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    Is There Any Good Bookies These Days ?

    Tony Bloom betting account lost £10m in first month, court documents claim Figures emerge amid legal action from Ryan Dudfield, who claims Brighton & Hove Albion owner cut him out of £17.5m of profits from deal with a former Nigel Farage aide new Matt Lawton, Chief Sports Correspondent | David...
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    Cheltenham Trials Day- Saturday

    for anyone interested https://surewin.co.uk/free-horse-racing-tips-and-trends-sat-24th-jan-2026/
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    Thyestes Handicap Chase.

    Lads Cliff has a file for CHELTENHAM AND DONCASTER but it is too large to post, any idea's ?
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    Thyestes Handicap Chase.

    again whoever is interested................... 1240 Gowran Park Champagne Jury Sire record with NH runners the last 5 years on today’s going is 1/98. Hurdle wise that becomes 9/70. Sire at the Course the last 5 years with Hurdlers is 1/13 and on today’s going that becomes 0/4. At all...
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    Thyestes Handicap Chase.

    inspection at the course ..GOWRAN
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    Thyestes Handicap Chase.

    for anyone interested
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    The 2026 Derby

    FWIW................................ O'Brien will bid for a fourth Betfred Derby in a row this year, and a record-extending 12th victory overall, and highlighted his hopes for Group 1 juvenile winners Hawk Mountain (who took the Futurity Stakes) and Pierre Bonnard (Criterium de Saint-Cloud)...
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    Point Blank: Harry Cobden Has Sold His Soul to Wear the Green and Gold

    One who valued a sense of retaining personal dignity over money? very few of them about even less 27 year old ones.
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    Tracksuit Dave Standbridge #BettingPeople

    Don't know Dave but came across as a lovely guy. Best of luck Dave.
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    Point Blank: Harry Cobden Has Sold His Soul to Wear the Green and Gold

    Great piece Slim but at 27 years old what young man would not sell his soul to get in to the inner circle of their profession knowing they will be made for life.........I would say probably 99% of 27 year olds. Same for traders in the city they would bite your hand off just to go up a floor.
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    Stable tours for the Jumps (if you are interested)

    again for anyone interested ...................
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    Todays Racing -----England--Ireland

    4.20 lady rainclound 33/1 e/w 3rd to AISLINGS OSCAR off level weight beaten 2L Aislings then won next three, Lady raincloud apprentice ridden last four times and Barry McHugh takes over tonight
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    Todays Racing -----England--Ireland

    for anyone interested..........
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    Will pay the heating bill thread

    Dancing Brave.........
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    Is There Any Good Bookies These Days ?

    'I don't pick winners, I look to bet on value' As an owner of racehorses, Bloom has enjoyed plenty of success, with the likes of multiple Grade 1-winning jumpers Penhill and Energumene, and Cesarewitch winners Stratum and Withhold, the latter the subject of a massive gamble that seemed to...
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    Is There Any Good Bookies These Days ?

    He was never averse to risk, betting substantially to win substantially, and when he left the City with a sizeable bank, his success over four years as a professional gambler was considerable enough to attract the attention of Victor Chandler, who, having seen him apply his analytical skills to...
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    Is There Any Good Bookies These Days ?

    Poker genius, visionary football chairman and pioneering data-led punter - the many (profitable) faces of Tony Bloom Peter Thomas profiles the Brighton & Hove Albion chairman and mastermind behind Starlizard and Jamestown Analytics Gambling's a mug's game, they'll tell you, although Tony Bloom...
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    Is There Any Good Bookies These Days ?

    Potts was hot and perhaps there really were bookmakers who tried to avoid meeting his eye at Glorious Goodwood. We all know what can go wrong on the Sussex Downs and indeed some of those things had befallen him the previous year, when he had 14 bets during the meeting and didn't get a single...
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    Is There Any Good Bookies These Days ?

    Potts interview ... long but doesnt say much An ideal midwinter tonic is to spend an afternoon at the races with Alan Potts, punter, author and owner, listening to tales of 90s racing and chewing over thorny issues like the problems facing modern gamblers and whether the old ways still work...
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    Is There Any Good Bookies These Days ?

    Advice: Importance of self-control. Putting theory into practice, Bull was soon the owner of several Rolls-Royces and many of the other trappings of wealth, as well as a regular speaker – often at huge length – at racing functions, although not always greatly appreciated by the powers-that-be...
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