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In our twice-weekly series Lords Of The Ring, we go around Britain and Ireland gaining insight from on-course bookmakers about life in the 'jungle'. Our latest instalment takes us to Naas.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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