David Massey

Good morning all,

I was in a bookmakers in Central London yesterday when I watched a guy trying to pull the wool over a cashier's eyes with cashback – paying for bets on his card but wanting the winnings paid in cash, and wanting cashback as well! Kept kicking off and was eventually told he couldn't have a bet!

These days tricks like that are tried in order to get one over the bookies, but back in the day the slow count was part of the conman's armoury, and I remember the day someone tried it on me very well. That, plus one from Warwick, on the main piece.Read More »The Slow Counter….

Good morning all,

It's such a quiet week that I'm going to break down the NRNB ante-post look into a couple of parts, with three races today and arguably the more interesting two, the Stayers Hurdle and Gold Cup, tomorrow.

Plus a double figure prices selection at Bangor on what looks a day of very few bets. Read More »Non Runner No Bet (Pt 1)

Good morning all,

Loving doing these videos on mornings like this where I need to be out of the house early!

Three from Ascot and one from Uttoxeter looked at on the video.

Back tomorrow as ever with the TV picks. Read More »Ascot and Uttoxeter Video Preview

Good morning all,

As usual on a Tuesday, my thoughts on the past weekend's action, and there was plenty of it to review as well.

The weather is playing havoc with my plans already this week, but I did squeeze Fontwell in yesterday and there's a couple for trackers – I'll put those up tomorrow, might give me something to write about as Leicester and Haxham have already fallen by the roadside Wednesday.

Read More »Weekend Review