Perth 28/4/23 - The Elefante In The Room
CairnBet serious blog alert... The white paper came out on Thursday. I'd like to take a little time to look at the impact, both now and...
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Perth 26/4/23 - Correct Answer, Wrong Workings Out
Forget Kelso last week, for the last couple of nights we've been graced with actual bookmaking royalty as Pinno brought his tash, his...
Ayr 22/4/23 - Playing the bongos
For the first time in years we chose to give the Friday of the National meeting a miss. We have a very good number at Ayr on the jumps...
Kelso 17/4/23 Lazing On A Monday Afternoon (but not in the summertime)
Regular CairnBet follower will know we tend to avoid midweeks like Leeds avoid defending but the promise of good weather, 8 races, plenty...
Newcastle 15/4/23 - National Disgrace
Others will state, far more eloquently than I can, what happened at Aintree. The only thoughts I would like to add are; 1) Where were the...
Musselburgh 8/4/23 - Obscurity Knocks
Given I am on walks, board games and roasties today this Musselburgh blog will be mercifully short. Your Easter treat from me, if you...
Newcastle 7/4/23 - The Day We (Nearly) Caught The Train
6:15 alarm call and we couldn't face breakfast. A quick check of the Greggs app gave us sausage butty opportunities at either Dunfermline...
2/4/23 I'm dreaming of a white paper
Not a betting blog as no work this weekend but there's been a lot of discussion in the press, and even more on Twitter, regarding the...
Ready Set Bet – A Year as an On-Course Bookmaker by Harry Speller
I mentioned to Andy the idea of contributing a guest publication for his most excellent blog. Speller Racing started on-course in April...
Kelso 25/3/23 - 7 Chinese Pancakes (swallowing the ocean)
After the roller coaster of Cheltenham with it's big ups, big downs, monstrous swings and gargantuan roundabouts we were back to Kelso...
Newcastle 18/3/23 - What's The Frequency Kevin?
Regular readers will know the existence of Pap FM in the world of Cairn Bet. More specifically in Kevin's car in the world of Cairn Bet....
Cheltenham 17/3/23 - Fool's Gold
If you're looking for a funky quip about The Gold Cup and fools and stuff you're going to be sorely disappointed. Today I was up at 7:00,...
Cheltenham 16/3/23. Some alarms and some surprises.
Brevity again being the key as only just had chips and have a date with my pillow in about an hour. Before we get into the blog thanks to...
Cheltenham 15/3/23 - I'm out of witticisms...
So, as promised, a very quick run through today as I have chicken pathia and IPA sat on the kitchen table then off to bed. Forecast rain...
Cheltenham 14/3/23 - It's all a Blur
I'm writing this bit on Monday night from our digs, so who knows what's coming in the betting bit. We start on Sunday morning in...
Kelso 4/3/23 - (In) Running Up That Hill
Firstly- it was brilliant to catch up with a few of the folks who regularly read this blog. Even nicer was that they all say they...
Newcastle (Eider) 26/2/23 - I would walk 500 miles
The Eider meeting was exceptionally quiet. In fairness the crowd wasn't helped by the mass exodus down south by 50,000 sports mad...
Musselburgh 5/2/23 - Tiny stakes, tiny tears.
Student Day at Musselburgh and the top questions were; 1) (Pre bet) - Do you take cards 2) (Post bet) - here's my card 3) What's going to...
Musselburgh 4/2/23 - Log Bait (and betting)
I appreciate that some of you come here for the betting update but, realistically, after the last blog, the majority of you will now...
Musselburgh 1/1/23 - The Only One I Know.
*** Bookmaker sympathy alert*** We start the night before the morning after. A bookmaker's New Years Eve revolves around the timing of...
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