
CairnBet
On Course Bookmaker usually found at Scottish and North of England Racecourses. Dispelling the myth that you never see a poor Bookie.
Low Crowds? Any line or your 4 corners
Massively reduced crowds the current hot topic. Cost of living, too much racing, too expensive (from admission to beer to burgers), tiny...
Cartmel 27/6/22 - Life's Rich Pageant (Track 12)
I'm doing this a bit from memory as the pro team are doing the next few meetings (so no blogs for a bit as the pro team are far too...
Newcastle 25/6/22 - Not on a Plate
Covid (my son, not me) meant that the A team (Steve and Kev) went to Carlisle and Cartmel in the week. In summary- Carlisle was dead- we...
Royal Ascot 18/6/22 - Unexpected Raintown
We park up at 9:15 to ensure we get a space in the same time zone as the course. We check BBC Weather (27 degrees) and Met Office (25...
Royal Ascot 17/6/22 - You could wait for a lifetime. To spend your days in the sunshine
Honestly, we should be used to 32 degree temperatures coming from Scotland but today we weren't. It was brutal. Admittedly our 32 degrees...
Royal Ascot 16/6/22 - Frosty Gusset
We had big problems after pitching in today. The pretty team went in an area which had been turned to face the other way in order to...
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...