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Lords Of The Ring

'My most memorable day was when I found myself holding Desert Orchid and leading him around'

Lords Of The Ring

'I had backed it at 45-1, and ended up winning about €10,000 on the day!'

Lords Of The Ring

'Everything fell right one day - they bet 11-10 each of two in the last and both got beaten. I won £8,500, including £5,000 on the last'

Lords Of The Ring

'One day at Cheltenham in the 1990s I won £36,000. We had some Irishmen betting crazy amounts in Euros - they couldn't back a winner all afternoon'

Lords Of The Ring

'The likes of Thistlecrack were in the race and I thought, 'This can't win'. I did about £2,500 that day'

Lords Of The Ring

'The worst day was at the Cheltenham Festival when Ruby Walsh fired in three favourites - we did our bollocks'

Lords Of The Ring

'My friends all went to university but I always knew I wanted to be a bookmaker'

Lords Of The Ring

'I told all my offices to close straight away as I was afraid I didn't have enough cash to pay out'

Lords Of The Ring

'Years ago if we lost £5,000, we'd have a chance of winning it back. Now you have no chance'

Lords Of The Ring

'Everyone at Galway that day seemed to back her and there must have been a queue 50 deep waiting to get paid'

Lords Of The Ring

'Our margin and the value we offer is making us much more attractive than the off-course firms'

Lords Of The Ring

'That was a brilliant Cheltenham, a great result with all the Irish getting beaten - when the Irish win it can be a really tough week'

Lords Of The Ring

'A guy turned up at Beverley one day and put £20,000 in cash in my hand - he was buying money'

Lords Of The Ring

'I bet on 14 races from Cheltenham and Hexham and I lost on 12 of them. I won a round of drinks on the other two'

Lords Of The Ring

'My worst day as a bookie? Don't Push It's Grand National cost me 16½ pence an inch'

Lords Of The Ring

'I went from winning €2,900 to losing more than €3,000. It was a chastening experience on my first day out by myself'

Lords Of The Ring

'Patience would be the name of the game and don't go chasing. That's the same for a punter or a bookmaker'

Lords Of The Ring

'There's a lot of pessimism but we're quite optimistic - there's a vibrancy round a lot of the rings'

Lords Of The Ring

'You learn quickly that it's not sustainable to go bigger prices than the other bookmakers. I probably lost about £10,000'

Lords Of The Ring

'People can't get on online at the moment and it's 100 per cent the reason we’re seeing more bigger bets'

Lords Of The Ring

'The busy days are good and still hold up, but the weekdays are getting poor - we're missing the mid-division punters'

Lords Of The Ring

'I didn't think there was anything more fascinating on a racecourse than watching the tic-tacs perform'

Lords Of The Ring

'I grew up with and knew some great characters and I loved everything about gambling'

Lords Of The Ring

'The horse won easily and I had to borrow money to pay out - I thought I'd never recover'

Lords Of The Ring

'My most memorable day was when I found myself holding Desert Orchid and leading him around'

Lords Of The Ring

'I had backed it at 45-1, and ended up winning about €10,000 on the day!'

Lords Of The Ring

'Everything fell right one day - they bet 11-10 each of two in the last and both got beaten. I won £8,500, including £5,000 on the last'

Lords Of The Ring

'One day at Cheltenham in the 1990s I won £36,000. We had some Irishmen betting crazy amounts in Euros - they couldn't back a winner all afternoon'

Lords Of The Ring

'Everything fell right one day - they bet 11-10 each of two in the last and both got beaten. I won £8,500, including £5,000 on the last'

Lords Of The Ring

'One day at Cheltenham in the 1990s I won £36,000. We had some Irishmen betting crazy amounts in Euros - they couldn't back a winner all afternoon'

Lords Of The Ring

'The likes of Thistlecrack were in the race and I thought, 'This can't win'. I did about £2,500 that day'

Lords Of The Ring

'The worst day was at the Cheltenham Festival when Ruby Walsh fired in three favourites - we did our bollocks'

Lords Of The Ring

'My friends all went to university but I always knew I wanted to be a bookmaker'

Lords Of The Ring

'I told all my offices to close straight away as I was afraid I didn't have enough cash to pay out'

Lords Of The Ring

'Years ago if we lost £5,000, we'd have a chance of winning it back. Now you have no chance'

Lords Of The Ring

'Everyone at Galway that day seemed to back her and there must have been a queue 50 deep waiting to get paid'

Lords Of The Ring

'Our margin and the value we offer is making us much more attractive than the off-course firms'

Lords Of The Ring

'That was a brilliant Cheltenham, a great result with all the Irish getting beaten - when the Irish win it can be a really tough week'

Lords Of The Ring

'A guy turned up at Beverley one day and put £20,000 in cash in my hand - he was buying money'

Lords Of The Ring

'I bet on 14 races from Cheltenham and Hexham and I lost on 12 of them. I won a round of drinks on the other two'

Lords Of The Ring

'My worst day as a bookie? Don't Push It's Grand National cost me 16½ pence an inch'

Lords Of The Ring

'I went from winning €2,900 to losing more than €3,000. It was a chastening experience on my first day out by myself'

Lords Of The Ring

'Patience would be the name of the game and don't go chasing. That's the same for a punter or a bookmaker'

Lords Of The Ring

'There's a lot of pessimism but we're quite optimistic - there's a vibrancy round a lot of the rings'

Lords Of The Ring

'You learn quickly that it's not sustainable to go bigger prices than the other bookmakers. I probably lost about £10,000'

Lords Of The Ring

'People can't get on online at the moment and it's 100 per cent the reason we’re seeing more bigger bets'

Lords Of The Ring

'The busy days are good and still hold up, but the weekdays are getting poor - we're missing the mid-division punters'

Lords Of The Ring

'I didn't think there was anything more fascinating on a racecourse than watching the tic-tacs perform'

Lords Of The Ring

'I grew up with and knew some great characters and I loved everything about gambling'

Lords Of The Ring

'The horse won easily and I had to borrow money to pay out - I thought I'd never recover'

Lords Of The Ring

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