most money been betted

[fazza123 517]

£12.65p,lad who lost couldnt pay up and had to emigrate,all because of a bit of dog envy and betting beyond his means.

Hahaha !!

[earthmover2011 94]

my mates lass trains for calvets i think from houghton near sunderland they make fortune on dogs one there son was taking willaim hill to court for million quid if i think wright dont know them just what i heard

[Country Joe 1,411]

You must have run Gretna then,Scothunter, I knew Alf Pennycook he always had good Dogs.

 

Alfs most famous Dog was Some Picture, he flapped him over the north, then sold him, he went on to win the English and Scottish Derby's just missed the treble got beat in the Irish.

[scothunter 12,609]

You must have run Gretna then,Scothunter, I knew Alf Pennycook he always had good Dogs.

 

Alfs most famous Dog was Some Picture, he flapped him over the north, then sold him, he went on to win the English and Scottish Derby's just missed the treble got beat in the Irish.

 

used to walk the winner of the pitman derby.dog named scooby.i was about 15yrold seen it break the track record at falkirk.some dog.

Edited January 19, 2011 by scothunter

[tote 861]

You must have run Gretna then,Scothunter, I knew Alf Pennycook he always had good Dogs.

 

 

Alf was a true gent and yes he had some cracking dogs, I wonder if he ever regretted selling some picture?

[TOMO 28,500]

You must have run Gretna then,Scothunter, I knew Alf Pennycook he always had good Dogs.

 

been to spennymoor once eh the guy i knew from ther was a guy called brian f**k cant rember his name.big guy kept a few dogs.wish icould remember his second name.that will annoy me all night.mostly ran at tracks up my way unless it was an open race.ashfield,coatbridge falkirk thorntonin fife and carfin.i honestly miss those days.if the owners of the flapping tracks were honest id prob never have given it up.that and my dad dying aswell.

 

sure that brian guys second name started with an M f**k thats sooo annoying

 

 

YAY GOT IT METCALFE WAS HIS NAME

 

 

im the worst at picking a winner,, at the waterloo cup a few years back,,, didn't pic a single winner lost evry bet,, wich is pretty unlucky when its a two horse race,

[collie/bed/saluki/bullgrey 0]

Most money i ever betted was 300 on one of my old greyhound years ago won at 3/1 was over warwick flapping track all best.

[Country Joe 1,411]

You must have run Gretna then,Scothunter, I knew Alf Pennycook he always had good Dogs.

 

 

Alf was a true gent and yes he had some cracking dogs, I wonder if he ever regretted selling some picture?

 

He did get a good price, but I heard he regretted it.

First got to know him, when he did Lazer treatment on my Whippet X Grey, and yes he was a Gentleman.

Edited January 19, 2011 by Country Joe

[scothunter 12,609]

You must have run Gretna then,Scothunter, I knew Alf Pennycook he always had good Dogs.

 

been to spennymoor once eh the guy i knew from ther was a guy called brian f**k cant rember his name.big guy kept a few dogs.wish icould remember his second name.that will annoy me all night.mostly ran at tracks up my way unless it was an open race.ashfield,coatbridge falkirk thorntonin fife and carfin.i honestly miss those days.if the owners of the flapping tracks were honest id prob never have given it up.that and my dad dying aswell.

 

sure that brian guys second name started with an M f**k thats sooo annoying

 

 

YAY GOT IT METCALFE WAS HIS NAME

 

 

im the worst at picking a winner,, at the waterloo cup a few years back,,, didn't pic a single winner lost evry bet,, wich is pretty unlucky when its a two horse race,

 

always wanted to go to the waterloo cup,never made it.be a great sight to watch

[fresh earth 47]

I peraded thornton always had the best dogs on the track my grandad was a well known man used to pay alot of money for a dog and when it was trying it would be the norm for grands to go over the books he had the 1977 mrs dowie trophie winner river a wee blue bitch. Most i knew about was a brindle and white bitch wee had over to do a job she done the clock three times stopped before she finaly qualified at 1660 (stopped) she won her first 3 races stopped and we got trap 1 scr with track record holder out trap 2 think we got 3-1 and 6-2 across the boards she think she was giving 2yrds to trap 6 she was coming of the second bend as the others were just by the 1st won about 6 lengths on a 1598 i was told they had 5k spred over about 7 books a think at the time needles to sayn she was away back 2 days later. The games not the same now books are scarce as are real dog men that know how to do a job those days were the best days ill probably ever have. Mind i got my end kicked with my first dog as we were holding him back for a bet n me granda was in ireland we there were 2 of the back and the rest of 3yds he was in trap 4 bloody thing broke 1600 took about 6 months for the poor old dog to get placed after that

[scothunter 12,609]

thornton was a great wee track mate.never had a dog on the handicap there,but atttended a cpl of betting trials.thats where the pitmans was held wasnt it?wallyford was another good wee flapping track.just reading and posting in this thread has brought back some fond memories.yup scarceness of bookies was another reason to call time on it.spent months holding a dog back and getting a good spot in the handicap,only to be f****d by shabby bookies not taking a bet.

 

still got all my racing haps(jackets) and muzzles in the loft.even got mentioned twice in the greyhound star paper.for a youngster i was well pleased at the time.can still remember the quote.

"big scotts flying sprinter.who will stay the trip when required to do so"! lol

Edited January 19, 2011 by scothunter

[zigzag dan 784]

A few years ago i travelled down to Romford with a mate who was a big well known gambler in the Mids , hes now warned off all racecourses due to his debts , he had the fav in the Champion Stakes ,which he both owned and trained , and later sold for £30k , between Wolves and Romford we stopped at every services with a bookies and he arrived at Romford over £20k down , the dog won , even with the £10k prize money and a winning bet he still went home losing !!!

[Ideation 8,217]

I make bets on my dog all the time with johnnyboy68 on here. Like 'I bet he fucks off now' and the sure winner 'I bet he's sick on your ferret box'

[Country Joe 1,411]

Was at Gretna years ago, my dog was sitting off the front, when we noticed all dogs in the race came from the same town, we knew the owners well, had a word and stopped all dogs bar mine, he won out the park, wee Robley who run it at the time was flaming, after that he never had all dogs from the one place in a race.

Happy memories,

Flapping tracks were full of skulduggery, and characters.

[deanflute 550]

A few years ago i travelled down to Romford with a mate who was a big well known gambler in the Mids , hes now warned off all racecourses due to his debts , he had the fav in the Champion Stakes ,which he both owned and trained , and later sold for £30k , between Wolves and Romford we stopped at every services with a bookies and he arrived at Romford over £20k down , the dog won , even with the £10k prize money and a winning bet he still went home losing !!!

 

 

I've never seen a services with a bookies shop! Do they exist or have I lived a sheltered services life?