Harry Findlay on life and gambling | Racing TV 

I do that n everyone thinks i talk over everyone n never shut up lol I also love betting on Horses 🏇🏇🏇🏇

Me n my pal had a ten pound bet that i couldnt be quiet for 10 minutes i won that bet easily.

HOW HE STARTED HE HAS THE SAME MINDSET AS ME WISH YOU ALL THE BEST

He’s surprisingly shy in person, my husband spent an evening with a guy who looked just like Harry but he was a Mancunian & didn’t bet but I remember my husband being so surprised at how quiet Harry was in person

@@senecaknowledge2274somehow this reminds of when my dad sat chatting with a chap in a pub up north, who said he was "in the music industry" After a couple of hours and once about 10 people had come over to say hello and get an autograph, my dad goes "you must be doing OK"...which is when he found out it was Mark Knopfler the lead singer of Dire Straits 😂😂🤦🏽

@@DdotRay86wow that’s an incredible story, massive fan of Knophler.

Make that 50 longggg years now :)

hello mate 😃

Legend my arse he's done in £20m and you think he's a legend he's a loser and your a clown for thinking it

@Wayne Harrison he claims his marriage was only saved cos an aussie rugby league team called the bunnies won 😕 wtf

Wayne Harrison I guess you back all the big winners yeah

Wayne Harrison defo 😂😂😂😂😂

@Wayne Harrison What you on about?

@Wayne Harrison You are a big winner? Congratulations! Just a heads up old chap, going off your comments on here, you come across as a rather unpleasant and spitefully bitter loser.

If he had lived life to the max he would be dead! All the famous actors and pop stars died well before their time. Drink, drugs, women.....funny how the means to live a long happy life does the opposite to you and takes it away from you quicker than if you'd been a pauper. But if he has had a ball and still has some cash stashed away then fair play to him.

Just develop the attitude... as you say only live once... you lose all your money on that horse at least you had those minutes of feeling alive (if that's your thing/vice).. Its a mugs game but it can be entertaining at least.

@Pa. D maybe but he had fun and knows what its like to win big.. having money isnt even all that good anyway,, happiness comes from within and money cant produce that know matter how much you lie to yourself it does.

@Pa. D the thrill is chasing it,, once there theres nothing left to chase. Being broke is what makes chasing it the best part.

@Pa. D how do you know hes broke mate?

They tried! They couldn't understand a word he said, and gave up...

Loads of ppl like harry about mate

Paul Jones yep

Boring man more like, i turned it off.

Thats how u become a pro gambler its all about value. Harry thought 1/9 was value n would not budge.

I agree completely mate. The guy is a gambling legend. He's been all over the because of gambling and lived big time. If I had 3 wishes, one of them would be to see him win big again and be back in the public eye. I love him and his brain. He could have been anything he wanted to be.

Mikey b There is a lot of free money in the universe waiting to be claimed. You just have to know how to do it. The biggest scam in the USA is the money that flows freely in Politics! It has better odds than horse racing,

Absolutely, Harry is one of the great characters in gambling he just has heart in what he does.

yeah ...that's the pitch alright but gambling is still a boring maths class despite how exciting people pretend it is. you kind of have to be an addict to want to do it ..not that there is anything wrong with being an addict

That is EXACTLY what I did in 1995 when I became a " Poacher Turned Gamekeeper". I was a 6 meetings a week Punter + West End , London Casino visits twice a week and then became a Bookmaker at Racetracks and it was a wonderful buzz. The adrenaline really flowed. At the London Offices I worked in I could not wait for 5pm....when I was a Bookmaker or Punter I could not wait to get there ! :) Started Punting in 1981, 38 longggg years ago..

Had a big win on Big Fella Thanks in a big race at Doncaster 🏇🏇🏇

Extremely hard to replicate

It was the year before this, they won it

are you the guy that made the BBC documentary?

Well said

That's very true, it happened before you realise you doing it

I thought the name of the game was winning the biggest amount for the least amount of money bet. To me, trifectas, supers, hi 5s, are the biggies. No tax on winnings under $650 in the USA if made at an OTB. Just watch out for the managers and cashiers - the IRS comes in late evening and wants to know who is winning. There's your downfall if you don't stay on that one's good side.

Yes just remember there is no last race always the next day ✌

Spot on, thumbs. Thing is, society hates honesty

Good tipping? They came second lol

Did they win, please?

@@Isleofskye they saluted it in the year this was filmed, 2017.

@@samfawcett5738 Thanks Sam !

A good mate of his who wins a lot on the horses.

The video said Glen Gill....

They did win it the year he said.

Oh & it's his birthday on Sunday as well if we want to get romantic about it! Get on now & you can thank me later :)

His horse man, he’s a genius

@@forgive7449 wrong year they won the year he tipped it

Joseph Blair Yee hath no idea of thee subject one scribes of.This gent lives off gambling,hasn’t worked a day in his life.

The fact he had 1.5 million to put on the game to begin with, kinda shows he was at least at one stage, a very good punter

Nautilus1972 you have put this comment on every video you sad prick.

your right about pick your own horses but i think the placepot is a good bet if you bet against the crowd like last year placepot £90.000

Spot on, never listen to tipsters or the racing post, they all work for the bookies..

100 % right i usually get one outsider at cheltenham this year was 66.1 never heard one tipster even mention the horse before it won All the tipers do is line there own pocket as the x jockeys who advertise for the bookies @@michaelmaloney4517

@@robertottewell3624 I backed the winner 1st race each day at Cheltenham... For example itv false experts kept saying dont back shiskin on day 1 race 1.. they kept giving out false info on how it cant win on soft ground. Pure bullshit as the horse had won on soft before.. I lumped on at 6/1... They continued before the race to put people off backing the horse and it drifted.. best thing is not to listen to these cunts as they're all liars or in la la land... the racing posts biggest customer is the bookies.. I just look at form etc dont read what they right as they want u to lose..

Glen was one of the faces who would go racing always had a hat on if I remember right good judge seemed a nice person.

Glen is Harrys devil on his shoulder!

HODDLE

@@darrenbaker6834 yawn...

@@leenwctv1 sorry I had too

I stopped football betting altogether. Was a huge unders man.

@@theenforcersimonballs2941 what a lovely person you are ...do you kiss your mother with that potty mouth .. sorry for stating facts ... facts don't care about your feelings ...bless x

timothy edge I backed a horse once at Chester races, A guy next to me said oops when it came 2nd.You remind me of him,I waited until he left the course and kicked the living shit out of him, I took £100 out of his wallet (My stake) and said oops back. Come to chester in May, Say oops to my face, See what I do to you.

timothy edge Address and phone number, Come on boy. Pop them up and I'll be seeing you real soon.

THE ENFORCER SIMON BALLS yeah that defo happened at Chester 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Jacob Pickerin Yes little jacob, It did and may again, Who knows.

Who has EVER been as good as Arkle? He was a freak of nature. More machine than horseflesh. Denman was great but Arkle was magnificent and so tremendous was he that the handicapper had to resort to everything but Breaking Arkle's legs in an attempt to give the rest a chance of beating him. I love watching all the old Arkle races. He was totally unbackable to a working class lad like myself but that was ok.....we all love a hero and Arkle was a giant among pygmies. Mill house beat him first time round but never did it again.....and Mill House was the best England had.

Like the story of hars-of-hearing and tight Lester being whispered to by someone making him an offer.He said he was deaf in that ear so try the other one.The Guy then offered him less so Lester said " Try the other one again!" lol

Agreed. But imagine if Denman was yours, you owned it, it was jumping for fun, spread-eagling fields, wow - what a dream. Would be for me regardless of history. At the end of the day its a personal statement and Harry lived the dream.

@@NGD47 would be class👍

According to Ted Walsh Flying Bolt was better than Arkle.🏇

@@bazggw6878 WAS NEVER PROVED Flyingbolt great horse no doubt

BTW he's not even a Londoner let alone a cockney & he wouldn't have owned the racehorses he had & kept them in training with 2 million

2 million? You know fuckall so button it you mug

@@theenforcersimonballs2941 Silly boy!

kevvome Ain't you just, Sad little bellend.

@@theenforcersimonballs2941 Does your Mummy know you have sneaked out of bed and on her computer? I can see you getting your bottie smacked if you don't hurry back. Quickly....no run faster.....back into bed now and think of Father Xmas and maybe he'll visit you early because you're a SPECIAL child aren't you ? Night night and give Teddy a hug and a kiss before you go to sleepy peepy.

Paul nodalo Spent or wagered? I earn 30k per year. I've wagered 2.3 million with betfair

TURNOVER over his gambling life. I can well belief it,my friend. Since 1981 as a Punter and Bookmaker not in the same stratosphere as Harry but my turnover is over 2 million I should think...

I have no doubt he’s won 20 million over 40 years.He chartered a tv channels Helecopter in Australia to go to the dogs at Warragul one night.He placed a bet for 1,5 million pounds on the All Blacks,he’s placed many plus 100,000 pound bets on the neddies.Nothing to disbelieve here.

No.... Curley was legendary for a reason.... He got odds against his money, the man is still owed money from the bookies.

Barney took the bookies to the cleaners pre mobile on line betting days. Blocking the phone box on course- genius.

Yeah but Barney was a trainer/gambler which is a bit dodgy. I like Barney but i can say he was one off many trainers who stopped horses. Which still goes on today.

Scurlogue Champ

Scurlogue Champ. The greatest finisher in the history of Greyhound Racing. Watch some of the clips on here. I won't spoil the outcomes...

@@Isleofskye The dog was a freak one off, he ran before my betting days began but love watching his races on RU-vid...

Record keeping is the key - being able to check which tracks and which race types/bets you are profitable at saves a whole lot of money/heartache.

Im a few grand up in my bett8ng account study form listen to trainers n if a horse loses dont write it off. I bet for fun bet i also make it pay.

it's sad that you think any of the above are diseases

Im of a mind that thinks that ALL addictions are the result of some form of undiagnosed mental condition, more than likely undiagnosed Depression. Depression is a disease or an illness. I've seen first hand what happens to people when they're an alcoholic or drug addict, who are properly treated for depression and how life changing it is. You're doing the above things (in excess) because you have some form of chemical imbalance in your brain. Notice how much few Alcoholics there are these days to the 80's and 90's but how many more drug addicts there are? It's because back then, they weren't alerting people about depression, so when people were feeling depressed, the easiest way they could releieve some of the symptoms was to drink. I know what im talking about as i have a family who suffer fro depression, and it manifested itself in many forms over the years until properly treated.

a lot of what you say is fine and understandable, except for your use of the word ALL. And linking most addictions to depression is too simplistic and wrong. Your original comment with regards proportions is interesting as whilst those behaviours/addictions you listed can never be described as the same, I do think that the vast majority of the individuals who show these behaviours simply lack some levels of self control and decision making skills, and this may well be linked to the brain and genetics, for sure. It doesn't mean that they are all suffering depression or have a disease.

exactly man, its the same thing im thinking myself

Nothing wrong with self medicating. This life is a total facade and if you can get through it with some semblance of enjoyment from distracting yourself with an interest then where is the harm ? As long as you keep yourself self sufficient there’s nothing wrong with it.