Tag: blue

Tennis traders turn blue into green

Tennis traders turn blue into green

The tournament in Madrid has caught my attention this week. I haven’t traded it much in the past, but the move to blue clay caught my attention. I love uncertainty, as it often creates opportunity.

Madrid is playing on a new surface this year, blue clay. Officially the surface is supposed to play the same as red clay but the top players are complaining that it’s playing nothing like normal, “It’s too slippery”. Players have complained that it is hard …

10/05/2012 | By More
Cardiff fans turn red over blue

Cardiff fans turn red over blue

Continuing the blue theme from yesterday. Cardiff fans up in arms as the bluebirds look like they will be forced to change colour. Full story: –

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4305460/Blue-murder-as-Cardiff-turn-red-Cardiff-City-to-change-their-strip.html

However, the owner may have a point. I pointed out some scientific research on a previous blog post. One element of this was looking at the effect of red and blue and how it affects sports performance or the interpretations of officials in sports tournaments. The results were fascinating.

See the original blog …

10/05/2012 | By More
Red vs. Blue

Red vs. Blue

I recently watched an episode of Horizon on BBC iPlayer. These documentaries are right up my street and I love exploring some of the more esoteric views of things. This particular episode was all about colour and how the brain interprets colour. It was really fascinating as it highlighted that a lot of the colour you see is “interpreted” by the brain and not actually “real”.

One element of this was looking at the effect of red and blue and …

18/09/2011 | By More
The one in blue is going to win

The one in blue is going to win

It’s not very often you can say this, but you could yesterday when it was assured. The 15:00 at Kempton was a four runner field and each of the jockeys had blue silks on! OK there were some distinguishing marks between them, but I can think of a better construction for people trying to trade in-running.

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In the end the possibility of fun and games in running came true. Tactic traded as low as 1.37, Copperbeach 1.40, Ezdiyaad 2.89 and …

27/10/2009 | By More
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