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wingerwanger
16 Dec 25 09:29
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Report sevey December 18, 2025 2:01 AM GMT
Really enjoyed that one Simon The lad came over rather well I Thought
Report loper December 18, 2025 12:17 PM GMT
He seems to have grown up to be a well rounded individual. I remember him as a wee tot!
Report WBA December 18, 2025 10:20 PM GMT
Nice fella spoke well gave a great insight to how the inrunning worked, thoroughly enjoyed it Simon.
Report Regbutler December 18, 2025 11:15 PM GMT
Very good interviews Simon
I knew him as an 18 year old,or so,in the Cardiff exchange shop that his dad,John, set up in the social club next to the bookies, that he speaks about in the interviews
His dad and him used to tell me that laying back your stake for a free bet,or even to lock in a profit,was generally bad value in that you were laying over the odds to do so,and letting the bet run was more profitable in the long run
I was there for a few months until the Bristol shop opened, about a mile from home at the time,but the 2 sons and John Lovell were great people
Report Regbutler December 18, 2025 11:26 PM GMT
Just to add to the above...
There was a fella in the exchange shop who made a living out of backing almost "over the line" winners at lowish prices, but basically accommodating people who had backed higher and wanted to trade out,even though the "real price" should be even lower.
Not unique now, I know, but was eye opening to me at the time
Report uptheirons December 19, 2025 12:13 AM GMT
A good interview
Report scoobytoo December 19, 2025 8:17 AM GMT
Comes across as a good guy. Anyone know the punter who wasnt the form student...not surprised there was the chance for massive success but somewhat surprised that the tactic is still lucrative now.
Report Regbutler December 19, 2025 8:51 AM GMT
Scooby, I was also surprised that the tactic is still lucrative
Twenty years ago in his dad's exchange shop, David had a couple of his 18 year old mates  occupying seats...they knew nothing about horse racing but were very quick on the keyboards...they were taught just to back the fastest finishing horse...I  kid you not, the system was that simple as I recall, no disrespect to them...they were making plenty
Report scoobytoo December 19, 2025 9:16 AM GMT
Reg,without a doubt the old(or young) fastest finger first powered many a BMW around the country,unfortunately many of the said BMW's frequented the pages of Autotrader when the noose started to tighten.
Report Busyfool December 23, 2025 4:21 AM GMT
apologies for my lateness in posting but im trawling while laggo and can only echo what reginald says

john was a great geezer and so is his offspring

an example is 2 young blokes(maybe the same ones?. s and j were the names) i got to know who were allowed to have a go free for a month in the cardiff shop because he thought they would do well, and he was right, as usual
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