#BettingPeople: JEFF LAUGHTON

#BettingPeople: Professional punter Jeff Laughton has been beating the bookies professionally for almost 20 years. His apprenticeship was an unusual one, he started working life as a policeman as part of the team that caught the Yorkshire Ripper, was a DJ while still a policeman, ran an entertainment business that used to pay Gary Barlow £60 to perform at one of their clubs then became a professional punter and successful owner. Simon Nott meets Jeff Laughton.

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JEFF LAUGHTON Part 1 of 4

Jeff talks about his early days living in Barnsley, joining the police, how his interest in horseracing started, his transformation from losing to winning punter, how he interprets the formbook, compiling his own ratings, the most important piece of information in the form book and why he concentrates of 2 and 3 year olds.

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JEFF LAUGHTON Part 2 of 4

Jeff talks about buying his first horse which won fortuitously first time out, his trainers Jack Berry, Karl Burke and others in-between, his breeding operation, becoming a jockey’s agent, catching the Yorkshire Ripper and his dealings with a young Gary Barlow.

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JEFF LAUGHTON Part 3 of 4

The Gary Barlow story continues, recollection of some successful gambles on his own horses and others that didn’t go quite to plan, where info on the second-in enabled a confident plunge and if its a help or hindrance to a professional punter.

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JEFF LAUGHTON Part 4 of 4

The nitty gritty, Jeff talks about the freedom that professional punting gives him plus the mental pressure it can bring, he talks about the level he bets at and the practicalities of getting on, and gives us a list of good practices a punter can adopt to improve their punting.

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JEFF LAUGHTON #BettingPeople PODCAST

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