Just had a quick check and that wasn't the race, that was a bit later. Sorry I was just thinking off the top of my head.

I could tell a few Barry Dennis ones but he seems to have got grumpier in the last year.

I wont tell any unless SoGY or Grimmy really need to hear one or 3?

intheknow,

Wow, i would have died!

Well remebered, I was a regular at Hackney but wasn't there that day.

Another dog story from my Catford days. A marathon race over 888 metres. John Humphries priced up a local grader Ferryforth Susie at 150/1 with the 4/11 fav Miss Microchip seemingly unbeatable.

The locals had their tenners and scores on the Catford dog and he won easily with the fav beaten a long way from home, there was a mighty oi oi from the terraces. J.H. was not a happy bunny that night

slippy blue miss micochip was my dog

bookmaker ron charles employed a floorman from his local pub for a saturday at york.
he was taking bets steadily for a horse at 8/1.
he said to his floorman , go up to the top of the ring and try to get £25 on at 10/1
the floorman came back five minutes later and said you've got that.
ron asked him why he had taken so long and he replied that he had had a devil of a job getting 10/1 because all the bookmakers up there were 12/1. TRUE STORY.
he only worked for him the once.

No longer Bf-f,I can no longer justify stretch marks on the lips of wives and girlfriends of fellow punters.No longer accepted and the cost of botox and surgery has eroded their profits worse than the PC.

1985/86 i was clerking for a bookmaker [ alan wrigglesworth] at the southeast points . he thought he was a right judge on the points and always travelled with 2/3 cwt of selby and mackenzies in the boot ,for every meeting. second race at parham this particular saturday we took a right run out of this horse [owenova] sorry i will never forget its name.i said "alan we've got this for over £600 [bearing in mind i had never seen him stand anything for more than £40 before]don't worry he said i got this as 100/1 chance on my card and happily carried on laying it over the odds at 14/1.you guessed it it won on the snaff he done £1260 and only had £900 on him and begged and borrowed to pay the public we were back on the m25 by 3'oclock ! not a very nice journey back i can assure you he a worse loser than the weasel however roughly halfway home i felt my seat getting very hot and cab began to fill with smoke' he pulled over and my seat was on fire i had dropped a **** on it and he was rushing round trying to save the selby's with me trying not to wet meself with laughter !

and not the current cheap ring northern bookmaker of the same name ?

adge. yes he does bet in the cheap rings up north i saw him at cartmel 2yrs ago first time in over 20yrs he has mellowed with age and is a nice guy. though he wudn't forgive me for dropping my cigarette and causing the fire !!!!

Great thread,thx to all.

zilzal1     18 Oct 12 12:15 
Name the Bookmaker at Wembley i used to be on the floor for, couple of doors away from Powers

1st losing race "fcuk,f***, only the bustard Bosnians have less luck than me"

2nd losing race "With my luck  i might as well go and live in Mogadishu"

stanley  NAP

can add a story about me
about twenty years ago at "gloroius " goodwood on the final day which was then a friday.
the weather changed dramatically during the afternoon [ not forecast ] and we were dressed for summer but torrential rain suddenly arrived.
we stuck it out till the end but then got back to the car like drowned rats.
not much else we could do but take off all the soaking wet clothes and dive from goodwood back to yorkshire in just our underpants. got some funny looks on the M25 friday traffic jams too , but didn't have a lot of choice

hope they didnt shout "the bottoms gone"

YEARS AGO WORKING FOR JOE BARNETT ...PETER WAS HIS NAME WE WAS AT YAMOUTH ONE DAY.....THE SYSTEM ON THE FIRM WAS THAT IF WE HAD A RESULT WED PUT ONE IN THE BOOK FOR THE BONUS SO PETER DIDNT HAVE TO DECLARE THE RIGHT AMOUNT TO HIS OLD MAN ...I.E. 16 CHANCE WON WE WIN 800 ON THE RACE HE D SAY PUT A 200-12 IN SO WE ALL GOT A BIT EXTRA .....NOW T GET PETER TO LAY A BET YOUD HAVE TO SHOOT HIM AND BEAR HIM MIND IN WAS IN TOP CLASS PITCHES....HE ALWAYS TURNED UP WITH 3 CAKES A CHOCOLATE ECLLAIR CREAM SLICE AND A JAM DONUT AFTER RACE 3 WED HAVETEA PETER WOULD CLAIM THE CREAM SLICE ID HAVE THE ECLAIR AND THE FLOORMAN THE DONUT .....RACE 3 COMES ALONG A SELLER NOW IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO AND I CAN REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS AT THREE O CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON .....THE HORSE WAS CALLED ...THE WHITE LION AND TRAINED BY JEREMY GLOVER WHO AT THE TIME HAD IT ON NEVER LEFT IT BEHIND...IT WAS 100-30 ON THE BOARD AND PETER CALLS 100-30 TO A MONKEY NOW ON MY MOTHERS LIFE THEM BETS NEVER GOT THROUGH ,I THOUGHT FK ME I CANT BELIEVE IT ,HE SAYS TO THE KID OFF YA GO AND HE DISSAPEEARS TO BACK IT BACK..........NOW IT WAS THE FASTEST SHORTNER IN LIVING MEMORY WITHIN 3 MINUTES IT WAS 9-4 AND STILL PUTTING ON ON MY LIFE IT WENT OFF 11-8......THE KID COMES BACK JUMPS ON THE BOX AFTER 6 MINUTES AND THATS AN ETERNITY PETER SAY WHAT YA GOT ..........THE KID SAYS NUFFIN....I FELL OFF THE BOX AND ROLLED DOWN TO THE FENCE PISS.ING MESELF .....HE WAS TAKIN 7-4 OFF THE PRIVATES NEAR THE OFF THE BOOK READ HOLDING A TENNER STOOD IT FOE 550 NICKER ...WHERE DID IT FINISH ...TAILED ,HE WAS THE LUCKIEST MAN U CAN IMAGINE .........AFTER THE RACE THE TEAS CREAM SLICE FOR ME PATRICK ?ILL HAVE THE ECLAIR PETER AND SLAMS THE LID SHUT ...YOUVE BEEN A BAD BOY  NO DONUT FOR YOU ,I WAS CHOKING TO DEATH ......WAGES CAME AFTER THE LAST YOUR EXS PATRICK £22 PETER PAYS THE KID THE SAME HERS YOUR 60 PATRICK AND 20 EXTRA BONUS THANK YOU PETER HERS YOUR 60 FOR YOU AND NO BONUS ......YOU HAD TO APPRECIATE BEIBNG THERE TO SEE IT I WAS IN TEARS ,I MEAN U SEND SOMEBODY OFF THERE GONE 90 SECONDS BUT HE WAS ALL OFF 6-7 MINUTES AND THEN HE GOT NOWT

WE WENT TO FONTWELL ONE BANK HOLIDAY ME JOE AND THE SHOPLIFTER FROM LEICESTER ...WE STOPS OFF AT THE LITTLE CHEF ON THE ISLAND OUTSIDE FONTWEELL IT WAS RASMMMED BUT WE GOT A TABLE THIS WAS 1988...SITS DOWN TELLS THE GAL 3 POTS OFF TEA PLEASE PICKS UP THE MENU SAYS TO JOE AND ANDY HIS NAME WAS ,RIGHT LADS HAVE WHAT U WANT THROUGH THE CARD SO THEY LOOK AT ME WONDERING IF IM SERIUOS THE BIRDS THERE WITH HER PAD AND I SAYS ILL HAVE THE GARLIC PLATTER TO START AN OLYMPIC SIZED BREAKFAST EXTRA BACON 6 SLICES OF TOAST FOR AFTERS ILL HAVE THE CHERRY PANCAKES AND RASPBERRYS DOUBLE ICE CREAM....SO I NODS TO THE OTHER 2 AND SAY GO ON WHAT EVER YA WANT ,SO THEYVE HAD THE LOT ,45 MINUTES LATER WERE ALL LICKING THE PLATE ......UL ANDYS LAGGING BEHIND AND HES HALF WAY THROUGH HIS PUDDING I GETS UP SLOWLY AND GIVE JOE A LOOK STARTS HEADING FOR THE DOOR AND JOES UP ME AR.SE ANDYS HALF TWIGGED ON AND REALISED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND HES NOW ON THE GALLOP ,WALKS PAST THE TILL NEAR THE DOOR WITH THEM PAIR TRYING TO GET PAST THEYVE RAN PAST ME GETS IN THE CAR AND DRIVES OFF WITHOUT ME IVE HAD TO LEG ACROSSS THE ROUNDABOUT INTO THE TRACK ...........THE BIZ WAS VERY VERY GOOD IN THE FIRST RACE THERE WAS A PUNTER CALLED DEAF PAUL HE HAS A A FIFTY AT 50-1 A HORSE CALLED GABISH TRAINED BY FFITCH HEYES IT BOLTED UP AND WE WENT SKINT FIRST RACE WE GOT THROUGH THE DAY AND WENT HOME WITH ENOUGH FOR THE JUICE TO GET US HOME.....HAPY DAYS

How much did you get on for me Cashy ? I knew you had something to tell me. Next time I see you will do !

Used to work for a bookie at the dogs who would sing "walk on by" by Dionne Warwick when he saw the "faces" lined up to back one.

Great story flash bookie.