
CairnBet
On Course Bookmaker usually found at Scottish and North of England Racecourses. Dispelling the myth that you never see a poor Bookie.
Royal Ascot 15/6/22 - Modest Dodgeball
Because yesterday's car park report was, frankly, the most exciting thing in the blog I'm happy to report today was straight in and up to...
Royal Ascot 14/6/22 - Not jolly
Firstly, the switch to buying badges online went just fine. Appreciate being able to drop off gear yesterday as well. The new bookmaker...
Chester 11/6/22 - Zip World
As Kev and Steve worked through their mid life crises, via the medium of motorcycle tours and rock concerts, the pretty team headed to...
Perth Gold Cup - 5/6/22 - The world feels so alive
We start at 6:00 yesterday when our fellow bookmaker came up to see us. Usually that's for a bet back but racing had finished. Maybe just...
Musselburgh 4/6/22 - No picnic
We start at Cartmel last Wednesday. We didn't go. Thank goodness. In case you missed it there was a "winner" that lost the weight cloth...
Cartmel 30/5/22 - The bank holiday that wasn't
Firstly to Chester from Saturday. The racecourse released an initial statement that can, at best, be described as "terse". They made it...
Kelso 29/5/22 - Faithless
Early start from digs in Carnforth for the trek North to Kelso. After yesterday we were a little concerned that the Highways Agency...
Chester 28/5/22 - A Series of Unfortunate Events
I was going to expand a bit on my thoughts for crowd generation from the last blog. Then racing took a massive blunderbuss and aimed it...
Musselburgh 21/5/22 - Midweeks? We're walking alone.
Everyone has an opinion on lower crowds. Most with far more knowledge than me but I'm going to throw my hat in the metaphorical ring...
Perth 12/5/22 - Ladies Day Whichonedidiwantagain
If I ever get to name a horse these are the names I would consider; 1) Whichonedidiwantagain 2) Whichonedidyoudo 3) Whichoneisthegreyone...
Chester 6/5/22 - Mass Exodus
We start with an apology for our copyright infringement from yesterday and we aim to put right our wrongs by giving due credit to our...
Chester 5/5/22 - Resumption of betting
I like 3 day festivals. You only have to set up and break down once which is particularly welcome when navigating the subterranean...
Chester 4/5/22 - Everything Counts (in small amounts)
We start on Monday morning. Awaiting me was a nice leisurely drive down to Southport for a walk along the prom, maybe an ice cream and...
Perth 22/4/22 - Patience is a virtue
The sun shone on the righteous. And everyone else. Hopes were high for a busy day and Kev's whiteboard made an optimistic appearance to...
Perth 21/4/22 - Tonight we're gonna party like it's...
Firstly, thank so much for Graeme @theformanalyst for coming to spend the day with us today. It was brilliant to see him and to hear him...
Perth - 20/4/22 - Messy at Ludlow (and Catterick and Salisbury)
We start yesterday when our mate Pinno made an early trip to enjoy the glorious Perthshire summer (3 days in April as a rule) on the golf...
Caught in a trap? Analysis after 3 months of hedge limitation
Before we get to the, let's be honest potentially tedious, examination of our last 3 months' books I see the Twittersphere has kind of...
Musselburgh 16 April 22 - What's in a name?
A little postscript that I forgot about yesterday. We had 3 absolutely delightful ladies betting with us at Newcastle yesterday and after...
Newcastle 15/4/22 - Sex, Lies and Videotape
See- that got you clicking didn't it? I can actually only promise the "lies" bit I'm afraid.. When we started blogging the idea was that...