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For anybody wishing to "learn" from the book,save your money and spend it on your favourite tipple.
Nobody should doubt that PV was shrewd. |
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" His parents are rich and perhaps his money and house are inherited......"
Don't know about that but reckon he made a lot of money from his tipping line - he was one of the best at it - even when he was at Trinity College Cambridge his room was full of phones and electrical equipment, and he was recruiting college girls to do the phone calls on his tipping service. He was also getting a lot of mail at college with punters sending him cheques for his selections. At the beginning of his 3rd year in Cambridge he set up a premium rate service advertised as 'The Professional'. He was clever and knew exactly what he was doing and this generated a gross income of well over £100,000 that year. Then he left Trinity without finishing his degree and concentrated on his racing business. At that time a lot of other tipsters started jumping on the premium rate bandwagon and a lot of 'em claiming they were professionals......... The market was saturated but despite his young age Veitch was probably still the best at it, he was very clever and had a good image. His book is a fairly interesting read but of course he doesn't give much away...... truth is a bit different he was first in with the other being martin Julian they had the market to themselves but competition came along quickly on premium rate and the was left behind imo they were better than him by a long way and still around now, I remember him borrowing 2 of a leading tipsters horses imo at decent prices that's how you knew he was struggling, so he departed quickly after and found another edge, he owned them and a different skill was needed placing them but it was a lot easier than coming up against the better tippers, good luck to him he done well in the end. he would never come back as a tipster he was not very good |
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Amazing how people like to create a version.Veitch is a tipster until he's handpicked by the Winning Line then Tabor for huge sums and then wins millions punting(initially on form rather than owning).'He got out of tipping because he wasnt as good as us other tipsters who are still selling tips now'is a curious way to spin the story!
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i wonder if he has/will post on this thread
 on a side note, welcome to the forum featherstone rover |
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purchased book last week, waiting for delivery. interesting to see how and what methods worked for him back then, everyone
has to find their own way of beating the bookies and most people will not be able to fact of life, if explained how to read the form and my methods, dont think that would help anyone, gotta learn your own way of doing things. this best forum around, there are a few people on here, who really know their stuff. gl all hope this year will be the year make my fortune  |
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I don't know if he is a conman or not but I did enjoy the book
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bought it, read it, binned it.
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rich parents always helps as a emergency fund
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met someone who put on for him who reckoned he has aspergers. Said thats why he is so quick with numbers but often appears aloof and a bit nutty
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i was told harry findley had rich parents aswell is this true.
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his downfall was he loved them long odds on chances.
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I met him in a social setting and found him a normal,pleasant individual with no ego to speak off and horses not his main topic of conversation.
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Two things carried HF out,imo.
BF Commission and betting under the true odds. |