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)