Very hard to read that chunk of text above, but two things stood out for me:

1) Ramsden was buying share rights that offered both him and the seller a $1,000 profit (minus transaction fees and taxes, of course). But because Ramsden's profit represented 100% of his initial investment, while the seller's was only 20%, then somehow Ramsden's grand was more valuable than the seller's. I don't see that at all. All I see is bits of paper flying around, and the more they fly around the more money disappears in transaction fees and taxes.

2) These warrants were bearer bonds, so could be traded completely anonymously. You always start to get suspicious about what could be going on out of sight with that sort of thing.

Happy to be put right by anyone like The Knight, who (unlike me) actually understands these things.

One of his gamlbes mentioned here:

https://www.gambling.com/news/4-unforgettable-cheltenham-festival-betting-gambles-1796400

On course bookies would have wised up pretty quickly and shut him down to small stakes on photo finishes. I remember seeing Ida's Delight win in a very tight photo finish at Ascot and I was perfectly positioned in a box and ran dwon to the ring to get a bet on. Even though they were betting 4/6 Ida's Delight nobody would take a £500 bet. One bookie told me I could have £500 on the other one.

glasgow - I enjoyed Calling the horses as well. The Guvnor (Noel Murless) was another enjoyable read and Steve Donoghue`s too.

locky7
before bookies shut for lockdown used to see Terry in various betting shops in Blackpool, enjoyed some of his stories about his times as the biggest gambler in the world.

Above posted earlier in the thread.

That must be more heartbreaking than losing one`s fortune in the shares crash. I`m sure Terry would get over that, no problem, but how can anyone come to terms with swapping California, Bahamas, Bermuda, etc. for Blackpool

Having known many wreckless gamblers over the years, I came to the conclusion that they only were happy once they had blew the lot. It seemed to be a relief for them when they were skint.

I hope that Terry is well and happy in life and I hope one day he writes that book which is long overdue. He could make some real dough from the book.

I got that MM,was just playing devils advocate.As most know my user name is 50/50 Terry's company and Toby Tobias,so many opinions still floating around as to his character etc,mostly valid tbh but the bottom line is he is a human being with human frailties which make him no different to the average human?

Hope you and yours are ok mate..ditto dambuster and everyone else.

We are all fine Glen. Thanks for asking. Were you banned mate or away on business?

I never knew that about your username until I read your earlier post when someone revived this old thread.

I never knew Mr Ramsden, but he always struck me as a good guy and a generous man. He was a great character and I wish him well and hope that he bounces back.

All the best!

He was just a "barrow boy" MM according to the pundits,lazy bastard types who were happy to suck on the teats,they have done it with Sir A.Sugar et al.

Their "like" I hated but there were plenty of individuals like Terry who would and could have just gone back to earning a living through hard graft,the 80s was a nightmare imo,thankfully I was still just an employee of the MOD.

twas said in jest i apologise if any offence was perceived

He doesn't owe me and i'm not being cynicle, i'd love to meet him again, met him once and thought he was a top bloke,
would love to see him back in the game, we need more Terry's in racing.

Tbh that was true of his woes in the city too.another person would probably have been bailed out & given the office to go again.but he wasn’t their type.

Fearless to the extent it was stupid , Laddies just loved him . He was everyones  betting idol including mine . I hope he's enjoying life .
Last I'd heard he was doing okay punting smallish in America..

thanks ronnie will watch ! hope you are well also. good luck.

still got the mullet ,he has had the barnett since he was 18 why change it now!

Thanks ronnie.....great viewing. Looking forward to see what comes next.

Just watched part 1 of the interview with TR. Great stuff and invokes memories of a golden age for horse racing.

It is funny how so many of us remember TR fondly when, in reality, on the horses he was an absolute plonker of a punter!

But he did his cobblers with style, and we just do not see people like him today.

As for Alex Bird, well his book and the stories about him have never rung true with me.

To start with, if he was such a legendary judge of photo=finishes, why did the bookies just have people stand in front of him again and again??? No, instead he stands there stock still with an edge over how he views the tight finishes, bets accordingly, and nobody thinks to stop him by the most simple mends going! Doesn't ring true for me.

When asked which he prefered, a 3 mile chase or a 5 furlong sprint, T.R. replied, " the sprint, it's a quicker death". Can't say fairer than that.

Any updates on how life is for Tel in 2024?

In mean time some old footage and chat with Tel

https://twitter.com/horsevault/status/1595104393397145600

https://twitter.com/search?q=terry%20ramsden&src=typed_query&f=top