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A few years ago, a friend asked me to explain...

I once collected a Placepot dividend of 387 pounds from...

The first time I placed a lay bet, I got...

In January 2023, I backed a horse for the Cheltenham...

There is a screenshot on my phone from 2019 that...

I spent my first two years betting almost exclusively on...

I kept every losing bet from my first full year...

Horse racing carries a vocabulary that has been building for...

I keep a battered A4 notebook — actual paper, not...

I set a monthly deposit limit on my main betting...

I once had a dispute with a bookmaker over a...

A conversation I had at Newbury last autumn stuck with...

I started compiling industry data for my own reference about...

A few years back I tracked every bet I placed...

Royal Ascot is the flat season’s equivalent of Cheltenham —...

Handicaps are where I make the bulk of my profit....

I lost a 50-pound bet at Sandown once because I...

The biggest single return I ever had on a horse...

The first time I opened a racecard — properly opened...

The best tipster I ever followed had a 22% strike...

I switched my primary betting app three times in 2024,...

I was sat in a dentist’s waiting room when a...

My first Cheltenham Festival as a serious punter rather than...

The first Grand National I ever bet on seriously —...

In early 2025, a punter I have known for years...

Most punters place a bet on the 3.15 at Kempton...

Every few months, someone in a racing forum asks the...