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Short Film - Professional Punter Angus Hill in the Betting Ring 1984
Short Film - Professional Punter Angus Hill in the Betting Ring 1984
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Its very strange, sometimes it feels like a lifetime ago, othertimes it seems like it was just 5 mins ago
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Glasgow calling.
Angus Hill had a premium rate telephone line which I used to call during lunchtime at work. Always gave his nap first within a few seconds and then details of other bets. I came across the line when I replied to some Bob Rothman literature ( which also included " the Colonel ", who gave me several very decent place pot wins). |
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He probably made his punting a success simply because he concentrated on horse racing without a list of anything else playing with his mind.I bet his tipping line changed everything with the pressures of trying to find winners for Joe soap….
How did he end up is the question..? |
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They say that when you die and go to heaven, all the dogs you've ever had will be there, waiting for you to throw a stick for them. That's true of course, but Len Boden will also be there, waiting for you to join the other punters in front of his joint as he prices up first (and lays you those prices to take out a grand, each way if you want, politely and discreetly). And Cecil will be lurking, ready to put on for Ladbrokes, and Dodger will be down on the day, but never mind, he'll be back tomorrow, as we all will be, armed with binoculars and Chaseform and cash and credit accounts, as if the internet and Betfair and off-course pictures and all the other post-2000 miseries had never happened.
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Very true Screaming, I notice also you were on the button when you said to keep an eye on the Chester Williams horses.
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Yes. Haas Boy has turned out to be a revelation for Chester Williams after the way the horse couldn't run two races alike for Emma Lavelle.
The Racing Post previewed the race this morning by discussing "the Jane Williams-trained Haas Boy" (page 4, 'Exeter pointers', Oliver Barnard, who he?). |
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Oliver Barnard, 23, from Lichfield, will be joining the Racing Post having graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a degree in journalism. As well as honing his sports journalism skills, Barnard said he “can’t wait to create content about the best sport in the world every day”.
Fresh out of college, still lazy journalism. |
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By the way, thanks to Alan the Beard, a genuine pro who might well have been hovering in the Ring somewhere in this video: he was at Exeter today and alerted me to this thread.
As he also commented, re Chester Williams, "Cobden will be jumping ship soon!" |
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Maxine working on the Joe Large pitch, which had recentley been allowed to join forces legally with his putter inner Reg, Maxines dad.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nGdoJTzsS30
Tracksuit Dave |
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Saw TSD at Plumpton last Monday
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Saw TSD at Plumpton last Monday
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Screaming, Eddie Baxter(Avalon) used to price up first, didn't see him in the video though. The Worcester mob, Bill Pritchard, his mate with the neck brace, and another, can't remember names.
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Loved that.....Thank you
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His mother was the star of the show...I've had 50p on one and lost, so f*ck 'em, that's all they're getting off me.
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Eddie Baxter ("Avalon Investments of Bath") used to price up first in the West Country. He had a little notebook in which he listed his prices, which he would chalk up slowly and dramatically. As the crowd gathered around his joint, he would look around theatrically, with a sly grin, then chalk up 16s and get nearly knocked off his joint as everyone tried to get on. "Fifty pounds to three each way, down to 'Salisbury'," he would call to his clerk. (That was me - 'Salisbury'; I don't know why he called me that, because I had nothing to do with the city, but he gave all the regulars names which meant something to him; he had another business, as an antiquarian bookseller, and he had his funny ways.)
Len Boden, in the Midlands, was quite different. He would price up very early, but from a proper tissue, and would lay you a thousand to sixty each way at those tissue prices. And he wouldn't make a song and dance about it either, ensuring that the opening show with the other books would still be 12s or 14s. |
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I thought those bets were massive considering it was 1984
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Horatio people bet much bigger on horse in the 80s90s than they do now.
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Jimnast .Do you remember the bookmaker Ron Bolton I used to watch him when I first went to the royal meeting unbelievable what he took never ever got flustered.
Hope you are well. Ronnie. |
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I don'y doubt you are right jimnast. The average wage in 1984 was approx £160......betting to those numbers would take some resolve.
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Brave bookies as well
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Yes I do Ronnie although I’ve never spoken to him
I’m fine hope your are also will we see you next weekend? |
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Jimnast.
Usual bar going down Thursday coming back Monday. Ronnie. |
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Unfortunately staying in Stratford for this fixture Ronnie back in the town for the December meeting.
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