Denman's win in the Gold Cup has to have been the best moment of all, as we both wanted it so much, but his second win in the Hennessy last November was very special too. I've never known an atmosphere quite like it. There were hats and papers and all sorts of things flying through the air when he won. It was very, very emotional."

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In 2010 Harry Findlay was famously banned by the British Horseracing Authority for betting using Betfair against his own horse Gullible Gordon which was running at Exeter. At the time he had been struggling financially and Betfair had knowingly allowed him to use an account belonging to his friend Eammon Wilmott, another racehorse owner. The actual lay bets were placed by Glenn Gill, an associate of Findlay. His interest in gambling began when he was a child. He learned a lot from his father who was a bookmaker. However, he decided there was more money to be made from the other side and he become one of Britain’s most well known professional punters of all time.Perhaps both the most well-known yet secretive of Britain’s most successful gamblers, Tony ‘The Lizard’ Bloom has gone to great lengths to keep his actual wealth private.

Banned owner Harry Findlay quits having horses with Paul Banned owner Harry Findlay quits having horses with Paul

Bialik, Carl (29 May 2014). "Inside the Shadowy World of High-Speed Tennis Betting". FiveThirtyEight Sports. ESPN. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015 . Retrieved 6 February 2015. Betfair sells 50pc stake in Australian business". Telegraph. 13 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014 . Retrieved 23 March 2014. The real money is in the short prices," he says. "I know I'm never going to make more than 4 per cent [on turnover] so if I don't bet in tens of thousands, I'm not going to make much of a living. And the only way you can bet real big, in terms of getting on, is on the short prices.

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He also believes that direct, accountable trading via the internet betting exchanges is taking the carpet up on the cheats, and he colorfully repaints some of the turf's most honored names as arrant frauds. "At the end of the day, it don't matter how big your house is," he says. "Nurses and teachers working for nothing, they're the real legends. If you cheat, what kind of buzz is there, conning all that lot?" He said: “This plays massively into the bookmakers favour and takes away most of their risk. So accordingly, I expect them to lower their profit margins significantly. Criminals stole customer card data from Betfair just months before float". The Daily Telegraph. 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015 . Retrieved 23 March 2015. Betfair was the first betting company to sponsor an English football team, featuring on the kit of Fulham in the 2002–03 season before the Gambling Act 2005 permitted the industry to advertise on television and radio. [3] [4]