Hello out there
Name - JOHN
Age - 46
A brief history
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Been following the Horses since i was knee high to my Uncle George who took me to AYR races where he was a member .
Started betting when bookies shops were dark and dingy holes , your betting slip in those days was not unlike an old fashioned bus ticket and it was up to you to remember how much you'd bet and who you'd backed !!!
In the in-between years i've seen plenty old good /great racehorses and tried to visit as many racecourses as i could .
Nothing beats a day at the races and for quite a few years i was a regular at KELSO ,even though i stayed in EDINBURGH at the time.
Saturdays were as follows - Out of bed , dressed , down to buy the SPORTING LIFE [ now that was THE best racing paper , It was the Bookies and the Arab money behind the RP that forced it out of business
]
Study said SPORTING LIFE for a couple of hours , make selections , go to bookies with my bets + old mans , sit and watch ITV 7 / Grandstand [ Then along came Channel 4 ] , after telly racing finished along to bookies to Listen on the old blower to a few more races , back for football results ,
tea time , Dr who and then if Dad had won a few bob and Uncle George was visiting we'd be off to POWDERHALL dogs to lose the lot !!!! AH GLORY DAYS.
Something strange happened after a few losing visits to KELSO ; now i don't wish to sound big-headed but i usually came back winning /level more often than not throughout the season ] but as i say the losing days started to outnumber the rest and i basically fell out of love with the game .
Remember one meeting where if it wasn't odds-on shots winning it was 20/1+ shots with absolutely no chance on paper of winning and i distinctly remember the Fav [ decent odds] in a Seller [ i know
] drifting like a barge but your's truly lumping on and left scratching my head when it trailed in about 40 lengths behind a supposed no-hoper.
Ever since then , as the regulars on ATR will have noticed , i have long periods where i'm just not interested but then that little bug that bit soooo many years ago has a bite again and the good memories come back and once again i'm hooked [ for a while any way]
Nowadays i tend to try and NOT study form too much and prefer to follow the statistical approach which has it's ups and downs but its what i prefer to do now and it can find a few winners , until the losers start and i go into hibernation again
