[Tech1] Betting on horses

Mon Jun 27 14:16:44 CDT 2022

I was working on the 'Young Musician of the Year' for two weeks out of a Acton scanner in Oxford Road Manchester, just down the road from the studios. I think it was the middle weekend that the Grand National was being run, and someone (possibly the riggers!) organised a sweepstake, and the horses were allocated at random to all who took part. I WON! But then had to buy drinks for all participants. I've never lost so much money by winning before!

TeaTeaFN - Tony

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On Monday, June 27th, 2022 at 01:49, dave.mdv via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:

> For many years I worked on 'windy corner' at Ascot as did most of the OB sound ops. looking after Julian Wilson's in-vision set-up. It was on the route to the owners and trainers bar. There was always a Stan Laurel shaped gentleman with a bowler hat looking after the access to the bar. He claimed to have the 'ear' of every trainer about how their horse would perform in the next race. Hot tips ensued and I never won a penny! I think my wife with a pin was a better tipper! Cheers, Dave
>
> On 27/06/2022 00:02, Geoffrey Hawkes via Tech1 wrote:
>
>> Many years ago I happened to be working in Pres B one afternoon on horse racing when one of the production people in the studio was running a book. One of the fixtures was a four horse race and one horse had odds of 100-1. Miraculously that horse won. I’m not a gambling man as I lost too much of my pocket money in slot machines in arcades at the seaside when I was young and resolved never to bet again, a decision I’ve only gone back on a handful of times since, mainly when there’s been a sweepstake among colleagues in the studio on the National or something like that.
>> I’ve often wished though that I’d place a tenner or even a fiver on that horse, if nothing else but to get one over on the bookie as it’s usually them that make the money, sometimes from people who can’t afford it. I overheard one such man complaining bitterly to the man in a booking office on a rare occasion when I was working at Ascot, that the horse he had been told was “a dead cert” hadn’t even been placed and he’d lost his money. More fool him of course, but I can’t help feeling sorry for such people as addictions of any sort are hard to quit. I detest the amount of ads for gambling there are on television, luring people in by offers of free stake money or offering tuppenny stakes to get them started,
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>>> On 26 Jun 2022, at 15:52, Alan Taylor via Tech1 [<tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk>](mailto:tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk) wrote:
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>>> 
>>> When I used to work on two different iterations of LO21, doing remote cameras on racecourses was a regular fixture for the scanner and we had some riggers who were really into betting.
>>>
>>> Many gamblers claim to have a system, or special insight, but for the most part it seems mythical. However one rigger did have a system which seemed to make sense to me and was working in reality over the period of a few months. His approach was to put a pound each way on every horse with odds of 25:1 or greater, so long as it was a National Hunt race with a field of no more than 12 horses. His logic being that the jumps made the race a bit unpredictable. Favourite horses might fall and the occasional outsider could fluke it. With those sort of odds, you don’t need to win too often to keep ahead of the game.
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>>> Alan
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>>>> On 26 Jun 2022, at 15:05, Pat Heigham [<pat.heigham at amps.net>](mailto:pat.heigham at amps.net) wrote:
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>>>> 
>>>>
>>>> Oh! I love that story! Straight out of Ronnie Barker?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not a betting man, either, but living close to Epsom Downs, I did place a bet on the Derby one year - I was working on the B & W Minstrels in TVT, and there was a horse called The Minstrel, ridden by Piggott, so I ventured a fiver at rather short odds - 3:1. It won, so there was enough for a bottle of champagne!
>>>>
>>>> Pat
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>>>> On 26/06/2022 14:18, Alan Taylor via Tech1 wrote:
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>>>>> My favourite betting story concerns a unit manager ( Geoff Davies ) who arrived on site at a dog racing track a little early. He decided to go to a nearby garage to get a snack and when he looked at the receipt, the date was 3rd March and the total came to £3.33. He took it as an omen and decided to put £3 on dog no 3 in the third race.
>>>>>
>>>>> Somebody mentioned this bet to the betting pundit for Sky and it became a topic during the coverage of the doggies. When the third race was on, much interest was shown in dog no 3. To the amusement of all concerned, it came third.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alan
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 26 Jun 2022, at 13:51, Dave Plowman via Tech1 [<tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk>](mailto:tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Got a story about that. When the National and Boat race were on the same day. Had my bother and young family staying with me (from Scotland) and they wanted to see the Boat Race live. I was working on The Bill at the time, and had just got a script called Party Politics. An omen. Not being a betting type, and before you could do everything online, I decided to find a betting shop between the station and Putney tow path. No such luck, so no bet. These days, you'd pass a betting shop every few yards on every high street.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 26/06/2022 11:49, Alasdair Lawrance via Tech1 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Back in the day, the Grand National and the Boat Race were due to be on the same Saturday, and there were not enough colour cameras in the UK to do both.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think in the end Aintree was moved, as the Thames, being tidal the Boat Race couldn't easily be re-scheduled.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alasdair Lawrance
>>>>>>> alawrance1 at me.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Don’t blame me, I voted Remain.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 26 Jun 2022, at 11:11, Alan Taylor via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I’m pretty certain that the OB planners have thought of that and allocated trucks accordingly.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Apart from anything else, if you turned up at Wimbledon tomorrow morning with a huge OB truck fresh from Glastonbury, I can’t imagine how you would be able to get it into the OB compound, let along rig everything in time for the opening matches.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Alan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 26 Jun 2022, at 10:36, Pat Heigham via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Staying with friends near Glastonbury this weekend, I wondered about the OB facilities, given that the Festival runs until this Sun evening,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> and Wimbledon starts tomorrow, Mon. Are there enough OB units to cover?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Pat
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 25/06/2022 18:08, Alasdair Lawrance via Tech1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Just watched Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on iPlayer.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> At 73 and 50, they and their band really show how it should be done to the younger generation.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> All style, skill and musicality, as well as being beyond cool.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Give it a try, it will improve your evening.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Alasdair Lawrance
>>>>>>>>>> alawrance1 at me.com
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Don’t blame me, I voted Remain.
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