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Tales from the Betting Ring

MONEY WAS DOWN BUT SO WAS THE CROWD

Simon Nott recounts his betting ring tales from the Epsom Derby meeting

Oaks Day
I had been looking forward to my couple of days at Epsom with Star Sports, they had just increased their pitch number from two on the rails to three, with the purchase of late Barry Dennis’ Tatts pitch.
The weather forecast looked iffy but the betting action promised to be lively.
The first team to take the sort of bet that this column likes was on that new pitch in Tatts, who laid £3,333.33 – £1,000 each-way Formal. That bet was dwarfed by £22,500 – £10,000 on...

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