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On Course Bookmaker usually found at Scottish and North of England Racecourses. Dispelling the myth that you never see a poor Bookie.
So You Wanna Be A Bookmaker? Simon's Journey
I could also have called this blog "Welcome To The Cheap Seats" which would've given The Wonder Stuff their CairnBet debut as I can't...
Perth 16/8/25 - When The Sun Goes Down
We start, not at Perth, but at Ripon where Simon had his best ever solo day with us. Massive congratulations, especially as this is our...
Musselburgh Ladies Day 8/8/25 - Strange Currencies
We start by skipping forward to the betting around race 4. A couple of issues with card machine and we were in "cash only" mode. The...
Musselburgh 1/8/25 - Sally Cinnamon
Evening meeting for us which always coincides with the start of The Fringe and, similarly, always coincides with a minimum half hour...
Musselburgh 22/7/25 - Some Might Say We're Gonna Live Forever
Family Fun Day at Musselburgh where the queue for the (free) ice cream generally outstrips the queue for the betting by a factor of 200...
Hamilton 12/7/25 - What's My Age Again?
"50+ man with light beard". Might be the happiest moment of the year, including Poniros being a skinner in the Triumph Hurdle. Simon, you...
Newcastle Plate 28/6/25 - Second Guessing
After Friday's 4 race misery we looked forward to busier times today. 4 races in on Friday night and we'd barely laid 100 bets in total...
Royal Ascot 21/6/25 - Satuday Night Takeaway. But on a Tuesday
Not often we reference a film in the title but it's Tuesday as I write and, given what actually happened was 3 days ago, I appreciate...
Royal Ascot 20/6/25 - You Can Call Me (Anything But) Al
It's Sunday, I'm still in jetlagged mode from spending 8 hours a day standing up in 30 degree heat on a tin tray when the only 30 degree...
Royal Ascot 19/6/25 - I had a hat dropped it down picked it up, slapped it on my head
Yes - I know it's the abridged lyric but the full version is bigger than my Twitter character allowance. Long, hard day for everyone...
Royal Ascot 18/6/25 - The Painted Desert
Most bookmakers bet on the grass at Ascot. The good people in the maintenance team spray paint hash marks in front of our pitches where...
Royal Ascot 16/6/25 - Incompetence Pants
As is becoming our festival tradition, the preamble is being written the night before so we have no idea how we've done. Regardless of...
Perth Gold Cup 8/6/25 (Don't) Fall On Me
I forgot the card machine. Again. 3rd time (un)lucky. For those that are up to date with our previous card machine travails, no I haven't...
Musselburgh 7/6/25 - Satellite Of Love
Not a love in for Elon and his Starlink (or Lou Reed for whom the title references) I'm afraid, more a homage to the vagaries of Met...
Perth Ladies Day 15/5/25 - Blue Thursday
Firstly - apologies for the complete absence of a blog for the 3 day festival at Perth, at which we attended all 3 days, but a slipped...
Musselburgh 19/4/25 - All The Small Things
The second in our Easter double header and, after the apathy of the betting on Good Friday we were expecting better things on Easter...
Newcastle 18/4/25 - There and Back
A quick trot through today's betting as we've barely got home and got through our Chinese and have Musselburgh tomorrow so we're having...
Ayr Scottish Grand National - 12/4/25 - All The Young Dudes
A delay in getting this out nearly as long as watching Amazon Prime stream via a 1980s copper wire. It's still half time on the telly as...
Aintree/Newcastle 6/4/25 - Let Down/Paranoid Android
Radiohead double header for what was a CairnBet double header and I simply had no other band option this week, as me and the infinitely...
