No stories of my own but I remember a group of us were at a night meeting a Newmarket a few years back. We were watching this race from Newcastle (I think) and this bloke standing next to us was paraletic, could hardly stand. When the race finished, in a slurred voice he ask he what had won. So I told him the number of the horse (4) and the reply was "ahhh ****" he started to fish for his slip in his pocket.
Without looking at it first, he showed me what he had backed. The Tote slip said £50 win on the 4 horse.......... I was like, "you've backed the winner an it was 16/1 at the off".
He sort of stumbled around before saying, "I wanted the number three horse"......... I nearly said, well give it here then. He was a nice guy though, after collecting from the window he gave us £50.
I wish I could have the same luck when drunk
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