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Very sad to hear. I only read Nick Townsend’s book about him a few weeks ago and then I watched the interview he gave Nick Luck. And who could forget his encounter with Luke Harvey and John McCririck?
Barney was a big @rsed gambler. It’s a dying breed – well the successful ones who could curl a few in in a sequence like Barney could. Left the rest of us on bread and water, but never mind – history always has its winners and losers. RIP
Its Sunday – go for good, and remember tipster, the dead can’t answer back, so more than most, they deserve the benefit of your doubt.
Can just see McCririck and Barney Curley carrying on that rant above Yeats. There’ll be thunder and lightning for a few weeks to come.
Barney Curley was a character who even the great Dick Francis would have struggled to get to the bottom off.. RIP.
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Barney did his own thing and often started the big gambles, some successful some not.
R.I.P
You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.A remarkable man but, in terms of a force for good or not, it’s worth pointing out, I think, that when a betting coup is landed it’s not just the bookmakers who lose.
It’s also every punter who made the schoolboy error of using a form book to try to find the winner of the race in question.
He was no friend to punters.
RIP nonetheless.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Look at what he did in Africa , he was indeed a force for good , his bio is def worth a a read , shows what a complex man that he was , from a racing point of view outwith the punting side he dealt out a lot of much needed advice …. one Frankie Dettori was put back on the straight and narrow after a night of snooker and home truths ….and how did Frankie get his house ….
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Completely agree with HDLG. Curley did plenty good, and I liked his attempts (and successes) over the enemy. RIP Barney.
BUY THE SUN
The bookmakers aren’t the enemy – other punters are the enemy.
It’s dog eat dog among them for the biggest share of the pay-out pie.
And since the Betfair exchange arrived fully 20 years ago, the phoney war between bookie and punter has never been more apparent.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Its Sunday – go for good, and remember tipster, the dead can’t answer back, so more than most, they deserve the benefit of your doubt.
No, am not going to be so two faced, gamble.
Never understood why when someone dies we must all totally ignore everything that person may have done wrong and only talk about the right. Suspect his own concience got little rest.The Mafia did plenty of good things for the needy too. Improving their image amongst their people and / or making them feel better about themselves when knowing what wrongs they’ve done in other “fields”.
RIP nonetheless
Value Is EverythingMust say I agree with Gingertipster.
Maybe he made mugs of the bookies, but he also made mugs of every punter who thought they were betting on a race where the form book was an accurate guide.
But hey, he did charity work – and made sure everyone knew about it – so that makes it all alright, then.
I need to read his biography like I need a dose of the Covid, so I think I will pass on that.
He was a right character – and RIP, obviously – but any punter who idolises him needs to check into Okehampton Funny Farm (old Goodies joke) for a prolonged stay!
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"I agree with Ian. He certainly was no friend of punters
Some would say he was a miserable sanctimonious self regarding po faced c***
but I wouldn’t comment
He called McCririck a “take out merchant” which always struck me as a bit ironic seeing as, with his net Levy yield-reducing gambles, Barney Curley was one of the biggest “take-out merchants” the racing game has ever seen.
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