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What's Happened To Our Betting Rings
What's Happened To Our Betting Rings
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I agree with ribero1. In the good old days there were a lot of miserable old b*st**ds on the stool and working for them.
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If anybody watches the RP Greyhound channel I see Sid Hooper got a mention when betting in the cheap ring at Catford Dogs
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racecourse regular
re steve gibbs,great to bet next to you get a right laugh from him,anybody tries to get a nicker e/w on gets sent packing in no uncertain terms. |
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31 in tatts today at haydock! yes i do wee eck but not involved myself until tomoprrow.
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Jimnast - Great to bet next to you can take 3 bets to his 1, why he bothers I really don't know, can't let go I guess
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I know Gibbs from many years ago, he had a pitch at my local dog track at Catford where I was a regular for decades. One day at Brighton he refused me 16 ponys when it was showing on the board around 1982.
He said 'full up on that one son' and scrubbed it off and he knew me!  |
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youn should have asked for the bits slippy!
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HAYDOCK TODAY,BUSINESS USELESS,16 RUNNER HANDICAP OF THE EIGHT BOOKS ON THE FRONT LINE 6 OF EM 1/5 ODDS,KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK BOYS
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talking about old aged bookmakers.in 1974 there was a bookmaker who bet
in the front line called BOTTLES at york races he was about a 100 years old he wore a bola hat.arrived at races in a rolls royce shofa driven anybody knew him or anything about him.my father was a bookie at the time. i said to him one day my father does he know what is going on bottles my father said he is as wide as a barns door even at his age. |
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can only bare to read this particular thread on blue now.
real stories from real people about their profession. who needs reems of waffle on certs anyhow. always wanted to be an on-course bookmaker - completely at odds with what i was supposed to do. one day perhaps and it seems there is no age restriction either. |
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good luck gart,hope it works out for you.
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thanks very much ribero , maybe one day i might do it.
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