#BettingPeople: MICHAEL FORDHAM
#BettingPeople: ‘The Successful Punter’ has plied his trades of punting, tipping and racecourse hosting from his Midlands base for decades. He’s now based in the Philippines finding his feet fathoming their one racecourse and intends to ‘commute’ to Hong Kong and Dubai to bet and host in the coming months. Here is his story in three parts.
MICHAEL FORDHAM Part 1 of 3
Michael talks about how he describes his profession, how long he’s been making money backing horses, when he learned to start winning, his bookie that laid paper prices for his Eddery system and his association with The Colonel Kevan Minter.
MICHAEL FORDHAM Part 2 of 3
Michael talks about meeting his ‘mentor’ Barney Curley, some lessons he learned from him, spending a lot of time betting at the races and why, deciding on specialising on the all-weather, concentrating on distances of 5f to a mile and the tools he uses to find his winners.
MICHAEL FORDHAM Part 3 of 3
Michael talks about hosting at big meetings including Royal Ascot and Newmarket, his decision to relocate to The Philippines, the differences in how punters bet and how to get on, why it’s possible to beat the Tote and plans to expand to Hong Kong and beyond.
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