Barney Curley trio fails.

Gamble on Curley trio foiled as last leg flops


A gamble on a Barney Curley-trained trio appeared to have been foiled on Monday when the third of his heavily backed runners failed to make any impression at Wolverhampton.

Bookmakers report a fourth horse, formerly trained by Curley's former assistant Andrew Stringer, has also been heavily backed. Jeu De Roseau, trained by Chris Grant, runs in the 7.30pm at Towcester.

Agapanthus, partnered by Tom Queally, ran out a good winner of the Whoopsadaisy Charity Handicap at Brighton having been gambled in to 2-1 (from 7-1), despite returning from a 187-day absence.


The second and third legs of the apparent gamble came in both divisions of the amateur handicap at Wolverhampton on Monday. Both were ridden by Declan Luke Queally.

Savaronola, who went off as an 11-10 favourite (from 5-1 earlier in the day), took the first division with ease.

But Sommersturm who was sent off the 1-3 favourite having been 4-1 earlier, let down his backers in the second division, at 5.30pm.

Speaking before the 5.30 Stan James spokesman Charlie McCann said: "Punters have been on from first thing this morning backing Agapanthus and Savaronola, the two afternoon winners, with Sommersturm (5.30 Wolves) and Jeu De Roseau (7.30 Towcester) in doubles, trebles, yankees and lucky 15s.

"Jeu De Roseau was previously trained by Curley but is now in the tutelage of Chris Grant. If the next two oblige it will indeed be a Black Monday not only for Gordon Brown but for the bookies and a red letter day for fearless punter Curley, who appears to have planned the day with military precision . . . so far."

Curley became infamous in not only the racing and betting world, but also in wider circles after the then gambler and entrepreneur masterminded a coup at Bellewstown in the summer of 1975 where he made the most of the poor communication between the track and off course bookmakers to win a reputed IR£300,000 (€1.7m in today's money) on a horse called Yellow Sam, which ran in his colours.

In the intervening years both as an owner and trainer, he has been associated with numerous gambles, plenty at a low level, and often using then relatively unknown jockeys, some of whom, including the likes of Frankie Dettori, Jamie Spencer and Tom Queally, have since established themselves among the top names in the weighing room.

Curley has reduced his racing interests in recent years and spends much of his time working for the Direct Aid For Africa charity he established in 1996.

Interesting - He's not only a comedian then???

So I guess he got more than two banannas to one bananna?

Last one just goes straight in and lands a massive gamble

That horse was beaten....couldn't win!!!
What happened...the EPO/smarties/big mack and cheese kicked in and it got up on the post!!!

That was easily the most exciting hurdle race I have ever seen in my life.....Not in any short measure thanks to the amounts of money wagered on the horse!

Somebody had a good day today!

Well he had last laugh again ()

25/1 to 12/10.................5/2 for scotia -D

You are right Tommy magic to watch do you think the jock was on a wee present

lol

scotia Wrote:

---

> You are right Tommy magic to watch do you think
> the jock was on a wee present
>
> lol

I think he was on a truckload of presents

i have not seen a jock ride like that since Rhys van Wyk on National Emblem when winning the Classic of that year!

Jeu De Roseau lands huge punt at Towcester
By Racing Post staff 7:37PM 10 MAY 2010

PUNTERS landed an extraordinary gamble on Monday when the Chris Grant-trained Jeu De Roseau scored a narrow victory at Towcester, after being backed down to an SP of 6-4 from 25-1 in the morning.

The winner, formerly trained by Andrew Stringer - renowned punter Barney Curley's ex-assistant - and before that, by Curley himself, had been heavily backed all day, and the victory followed gambles on three Curley-trained runners earlier in the day.

Jeu De Roseau's victory was reported by bookmakers to be part of a gamble also involving three horses trained by Curley, all of whom were also backed to short-priced favouritism, and two of whom won.

British bookmakers estimated around £1m had been won on bets involving all four runners or combinations of them.

Layers said they avoided liabilities estimated at more than €2m in Ireland alone when the third Curley-trained runner, Sommersturm,backed into 1-3 from 4-1, flopped at Wolverhampton.

Alarm bells had sounded in off course offices through the day with significant backing in Britain and Ireland for the Curley horses and that was echoed at the courses with Agapanthus being sent off at 2-1 (from 7-1) and Savaronola being returned a well supported 11-10 from morning odds of 5-1.

Most of Ireland’s top bookmakers said they would have faced six-figure liabilities.

“We’re just grateful the third horse got beat – it would have been a catastrophic result for us,” said Boylesports’ spokesman Leon Blanche.

John Goss, representing Ladbrokes at Wolverhampton, said: "We have seen money in the offices for the three Curley-trained horses in trebles andso on and after the first one won it was obvious money was going to come back to the course.

"When Savaranola won as well we were braced for more money to come for Sommersturm and he ended up 1-3 as it seemed everyone wanted to back him."

The first runner, Agapanthus, partnered by Tom Queally, ran out a good winner of the Whoopsadaisy Charity Handicap at Brighton having been gambled in to 2-1 (from 7-1), despite returning from a 187-day absence.


The second and third legs of the apparent gamble came in both divisions of the amateur riders' handicap at Wolverhampton on Monday.

Both were ridden by Declan Queally - but while Savaronola, who went off as an 11-10 favourite (from 5-1 earlier in the day), took the first division with ease, Sommersturm let down backers in the second division, at 5.30.

Speaking before the 5.30, Stan James spokesman Charlie McCann said: "Punters have been on from first thing this morning backing Agapanthus and Savaronola, the two afternoon winners, with Sommersturm (5.30 Wolverhampton) and Jeu De Roseau (7.30 Towcester) in doubles, trebles, yankees and Lucky 15s.

"Jeu De Roseau was previously trained byCurley but is now in the tutelage of Chris Grant. If the next two oblige it will indeed be a Black Monday not only for Gordon Brown but for the bookies and a red letter day for fearless punter Curley, who appears to have planned the day with military precision . . . so far."

any takers for a massive betting coup to clean up the bookie? i know inside info might be required but i'm sure we can also pull out our own just ff sake......

Betfred refuse to pay out on Curley coup bets
Racing Post

BETFRED.COM, based in Gibraltar, will not pay out on the bets placed by Barney Curley’s relatives as part of the Newmarket trainer’s £4 million coup last May.

This comes despite the fact that Betfred’s UK betting shops have paid out and that, following an investigation, the BHA concluded that no rules ofracing had been breached. Betfred, who on Friday were declared the new owners of the Tote, declined to comment, stating: “It is with our lawyers.”


On June 1, Betfred.com’s lawyers informed the five account holders, four of whom are related to Curley, that bets showing a profit of more than £823,000 would be voided under the company’s rule 10, which states: “Any person or group of persons acting in an attempt to defraud Betfred.com will have their bets voided.”

The decision followed a letter dated May 27 from the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority which accused Curley of deception, the account holders of fraud, and the BHA of misapplying its own rules.

Andrew Montague, a Northern Ireland-based solicitor acting for the claimants, said: “We have already instructed our Gibraltar agents, Triay & Triay lawyers, to proceed with an application to the Supreme Court of Gibraltar for a judicial review of the GRA’s handling of the case, which has been inter alia, ultra vires, unlawful, irrational and procedurally and substantively unfair.

“The investigation by the GRA is flawed and has been conducted from the outset in a biased way and has chosen to ignore the findings of both the BHA and Ibas[Independent Betting Adjudication Service].”

The case, which has soured relations between the BHA and GRA, has wider ramifications because it demonstrates that UK-based punters betting with offshore bookmakers may find their bets are treated differently.

scotia Wrote:

---

> Betfred refuse to pay out on Curley coup bets
> Racing Post
>
> BETFRED.COM, based in Gibraltar, will not pay out
> on the bets placed by Barney Curley’s relatives
> as part of the Newmarket trainer’s £4 million
> coup last May.
>
> This comes despite the fact that Betfred’s UK
> betting shops have paid out and that, following an
> investigation, the BHA concluded that no rules
> ofracing had been breached. Betfred, who on Friday
> were declared the new owners of the Tote, declined
> to comment, stating: “It is with our
> lawyers.”
>
>
> On June 1, Betfred.com’s lawyers informed the
> five account holders, four of whom are related to
> Curley, that bets showing a profit of more than
> £823,000 would be voided under the company’s
> rule 10, which states: “Any person or group of
> persons acting in an attempt to defraud
> Betfred.com will have their bets voided.”
>
> The decision followed a letter dated May 27 from
> the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority which accused
> Curley of deception, the account holders of fraud,
> and the BHA of misapplying its own rules.
>
> Andrew Montague, a Northern Ireland-based
> solicitor acting for the claimants, said: “We
> have already instructed our Gibraltar agents,
> Triay & Triay lawyers, to proceed with an
> application to the Supreme Court of Gibraltar for
> a judicial review of the GRA’s handling of the
> case, which has been inter alia, ultra vires,
> unlawful, irrational and procedurally and
> substantively unfair.
>
> “The investigation by the GRA is flawed and has
> been conducted from the outset in a biased way and
> has chosen to ignore the findings of both the BHA
> and Ibas.”
>
> The case, which has soured relations between the
> BHA and GRA, has wider ramifications because it
> demonstrates that UK-based punters betting with
> offshore bookmakers may find their bets are
> treated differently.

Nothing worse than a WELCHER to a gambler,and this shitehouse ends up getting the UK TOTE(td) if he ever comes to SA he`s no getting a banner X(