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ColinLewis
02 Jan 15 08:25
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Just wondering if anyone has any info as to how the last three years or so have gone for him.

Can't seem to find much from 2012 onward on internet, apart from a bankruptcy notice!

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-60521-1833505

Anyone shed any light?

Definitely one of the games more colourful characters and I just hope that he's not hit bad times.
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Report ph. September 25, 2017 9:05 PM BST
Prison was part of his life, he is allowing the reader to see that he got by and continued to punt willy nilly, its his life, his addiction. Prison wasn't going to stop him having a punt. At Weddings or Funerals he'll still be on the machine and have flashscore alerting him,with his longish hair he can easily hide an earpiece. Wouldn't mind meeting Claude again, good snooker player and very
useful badminton player back in the day, used to give me 13 points and I couldn't get it done. I suppose his point is that everybody knew he'd been parked up in the garage so he revealed the how and why.Its part of him, his story isn't a fairytale although there are similarities of a Cinderella existence.
Report ZEALOT September 25, 2017 9:24 PM BST
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/13/harry-findlay-the-dog-professi...
Report McCoy Carp September 25, 2017 9:35 PM BST
Thanks for the link. Enjoyed reading that.
Report McCoy Carp September 26, 2017 11:26 AM BST
Findlay lets rip with an amusing rant against cash-outs and the current betting industry which is too libellous to be repeated here, but he does make a salient point that it is “wrong that, as every winning bet pays Betfair a commission, small players should have to pay 5% while big players only pay 2%. It’s nearly impossible to win over a long period of time if you’re paying 5% rather than 2%. We need a new betting platform.”

Sport can be crooked and gambling is often ruinous. But Findlay now follows a quiet routine. We are interrupted just twice by calls from his best friend. “Glenn [Gill] is the best horse judge I’ve ever met. He tells me what to bet and how much. To have won over [i]£250,000 the last two years
betting on small stakes is amazing.”[/i]

So how is he getting his bets on? Is he winning on the exchange then?
Report Ramruma September 26, 2017 4:01 PM BST
So how is he getting his bets on?

Harry's carefully-honed reputation as a high-rolling mug punter probably helps.
Report loper September 26, 2017 5:59 PM BST
You dont win that much betting 'small' stakes.

HTH.
Report geoff m September 26, 2017 6:58 PM BST
Loper its all relative tho.  Having had £2.5 million(was it) ? on all blacks in the past £10k would seem small by comparison
Report tomhunt September 26, 2017 8:52 PM BST
Racing Post‏Verified account @RacingPost  31m31 minutes ago
Harry Findlay will be LIVE on our Facebook page at 1pm tomorrow...if you've got any questions for him then send them in #FindlayOnFacebook

could be lively..
Report xmoneyx September 26, 2017 10:24 PM BST
has ais finished the book yet?
Report Andrew in Sweden September 27, 2017 10:50 AM BST
xmx, not started it yet. A busy period and off to UK tomorrow (work related), France on Friday evening for the 2 day Arc meeting, back Monday night. I will probably take it with me (4 flights).
Report TheFear September 27, 2017 11:08 AM BST
the big fella thanks chapter was a good read.
Report xmoneyx September 27, 2017 11:18 AM BST
coursing Ireland was the best chapter
Report zipper September 27, 2017 11:29 AM BST
any punter can have 2 million on  providing  he / she   are 5 million down.. that's any punter why  he/she  is betting against there losses  that includes Harry
Report zipper September 27, 2017 11:32 AM BST
try getting a ton on when your £800...UP  account closedCrazy
Report TheFear September 27, 2017 2:11 PM BST
said on the RP fscebook interview he'd had 1600 on this goodwood 2.10 fav if i heard correctly
Report xmoneyx September 27, 2017 2:23 PM BST
did it win-  he needs to find 2k a month Excited
Report TheFear September 27, 2017 2:29 PM BST
oioi not too far
Report Deltâ September 27, 2017 2:38 PM BST
xmoneyx


as you have read the book

did it detail how Harry had actually come to get a £5m pot?
Report xmoneyx September 27, 2017 2:39 PM BST
he never said
Report Deltâ September 27, 2017 2:41 PM BST
hmmmm
Report xmoneyx September 27, 2017 2:42 PM BST
delta he had so many bets  on at the same time, impossible to work out ,profit /lossExcited
Report TheFear September 27, 2017 2:47 PM BST
it wasn't from tips from pablo nicholls. Just dissed him on faceook live/racing post
Report jamesdean September 27, 2017 2:56 PM BST
any link to this facebook live post thingy ma jig?
Report TheFear September 27, 2017 2:58 PM BST
i got there from racing post twitter , but whether it's repeated or not im not sure as it was a "live event"
Report mouse muldoon September 27, 2017 2:58 PM BST
Is he on this 4/11 fav at Redcar?
Report TheFear September 27, 2017 3:01 PM BST
one bet today he said. BANG.
Report jamesdean September 27, 2017 3:03 PM BST
Grin
Report mouse muldoon September 27, 2017 3:03 PM BST
He should have had a £110k - £40k
Report McCoy Carp September 27, 2017 3:08 PM BST
He should have had a £110k - £40k

I did, job done, see you all in 24 months. £20k, tax free, easily enough for me to live on for a year Laugh
Report mouse muldoon September 27, 2017 3:12 PM BST
Nice one McCoy
Report tomhunt September 27, 2017 3:13 PM BST
thought it'd be a live q & a, just pre recorded with selected questions for 2 mins at the end....https://www.facebook.com/racingpost/.....about halfway down
Report zipper September 27, 2017 3:26 PM BST
here are the numbers tossing a coin... ok its evens heads or tails
any two guys can sit down and play for say 50 years ....they would not be 80 points either way
knowing these facts would you waste 50 years....zip has a phd in higher maths
Report xmoneyx September 27, 2017 3:28 PM BST
paths
Report zipper September 27, 2017 3:35 PM BST
PHD   took 6 years
xmoneyx  ..grow up  that's me out   got  friends  to entertain
Report mouse muldoon September 27, 2017 3:36 PM BST
Laugh
Report TheFear September 27, 2017 3:41 PM BST
the nurses are not friends, zipper
Report zipper September 27, 2017 3:44 PM BST
fear my nurses  are..... now good night  stop posting things you no nothing about
Report TheFear September 27, 2017 3:55 PM BST
night zip
Report Andrew in Sweden September 27, 2017 7:12 PM BST
here are the numbers tossing a coin... ok its evens heads or tails

any two guys can sit down and play for say 50 years ....they would not be 80 points either way


Absolute tosh, there is no way of coming to that conclusion based on an event that is randomly controlled. Ask nurse for another cup of Horlicks.
Report Eddie Batt September 28, 2017 8:22 AM BST
Read the book over 2 nights-a very enjoyable read-a solid 8/10.I enjoyed the chapters on his early days but felt he could have written at least 2 chapters about his time with Nicholls-maybe he has a sequel in mind.
Report doorman99 October 1, 2017 2:25 PM BST
Well Done Harry with Melbourne Storm this morn! And got the hcp as advised on the racing p interview, easy. When is the interview on ruk being shown?
Report MadVlad October 1, 2017 2:28 PM BST
Book sold out on Amazon,need to wait until I can buy it.
Report freddiewilliams October 1, 2017 2:28 PM BST
Who's going to see him at matchbook conference
Report freddiewilliams October 1, 2017 2:29 PM BST
P
Report tomhunt October 1, 2017 2:30 PM BST
tuesday doorman
Report TheFear October 1, 2017 2:36 PM BST
about 2/3rds through now. am enjoying it to be fair. although it's more a series of anecdotes rather than an autiobiography.
Report doorman99 October 1, 2017 2:47 PM BST
Thanks tomhunt.
Report howard October 3, 2017 2:56 PM BST
Eddie , all you need to know is he came back for a clock ten minutes into a wake where one guy lose £2 miliion and a gardener lost 28k life savings.
Report Deltâ October 3, 2017 3:00 PM BST
twas a nice clock tbf ..
Report shady69 October 3, 2017 3:01 PM BST
Harry is a guest on TalkSport tonight at 10pm, talking about his book.
Report howard October 3, 2017 3:47 PM BST
I haven't seen the RUK piece yet. On at 9.30 and 10.0 tonight. Latter just a repeat ?
Report Rider October 3, 2017 3:54 PM BST
very enjoyable book, would have been better written chronologically imo, think you'd have got more of an idea of his roller coaster journey, was surprised how many things were missed out

great to see him back on tv etc, think he's given 4 tips and 4 winners in that time

when he was asked about enable, every career pundit would have said "i think it will win but its not value", not HF, he says he's backing it, end of, and you know thats a opinion backed up with a big bet

wont please everyone but i certainly hope we see more of him
Report howard October 3, 2017 4:21 PM BST
which tv channel rider?
Report Rider October 3, 2017 4:24 PM BST
seen an advert for an interview coming up on ruk
Report howard October 3, 2017 4:42 PM BST
As I say on tv tonight. Maybe 1st time shown not seen it advertised before.
Report Rider October 3, 2017 4:50 PM BST
oh yes, 9.30 - 10pm
Report Deltâ October 3, 2017 4:52 PM BST
^ to 10.30 *
Report Rider October 3, 2017 5:09 PM BST
if thats the case the sky tv guide has got it wrong (if you click to record on sky+ it shows from 9-30 to 10pm 'Harrys Back')
Report Deltâ October 3, 2017 5:11 PM BST
.
https://www.racinguk.com/tv_schedule
Report Rider October 3, 2017 5:29 PM BST
think it might be a bit naive to trust the ruk website for accuracy
Report Deltâ October 3, 2017 5:35 PM BST
true -


altho hard to believe harry would only rabbit for 30 mins
Report Rider October 3, 2017 5:40 PM BST
Laugh, maybe its been edited/censored down
Report OVERSEAS October 3, 2017 5:56 PM BST
after watershed so surely a little juicy..
Report grayhawk October 3, 2017 6:11 PM BST
First time shown tonight...
Report stayinin October 3, 2017 9:26 PM BST
on talk sport tonight should be a good listen
Report 1st time poster October 4, 2017 12:43 PM BST
in those famous words

WAS THAT IT

watched the 30 mins 9 30 till 10 saw him shake hands with steedmen so assuming the 10 till 10 30 was a repeat yes/no
Report howard October 4, 2017 12:46 PM BST
repeat
Report 1st time poster October 4, 2017 12:50 PM BST
trailers lasted longer than the show
Report Deltâ October 4, 2017 10:00 PM BST
22.00 [NOW] RUK  - on again, reminder!
Report mouse muldoon October 4, 2017 10:03 PM BST
Do the all-blacks story again please Harry.
Report joevalue147 October 4, 2017 10:35 PM BST
Where did he tip up Enable? Has he a blog or summit?
Report doorman99 October 4, 2017 10:51 PM BST
On the racinpost online interview last week joevalue. When also he told all to do the Appleby godolphin horse that day, duly won.
Report 1st time poster October 5, 2017 8:36 AM BST
which boys in blue horse the short price fav or the 50,s shot in france, Wink
Report Trident October 5, 2017 10:00 AM BST
Watch here again lads. I thought it was a good insight into Denman his greyhounds and general crazy betting!

https://www.racinguk.com/videos/watch/ondemand/2707

I really do think Mick Appleby horses are very well handicapped now after being unbelievably out of form. Worth following in the winter months at double figures( but his long drifters rarely win my experience|! ). Plus Dave Evans with his new gallop and facilities, might be worth keeping a eye on too... Just my views cheers Happy
Report 1st time poster October 5, 2017 10:54 AM BST
regards the interview never been so disappointed since the superstar footballer with a gagging order was gary flitcroft SadCry
Report grayhawk October 11, 2017 8:05 PM BST
Enjoyed Harry on another podcast with some Aussie bloke.....https://businessofbetting.com/

Near the end " It's my duty to bring down Ray Winstone and Samuel L Jackson " Grin
Report wondersobright October 12, 2017 12:44 PM BST
cheers for posting that gray...enjoyed listening Happy
Report grayhawk October 12, 2017 1:02 PM BST
Ditto Wonders...i could listen to the fella for hours
Report charwell. April 29, 2018 12:22 AM BST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAjpUK2dS3c

Really enjoyed this documentary highlighted on another thread from 1997. Fascinating that his mate (tennis partner in the documentary  and at the restaurant) is doing 18 years for murder!!

Harry comes across as the sort of bloke most gamblers would find very entertaining. Not sure if his TV persona matches his real life persona; but he seems 'one of us.' Pity he wasn't backed by the greyhound bigwigs at Coventry who have overseen our sport dying.

I cannot fathom though how he went from rags to riches when seemingly having no strategy except lumping massive wagers he couldn't really afford on the jollies? What were the big wins that propelled him to owning Denman and shares in 40+ horses? Did he just run a purple patch?
Report chavman April 29, 2018 12:53 AM BST
much like how did such a geograhically challenged place become such an international axis of wealth distribution
Report chavman April 29, 2018 12:57 AM BST
or did they just hit a purple patch
Report mouse muldoon April 29, 2018 12:59 AM BST
What Cov? It's become a fecking cabbage patch nowadays.
Report chavman April 29, 2018 1:01 AM BST
too right moose
Report mouse muldoon April 29, 2018 1:05 AM BST
No way back from being a 4th div city which the uni owns half of and desperately scrambling for the 'city of culture' mantle.
Report Ramruma April 29, 2018 5:20 PM BST
@charwell -- I cannot fathom though how he went from rags to riches when seemingly having no strategy except lumping massive wagers he couldn't really afford on the jollies? What were the big wins that propelled him to owning Denman and shares in 40+ horses? Did he just run a purple patch?

You can see in the book that mainly he had his card marked by expert card-markers. Things went wrong when he was betting blindly on prices.
Report kavvie May 29, 2020 11:56 AM BST
just finished his book .well worth a read . some rollercoaster of a life hes had so far..
Report clayfield1 May 30, 2020 2:33 PM BST
Still making a bit I've just been told.
Report sadlers May 30, 2020 3:34 PM BST
I saw him lose a very large amount at Walthamstow dogs one saturday night,no idea who he was just heard him say he was chasing his losses on the football in the afternoon.I remember him having something like 5 grand on a fav which i think was odds on and then chasing the loss with a bet on a 1/2 shot ,both dogs were the first ones beaten literally fell out of the box.Ronnie Brazell was the happy satchel swinger.
Report rock piper November 27, 2021 10:34 AM GMT
Harry was a creature of the analogue age, quants and coders rule the roost now.
Report The Management November 27, 2021 11:00 AM GMT
Been bankrupted more times than the combined totals of Donald Trump and the members of the boyband Blue.
Report SlippyBlue November 27, 2021 11:19 AM GMT
Findlay was interviewed on RPGTV about a month or so ago.

He is part of the team responsible for the reopening of Lifford greyhound  stadium set to be March 2022. He hasn't changed a bit since I last saw him 20 odd years ago on course.
Report The Management November 27, 2021 11:22 AM GMT
Is he still trying to smash his way out of trouble going "all in" on 1.03 pokes (that would be 1.04 or 1.05 if he hadn't got involved with them)?
Report sludge November 27, 2021 2:44 PM GMT
I wish i would have had half of his gambling experiences. It looks like he is putting in a lot of work to get Lifford Greyhounds back open , and as SlippyB pointed out this should happen in March of next year , all being well. I know a few years ago he spent a lot of money ( according to reports ) to get Coventry dogs back on its feet , all to no avail . Really hope it works out for him . I think he"s a great character .....obviously frowned upon nowadays by the P C Brigade
Report rock piper November 27, 2021 5:35 PM GMT
Great news about Lifford If that comes off, great little track, best line up of bookies in Ireland.
Report rock piper November 27, 2021 5:35 PM GMT
Great news about Lifford If that comes off, great little track, best line up of bookies in Ireland.
Report Cardinal Scott November 29, 2021 4:55 PM GMT
I wish him well with his various projects
Report bettysboy November 29, 2021 5:15 PM GMT
he did a little podcast for the RP a couple of years back, at the end of which he tipped Melbourne Storm to win the NFL League, or whatever it is, not the play offs just the league. They were 10/1 i think and won ahead of hot favourites Sydney something. A small investment on my part was quite rewarding. Cool
Report SlippyBlue November 29, 2021 5:29 PM GMT
I can remember Findlay and his crew arriving at Milton Keynes dogs one night, Gary Wiltshire was standing at the time there along with Nigel Flowers, I forget the names of the other layers.

This was about 2002 or thereabouts. They bet his dog to odds on in a stayers open race which duly sluiced up, collected their dosh then left. It wouldn't have taken that much though to shake the market up in those days at M.K.
Report The Management November 29, 2021 5:50 PM GMT
Walking away when it's all gone to plan is relatively easy* - but what sorts the men from the boys, is the ability to also walk away when it's all gone t1ts-up.

* I do appreciate that some people can't even manage to walk away when it has gone to plan, but they are beyond help.
Report irishone February 23, 2022 8:23 AM GMT
Trialling due to begin at Lifford stadium next month

https://wearetyrone.com/community/community-news/trialling-due-to-begin-at-lifford-stadium-next-month/?fbclid=IwAR3qQLBc3thBLELFMTgASaw1PK55Mhqb_FTa2uYAVTi8peQjuoakOK1DINI
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