A subsequent disciplinary panel upheld the BHA decision that the rules had been broken on a technicality but found that “there has never been any suggestion that Gullible Gordon did not run on its merits or that there was foul play on anyone’s part”. The Rabbitohs had not won the NRL since 1971 but Findlay put everything he owned on them becoming champions. Tony 10 was the online betting username of Tony O’Reilly, the postman who became front-page news in 2011 after he stole €1. Findlay fulfilled the ultimate dream in National Hunt racing when his horse, Denman, won the 2008 Gold Cup – but that was dwarfed by the elation of his greyhound, Big Fella Thanks, winning the Irish National Coursing Derby in 1999. He loved the All Blacks and his huge gamble was driven by emotion – and a desire to lessen his stress by securing a windfall that would look after Kay, himself and their daughters for years.

Eventually the greyhound side folded and despite various attempts to re-open, it seems to have finally closed it’s doors earlier this year. He is less enamoured by the ubiquitous presence of Ray Winstone peddling Bet365 while fans watch football on TV.In a way Harry is the living embodiment of what we were discussing on that other thread, to be a long term winner you need to have an almost boring personality.

Demmon; "Books" by Avram Davidson; "Ferdinand Feghoot: LX" by Grendel Briarton(Reginald Bretnor ); "The Journey of Ten Thousand Miles" by Will Mohler; "Captain Horatio Harpplayer, R. We weren’t paying that much attention and then, at the bottom of the picture, it said something about a miracle flight, and they were interviewing Qantas staff in Bangkok about this plane that had landed on battery power because everything else had gone. Harry Findlay is the kind of man you meet once in a lifetime, but it can only be thus: he doesn't believe in the afterlife. The Irish lads who were the main owners kept him and he won a few around Curraheen Park Cork on the track but only low grade.The little horse duly won on the day he was supposed to and any fears I harboured about training for this mega gambler had already melted away. I knew exactly who he was looking at and I heard what he said to Mr Dartnall: 'That is a f*****g monster'. A similar pattern in betting a year later led to an investigation, with Findlay then warned off from the sport and given a six-month suspension. Contributors: Bill Bernhardt, Terry Chase, Gene Cluster, David Findlay, John Block Friedman, Michael Goodman, Charlotte Gould, Joe Harry, Marrine A.

Findlay lets rip with an amusing rant against cash-outs and the current betting industry which is too libellous to be repeated here, but he does make a salient point that it is “wrong that, as every winning bet pays Betfair a commission, small players should have to pay 5% while big players only pay 2%. Gambling has taken him all around the globe, enjoying five-star travel and a gourmet indulgence at the world's biggest sporting events. I know he was declared bankrupt at Warwick Crown Court in early 2013 and since then seems to have disappeared. As they passed in front of the stands, though, it became clear that Walsh was holding Denman up in fourth or fifth place, and those ahead of him weren't exactly overexerting themselves.He ended up owning Coventry Dog track and was mortified by the politics involved and ultimately ended up bankrupt as a result. Gradually, I realised, that even if the book's not a success, at least I have it all down on paper for my kids". It was a big red helicopter, the doors wouldn't shut, the wind came in and it rattled like hell," he said of the chopper ride.

I remember the first thing that struck me when I first met him was how fast he could drink four fucking pints of Murphy's! Don’t know if he still owes or is still owed (or neither) but he appears to have drawn stumps gambling-wise, giving us a perhaps a salutary lesson in the nature of the game. Did it change because you stood on glass and shouldn’t have played or someone heard you had a terrible headache?All Harry's horses managed to win for us, one won four races as a two year old and we had a lot of fun. The day my path crossed with Simon Fox I thought I’d already lost everything but then he ran me off the road with his flash car and belittling jibes.