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    A Bloke in the Bookies said to me...

    That a coup was going down. He told me – with a total straight face – to look out for MICK DUNDEE’s next race (no clues as to when this might be). The idea is that a lady jockey would be declared as his jockey, but two hours before the off, Paul Carberry would come in for the ride. Meanwhile, all us shrewdies in the know would help ourselves to the early morning prices and laugh all the way to the bank as the beast sluices up, head in chest.

    So this bloke I had never met before (he introduced himself as Peter and he is a London cabbie!) is parting with all this info to a complete stranger, happy to do wile away an hour doing his £1ew mug punts at Wolverhampton and Dundalk. Sounds like utter bullshit, of course, but are these stories common enough to be shared? I realise many of you proper shrewdies don’t go near a bookies these days, but do any of you have similar tales of bullshit masquerading as ‘inside information’, heard within the confines of a bookies?

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    Unlikely that Carberry will be up on the John Ryan-trained 3yo. He may however get the ride on the Paul Nolan-trained Dick Dundee who's entered at Navan this weekend on the back of two falls last month.

    Good luck if you get involved Len.
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    A 3yo who has run purely on the flat so far. Paul Carberry ?

    Maybe it's going for a bumper sometime, doesn't hold any entries at all at the moment.
    "The owls are not what they seem"

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    This needs to go on the "Will win" thread?

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    A guy in the bookies once said to me..

    "Benson & Hedges - Pure Gold?... Are they furrrrrrrrk, are they furrrk, son"

    Yes, theres some real pearls of wisdom to be picked up in those places.

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    I was actually standing next to a mate, who called the fallen horse at the last - who he had two quid on - a 'C'. He was slightly less angry when the horse was humanely destroyed after the fall.

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    When I was a student I marked the board in the local small-time bookie's.

    One lovely old gent came up to me shortly after I started and said, "You're the best marker we've ever had in here, son. Stick at it, you could go places!"

    I didn't know whether to laugh or cry but thanked him for his very kind remark.
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    Get me this blokes number Len!!!

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    Steady fonz, the horse in Len's post is called Mick Dundee, the horse that just won is called Dick Dundee.
    "The owls are not what they seem"

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    You`re a pedant, DG

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    Quote Originally Posted by fonz View Post
    Get me this blokes number Len!!!
    I'm taking this one. A 4/1 winner given freely on the board - I feel "as one" now.

    The bloke who gave me the info didn't know his arse from his elbow and had bad hand writing. He could easily have meant 'Dick Dundee'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Len Madeiros View Post
    I'm taking this one. A 4/1 winner given freely on the board - I feel "as one" now.

    The bloke who gave me the info didn't know his arse from his elbow and had bad hand writing. He could easily have meant 'Dick Dundee'.
    Well done anyway mate and thanks for sharing.
    reminds me of the time a lad I used to work with who was a bit of a down and out and totally hopeless gambler told me in august 2011 the 2 horses that were going to win next years Oaks and Derby
    Camelot and Was?? Yeah right whatever mate............

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    Quote Originally Posted by Len Madeiros View Post
    That a coup was going down. He told me – with a total straight face – to look out for MICK DUNDEE’s next race (no clues as to when this might be). The idea is that a lady jockey would be declared as his jockey, but two hours before the off, Paul Carberry would come in for the ride. Meanwhile, all us shrewdies in the know would help ourselves to the early morning prices and laugh all the way to the bank as the beast sluices up, head in chest.

    So this bloke I had never met before (he introduced himself as Peter and he is a London cabbie!) is parting with all this info to a complete stranger, happy to do wile away an hour doing his £1ew mug punts at Wolverhampton and Dundalk. Sounds like utter bullshit, of course, but are these stories common enough to be shared? I realise many of you proper shrewdies don’t go near a bookies these days, but do any of you have similar tales of bullshit masquerading as ‘inside information’, heard within the confines of a bookies?

    Runs 2.05 LIngfield

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    Looks as if it's fancied as well. Maybe there's something in this!


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    cheers len

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    Kirby/Carberry, Tomato/Tomarto

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    Great stuff Len, great reminder Rob
    "The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do to their fellows, because it always coincides
    with their own desires" -- Susan B. Anthony

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    Buggering arseholes! I've only just read this thread and have obviously missed the sting. Hope plenty of you were on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davidjohnson View Post
    Kirby/Carberry, Tomato/Tomarto
    Like a game of Chinese Whispers
    "The owls are not what they seem"

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    Running again on Thursday 2.30 Southwell
    "The owls are not what they seem"

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