Reporter Andy Davies investigates the murky world of trainers with ‘no lose’ betting accounts, corrupt jockeys, organised crime figures, spineless administrators and liars at the Jockey Club. No wonder this has disappeared ‘Stalinist style’ from the archives. With the aid of insider ‘whistleblower’ Roger Buffham, Andy Davies blows the gaff – but most punters will still just blow their wads.
Betting Systems, Betting on Profit
January 22nd, 2012 at 10:07 pm
. . . even the royals are just as bad !!
January 22nd, 2012 at 10:35 pm
. . . . what a corrupt bunch of bastards . . . see the toffs in their bowler hats at Royal Ascot, corrupt to the core, all of them. I say there chaps, kiss my bleeding ass !!. . ha ha ha !!!
January 22nd, 2012 at 11:09 pm
The jockey club are a complete shambles. Spineless leaches
January 22nd, 2012 at 11:32 pm
gay kellaway… useless at training horses…FACT!!!
January 23rd, 2012 at 12:23 am
@TheHogan2009 judging by your grammar you are highly versed in talking shit. must be all that time spent in the sauna and speaking in a squeeky voice.
January 23rd, 2012 at 12:45 am
@innit27 what would u know u wanker least im man enough to do not talk shit about something i know fuck all about
January 23rd, 2012 at 12:54 am
The BBC have now lost most of their racing coverage. The BBC allowed this documentary to be shown in order to expose a sport they consider corrupt and bent. It just shows how crass the Corporation is. They did something similar before the World Cup vote. When is someone going to pull the plug on these types of so-called ‘serious’ investigation! It didn’t help that the ‘investigative reporter’ was an obnoxious twit.
January 23rd, 2012 at 1:48 am
@innit27 you are right, it’s an honorary debt and we don’t have to pay out on a bet even after it’s won. of course the punter does have IBAS that do police the industry incase of disputes…
January 23rd, 2012 at 2:01 am
What I understand from this is VC did nothing wrong hence he’s still around. We may not agree with giving trainers a certain amount of free bets but if there was no law in place at the time the jockey club could hardly charge VC with being clever. If Panorama were so clever why didn’t they know that at the time and if they did why pull people up who weren’t breaking any laws?
January 23rd, 2012 at 2:18 am
@TheHogan2009 you’re obviously not good enough to influence a race as always being on the donkey at the back. keep taking he diarorhea tablets.
January 23rd, 2012 at 2:41 am
@TheHogan2009 we all hate you guys if you are one tell your mates!!
January 23rd, 2012 at 3:26 am
i couldnt tell you hahaha!! obvious he has account!
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:02 am
@innit27 If you owe Vinnie Jones money, you pay OK
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:06 am
Silence then violence always gives them away!
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:11 am
stop lying ff’s
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:29 am
Fixed races are very rare, but if you’re going to tell us you’ve never been asked to give a horse an easy race and not be bothered about winning, I don’t believe you.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:39 am
i heard that a bookie has no legal obligation to pay out winnings.
I seem to remember a footballer, may have been Tony Cascarino or Vinnie Jones having a big win in Ireland and the bookie going missing before paying out. They tracked him down and got the money out of him eventually.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:57 am
i am a jockey myself this is bullshit i have never been asked 2 fix a race.people who say this are talkin thru theyre pockets
January 23rd, 2012 at 5:55 am
its still happening!! bookies know so much..look at the short prices you’ll be given by the major firms on young or unraced horses.. its rediculous!!
January 23rd, 2012 at 6:46 am
on a slight sidenote, i hate people who have no interest in the sport, the have a go punters, who give out about jockeys who burst their bollocks every week, nad ahve one bad ride, make a mistake, and give out from their armchairs or the betting office. racing, by and large, is clean.. cleaner than most sports..
January 23rd, 2012 at 6:56 am
that could be wagered and if I still wanted to place a bet it would have to be at SP only. I was totally gobsmacked. If that was not unusual enough a minute or so before the OFF D Nicholls trained horse FALASTEEN was withdrawn- which obviously meant that there would be a hefty rule 4 deduction (because Falasteen was now second favourite).
Given the above FACTS something was obviously not right. Can anybody throw some light on this connundrum?
January 23rd, 2012 at 7:26 am
Can anybody explain why I was refused a three figure bet on “Here Now And Why” running at Thirsk (1.55) yesterday (02 05 09) in my local Ladbrokes. Seeing that the second favourite VILNIUS was not running it looked a good bet even at skinny odds. But when I went to place the bet 5 minutes before the OFF I was informed by the manager that the most I could have on was £50. When I asked why he just replied that ALL Ladbrokes Offices had just recieved instructions that that was the maximum amount
January 23rd, 2012 at 7:55 am
This was way back in 2002 regular monitoring needs to take place.