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del boy

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Just seen a lad today who i used to know years back, liked having a bet and had a small share in a horse with relations/friends.

ANYWAYS, it brought back memories of the time he told me that the horse in question had been to Ballydoyle to do some work, despite not being in the O Brien stable, and had given none other than Galileo a going over on the gallops.....horse won a naas handicap eventually, out of 20 something runs....

Are some people so full of sh*t that they eventually begin to believe it themselves? Whats the best one youve heard?
 
Heard a lad on the Birmingham to Cheltenham train (25-28) tell someone on his phone that he had a 'sneaky 2.5k each way on sublimity the day before at 25's'.
 
June 1st 2012

Not so long ago when Bet365 used to price every Irish race at 8am and I could get on I would automatically wake at 7.55 (although sometimes OnTheBridle provided a wake up call) to check the first show. Anyway this one morning I observed that they had cut the Bolger newcomer Wexford Opera a few times and it was 6/4 when I rewoke at 11am (Note here that shrewdies dont need to fet out of bed). I was in work for 12am and got a text from a mate who reads this forum but doesn't post. He had heard that Wexford Opera had worked with Dawn Appriach and killed him on the gallops. I replied that a lad called Derrick Smith had just had 25k on Pedro The Great and he may wish to delete his informers numbers. Pedro had nicely drifted to 5/2 after the morning move.

http://www.irishracing.com/result?prn=Leopardstown&prc=093&prd=201206211755

The Ballydoyle mafia must love it when they have a Group 1 horse and an eighty odd rated yoke is put through the floor early doors.

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In a bar three weeks ago and got told Sprinter Sacre had five minor breathing operations over the summer, didn't have the speed for 2 miles anymore and Sire De Grugy would beat him on any flat track.

What a lunatic I thought.:o
 
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This one is actually true but it concerns a dog. Must have been around the early 1970s.

My cousin Jackie, God rest him, was a great dogs man. He'd lived in England but came home due to marital problems.

Jackie was also a bit of a blowhard. Ex-army and most definitely 'one of the lads', he was my favourite big cousin.

Anyway, he told us to get all the readies we could get together and start punting a dog for the greyhound Derby. He'd got word that connections' only worry was that the crowd might scare the poor beast so they were trying to get him used to loud noises by walking him alongside the Euston-Glasgow line as the trains were passing. Jackie told us to start punting him at the available 50/1 and to keep punting him until our money was done.

Secretly we were all laughing up our sleeve at Jackie. He was forever giving us tips and, dogs or horses, they were forever running like drains.

The dog in question was Patricia's Hope who beat Super Rory in the Derby before going on to take the Welsh Derby then the Scottish Derby, by which time we were all on him and went to Shawfield to see the race.
 
Was told to back Sublimity in supreme Nov ew at 33/1 finished 4th gutted shortly afterwards told not to worry ??? wtf :rolleyes:

I backed him at 50s 40s 33s 25s for Campion hdle the following year and was on a 2 week holiday as a result when he won

Happy Days :D:D may they soon return:)
 
There was a story on the Irish Betfair forum about how during the Celtic Tiger years a forumite had met Darryl Holland at some airport-anyway he asked him for a tip which duly won the following Friday night at 7/1.Having shared the tip with everyone in the local pub there was plenty of celebrating when the horse won-the guy who got the tip had 20 on it-someone who heard about it second hand had 2500 on.
Some might doubt the story but back in the 90s my brother told a mutual friend of ours that San Sebastián was an each way cert at 4/1 in the Queen Alexander at Royal Ascot-the brother had his absolute max a tenner each-the friend had500 on the nose-horse wins by a short head.
 
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Sublimity seems to be a popular one. A lad in our local bookies had a horse in the stable and I met him one morning when he was punting Sublimity AP. He was very bullish after some recent work and was having a decent bet on EW. I went home and had a lousy tenner on at the 100 available on the machine - that would be a very small bet for me. I had very mixed emotions when he won as I should have had a rattle.....
 
Desert Orchid said:
This one is actually true but it concerns a dog. Must have been around the early 1970s.



The dog in question was Patricia's Hope who beat Super Rory in the Derby before going on to take the Welsh Derby then the Scottish Derby, by which time we were all on him and went to Shawfield to see the race.
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Patricia's Hope was part owned by a Johnny O Connor, a teacher and one time Waterford ? hurler who was larger than life and lived near Mallow when I met him.
The dog was retired to stud, brought back into training and won Greyhound Derby the following year as well. 1971/2 or 1972/3 were the years.
 
Paul Magee RIP worked with a buddy of mine in late 1980s.
His dad Jimmy (memory man) had a share in Redundant Pal.
His hurdling was not great but when Ladbroke Hurdle weights Leopardstown came out Paul was over the moon.
Anyways he won at 25/1. I did not bet at the time alas !
He won the race again the following year off near top weight.
 
I was on an internet forum once and for about six months and this deluded Glaswegian wouldn't shut up about how a moderate grey handicapper would win the Champion Hurdle by about 7 lengths and how we should all sell our families and bet on it. Wouldn't shut up about it. Forget the name of the horse.
 
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I was on an internet forum once and for about six months and this deluded Glaswegian wouldn't shut up about how a moderate grey handicapper would win the Champion Hurdle by about 7 lengths and how we should all sell our families and bet on it. Wouldn't shut up about it. Forget the name of the horse.
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It was Detroit City. I considered leaving too after that episode. Not much has happened in my life since I decided to stay.
 
Someone who left Hobbs yard and became a partner in a betting shop laid all the stable lads at preferential odds because Rooster Booster was only a handicapper.
 
I don't remember the exact names (it was a long time ago), but there is a charity race at the Punchestown fesitval and Bert Allen (original owners of Granville Again, Laura Beau etc) had two "Slaney" prefix horses in it with Jonjo O'Neill booked for one and Frank Berry booked on the other. Bert would not be one for remembering the names of his horses and said the day before to have the house on Jonjo's horse.

Both were around 4/1 I think and we launched into Jonjo's one. Inside the final furlong, Jonjo's faded as Frank's swept past to beat Robert Hall who was riding one for Ted Walsh. We were fairly glum afterwards and asked Bert what happened, we thought Jonjo was supposed to win. Apparently Frank had heard the same thing, made a call and switched the riders before they went to print!! We were gutted!!
 
David Parry and Digger once told me with absolute authority that Only The Best would win a Gold Cup.......though neither mentioned it would be at Crufts!
 
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