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Quixall Crossett

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Quixall Crossett is a lot for people to write down but everyone calls me QC although i still havent worked that one out. :)
I talk a lot. I rant a lot. I get so many things off my chest that i am surprised i have a chest left.
I love my jump racing but have more or less given up on flat racing now.
I worked in a betting shop for the first time in 1974 and have gone on to own one and then on to head of ante post, head of trading and then punted for a living for the last 11 years.
And now i'm retired.
That, in a nutshell, is me.

Oh, and i love Rihanna. :)
 
Ian_Davies said:
A Rihanna-loving QC who is also a successful punter - what's not to like?
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And as for the punting, my bets are just occasional ones now. Fraudster (bookmakers) restrictions are the main cause of that but the small field sizes that are practically the norm these days are a major factor as well. My forte is low grade handicaps and preferably 8-12 runners. As yorick has pointed out on another thread, and as we all know, we are regularly seeing racecards with 5 , 6 or 7 runner races and not a decent each way race at all to get stuck into.
And even if nothing jumped out from a decent each way race, there was always the opportunity to take advantage of the many price ricks that the fraudsters churned out. But with all these 5 and 6 runner races, those opportunities have gone as well.

But i'm a patient man.
 
Q.c I used to follow you on another forum.you really know your stuff.what was that horse called that you always backed when it ran at Sedgefield?think kirby was the trainer.also had a really good winner from you 1 day.was called exselence.
 
Robski123 said:
Q.c I used to follow you on another forum.you really know your stuff.what was that horse called that you always backed when it ran at Sedgefield?think kirby was the trainer.also had a really good winner from you 1 day.was called exselence.
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Good morning sir.
That would be our dear friend and much missed Roxyfet. A little star if ever there was one. But only when the time was right ! :)
Trying to second guess trainers can be a costly business at times but Sir Micky was fairly easy to read when it came to this horse.

If only they were all like that :LOL:

Have a good day mate.
 
Greetings All.

I'd forgotten about this site until a recent email arrived with info on the new site.

I retired in December of 2022 and that's cleared a lot of time for horse-racing. National Hunt would be my main focus and I also like Ante-Post.

Looking forward to browsing the forums.

John
 
Barchester said:
Greetings All.

I'd forgotten about this site until a recent email arrived with info on the new site.

I retired in December of 2022 and that's cleared a lot of time for horse-racing. National Hunt would be my main focus and I also like Ante-Post.

Looking forward to browsing the forums.

John
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Hello Barchester and welcome.
I am a veteran of this site and have been on here nearly 24 hours now. :D

Good luck if you are punting today.
 
Maruco said:
Hello gentlemen. Nice to meet you.

QC, did you frequent the old Neigh website many years ago?
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No sir. I do know there was somebody on another forum (i dont know which one) who had the same username.
For the past 10 years i have been on the Letsbet forum which then became the Letschatbets forum. There were some good lads on there and some good craic was had but sadly, like a lot of forums, interest and participation has hit rock bottom. Its a sickener for Flyingbolt who put a lot of time and effort into setting it all up but if nobody wanted to use it then what could we do ?
 
Well happily participation seems to be picking up here since the refresh QC, and hopefully you'll have the next 10 years amongst new friends.
 
Quixall Crossett said:
Quixall Crossett is a lot for people to write down but everyone calls me QC although i still havent worked that one out. :)
I talk a lot. I rant a lot. I get so many things off my chest that i am surprised i have a chest left.
I love my jump racing but have more or less given up on flat racing now.
I worked in a betting shop for the first time in 1974 and have gone on to own one and then on to head of ante post, head of trading and then punted for a living for the last 11 years.
And now i'm retired.
That, in a nutshell, is me.

Oh, and i love Rihanna. :)
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Hi Qc looking forward to your selections
Good luck with all your bets👍
 
Desijo said:
Hi Qc looking forward to your selections
Good luck with all your bets👍
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Thank you.
The bets are very few and far between these days. The small fields, i.e. less than eight runners, are a killer. There have been plenty of days when there hasnt been a single suitable race to study and price up. But thats how it is these days. But as i always say, no use worrying about something you cant control.
I've spent an hour and a half this afternoon going thru Hexham's entries for Saturday. It will save me time tomorrow morning when the decs come in. I was contemplating going but its an evening meeting and i didnt fancy the drive home afterwards. I'm getting soft in my old age.

Have a good evening and a good days punting tomorrow.
 
Quixall Crossett said:
Thank you.
The bets are very few and far between these days. The small fields, i.e. less than eight runners, are a killer. There have been plenty of days when there hasnt been a single suitable race to study and price up. But thats how it is these days. But as i always say, no use worrying about something you cant control.
I've spent an hour and a half this afternoon going thru Hexham's entries for Saturday. It will save me time tomorrow morning when the decs come in. I was contemplating going but its an evening meeting and i didnt fancy the drive home afterwards. I'm getting soft in my old age.

Have a good evening and a good days punting tomorrow.
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Thank you and heres hoping you can find a winner or two for saturday.
 
Do you tend to follow the Hammond horses QC? I can never get them right. Emma was my claiming jockey to follow for quite a while. We used to watch the Hammond horses go past our B&B when we used to stay at Middleham. He trained a couple of skewbalds named after tea cakes at one time; they never did anything on the racecourse but at least they were easy to pick out on the gallops.
 
moehat said:
Do you tend to follow the Hammond horses QC? I can never get them right. Emma was my claiming jockey to follow for quite a while. We used to watch the Hammond horses go past our B&B when we used to stay at Middleham. He trained a couple of skewbalds named after tea cakes at one time; they never did anything on the racecourse but at least they were easy to pick out on the gallops.
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Good morning mate,

I dont follow them per se. And i dont follow them as much as i used to. As i have said in the past, and as many people know, some trainers are fairly easy to read and others are downright impossible. I found Sir Micky quite easy to suss and his modus operandi was tried and trusted and he stuck with it. He still gets his fair share of winners but i have noticed that a few of his gambles have been a bit hit and miss in the past year or so.
But i dont just home in on his runners. I go thru the decs and pinpoint which races appeal to me and if he happens to have a runner in one of them, fair enough.
But he is the sort of trainer i look at. You will never find me backing or even looking at a Nicholls a Henderson, a Mullins, a De Bromhead etc etc horse.
The Sir Mickys of this (racing) world are much more my thing. Ben Haslam, Jennie Candlish, Sam England, Phillip Kirby etc. Just by looking at that list you can spot the type :)
I had a nice touch with a Mel Rowley horse last week. Its the smaller stables i concentrate on. Much more fun and much better value.

As for not getting a stable right, i dont bother with the flat these days but the worst ones for that are the Easterbys. Tim is impossible as was his father before him. And Mick was a nightmare. I remember a horse of Micks that i used to time right and i had some bloody big wins out of it but that was an exception rather than a regular thing. The horse was Trouble Mountain. But that was about 20 years ago. Thats how difficult it was but i learned not to bother with them and used to stay away from races where either of them had a runner. You just never knew with them.

As for Middleham, its a nice little place and we usually go up three or four times a year. We have a walk around the various stables and round the castle near Ben's place. We usually have lunch just up the road in Leyburn and then a coffee and cake on the way home in Bedale :)
Its a hard life. :)

Have a good day mate.
 
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