BEN’S BLOG: ‘Thank you, Lukey’

‎[dropcap]C[/dropcap]heltenham is a huge team effort for The Star Army. And one of our leading soldiers, is long standing PR man, Luke Tarr (pictured above left). His whole year is planned around the big week, and of course, Royal Ascot.

I’ve only locked horns with Lukey, I’d say, roughly, about 3,000 times, but I will say this: he is a REAL trier. If he turned up at Ascot, in a shell-suit and trainers, and I told him that the best Punter of all-time, was in a private box, in the members enclosure; he would get in there to speak to the guy. Yes, he would. Nothing stops him, when he’s got the bit between his teeth.

This year, Luke has organised no less than 30 Star preview evenings, right across the British Isles. And he’s done the firm proud. THANK YOU, LUKEY.

In other news:

When I was in my teens I started doing work experience with as many bookmakers as possible. And, at the time, spread-betting giant City Index operated a sports-betting department. Working there, was the now poker guru, betting-expert, and true character; Neil Channing. ‘Dot’ as he was always known, spent hours showing me how to price markets up, and also took me racing, where he bet fearlessly, on-course, from a pitch in the back line. He really was very kind and has been known to be so, to many up and coming people in the game.

Despite the fact though that Neil’s even madder than me, he is actually a very good judge and spends hours on end studying the form. So much so, that he’s now started a tipping-service, that offers a page of analysis, on every race at the Festival. He tells me that subscribers have won a fortune over the last three years, so maybe you, Blog, should be checking him out too. www.bettingemporium.com. I CERTAINLY WOULDN’T BE LAYING HIM..!

Over and out, B x