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Tales from the Betting Ring

UNDER THE COSH BUT HAPPY DAYS

Simon Nott brings us a festival view from inside those trackside betting nerve centres

Ladies Day

Cheltenham behind us and the Flat looming, the last big jump meeting of the year is the high profile one as far as the general public goes, The Grand National.
I have been attending the meeting for Star Sports since 2017 and was asked again this year. The first year I worked at was with Dave Phillips betting on the Embankment in 1996.
I was asked if I knew any hard cases that liked racing, I did and recruited one for the day. He turned up with a cosh in his inside pocket. He didn...

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