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21 Sep 18
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Today i went to work to do a couple of things but to finish early so i could go to Newbury races as i was owed loads of hours off to meet up with my parents, 3 uncles and my auntie.
Did one of the tasks when i was called to go on a fault (windy), then another and then another which took me right near to my mothers house just before 11am, so i popped in as we were going racing later and after that i was heading home to go racing. She said do you fancy anything, i said the bottom one in 1525, i told her Kingman her has produced the best 2yo so far this season and has produced some really smart juveniles, also this horse was entered upto the hilt and the trainer is very good and has a top jockey. I did not know the price of this horse at the time.
Then i get more faults to deal with and end up in Shalbourne all afternoon next to the plough inn. I placed a bet on my horse in 1525 @50/1 ew, surprised at the odds as it looked a very weak race formwise.
Just as i was finishing my work in Shalbourne in a middle of a field i got text from mother 'your horse won thanks, your uncles said thanks too'
Suddenly i felt i wish i was at the races.....
I am the favourite son for a week or 2
Anyone else tipped their mother a 50/1 winner ?
I think the best i had done before was 25/1.
Did one of the tasks when i was called to go on a fault (windy), then another and then another which took me right near to my mothers house just before 11am, so i popped in as we were going racing later and after that i was heading home to go racing. She said do you fancy anything, i said the bottom one in 1525, i told her Kingman her has produced the best 2yo so far this season and has produced some really smart juveniles, also this horse was entered upto the hilt and the trainer is very good and has a top jockey. I did not know the price of this horse at the time.
Then i get more faults to deal with and end up in Shalbourne all afternoon next to the plough inn. I placed a bet on my horse in 1525 @50/1 ew, surprised at the odds as it looked a very weak race formwise.
Just as i was finishing my work in Shalbourne in a middle of a field i got text from mother 'your horse won thanks, your uncles said thanks too'
Suddenly i felt i wish i was at the races.....
I am the favourite son for a week or 2
Anyone else tipped their mother a 50/1 winner ?
I think the best i had done before was 25/1.
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Nice story IS.
Once got a tip from a friend who was a bookie and passed it on to my family.
Thin Red Line @ 33/1. Great result but the downside was getting pestered in the following weeks for more.
Once got a tip from a friend who was a bookie and passed it on to my family.
Thin Red Line @ 33/1. Great result but the downside was getting pestered in the following weeks for more.
100-1 New halen Couple of Mates had a 5 ew Unfortunately Being chelts I was up a bit Late missed the Hundreds I was on at 66 Had a 5er win and 7.50 ew Often wonder if BF was then What price he would have been ,he won half the Track 
The horse was a Lunatic I had bet him several times over Hurdles actaually went 35 races with out a win
He went Chasing I bet him in a Novice chase at Devon the **** still Refused
Never fookin again I said
Thankfully I stuck with him and he Ran up a sequence of Wins then Came Chelts
The fooker was Going well in the national two year Later but Got a Large Lump of beechers stuck down a Rear Bandage ,the Jockey Jumped off two fences Later
The horse was a Lunatic I had bet him several times over Hurdles actaually went 35 races with out a win
He went Chasing I bet him in a Novice chase at Devon the **** still Refused
Never fookin again I said Thankfully I stuck with him and he Ran up a sequence of Wins then Came Chelts
The fooker was Going well in the national two year Later but Got a Large Lump of beechers stuck down a Rear Bandage ,the Jockey Jumped off two fences Later
As a Follow on Years Later I found the Owner on FB A lovely Lady I sent her a Pm asking if she was the Owner , She wrote back and is still among My friends she actually Posted me Some Photos as I explained me and My mate Dan were the NHFC the New Halen Fan Club .She could not believe How much I knew about the Horse.. If he happened to be running on a saturday would be an early meet for Me an Dan in the Pub in preparation for the Races Victory would be Followed by Outburts of HALENS !! through out the evening
Victory would be Followed by Outburts of HALENS !! through out the evening
Lovely story Sonko ,you fully deserve the fav Son title for at least a year imo...
The annoying thing is mother had £1 ew but she is loaded but she got 50/1 in the morning 
The uncles all had £10ew at 33/1
The uncles all had £10ew at 33/1
Back in the 80's my old man had a friend who in turn was friends with a jockey. One day this jockey was riding a horse called 'Medes' on soft ground and he told my dad's friend that he was certain that it would romp home on 'good'
A few weeks later Medes got his shot on good going and the jockey informed us that the time was right, however; the horse was pulled before the off and we never got to find out.
A while later, on a Bank Holiday Monday, I was flicking through the papers and noticed Medes was due to race that day. I phoned Dad, who in turn phoned his friend and we were then advised that it was good to go. At the time I didn't have a bank account and being a bank holiday it was nigh on impossible to find a way of getting my money so I searched the house and came up with £40 (if I had found more it would have been used). £20 ew at 50/1 and true to his word, on good going, it romped home! A very happy conclusion.
Suffice to say that the next time it ran, also on good going, it got pipped at the post with me betting on the win only
Nice win IS... well done mate!
A few weeks later Medes got his shot on good going and the jockey informed us that the time was right, however; the horse was pulled before the off and we never got to find out.
A while later, on a Bank Holiday Monday, I was flicking through the papers and noticed Medes was due to race that day. I phoned Dad, who in turn phoned his friend and we were then advised that it was good to go. At the time I didn't have a bank account and being a bank holiday it was nigh on impossible to find a way of getting my money so I searched the house and came up with £40 (if I had found more it would have been used). £20 ew at 50/1 and true to his word, on good going, it romped home! A very happy conclusion.
Suffice to say that the next time it ran, also on good going, it got pipped at the post with me betting on the win only
Nice win IS... well done mate!
Great story I.S. well done you 
My Mum did have a 50/ winner at Cheltenham one year, Pitman's Monsignor in the bumper. We were in a busy pub in Cobham, Surrey which always had a bookmaker in with a clerk and a runner to take the bets tableside. Anyway, he must have thought he got a skinner when Monsignor won but when he got around to settle Mum's slip, a fiver each way, he let fly with a couple of expletives!
P.S. I.S. Who do you fancy today Sir?
My Mum did have a 50/ winner at Cheltenham one year, Pitman's Monsignor in the bumper. We were in a busy pub in Cobham, Surrey which always had a bookmaker in with a clerk and a runner to take the bets tableside. Anyway, he must have thought he got a skinner when Monsignor won but when he got around to settle Mum's slip, a fiver each way, he let fly with a couple of expletives!P.S. I.S. Who do you fancy today Sir?
Nothing today SB apart from backing against Reading again. 
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