diff --git a/src/Marathon.Domain/ValueObjects/EventId.cs b/src/Marathon.Domain/ValueObjects/EventId.cs
index af5ac99..b05c492 100644
--- a/src/Marathon.Domain/ValueObjects/EventId.cs
+++ b/src/Marathon.Domain/ValueObjects/EventId.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ namespace Marathon.Domain.ValueObjects;
 /// </summary>
 public sealed record EventId
 {
+    /// <summary>Sane upper bound — real bookmaker ids are short (≈8 chars).</summary>
+    private const int MaxLength = 128;
+
     public string Value { get; }
 
     public EventId(string value)
@@ -14,6 +17,25 @@ public sealed record EventId
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
             throw new ArgumentException("EventId must not be empty or whitespace.", nameof(value));
 
+        // Defense-in-depth. The id is deliberately string-typed for forward-compat with other
+        // bookmakers' id formats, so we do NOT pin a charset whitelist. We only reject the few
+        // characters that would be dangerous if any current or future consumer ever builds a
+        // file path, filename, or log line from the id — path separators, parent-dir traversal
+        // ("..") and control/newline characters — plus a length cap against pathological input.
+        if (value.Length > MaxLength)
+            throw new ArgumentException($"EventId must be at most {MaxLength} characters.", nameof(value));
+
+        if (value.Contains('/') || value.Contains('\\') || value.Contains(".."))
+            throw new ArgumentException(
+                "EventId must not contain path separators or '..'.", nameof(value));
+
+        foreach (var ch in value)
+        {
+            if (char.IsControl(ch))
+                throw new ArgumentException(
+                    "EventId must not contain control characters.", nameof(value));
+        }
+
         Value = value;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Marathon.UI/Services/BetJournalViewModels.cs b/src/Marathon.UI/Services/BetJournalViewModels.cs
index 1e623f3..6e83422 100644
--- a/src/Marathon.UI/Services/BetJournalViewModels.cs
+++ b/src/Marathon.UI/Services/BetJournalViewModels.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ public sealed class AddBetForm
     /// <summary>Upper sanity cap on a single wager.</summary>
     public const decimal MaxStake = 10_000_000m;
 
+    /// <summary>Upper bound on the free-text note so a paste can't bloat the row unbounded.</summary>
+    public const int MaxNotesLength = 2000;
+
     public bool IsValid(out string? error)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(EventId)) { error = "EventId is required."; return false; }
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ public sealed class AddBetForm
         if (Stake > MaxStake) { error = $"Stake must be at most {MaxStake:N0}."; return false; }
         if (Rate < 1.01m) { error = "Rate must be at least 1.01."; return false; }
         if (Rate > MaxRate) { error = $"Rate must be at most {MaxRate:N0}."; return false; }
+        if (Notes is { Length: > MaxNotesLength }) { error = $"Notes must be at most {MaxNotesLength:N0} characters."; return false; }
 
         // Mirror Bet invariants — surface a friendly message instead of throwing
         // ArgumentException deep in the use case.
diff --git a/tests/Marathon.Domain.Tests/ValueObjects/EventIdTests.cs b/tests/Marathon.Domain.Tests/ValueObjects/EventIdTests.cs
index 2bb364c..c61c412 100644
--- a/tests/Marathon.Domain.Tests/ValueObjects/EventIdTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Marathon.Domain.Tests/ValueObjects/EventIdTests.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,41 @@ public sealed class EventIdTests
             .WithParameterName("value");
     }
 
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("a/b")]          // forward slash (path separator)
+    [InlineData("a\\b")]         // back slash (path separator)
+    [InlineData("..")]           // parent-dir traversal
+    [InlineData("../etc/passwd")]
+    [InlineData("evt\n1")]       // control char (newline)
+    [InlineData("evt\r1")]       // control char (CR)
+    [InlineData("evt\0id")]      // control char (NUL)
+    public void Constructor_ThrowsArgumentException_WhenValueHasDangerousCharacters(string value)
+    {
+        var act = () => new EventId(value);
+        act.Should().Throw<ArgumentException>()
+            .WithParameterName("value");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Constructor_ThrowsArgumentException_WhenValueExceedsMaxLength()
+    {
+        var act = () => new EventId(new string('1', 129));
+        act.Should().Throw<ArgumentException>()
+            .WithParameterName("value");
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("26456117")]     // numeric (marathonbet.by)
+    [InlineData("evt-1")]        // hyphenated
+    [InlineData("event_1")]      // underscore
+    [InlineData("evt.1")]        // single dot is fine — only ".." is rejected
+    [InlineData("AB12cd34")]     // mixed-case alphanumeric (forward-compat)
+    public void Constructor_Accepts_ValidAndForwardCompatIds(string value)
+    {
+        var id = new EventId(value);
+        id.Value.Should().Be(value);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void ToString_ReturnsValue()
     {
diff --git a/tests/Marathon.UI.Tests/Services/AddBetFormTests.cs b/tests/Marathon.UI.Tests/Services/AddBetFormTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..126cc20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Marathon.UI.Tests/Services/AddBetFormTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Marathon.Domain.Enums;
+using Marathon.UI.Services;
+
+namespace Marathon.UI.Tests.Services;
+
+public sealed class AddBetFormTests
+{
+    private static AddBetForm Valid() => new()
+    {
+        EventId = "26456117",
+        Type = BetType.Win,
+        Side = Side.Side1,
+        Rate = 1.90m,
+        Stake = 100m,
+        Notes = "ok",
+    };
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IsValid_ReturnsTrue_ForAWellFormedForm()
+    {
+        Valid().IsValid(out var error).Should().BeTrue();
+        error.Should().BeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IsValid_AllowsNullNotes()
+    {
+        var form = Valid();
+        form.Notes = null;
+
+        form.IsValid(out var error).Should().BeTrue();
+        error.Should().BeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IsValid_AllowsNotesAtTheMaxLength()
+    {
+        var form = Valid();
+        form.Notes = new string('x', AddBetForm.MaxNotesLength);
+
+        form.IsValid(out var error).Should().BeTrue();
+        error.Should().BeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IsValid_RejectsNotesOverTheMaxLength()
+    {
+        var form = Valid();
+        form.Notes = new string('x', AddBetForm.MaxNotesLength + 1);
+
+        form.IsValid(out var error).Should().BeFalse();
+        error.Should().Contain("Notes");
+    }
+}