Corona and equestrian sports, the horse racing bets through the crisis

"you bet, what keeps the stuff!" This unusual message was a surprise to horse-President, Michael Vesper of the last week. Although betting and horse belong to the race together, but such a proactive commitment is rather rare, and Vesper had brought in his tenure as head of the German Olympic sports Confederation (DOSB) sure some of the opposition. But the founding member of the Green party is now for more than two years at the helm of the Association of German gallop and experienced in this role due to the Corona-pandemic "the most serious crisis in the sport since the Second world war," says Vesper. Thanks to amazing good betting revenue of around EUR 7.9 million to 21 days of racing since the restart in may – the Clubs but better than I thought.

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"We have calculated with an average turnover of EUR 29,000 per race, in fact, there were about 35,000 euros," says Vesper. This growth had much to with the "Wetten, dass..?"To do the Initiative of three, a team owner that resulted in the winning bet for nearly 6000 Euro per race. Since Saturday and now there is a sequel. In the case of "bets that . .? 2.0“ goes, it is mainly a four-bet.

it allows the Rennvereinen to a twice as high deductions in the case of the winning bet, and on the other it offers high winning amounts. Around 121,000 euros were distributed on Saturday in Dortmund on the successful weather, because there was a new four-betting-record sales of 137.310 Euro, since the bet was introduced in 2004 in Germany. With a view to these Figures of the "bet"-one of the initiators Lars Baumgarten, Wilhelm said: "we must build On that and the betting and the acquisition of new weather in the focus of all Considerations to take."

a Sporty stance on the Racecourse Wambel in the Dortmund Grand Prix, a group-III-exam about 1750 meters, in the center. The five-year-old stallion Aviateur won safely in front of Potemkin, who had chosen this race in 2016 and 2019 for themselves. "With him everything is a Bonus," says owner Klaus Allofs about the nine-year-old gelding. Potemkin has won in 30 Starts 16 Times, including in the case of group races for all three categories in three countries. "Potemkin proves the hardness of German whole blood, and also shows how well the horses are cared for with us and not be burned, as some critics claim," said the President of the Dortmunder Rennverein, Andreas Tiedtke.

Normally, successful thoroughbreds in the breeding, a real exception to the six year old stallion Stradivarius is there. He has won the English Ascot, the famous Gold Cup for the third Time in the series. In the process, he led prior to the Start of "something hengstig", as his Trainer John Gosden said. "It must have been because of my After Shave located." In the race the Fox, however, appeared as a full-time professional and "adopted" to the extreme distance of up to 4000 meters, with ten lengths superior to the competition. "I'm so proud of this horse," said his constant rider Frankie Dettori. "Even though no viewers are there, I will be very upset."