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There is a lot I don't know about my fellow competitors in MANL.
So my 1st big question in an attempt to get to know my fellow gamblers is..
How did you get involved in gambling on horse racing?
So my 1st big question in an attempt to get to know my fellow gamblers is..
How did you get involved in gambling on horse racing?
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Brighton 3.00 Kavachi 12/1 VC nap
Once rated 91 now on 70, quirky type but an absolute must is cut in the ground! Fc gd/sft, not that i can see that being correct but good will do. Any firm forget it. Been going through the motions on fast ground and mark dropping accordingly. If he gets some cut he will beat this lot with one leg tied behind his back simple as that. I see this going off near fav. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Won a placepot at Cheltenham festival when i was 16 (£2147) good old Flakey Dove, Dark Honey, Bayden Star, Tryfollene and a couple of others i forget
 My step father was the catalist i suppose and a pal from school who looked 18 (the bet placer). Me and my pal were studying in A-level English class with the Racing Post and Sportinglife under the desk on our laps on the fateful day. In the excitement of it all the next day i smashed into Viking Flagship 11/2.......£2 win BOOM  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Good recapping Chat. Do you remember what year that placepot was too?
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Stratford 8.10 My Brother Sylvest 8/1 BS/PP NAP
1st time out for Pipe at a course and distance where he recorded his only win in a quick time. Only runner at the course. Although they the stables horses don't seem in the greatest of form, one horse that had it's 1st run for the stable 9 days ago won easily, and went close to winning NTO too. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Was 1994 i think ryan, remember having a last minute change in Bayden Stars race, was going to put in Coonawarra (won 6 or so on the bounce for Nicholson i think). Good thing i did as it fell, not so good for the horse as had to be put down i think
 Flakey won the champion hurdle, not bad for a mare. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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My grandfather was a gambler my father was a gambler, opened a betting shop in 63 , three weeks later they had the worst winter for 200 years no racing for three months which put him out of business.
Inevitably I would go the same way, dad got me a jog at Glebe House Corals head office a real eye opener. Best coup was ammount of finishers in the 1980 Grand national, overnight price was 25/1 I made it a 2/1 shot, told my dad to get over to the local corals & fill our boots, by 11.00o clock it was 5/4, Ben Nevis won, only four finished, happy days. Used to spend hours reading form then they started betting on the distances, a five year gravy train, but nothing lasts forever, up until a couple of months back I basically had stopped betting horses for well over a year then came across this thread & it has rekindled my interest, nothing like backing winners is there  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wrong about Coonawara on 2 counts, was Tim Forster trainer and didnt die but did fall in race, phew. Memory not what it was
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Southwell 7.30 Tillys Tale 12/1 B365 Nap
Got invloved through my grandad who had a few flapping dogs, and had a bet everday, no bookie in our village so he had a credit account he let me use and when I was 16 had a 25p e/w acca on 4 winners at a non festival Cheltenham meeting, Gaye George, Patzrustler and Uncle Bing cant remember the 4th one, returned over £300 a fortune whn I was on £25 a week!! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No surprise seeing the family link in the stories so far. How old was everyone when they started gambling though?
I must of been 8 I think - how ridiculous does that sound! - Dad used to put my bets on for me every weekend + big meetings that were televised. Usually doubles and some single wins, although done the ol' Union Jack bet a few times too (I wish they did this online! ) I was obviously absolutely clueless (still have my moments now haha), and had absolutely no concept of the handicap system, so most of the time I think I was backing horses who had won their last race. I was 15 when I had my biggest win, 50p win double of Atavus (33/1) and A Touch Of Frost (12/1). Just looked it up, was back in 2001 Aug 18th, and the funny thing is that if they were running tomorrow and knowing what I know now, there is no way I would of backed 'em. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stratford 8.10 Pipers Song 9/2 Bet 365
Ran really well to the distance last time out on its first run for nearly two years & now dropped to two miles, on a favourable mark & McCoy on board, largish field but many of these have some poor form & this is not as competitive as it seems. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Congrats To Today's Winning Napsters..
Gaz Reve De Sivola Towcester Judge Only 3 days of Napping left for the month! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Backed Atavus that day, pricewise I think, was that really 10 years ago
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Yeah it was, if you backed him at Newbury that is. Always used to ride prominently, or make all. And since he won for me, clearly he is an amazing horse! [smiley:crazy]
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strat 8.10 rampant ronnie 8/1 pp
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Pump, which code do you like more?
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Ryan I am a jump man but had a lot of success with the flat, only the festival as a meeting sends a tingle down my spine, you as well ?
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Yeah the jumps without doubt for me. The best 4 days of the year are in March, just nothing can beat Cheltenham. The roar before they start the Supreme is just really special isn't it. Bit of a downer after it's finished, because I know we have to wait another year till the next one!
Not even that far away till the proper jumps starts again. We're in a period of transition in large parts of the Jumps world really, with Denman and Kauto not looking as imperious as they once did, and all the new guns coming through, it will be interesting to see what happens. I'm still a big believer that Time For Rupert is going to be a very serious Gold Cup contender this season. Things just transpired against him in the RSA with him breaking a blood vessel, but he looked the real deal to me before that and I hope he can give Long Run something to think about this season. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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brighton 5.30 kinigi 7/1 boyles nap
stratford 7.40 viable 10/1 boyles n/b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gold cup brings back some good memories not least Nortons Coin, good old cyril
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i reckon my interest in gambling / predicting started in 1975 when playschool was on, you had to guess which window , either round ,triangle , or square the story would come through, after that it was all downhill.......my love of horse started with family trips to ptp races, fizzy pop, cold chicken , 1 pound each ways, was always fasinated by the amount of horses they used to shoot as a child, seemed strange to shoot a horse just because it was hobblin around....
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stat 8.10 bedizan 20/1 pp nap , horse is questinable at the minute but brings good course form 113326, has won off 113....110 today, seems to peak about now, trainer amongst the winners, was surprised to see such a big price to be honest
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1st punt was £5 double with £5 wins on seagram in the 1991 grand national and Ivors guest the same day ,heart racing with 65 on at 14/1.Average wage was only £70 a week.Best feeling. hooked after that.
southwell 7.30 Ace of Spies @ 33/1 bet 365 Nap hasn't won since January,tried over 5f now with 1st time blinkers.Hopefully make a difference. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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By the way, I would never have the knowledge of fellow posters.Not too sure on reading form or ratings. I consider myself a Recreational punter,if thats the right word.But I love the sport and the adrenaline rush.
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HAmilton 3.45 Circle of Angels
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Stratford 6.40 Mr Harmoosh 11/2 VC NB
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Brighton 3.00 Integria NAP 9/1 sky bet
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Brighton 2.30 Dancing Welcome 11/2 BlSq Nap
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Bright 4.00 Ringstead Bay 16/1 B oyle/SJ nap
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Brighton 2.30 Athaakeel 3/1 Generally Nap
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Sou 8.30 Baby Driver Nap
Just reading some of your stories and basically my own is quite similar - really started gambling at school playing cards, discovered the adrenaline rush that comes with winning (and that glorious pain that comes with losing - I think a Psychiatrist will tell you that all gamblers are masochists) and was hooked. Graduated onto horses, football and indeed plenty of other sports, like pumphol lost appetite for horses and had it rekindled on this thread. As usual - be lucky guys ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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bri 5-30 kinigi nap
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my dads fault ,he liked his bet on a sat , he was a very small punter but was always filling out plenty of slips ,feck knows how many round robins he done in his lifetime, his staking was so small it didn,t really interest me that much early on ,i was to busy playing footie and pool ,then started with a saturday tv yankee but got more hooked when started a job in a factory where 2 or 3 guys there were getting info for horses on a reg basis and most were winning , was winning more some weeks than was earning it was crazy for a while ,all good fun for me really now ,never ever bet beyond my means
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South 7.30 Six Wives.
Grandad (R.I.P) late 70's,black and white tv,picked 3 or 4 grey horses won,Lester P. was on a few of them. Grandad hated Lester. Started betting,school 83/84,read the sporting life in classes,R.E.~cooking~history~t.d~art. Took jumper and tie off,old geezers put my bets on coral across the road,playtime/dinnertime,I stood just inside the door,so i could hear the blower. Placepot was to a 50p dividend in those day's. "if you~dig" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I used to consistently pick winners for my father....................... Up until the age of 10 then it went down hill
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One of my best mates at school got a terrible gambling addiction. We always used to
gamble together - cards, horses, odds and evens, flies on a wall - but he was ill and I never was. I've had the odd day when I felt sick for losing, but I can remember most of them even now. He never seemed to be satisfied till he'd lost everything. He's spent the last 30 years in an endless round of GA meetings and gambling binges. Terrible thing to see. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nap "withdrawn" RYAN,was that eager,was fast out the traps,b4 they opened. [smiley:crazy][:p]
 South 9.00 Eastern Hills. Had a rest,good course form,nice handy/mark. [;)] "if you~dig" |