I remember once bettting a horse when I was about 17 that was 40-1 (which I took) in the morning. Course went from good to heavy in 3 hrs and it won at 2-1 ! I only had a couple of quid on it but at 17, an £80 win was a fortune. My mates on YTS schemes were earning £25 a week and a pint of Castlemaine XXXX was 99p in my local club.I think we need to look for mud monsters tomorrow.
Happy days, we all remember the early successes.I remember once bettting a horse when I was about 17 that was 40-1 (which I took) in the morning. Course went from good to heavy in 3 hrs and it won at 2-1 ! I only had a couple of quid on it but at 17, an £80 win was a fortune. My mates on YTS schemes were earning £25 a week and a pint of Castlemaine XXXX was 99p in my local club.
It’s amazing how you always remember the names.Happy days, we all remember the early successes.
Mine was when I was also 17, backed Captain Dibble on debut at 33/1 just for the name no doubt and it won, I collected it and nothing was said but in retrospect, I should have given my dad the slip to collect just in case they took it off me for being underage.
I once got a false price off the woman behind the till in my favour, the horse was Timeless Times, a multiple sand winner, it was being backed off the boards and I was stuck in the queue, for whatever reason she looked at the main TV screen and the price was 7/4 but she wrote 7/2, had a tenner on and they paid out but the manager was a little bit off about it, I never argued but said that was the price his staff had put down and I hadn't noticed.
You don't win to many times from the bookie lol
Got 4 in a lucky 15 once, nice prices, around £1500, I put it on on the day I went on holiday with the family, no internet signal on the poxy caravan site, found out I'd won on the Tuesday, it was very surreal lolIt’s amazing how you always remember the names.
I had some good wins when I was younger. Biggest was £330 when I was about 19 which again was a lot of dough back then. My mate won £2500 on the two from each section on the football coupon! I was earning £5000 a year at the time so a huge amount then.
The good old days. I don’t bet as much at the moment but in a daily comp over the 4 days with around 12 mates so looking for some mudlarks for tomoz !Got 4 in a lucky 15 once, nice prices, around £1500, I put it on on the day I went on holiday with the family, no internet signal on the poxy caravan site, found out I'd won on the Tuesday, it was very surreal lol
Good luck :)The good old days. I don’t bet as much at the moment but in a daily comp over the 4 days with around 12 mates so looking for some mudlarks for tomoz !
Had some success backing Mullins/ Elliott 4th/5th/6th strings over the years, similarly with Coolmore 'outsiders' in the classics. Had a nibble at a Mullins 80/1 shot in the Mares Novice race later.But sadly ran like a 100/1 shot.