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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.
Hedging - Closer to fine?
We do get asked quite a lot about our system, which is great that so many people are showing an interest, so feel a quick update may be...
Ayr 2 April 2022 - Gold Cup Revisited
Quick run through as kids' football followed by trip to Nairn for a few days to enjoy the delights of a Scottish spring break (sleet,...
Ayr 1 April 2022 - You're my favourites
And to further channel the late, great Brucie "Didn't they do well?". Well no, actually, but thanks for asking. Like being tied to a...
Kelso 26/3/22 - Don't steal my sunshine
Like short mid on in the Ashes and the sweeper system in the top flight of English football, sunshine at a Kelso race meeting has never...
Musselburgh 25/3/22 - Short Priced Favourites- Chaos Theory
Ach, well, the title is slightly misleading as it's not all that chaotic and I still don't really have a theory but I will bang on a bit...
Newcastle 19/3/22 - 10,000 spoons
Get away from Cheltenham (eventually) head up to digs near Sheffield. Unload a ton of stuff. Go to bed. Get up. Drive to Newcastle for...
Cheltenham 18/3/22 - sigh...
Sat in hotel room half way between Cheltenham and Newcastle- breakfast doesn't open for half an hour so thought I'd give you a brief trot...
Cheltenham 17/3/22 - well, it was gonna happen at some point...
I don't want to use this site to appeal for cash but we will soon be launching a crowdfunder to pay for Welsh Dave to be chipped as the...
Cheltenham 16/3/22 - All the rain came down on a cold new town..
We don't normally do requests but especially for our good friend today who has requested that we personalise the blogs a bit and write a...
Cheltenham 15/3/22 - the louder you scream, the faster we go
It's late and I'm tired and we're still working so the roller coaster ride that is Cheltenham week will be shorter than usual but rather...
Ayr 12 March 2022 - Bar 1
For our pre Cheltenham jaunt we were at Ayr betting in the bar- it's a good thing we got in (with 2 picks to spare in the end) as it was...
Kelso- No, me neither
We approached Kelso with our usual note of caution, though we decided to move from a small liability to a moderate one as it was a great...
Newcastle 26 February 2022 - The search for results
We were due at Kelso and Musselburgh last weekend. A combination of weather on the Friday (I couldn't get to the end of my road let alone...
Musselburgh 6 Feb 22- yep, I bottled it in the last
***WARNING*** if you're a bookmaker and you are squeamish please stop reading now as the next couple of paragraphs are going to border on...
Kelso 3 Feb. Are we still behind closed doors?
Quick update. Don't won't to get political, actually, not going to get political but my MSP advised me last week that I (and, in fact,...
Kelso 16 Jan 2022 - the light at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully not a train
As Scotland emerges from hibernation, blinking in the sunlight we were at, hopefully, the final restricted meeting for, well, ever....
Musings from an enforced festive lay off.
Scotland's sporting industry is now released from most of the restrictions brought in on 26 December. Clearly this is good news for us...
Kelso 29 December 2021 - I see no crowds...
So this is going to start a bit seriously. Kelso was restricted to a crowd of 500 who were all members. There is a lot of discussion that...
Kelso 5 December. Winter is hard...
So, why not Fighting Fifth then? We had to make a decision on Friday. Given the distance and early start we needed accommodation the...