Originally posted by Jack oSe:
Biggest bet you ever made

Originally posted by ballygowan:
€55 on Westmeath +15 against Wexford in the hurling league last year. They lost by four.

I have probably done bigger bets in running on betfair in the heat of the moment, had to give up that racket as it was costing me a lot of money!

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Originally posted by farmerjohn:
Have a couple of low three figure bets, my biggest was 500 a long time ago. My friend worked in a trainers yard but steadfastly refused to ever give me a tip. Eventually he rang me up and gave me one and told me to go large on it as it was his first race and he was going to be a super horse.

Went to my local bookies who was instantly curious about it, as hes a good friend of mine. He put money on it himself across the road in PP

It was ran in a thick fog and he was romping away with it, miles ahead of the other horses. It came around to the last fence and you couldnt see past the fence for the fog, was waiting ages for him to appear jumping over it but he never appeared, b*****dddd fell on the previous one.

It was hilarious to my bookie friend as I have a history of bad luck, although i laughed about it later i was fuming that day

Originally posted by Jack oSe:
Biggest bet you ever made

Originally posted by Timbermerchant.:


His 1st race was over fences?

Jog On there son.

Originally posted by BlackandWhite1976:


He could have gone straight to a beginners chase after point to pointing. Whats your problem??

Originally posted by ShapeShifter:
Cheltenham 2007, Black Jack Ketchum was the horse being talked up by everyone, nobody gave anything else in the World Hurdle a chance. I was only after one horse tho and that was Inglis Drever, I loved the horse and was supremely confident. Having had a very hard think about it seeing as I was only 18 I eventually had the balls to have €1,000 on him. Everyone said I was mad to back it, I never told anyone what I had on it but they knew it was a few quid. I watched the race with all my mates, a good 10 of us in the pub, out of the 10 or so I was the only one who backed Drever, nearly all of them were on Black Jack Ketchum....Anyway, race goes off and the stomach was doing somersalts, next thing Black Jack goes down at the 2nd fence. When he went down I just had a feeling it was my day......Inglis Drever skated home in the World Hurdle and did me a nice little favour at 9/2.

He won at 9/2

Originally posted by wibbly wobbly wonder:
I am normally a 20\30 euro bet man but have had a few big bets, put 1500 euro on Sargeant Cecil to be placed in a race about 3 years ago which i lost.

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Originally posted by BlackandWhite1976:
He wouldn`t be having a bet in his local office on a point to point, nor would his bookie be backing it at paddy powers. His first race on a proper racecourse with betting available in a betting office could have been over fences.

when people refer to a horses first race it normally means his first raceourse appearance.

Please think before you post.

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Originally posted by BlackandWhite1976:
lhe probably ran a few point to points .