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'I remember a priest coming up one day and asking for five on one - I thought he meant five pounds but it was five grand'
In our new twice-weekly series, Lords Of The Ring, we go around the country to get an insight from on-course bookmakers on life in the 'Jungle'. Our first instalment takes us to Bath.
Name: James Lovell
Age: 40
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- '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'
- 'My worst day as a bookie? Don't Push It's Grand National cost me 16½ pence an inch'
- 'I went from winning €2,900 to losing more than €3,000. It was a chastening experience on my first day out by myself'
- 'Patience would be the name of the game and don't go chasing. That's the same for a punter or a bookmaker'
- 'There's a lot of pessimism but we're quite optimistic - there's a vibrancy round a lot of the rings'
more inLords 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'
- 'My worst day as a bookie? Don't Push It's Grand National cost me 16½ pence an inch'
- 'I went from winning €2,900 to losing more than €3,000. It was a chastening experience on my first day out by myself'
- 'Patience would be the name of the game and don't go chasing. That's the same for a punter or a bookmaker'
- 'There's a lot of pessimism but we're quite optimistic - there's a vibrancy round a lot of the rings'