious professional
punter known as Dr Nick from Australian racing will cause a stunning six
percent drop in turnover on racing across the board.

It has been said that Dr Nick, whose strength has partly stemmed from his
anonymity, is a big whale punter in the realm of Zeljko Ranogajec who has
bet perhaps billions of dollars on Australian racing.

Waterhouse knows Dr Nick, whose identity is shrouded in secrecy, and says he
has "closed down his Australian operation" which employed a large staff
across many betting syndicates.

Waterhouse blamed increased taxes on bookmakers, which in turn meant they
were offering worse odds, for Dr Nick's decision to abandon Australian
racing.

And he said the flow-on impact could be disastrous for the racing industry.

"What I do know is that Dr Nick has closed down his Australian operation,"
Waterhouse told Racenet.

"I suspect he probably accounts for six percent of Australian (racing)
turnover so you would lose that straight away.

"I think his turnover through totes and pre-post and Betfair would be six
percent (of total Australian turnover).

"It must lead to a drop in prizemoney.

"The real problem though is that it is a symptom of a disease, the taxes are
just too high.

"It is not just him, Sean Bartholomew has been the biggest punter at the
races but now he has become a much smaller punter and concentrates on
England and America.

"Zeljko was the biggest punter in Australia still bets quite a lot, but
nowhere near as big as he once did.

"It is all in response to taxes."

KB

 

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