Please cancel out, or at the very least scroll down, if you have an aversion to weak puns. Actually, why are you reading this at all if...

An early pitch in, like the power of love, is a curious thing. Even more so when combined with a 12:20 start. On track with prices on the...

It was busy and it was hot. Neither of these should've been a surprise as we knew it was a sell out and we had enough 4G in our digs to...

Last night. We're on pizza. I'm tired. I'm out of witticisms. I can only offer you betting before I go to bed. Though I would say that...

We were 1/100 to have an arse slapped today and we'd have collected. More of a surprise that it was mine and not our dashingly handsome...

3 entrances to the Windsor enclosure. One of them was fenced off so we were down to two. Some bookies still ended up going to 3 before...

I am writing this bit pre Hexham so who knows how we've done? What I do know is that I'm in a Premier Inn on the outskirts of Edinburgh...

I love golf. I play at a really nice club. We have two 18 hole courses and a 9 hole. We used to get loads of American visitors but they...

It's late, and as hard as it may be to imagine, I have an all day board gaming session tomorrow. True story. Welcome to your 50s. So...

"Welcome to beautiful Cartmel". The best racecourse announcer in the business. In the ever increasing world of hyperbole he's always...

After yesterday's BHA musings we're back in the more sedate world of a normal betting blog. We've had a long trip back to digs, a decent...

No sooner has the dust settled on the Government white paper, which followed hot(ish) on the heels of 6 race cards in summer initiative,...

I prepared by getting in touch with my feminine side by taking the significantly better half and favourite/only daughter to the Strictly...

As more and more nonsense swills around social media about on course/land based betting "getting away with it" and the "place to be for...

An inordinate amount of time is spent huddling over a phone trying to predict the future. It's difficult. One site tells you one thing,...

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...

Forget Kelso last week, for the last couple of nights we've been graced with actual bookmaking royalty as Pinno brought his tash, his...

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...

Regular CairnBet follower will know we tend to avoid midweeks like Leeds avoid defending but the promise of good weather, 8 races, plenty...

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...