A deserved hollywood movie script in the pipes for legendary punter RIP Barney.

Barney helped so many in need in Africa, great fearless clever and compassionate man

Barney was the most feared gambler in Britain when I was growing up. If you saw one of his being backed, you knew it had a big chance. He is a legend of the game, one of racing’s greatest characters.

@JRHartley-tj8tr

8 ай бұрын

One of racings biggest parasites. Tony Martin and Charles Byrnes are the same. Curley was an arrogant wanker.

RIP barney true legend of the racing game , and true legend of charity done the hard yards , rest in peace.

@judge20081

Жыл бұрын

O2

It’s in the giving that we receive. My role model. A giant legacy he left.

@tonymurray814

9 ай бұрын

Good man Stephan. Mickey D’S weather man!!🤓👍

The master of the century Barney Curley and what a legend ✔RIP

@neilmaxwell1098

Жыл бұрын

Good on Barney 👍

This man was meticulous in his planning and carried it out with military precision, good to see anyone get one over on the bookies cos its usually the other way about. He was not only a good trainer but also did a lot of charity in Africa which puts him way above most mortals in my opinion.

What a legend. Well done Barney you caught the thieving feckers. Nothing more than they deserved. R.I.P. 👍😉

Superb all round, masterpiece from Mr Curley

Surely there should be a Barney Curly Day every year at a Top Meeting...

Legend of the racing world. RIP Mr Curley

Fair play to barney and not a greedy shared his winnings and firtunes with the needy rip legend

@billsamuls7620

9 ай бұрын

TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN AFRICA WHO STILL NEED HELP TODAY

"I hope he enjoyed the car". 😄

Remember early nineties a horse trained by curley in a bumper went from 33/1 to 6/4 in 5 mins got him at 12s won by a distance lol never seen a gamble like it . Most people in that bookies were on it.

@andrewfinch2281

Жыл бұрын

A Curley horse in the nineties wouldn’t have opened 33s didn’t you just watch the vt?Bookies would open up as short as possible on his runners as opposed to large as not to get caught out.

@seadrifter8975

Жыл бұрын

@Andrew Finch 33/1 to 6/4 last race bumper circa 90 or 91 there was only commentry and race results no VT or live tv at that meeting

It's the greatest horse racing story of all time and what a gamble good old Barney curley

Great story told by one of the great characters of racing

Barney Curley is the punters pal,a true legend of the sport,if you can beat the bookies by hook or by crook I don’t blame any man👍🏻

@brianlacy2658

5 ай бұрын

Good on yeah barney😂 bookies got what they deserved. They have robbed punters for years. False favourites and so on. Get in there barney 👏 🙌 😂😂😂😂

Cracking watch. Brilliant true story.

A classic example of the knockout in the ring, where a big bookie, Sean Graham extends the price and the others follow, hence 20/1

Speaks volumes to Barneys character that he could raise 300 people, all off whom he could trust.. Make no mistake nobody watching this programme could do the same ! I was more interested in the mercenary Sean Graham ! What a killer eh ! Makes sure Barney knows not to place bets in his shops so that he gets no liabilities and then with the knowledge he cant lose in the coup, sets about trying to do as much damage as possible to his rival bookmakers by extending the odds from 10-1 out to 20-1 via 14s and 16s The man took no hostages

@paullancaster7066

Жыл бұрын

Sean Graham had a great bit of info which he used to his own benefit. And getting 300 people that he could trust was amazing. I'd probably get about 50 quid on and then I'd have ran out of trustees!

@milolee1725

Жыл бұрын

@@paullancaster7066 40 more than me Paul. After a tenner,I really,REALLY have to look hard!

@paullancaster7066

Жыл бұрын

@@milolee1725 😱😂👍

@gavinblack450

Жыл бұрын

Don’t think Sean Graham knew the name of the horse though, Barney just said he’d be plotting something soon…..don’t think Graham would do that.

@MrClaretMatt

Жыл бұрын

@@gavinblack450 Don't forget Barney owed Sean Graham money, I wouldn't be surprised if he was in on it too. Barney would never admit to it because it would have been the only part of the scheme which would have been illegal.

I was a legal bookmaker in South Africa for 15 years. I find it amazing that the explanations of betting odds are so crap that most laymen still have no idea how the odds (rightfully and crime-free) are determined. Still, the punter is kept in the dark. Amazing!!!

@jondon3182

Жыл бұрын

ITV Racing in the UK have recently started displaying the bookies overround percentage pre-race alongside horses odds, sitting at well above 20%, usually 30+. I'd bet more money on the fact that punters have no idea what that means than I ever have on a horse

@glenn8272

2 ай бұрын

Nowadays its simply the Betfair lay price plus 10%.Nothing more and nothing less. Youll see horses firm from 10/1 into 3/1 back out to 14/1 in low betfair liquidity markets.

The horse still has to jump the fences and not get brought down by a falling horse or get hampered by a riderless one, everything is in the bookies favour and yet they still cry like babies when someone like Barney turns them over, anyone who has sympathy for the bookies is either a bookie or a family member, I actually went to see the racecourse many years after the coup just to see where it all happened and yes it’s a well out of the way place very rural in those days and you could see why Barney chose it

You know the bookies rob the punters and have stole billions over the years. Barney only did what they all do

@Loganwolfen

Жыл бұрын

He also robs the punters too, if they back one of his horses but dont know hes 'running it down the field', then hes more culpable. Bookmakers rob you through prices, not cheating like Curley did

@jonglewongle3438

Жыл бұрын

@@Loganwolfen He also robs punters in another way. He runs down the form of his smokey to get the best possible handicap [ not to mention betting odds ] for a targeted race. So that the general betting public, which evaluates things based on a combination of form and fluctuating prices, are given to other starters in the race specifically other than his smokey. The rigged form and rigged betting market falsely shows that no one wants his smokey, so thus they invariably do their money on these other far more likely runners.

@trevoryoung5145

Жыл бұрын

"betting shop roulette machines" and somehow thats fair -

@freedomforpeopletruelies6

Жыл бұрын

@@trevoryoung5145 yeah you lose your money a lot faster on them things. They should be banned

@mharifox8128

Жыл бұрын

Shady Irish caananites.

Was at Bellewstown two weeks ago. The actual phone box is now a attraction on the golf course. Cool to get a photo beside it.

"A good moving horse on good ground is a lovely feeling.."

They should make a film out of this

Bookies need a good rollicking now and then .Legendary man ,hope they make a movie

Barney legend RIP

RIP Barney. Great story x

This was like a long John silver film where the loveable rogue comes good ,and I loved long John silver

Barney curley is an absolute legend

The single pound notes is a howl🤣💀

If you knew Barney was involved and you lost a few bob, it was only a matter of time before you got it back. You just had to hold your nerve.

Sean Graham was in on it, he extended the odds, the rest followed suit blindly and got caught. I'm sure curly most likely paid him a percentage of the winnings

@greenghost3797

Жыл бұрын

He paid him the 12 grand he owed him

@gavinblack450

Жыл бұрын

Don’t think he was in on it, he just told him not to use his shops when he pulled off whatever he was pulling off, the horse drifted naturally on the day as no racecourse punters were interested.

@tonymurray814

9 ай бұрын

@@gavinblack450I have a few bridges I’d like to sell you!

Still happens today. I remember a race last year with a 1-3 favourite and a newcomer who was 14/1 on first show. Just before the off the newcomer went to 8/1. The newcomer won. The two horses had different trainers but the same owner. Becareful with your money.

@michaelmarron8441

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't take much money to move an unraced horse from 14 to 8

@kevinadamson5768

Жыл бұрын

It happens all the time, the best time to back a horse is just before the off in a betting shop especially first time outers, watch the market then get on.

"The horse improved for the application of money"

An interesting story about betting coup that win so much money

top man barney

The stuff dreams are made of

Barney one of the very few to make decent money betting..

An impossibility nowadays with mobile phones!

The new Barney is Charles Byrnes.

Legend Barney and this wasnt the first RIP BOSS

My Hero Barney

Straight out of a Dick Francis novel wonderful betting coup to match The Druid s Lodge Confederacy truly great punter generous caring man x I love betting coups landed and a bit of skulduggery. x

Top man barney

great crack RIP barney

I get the feeling from Barney that life to him was a pain in the @rse. Did he ever smile?

@createbelief8678

Жыл бұрын

That's because he used to be a jesuit priest

Legend

hahahaha The stuff of LEGEND 🐎

To actually tell sean Graham that if you keep quiet i wont hit your shops

@christophebonhoefferofbelg9846

Жыл бұрын

And then for Sean Graham to play a huge part in getting a big price. He chalked up 20/1 & as the other bookie said, “We all followed Sean Graham”

Great story. Barney was some schemer

Never won again?sounds like he used a ringer God Bless him he did great things for charity RIP Barney

"This horse wouldn't win a duck race"....interesting.

This is pretty much impossible to do now because the authorities will just take your horse out the race to protect their paymasters the bookies

The bloke who bookies feared

Anybody know the breeding of Yellow Sam? My usual search of pedigrees says there is no record of such a horse.

Barney's a legend to all punters

All's fair in love and war

The greatest interview ever when he told the truth on at the races with those 2 Idiots Luke Harvey and John McCririck.

A gambles a gambles

Well I hope he enjoyed the car😂😂😂😊

Barny would have given Napolian a run 4 his money .

@greenghost3797

Жыл бұрын

Napoleon wasn't in the same division

Its a great story, but anything could have happened, unseated rider, fell, ran out, all sorts of things could have happened, and even last week races 2 and 3 at Newcastle or L:ingfield were won by horses 100-1 and the 125-1.

@milolee1725

Жыл бұрын

Agreed David,but you ever heard of fate,timing,the stars aligning,etc etc? It was meant to be and it now lives in folklore. It was meant to be.

@christophebonhoefferofbelg9846

Жыл бұрын

That’s why it’s a gamble. All he could do was have the horse ready. As Barney said himself, you don’t know if somebody else is planning a coup in the same race, whether he’ll fall. Crazy game, but that’s why this coup became the stuff of legend.

Barney did a famous switch of horses at Windsor. And got away with it.

Who was the jockey on the favourite lol

oh barney i mind 20 years ago i bet 20 pound on this horse of his it was 14/1 it came up on the screen in bookies sorry cashier says that horse betting odds is paused now its not 14/1 i says i come bk half hour it was now 4/5 odds i never backed it bad price it won with a distance he was a bent trainer bookies hated him simple they were simply terrified of him

rip another robin hood

Such a load of balloney

It’s all well and good having a coup but cheating by running the horse down the field many times is just criminal on the public who might have backed him in the races he wasn’t ever trying in. It is disgusting that this curly is praised for his cheating.

He's lucky the guy in phone booth wasn't thrown out and phone calls made

GOD BLESS ALL HORSES. PEOPLE STINK, !

@andymatthews7617

Жыл бұрын

WTF?????

Barney was a legend

Whos Bringing the Horse to France....

Not a fair game.

*What was Lester Like as a person, did he sign autographs, was he popular with the other jockeys and trainers, in the USA there are jockeys with 5500 to 8000 wins, are these American Legends better, was Lester tight with money, did he ever buy a Rolls Royce, was his wife happy, so many unanswered questions, rumours are circulating he was not a pleasant or nice guy to know. In fact, hated amongst fellow Jockeys.*

@darrenremington6422

2 жыл бұрын

Still a legend in the saddle 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@SherwoodArrow

2 жыл бұрын

@@darrenremington6422 When fellows jockeys and trainers won't speak to you 'somethings up'. He rang trainers and owners up to ask to ride their well fancied mounts. and the dismounted jockey who lost the ride never forgot or forgave him. The book is in preparation about the hidden life of Piggot, read it when it is published. I prefer Barney Curley to Piggot.

@darrenremington6422

2 жыл бұрын

@@SherwoodArrow l know where you are coming from, but it still does not take away he was a brilliant jockey, as was pat eddery, taken way too soon by the demon drink 🙏🙏🙏

@williammitchell9974

Жыл бұрын

Horse Racings Golden Rule ( Said Too This One) Seasons Ago On Epsom Downs( By Old School Crew) ( Bet Too Lose And Win If You Can) No more Said👏Pipers Son One ☝️ Just Watched( Ernie Johnson On Rheingold In Thee Epsom Derby) Pipped By You Know Who☝️😂👏👏👏

@pipersson9258

Жыл бұрын

@@williammitchell9974 *The betting odds returns are fixed, how can the winner of a 10 to 28 horse race come in at 6-4, William, here's some good advice: Before every race watch the horses parade in the parade ring, study the jockeys' care & attention and intensity, compare him to the other jockeys, look for the carefree "I am NOT going to win Jocks and scrub them from your selections", you will end up with two "Somethings is going down today on this horse bets, pick the best, or back both. Watch the jockeys, follow them out as they enter the course to lead out, watch the riders, some flog the horse during the first 50 yards to the START-stalls. Your man is super-careful, I have seen this system produce 5 winners and two 2nds in an 8-card race at York. Respects BOB 14--12-22.*

You mean another fixed race Laugh, Irish bent the lot. I never ever bet on the Irish as you know they're nearly all fixed.

@andymatthews7617

Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY, IRISH RACING IS CRAP.

@thomasjoyce3229

Жыл бұрын

Never won at Cheltenham then

@andymatthews7617

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasjoyce3229 yep, and on irish horses as well, but will not bet solely on irish racing.

This sport is the most corrupt GTF

All utter bollocks

@tonymurray814

Жыл бұрын

What’s utter bollox?

love barney

Excellent video

Kıng Barney curley.

The bookmakers golden ticket is the culture of punters in which their subconscious and conscious mind is focused on the betting and not on the readiness of the animal. Uneducated Desperate Coupled with information overload These are the winning ingredients for bookmakers. Study the animal not the form of the animal. The value lies in the ability to be patient and to find a window in which the horse you identify has a 70% probability to run in the money within 3 runs of identifying it. You Wait! You Win! The bookies weakness is incorrect pricing. Dont be price driven be outcome driven.

Full of admiration for this man , anyone who thinks he did wrong just think about how much the bookmakers rips punters off for . He did what anyone would do if they could awesome Barney