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True tales from the betting ring.

Windsor Jumping Betting Ring 15/12/24

SIMON NOTT BETTING BLOG: Windsor Sunday

The return of jump racing at Windsor has been eagerly anticipated by horseracing aficionados for months now, finally the day’s arrived, writes SIMON NOTT. The racecourse had really made an effort to make the day a special one with plenty of festive cheer laid on for the 5000-plus people expected
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Newbury 28th December

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SIMON NOTT BETTING BLOG: Newbury Saturday

All those who have been racing over Christmas were delighted that there was no fog here today, writes SIMON NOTT. Mind you, I definitely didn’t wear enough clobber, it wasn’t all that warm. There was a big crowd in attendance as you’d expect at Christmas but there didn’t appear to be any big punt
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Windsor Betting Ring 17/01/25

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SIMON NOTT BETTING BLOG: Windsor Friday

It was the first day of the inaugural Berkshire Millions weekend and expectations were high for a cracking three days of jumping action, writes SIMON NOTT. The Star Sports team today were Kaan and Tony with the surprise appearance of Ben Keith to keep everyone on their toes. Things looked a bit t
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Ascot 18/01/25 Betting Ring

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SIMON NOTT BETTING BLOG: Ascot Saturday

Archie, the fifth generation of bookmaker betting under the Bevan moniker, established in 1897, turned up at perishing Ascot today with no coat. No coat. I know, come on fourth generation Paul buy the lad a Crombie. As you might gather it was cold, if you didn’t have the right clobber on, writes SIM
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Kempton Betting Ring 22nd Feb including a £21,300 Cheltenham bet from a tictoc punter.

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SIMON NOTT BETTING BLOG: Kempton Saturday

The first observation today was that it was a lot warmer than the last meeting when we froze our nuts off. It may have been a false dawn but it felt like spring had arrived, whatever we’d take it for the day, writes SIMON NOTT. Star Sports were operating from two positions, Tony and Lofty on the
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Cheltenham Festival Betting Ring 2025 Tuesday

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SIMON NOTT BETTING BLOG: Cheltenham Festival Tuesday

We’re back at Cheltenham and contrary to any fears of waning interest and people going to Benidorm instead, there as a real buzz about the place, writes SIMON NOTT. Star Sports bet number two on the rail and number three in Tatts. On the rails, pitch Flynn had come out of retirement to bet on the
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Cheltenham Wednesday 2025

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SIMON NOTT BETTING BLOG: Cheltenham Festival Wednesday

I mentioned a couple of times yesterday that some poor folks decided to go to Benidorm instead of attend the cauldron of Sporting and punting adrenalin that was Cheltenham, writes SIMON NOTT. One of them was Betting Ring Manager Vicki who very kindly sent me her review of the Festival del Sol
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Cheltenham Festival 2025 Betting Ring - Thursday

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SIMON NOTT BETTING BLOG: Cheltenham Festival Thursday

Day three dawned with the news that Westcountry bookie’s right hand man Q Cumber had it spark off Barney Curley style with a plucky Cheltenham treble yesterday bagging a cool five figures for a three figure outlay, writes SIMON NOTT. Nice work Q, chuffed to bits for you. There wasn’t any rain in
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Cheltenham Gold Cup Day 2025 Betting Ring

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SIMON NOTT BETTING BLOG: Cheltenham Festival Friday

Well here we are, it’s the big one, the rest of the week has been just a warm-up for the biggest day’s racing of the jump season, writes SIMON NOTT. While we’ve been having an amazing week not letting the elements bother us, betting ring manager Vicki has been in Benidorm, the much vaunted altern
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Aintree Day 1 Betting Ring

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SIMON NOTT BETTING BLOG: Aintree Thursday

I left the Shire bright and early, the birds would have been singing, had they been up, the sky was clear and the roads clearer, writes SIMON NOTT. With a couple of entertaining podcasts and a healthy slab of 1960s rock n roll recorded on Holloway Road to keep me company, I sailed up to Aintree a
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Aintree Grand National Meeting Friday 2025

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SIMON NOTT BETTING BLOG: Aintree Friday

Blimey, yesterday’s £30,000 bet posted on Twitter/X inspired some incredible comments largely cast doubt on the authenticity of the wager. I don’t blame those people, but being called a donut was probably the nicest moniker. I can assure everyone, every bet I write about in my reports is genuine, wr
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