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Also one from left field - can you recall a young hoop Craig Dinn riding in Victoria ? Thought was going to be a top jockey but seemed to find some trouble, was around about the time Darren Gauci was riding winner after winner as an apprentice.
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Glad to report been to confession many times since and the racing game and bookmakers got it back tenfold. Was only $20 - a reasonable amount back then perhaps worth $60 -$70 today, could've put more on but didn't - would like to say was because wasn't being greedy - but truth being that was all had on me!
In reference to the Kalgoorlie "wire" saw my fave movie of all time was on again the other night - The Sting. They don't come much better than that film, Robert Shaw just brilliant.
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A couple of points of interest - the robbers all heavily disguised - and one of the robbers said - everyone on the ground - and he then said - and that includes you Ambrose ( he was referring to Ambrose Palmer - Lionel Rose trainer )
So then Palmer tells the Kane brothers ( career criminals ) who is behind the robbery
Now criminals are like animals - like mauling Lion and Hyena packs - instead of them saying the ones who robbed the bookies - thats their bounty - no they say - we will rob those robbers - kill them if they have to
So the mastermind of the Bookie robbery Ray Bennett - heard what was happening - and killed one of the Kane bros - however when Bennett was in court - charged with the bookie robbery - the other Kane brother dressed up as a barrister - with a wig and everything - and in a lunch recess just shot Bennet dead - the police must have just turned a blind eye to that - and amazingly the Kane brother just walked out of the court complex
20-30 years ago there were a couple of chilling murders of a couple of bookmakers in Sydney - Lyoyd Tidmarsh was one of them - the other one i can remember when it happened - the bloke was fielding at Dapto greys - had about 25k on him - when he got home in his garage - he got ambushed - brutally murdered - and i read last year - cold case - they have finally charged someone - DNA hit - drop of blood on the bookies sock . The bloke they charged from the Central Coast - was a suspect at the time of the murder - cops dont reckon he acted alone - and interestingly enough his father was once a hopeless punter who was charged with embezzlement - but after that be became an anti gambling crusader
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If these are all the things we know, then probably much more has never seen the light of day. Not many camera's, no dna back then that's for sure and everything was cash - no online banking! They certainly did carry some money with them the bookies and others.
Close as I saw when growing up we had a high ranking policeman ( hint Shirley Finn murder investigation) as our neighbour and he couldn't have been a nicer fellow. Was told as it was abit before my time but helped capture (from stakeout ) the WA serial killer Edgar Cook.
Wonder when the ledger at Ascot and Belmont closed down - am suspecting early 90's.
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But pre pay tv - i use to go to the country meetings - and i went to ( all these were night meetings at the time ) Pinjarra Bunbury Harvey Northam York and Cunderdin
Now as for on course attendance - i would rate them Pinjarra easily the best - then Bunbury - then a decent gap to Harvey then York then Cunderdin - then a distant last Northam ( considering the size of the town )
I went to Northam several times - and there was basically no one their - no one in the home straight watching the races - no one in the betting ring ( Bruce Atkinson and that Kingsly bloke - they must have been bored out of their brains )
In fact the only person i use to see their was the chief steward Rod Osborne climbing up into the stewards tower -just past the winning post near the corner
Did see Georgie G their one night and that was about it
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And it got that deserted - there was only bookie - but there was another bookies stand - not attended by anyone - but they had a little screen/monitor with the odds each race - and i just assumed that if you wanted to bet with that bookie ( who wasnt in attendance ) you just rang him up
Re Northam ( nothing to do with Harness racing ) - but ive driven through it quite a few times - stopped at the Westpac - i think it is near the Post Office .- but has Northam got a Paris end to it - like a couple of streets with beautiful federation homes etc - or is it just your typical service town - pretty plain
Like York is quite beautiful - with those magnificent old historical buildings
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