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11 Oct 12
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must have been about 20 years ago i layed out 8800........with the tax the first 1 won at 1/10 the second 1 dead heated ..........just shows the perils of buying money .............kim tinkler rode the dead heat 1
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I had a very good bet on a Venitia Williams NHF horse , was well backed fav , FELL in a NHF race ffs
That was the start of my drift towards sports betting i think |
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i was only about 22 when i had that double ........still sticks in my mind ,,,,,,,,,,,i lumped on kauto star at 2/13 that bad day at exeter
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31st Jan 2005.
I was laying the winner Mistral De La Coeur at 40-1 in-running, laughing to myself with every fence Kauto was bounding clear....by the time he hit the deck I thought I had trousered £100 for myself, only for the yak to hang on and somebody stole my 4 bags......leave the jumps well alone now.... |
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did Don Enrico train it gb
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roger i had 65k on kauto people would think that was a mug bet but it had 3 stone in hand truly sickening
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£1200 on a 1.12 in the darts...my fella won the first leg so turned the tele off and went to the pub.......LOST.
Mr James Wade layed himself imo....good on him  |
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She dead heated on oriole
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gg what year was it and what price my bet i think 20 years ago
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sorry not that long ago mate
was 7/1 |
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Redcar Result
10 Aug 1997 « 4:50 NORTHERN ECHO RACING NORTH HANDICAP (CLASS D) (Class 4) (0-75, 3yo+) 7f Firm £3,663.75, £1,110.00, £542.50, £258.75 RESULTRATE RACE Hide all comments in runningShow all pedigrees HORSE/SP AGE WGT TRAINER/JOCKEY OR TS RPR « 1 8 dht Oriole 7/1 4 8-6 Don Enrico Incisa 48 * * » Kim Tinkler Behind, headway 3f out, challenged inside final furlong, ran on « 1 3 dht Clytha Hill Lad 3/1F 6 8-3 Milton Bradley 45 * * » Steve Drowne Always prominent, led well over 1f out, ridden and ran on « 3 7 1¾ Colway Ritz 12/1 3 9-10 J W Watts 72 * * » John Carroll Held up and behind, headway 3f out, chasing leaders over 1f out, no extra « 4 1 2 Pericles 8/1 3 9-13 Mark Johnston 75 * * » Brett Doyle Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, not quicken « 5 4 ½ La Dolce Vita 6/1 3 9-9 David Barron 71 * * » Jimmy Fortune Held up and behind, headway 2f out, never near to challenge « 6 9 1½ Whittle Rock 9/1 4 9-6 Mrs M Reveley 62 * * » Tony Culhane Outpaced halfway, some late headway, never dangerous « 7 11 shd Keston Pond (IRE) 15/2 7 8-1 Mrs V A Aconley 50 * * » Robert Winston7 Chased leaders, led well over 2f out to well over 1f out, weakened « 8 6 ¾ Bee Health Boy 7/1 4 9-7 b Michael Easterby 66 * * » Gyles Parkin3 Led over 4f, soon weakened « 9 10 3½ Miss Pigalle 7/1 6 7-10 b Linda Perratt 38 * * » N Kennedy Chased leaders over 4f, weakened « 10 5 5 Kid Ory 12/1 6 7-8 b D W Chapman 39 * * » Paul Fessey3 Soon close up, ridden and weakened over 2f out 27 ran TIME 1m 23.30s (slow by 0.70s) Total SP 125% NON RUNNER: Al Reet (IRE) 1st OWNER: Don Enrico Incisa BRED: Red House Stud TRAINER: Don Enrico Incisa 1st OWNER: Mrs Marion C Morgan BRED: Mrs M C Morgan TRAINER: Milton Bradley 3rd OWNER: R Coleman TOTE Clytha Hill Lad and Oridle dead heated for first place. WIN £5.00 PL £3.00, £1.50, £5.20; DF £18.40; CSF £13.88; TRICAST £121.36 TRIFECTA £112.00 Pool: £774.70. 4.91 winning tickets. JACKPOT [None] PLACEPOT £50.20 to a £1 stake. Pool: £13,997.75. 203.20 winning tickets. QUADPOT £28.80 to a £1 stake. Pool: £621.69. 15.97 winning tickets. |
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almost sure she was on it was in the old extel commentry days they called it first in the photo as well .....
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Pictures came in in 1989.
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The worst buying money story I heard was from one of my dad's mates who had his own bookies. A guy walked in his shop in the mid 70's and wanted 1 grand on a 1/10 shot in a 2 runner race, he didnt want to take the bet but did in the end.
The 1/10 shot dug his heels in when the tape went up and was two furlongs behind when he decided to race, apparently the fav didnt lose by much in the end think he said about 10 lengths but the punter didnt leave his shop till 2 hours after the last race begging for his money back!! |
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thanks no moves it was pre pictures ,,,,,,,i would have been around 20 .most kids out getting drunk ,,,,no not me signed up for a life of this sh1t ,,,,,,,,,,,if i could go back would i .......must have turned over 100 million been a millionare and skint 4 times ,,,,,,,,the highs brilliant the lows not getting out of bed with depression for days ,,,,,,still got assets that will see me through life but have squandered a fortune although that said it all came out of gambling 1 way or another ,,,,,,,,,,,
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no not me signed up for a life of this sh1t ,,,,,,,,
 and me,my sentence currently 37 years of betting shoulda had a nice house and car by now |
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tgib
Should write a book Sir......plenty of us sickos would buy it im sure |
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thats gamblers gg i have had 5 nice houses and done them all ,,,,,,,,still we still here to tell the tale ,,,,,very hard when you have bet it big figures to now bet in relativly small stakes ,,,,,,,,,its all set to test us i suppose
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scaredmoney i have had 3 offers to write a book ,,,,,,,,,,maybe who knows .......sale s of the book could go to spinning it up again
,,,,,,,,,,harry was offered a lump to write a book maybe he will beat me to the great storys ,,,,,,,,,, |
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we all like a good spin up
 im sure they would both be a good read.......add to the retirement fund |
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i was staying up for american football but the trouble win or lose especially lose is getting to sleep after ,,,,,,,,,,,,,be lucky lads
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TGIB
What relationship do you have with the Midgley yard? |
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my worst bet was 2k on England to beat Algeria
could England beat Algeria.. no 0-0 |
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I have had dozens of worst bets but one I remember in particular was at Ayr
about 30 years ago, at the time I had a connection in Thompson Jones yard who rang me and said they were running a 2yo that in their reckoning was unbeatable, anyway I had £2400 on it at 1-6 it got beat 8 lengths, I felt a right nana I can tell you. |
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an insider tipped you a losing 1/6 shot... you couldn't make it up..
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you are right. |
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W.E.-----I wouldn't think that any 2yo travelling several hundred miles in a horse-box (possibly for its first run), is EVER an odds on shot,-- sorry you got clobbered.
And as for TGIB, well I thought that I had been a demented fool for most of my gambling life, but this guy takes the biscuit---( 100 million turnover,5 houses, etc. !)---however I wish I could know him , because I could sit and listen to his tales for hours on end, and perhaps amuse him with some of my own maniacal exploits ! |
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SIR,Bond here is a true story re bad bets I dont know if it was the worst
bet the guy ever had but it was seriously bad, here goes around 20 years ago before the days of betting exchanges a pal of mine went to a night meeting at Catterick to back two horses trained by B.W.Hills whom he was assured were virtually nailed on these animals ran in the 1st two races as far as I can recall, the 1st one he covered to win at SP £2000 it got beat at 1-3, to recoup his losses and show a profit he backed the 2nd one to win £8000 that also got stuffed. Shortly after the 2nd horse had been beat I saw my friend in the owners and trainers enjoying a glass of bubbly, sadly he died a year or two later. The bookie who took the bets still bets on the boards at Catterick, I saw him there this Tuesday. This is a very true story. good luck. |
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i once bet a celtic 40,000 on nottingham forest to beat celtic in what was then the eufa cup,
I won the bet,mind you we were living in greece at the time and 40,000 drachma was about £400. |
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SIR Bond the 2nd one that got beat was 1-6.
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*fan
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so he lost about 50k?
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anyone who says they've won( and been a millionaire) and then lost it - is a mug imo !!
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worst bet back in 1983 fancied denmark to win an international match at 13/8 and decided to pinch money by adding germany to beat northern ireland at 1/12 , germany if i remember right were unbeaten at home for twenty years lost 1-0 brainless
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I laid a horse a year ago. I watched it hit 1000 in running. Turned my laptop off....the next day I saw my BF account was low and the nag had only gone and won. That's a choker. I had the same experince when I bet under 6.5 goals in a chelsea game a couple of years back. Chelsea scored 3 times in last 3 minutes.
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Here,s a positive tail that went wrong to start with.
At powderhall dogs many years ago my auld man got the message for a dog.Wedged up and having a right dash he went down early to nick a price looking for 2-1 the dog opened up at 9-2 which he grabbed greedily took a step back only to realise that he had backed the wrong dog(same litter first name the same).He went back to the bookie the uncle fester like Jock Love and asked the bookie to change it to the right dog but the bookie said "a bets abet" and refused to change it .So my auld man had to bite the bullet "the hares running "bang the 9-2 shot hit the lids never seen a rival to cries of eeeazy peazy.Whilst collecting his winnings the quote " a bets a bet ya big fat b.......Oh happy days. |
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I thought there used to be an old bookies rule
' If you can't win ,you can't lose' Applied to odds-on dead-heats and odds-on joint favs. |
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sorry!!
Forgot about the 10% tax in those days |
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I heard a story about some punter in the fifties who had an agreement with his bookie to have a grand on Gordon Richards' shortest priced runner every day. All was going well until he got beat on a 50/1 on shot.
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