New Posts For Thread: Alec Russel wins at Nantes.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31416639/alec-russel-wins-at-nantesBlimey, must be getting on a bit!Sparrow. I've managed it a few times mostly like you with shorter priced ones. Once at Kempton I had a loser in the first race and then the next five winners. I was rather glad it was that way as if the one loser was in the last I would have been swehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31416639/alec-russel-wins-at-nantes?post_id=554742711#554742711Sparrow. I've managed it a few times mostly like you with shorter priced ones. Once at Kempton I had a loser in the first race and then the next five winners. I was rather glad it was that way as if the one loser was in the last I would have been sweTue, 12 Jun 2018 11:19:32 -0500I did it once in the 60s at a evening jump meeting at Nottingham. All small fields and short prices in doubles and trebles. Never managed it since.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31416639/alec-russel-wins-at-nantes?post_id=554742637#554742637I did it once in the 60s at a evening jump meeting at Nottingham. All small fields and short prices in doubles and trebles. Never managed it since.Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:09:36 -0500Sparrow. Still not bad remembering after 61 years. Around that time I once went through the card at Ponte but they were all short prices. After I got home from work I noticed one at the evening meeting that had won a couple of days before and phonedhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31416639/alec-russel-wins-at-nantes?post_id=554742581#554742581Sparrow. Still not bad remembering after 61 years. Around that time I once went through the card at Ponte but they were all short prices. After I got home from work I noticed one at the evening meeting that had won a couple of days before and phonedTue, 12 Jun 2018 11:03:34 -0500With acknowledgement to the exceptional - jockeypedia- and - what a coincidence ...Alec's introduction to riding came at Redcar – the beach, not the racecourse – where, aged 14, he would spend what little pocket money he had riding donkeys on thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31416639/alec-russel-wins-at-nantes?post_id=554741883#554741883With acknowledgement to the exceptional - jockeypedia- and - what a coincidence ...Alec's introduction to riding came at Redcar – the beach, not the racecourse – where, aged 14, he would spend what little pocket money he had riding donkeys on theTue, 12 Jun 2018 09:25:51 -0500http://theapprenticejockey.blogspot.com/2012/01/memorable-days-racing-at-bogside.htmlhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31416639/alec-russel-wins-at-nantes?post_id=554741737#554741737http://theapprenticejockey.blogspot.com/2012/01/memorable-days-racing-at-bogside.htmlTue, 12 Jun 2018 09:01:12 -0500I used to go to Lanark when it had a direct train service from the Caley station in Edinburgh. I never saw horses on the train but I remember seeing cows being transported.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31416639/alec-russel-wins-at-nantes?post_id=554741735#554741735I used to go to Lanark when it had a direct train service from the Caley station in Edinburgh. I never saw horses on the train but I remember seeing cows being transported.Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:01:06 -0500It was Bogside Oldgit.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31416639/alec-russel-wins-at-nantes?post_id=554741719#554741719It was Bogside Oldgit.Tue, 12 Jun 2018 08:59:39 -0500From the depths of my memory comes a day when he went through the card... one Friday at Ponte ? in the mid/late 50's. Possibly also a handful the day before or after.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31416639/alec-russel-wins-at-nantes?post_id=554741707#554741707From the depths of my memory comes a day when he went through the card... one Friday at Ponte ? in the mid/late 50's. Possibly also a handful the day before or after.Tue, 12 Jun 2018 08:58:27 -0500Certainly has.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31416639/alec-russel-wins-at-nantes?post_id=554741551#554741551Certainly has.Tue, 12 Jun 2018 08:42:06 -0500Bogside evenhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31416639/alec-russel-wins-at-nantes?post_id=554741549#554741549Bogside evenTue, 12 Jun 2018 08:41:47 -0500