Harry Findlay - Professional Gambler
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- Опубліковано 22 січ 2025
- Old documentary rescued from VHS after 15 years in the loft. It follows professional gambler Harry Findlay to get a view of his day-to-day ups an downs and his unique insights into life, working and London. (Terry Ramsden and Dave Ulliot also on this channel)
I remember Harry in the eighties standing on the steps at Hackney dogs. Everyone knew he was there because he has a presence about him. Miss all the other characters there too. Wonderful wonderful days
Even if he's broke he's lived the life and done things people can only dream of. like Harry or not he's got my respect and I hope comes back larger than ever.
props to successful gamblers like this guy , living how we all want to ,only cowards and losers slag this guy down
I believe he recently filed for bankruptcy.
balooko31 yeah? bt as he said the bookies cant take it all back eh
People like him have something called BOLLOCKS.
Tommy England
hes from downley in high wycombe mate
balooko31 Harry has been wiped out quite a few times but he always seems to come back,he doesnt stay down for long.
Love this documentary. Always watch it when I need some inspiration
Me too
Same
Could watch this bloke all day
Harry Findlay, living legend.
“The bookies can’t get it back”
I love this. If he's still above ground, he should get a crew to follow him more often. This is great tv. I love backing horses myself. He's got some balls though.
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Grow up David. think of the poor bookies who he reluctantly paid back over an unreasonable amount of time
@@senecaknowledge2274 "Poor Bookies" - there's no such thing, mate
Thanks for sharing this great video with us. It's amazing
No worries mate, I was amazed it still played off the VHS! If you like gambling docs there's Devilfish and Terry Ramsden on here too, from the same VHS :)
Fantastic horses & greyhounds and good luck to you.
Good vid, proper sporting gambler, keeps coming back, he's a funny guy
Peter Kay needs to play this guy so bad!
Great video !
ty for uploading this video,,, i havent seen this one b4,,, cheers m8
Excellent video, the good old days Harry F top man.
A tremendous character
Flash back of the 90s can’t beat it
Brainwashing has ruined the west.
Enjoyed the video knobhead. Thanx for uploading it bludclaat. Respek from Jamaica :0)
We are poles apart. I am a large price backer but i respect Harry and what he did for my sport; horses. That ain't even his passion.
Hope he's well and I can assure you he's too passionate to be dis-honest.
Chin up H
Legend. Lives life to the full.
He doesnt really seem like he has lived life to the full he knows race tracks and phones ... but has he seen mountains ... met diff types of people ... learned other languages travelled to crazy places spent time with family ....written poetry ? seen streets and museums?? philosophized?? he seems to lead a very sheltered life.
Harry needs to do podcasts could listen to him all day.
Absolutely right you big, bad man!
Done plenty now chap have a search. Still value.
He has been on a handfull. Funny guy who aint full of shit. Dont ask him about the tote though😂
This was filmed in 97. Findlay said in an interview that after this was filmed he was £200k in debt and had to put up the deeds to his house in Sheffield. Then the next summer in 98 he made over a million betting on the 98 world cup.
Sold that house and red bmw and al 😂 near lost the pot in India but got rained off. Draw. My god.
The horse race he is watching that he 'lumped on' is Suranom ridden by Jason Titley at Ludlow, 24th March 1997.
This is intersesting.
Love this bloke what a legend
Harry's a legend!
There is always been something very likable about Harry!
What a guy, my hero
when Harry walks in having a go because he had to wait so long for a cab and then the accountant just interrupts him with can you shut the door please hahahah
Lol, I was getting seriously nostalgic going through the tapes. It's great, as you don't know what's going to be on next. Shame the quality is rubbish and it takes ages :D
i remember harry findley years ago at snooker sheffield telling everybody to back a two year old of hannons later that day and it won
I remember harry findlay a few years ago telling everyone that new zealand would win the rugby world cup. 😃
Should make a film about harry would be a blockbuster with Ray winston playing harry
Helen Loizou From what I’ve heard Harry say about Ray Winston, I’d say it’s pretty unlikely! ;)
@@stephenfoz1307what did he say
@@samitysam2904 That’s a memory test after six years. He was talking about the adverts Winston did for 365 promoting bad value stuff
Mars Attacks! was showing at the Cinema and came out 28th Feb 97 so I'd say you're spot on
Thanks for this ive been looking for it for years
2 has chinned it! Go on Carla
Dust dancer’s pissed up
Such a cool insight this one. Lovely jublee😎
Your the best x x x x x x x
How have I only just found this gem! Love to know what watch he has on
The Devilfish and Terry Ramsden docs from the same series are good too, I've uploaded them both. Not as good as this one, but still a nice watch if you have 20 mins spare (p.s. I've not a clue about watches!)
Yes i’ve since watched the other two docs also! They’re both great...Love the humour of devilfish!
Thanks for uploading!
@@stuartguyatt114 His autobiography "life and times of a poker legend" is a funny book. It was online for free not so long ago but I can't find it now. Have you read it? If not let me know and I'll try and find the site I found it on.
I thoughly enjoyed it
Proper smart geezer. Listen to him running through the bets in the first two minutes. I'm surprised to see some people describe this as a wind up, but then again, nothing surprises me any more, apart from something really surprising, like say if Mandela rose from the grave next Tuesday, or the Daily Mail wrote a good piece.
Putting everything he had, 40k, on Ajax to win that's a kind of madness, but he got lucky, and got away with it. Fortune favours the brave, and he's certainly that.
hes actually a sound person
He’s great but where is he now and is he still making his money from betting ?
@@DeepSeaDiverHB14I made 2 days pay last night on NFL football.
Love it
Interesting. Love the way he places his bets...can't make head nor tail of it....
There’s not many people I want to meet as I’m a miserable bastard but I’d love to meet Harry, some fella
Absolute quality mate
the thing that iv learnt most after gambling for 20 years is not to make on the spot bets that always seem to lose. its only when you dont make the stupid bet and you see that you would have lost that you realise that you just saved 500 or whatever. take your time
Yeah small action bets are crippling. Most important part of gambling is not discipline. It’s patience. …
Sadly I don’t have it and I’m backing all sorts playing up winnings on shite. Sitting out here tonight monkey on barca and it’s 1-1. I couldn’t name you 4 players that play for barca 😂 ffs. Days winnings gone
Brilliant 👏
what a legend!
Arnold Layne why is that arnold??
I'm guessing they followed him around for a month, as both horse races were in March 97 (greyhound websites don't go back far enough to check those.) So the doc would have been released in '98 I'd guess.
always remember phil taylor mentioning harry in his book saying that he stood to lose 18k if eric bristow beat taylor in the 1997 world championship semi final, and oh boy did he come close lol, great upload
1996 december this was recorded going by the mars attacks poster in the cinama
marders 27th March 1997 when dust dancer ran.
brilliant upload. Try and find the late Jonathan Rendalls 'The Gambler' up in the magic loft!
It’s on 4 OD
He mentions lizard at the start, thats Tony Bloom (owner of Brighton Fc)
True Story
Went to Nottingham Dogs with Harry. Bet 2 dogs that both lost and lost £200. Said to him,
Could you lend me £20 Harry, Ive done my bollocks in.
How much you lost m8?
£200.
Here, theres £100 there. Your not going to get £200 back with £20
Seeing him in Oz at Christmas.
MrHaviton Know a very similar character to Harry. When you are wrapped around them it is the best laughs of your life. Problem is they never know when to walk away...
‘Ride him out Jayyson’ pure goosebumps
Know his brother Gorden loverly bloke,didn’t know Harry but seems a good bloke.👍
Like a ping pong ball always comes bouncing back our harry was very good to me in the early 90s done some punting for him he was fierless his best quote was the bigger the price the harder you drive if your getting the value or another was when your on a bad run he use to always say don't panic just remeber one act and your back In the game...hate people that knock someone for having a go in life no matter what there game is instead of sitting on an armchair letting life pass them bye oi oi
Legend harry 💯👍👌💷💷💷💷
The greatest the games ever had
This was 1997 for anyone who wondered.
i take it your dave taylor from downley.your right mate people talk shit and dont know nothing really about the man.hes a top bloke and generous man.and never boring.
Great video, thanks for uploading, really enjoyed it. He is a bit of a billy big bollocks though. Fair play to him
Great to see the crowd at Hove, Roger Brookes clerking for Mark Green, the bookies don’t stand a decent bet there anymore and the attendances are shocking, sad.
His missus seems like a lovely person. Punching there, Harry my son.
He’d agree.
Good girls are out there. Very very rare. But when ya find one. Do not let her go.
@@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon Says himself he'd be a million to one without her. Every pro gambler needs to meet a girl like Kay Duggan.
The accountant when he swears, you just know he bollocks his kid if they swear, proper hates it haha
Harry"s a Don simple as that.
Really enjoyed this, thanks for upload. Any idea what game they're playing over the restaurant bills, with the coins in their hand?
David Ollerhead spoof
Sad to know Jason Moore ends up in prison . How is Glen Gill doing nowadays ?. What happen to Harry's accountant/nanny friend (what's his name) ?
Harry is legendary punter indeed ,
thanks for uploading this video KNOBHEAD10 😊
Glen is still knocking about with Harry, H mentions him every now and again in interviews as 'his horse man Glen'. Not a clue about the "accountant" - would be good to know if anyone looking in knows... :)
@@KNOBHEAD10 Harry's accountant/nanny friend is seen at the 09.47 min in the video clip. Anyway thanks for the updates, I'm looking forward to see Harry's new punting adventure in near future, cheers!
@@Jimmy888Tan Ah I meant where is the nanny now in 2022, maybe he fancied a more stable office job :) Harry's latest venture is Lifford Greyhound Track in Ireland. "Canaradzo Ltd" is the syndicate, I'm not sure how many are in it or how much Harry has as a Director - he's the public face and man who made it happen though for sure.
@@KNOBHEAD10Thanks for the update my friend, I wish Harry's the best of success. I sure missed the 1980's and 1990's indeed, cheers (",)!
I’m sure the accountant/nanny is Julian Snow (Snowy as Harry calls him) he was a champion at Real Tennis and Harry should’ve got some lessons from him in that 😊
Harry's positively federer when playing tennis
When your rich the racing fraternity love you free hospitality etc etc when you hit lean times nobody is your friend,he is right sport betting is an incredibly mercenary lifestyle.
how can anybody take the bets in start..
@Here's Johnny whoever was laying the bets was bloody good on that phone, a bookie was a bookie then i suppose.
just a update still going strong 💪 each week iam up what a fucking life
look at 4:05 how mad the guy was that he had to let him bite his sub but money talks lol
+sleepyownz hhahah i missed that part tbh - top quality stuff
Mix and match..
Haha, think being that way helps when you have that much of your bank on the line so often! The Devilfish and Terry Ramsden ones are also good, Devilfish in particular. There's a Lester Piggott docu that is very good, I haven't uploaded it as I think it's easy to find on the internet still - if but if you can't find it and want to watch it, let me know and I'll bung it up.
I am a good friend off kelvin
Top bloke
The one who hands him money before the pub
Does he live in Brighton Kelvin?
Whats the name of the game they play to see who pays for dinner? What are the rules please?
Credit card roulette. You can either opt to pay for your own dinner or everyone puts their credit card in a hat (or whatever) and the loser pays for all of their dinners.
It’s called spoof. You put 0 to 3 coins in your hand and guess the total amount in all the hands.
What's that game called they play, that decides who pays for dinner?
Spoof
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoof_(game)
Fuckin legend
Where is harry now ?
I can’t believe his kamikaze style of betting would say he’s still alive ?
I hope he is ❤
Harry is alive and well! Until very recently he was heavily involved in Lifford Greyhound track in Ireland, I read on a forum that he gave that up though - not sure if that's correct.
@@KNOBHEAD10 glad to hear it
If you add fitness to your hard form work work, life is a lot more wealthier and easier, good luck Jim
Um are you saying my dads fat? he doesnt have enough time to exercise.
Don’t take any notice of the comments. Your dads a gentleman. The most engaging character in the world.
Great upload.I remember he had alot of horses with Nicholls but got banned,back handers laying horses to lose.
Thats bollocks and was thrown out. BHA chasing a working class bloke out of the "King'Sport" Utter bollocks
I love this documentary I’ve watched it so many times .. I know Harry seems to b slowly coming back with the odd interview & that but is he skint or doing ok ? , hopefully he’s doing well .. I’d love know how his punter friends in the documentary & his wife are doing as they are all fascinating characters that could tell a story or ten
Led a hell of a life for a fearless gambler. Isn't one of his mates in this banged up for murder ? The guy he's playing tennis with.
Think Harry scaled down a lot but still enjoying his sport and gambling.
Jon Jon
Really that’s mad .. he was good craic in the documentary & came across as a very positive guy which you would need to be to survive the highs & lows of professional gambling .. hard to believe he’s locked up for such a crime .. as for Harry thousands have failed & he somehow pulled it off then went so heavily in when he didn’t need to but thankfully is still around to tell the story & seems to b appearing in more interviews again lately
Jon Jon yeah Jason Moore stabbed a guy outside the Valentine pub in Gants Hill.
"this has got sugar in it" and then he eats half his sandwich. poor b@stard LOL
Dust dancer winning the 17.10 keythorpe maiden fillies stakes Thursday 27th March 1997 lol
what type of bets is he doing on the dogs at the start of the programme ??
+timothy matthews match bets with against a mate.
Davey 14 ok kool .... it just seemed like he was cheering for every dog in the race I didn't get it
could murder a ruby after watching him eat his.
1996 top year for horse racing
i miss vhs lol
Quite funny reading some of the comments on here..Harry Findlay is a multi millionaire now, this doc is years old, he made most of his fortune betting on golf, rugby, dogs, liked the odds on, never a massive gambler on the horses just preferred to own them, Denman was his with Paul Barber....he may come across a bit geezer but he's got a bigger pair than most, the bitterness prob comes from wishing they could do what he does...not a bad way to make a living...
***** knob head...tell me how he lost more money than we won when he never did a proper days work in his life, never signed on dole and spent fortunes on lavish lifestyle all around the world(which i must make clear to YOU you cant gte back to lose)? basic maths dumbo..go back to school
still a bell knob head who simply does not understand simple maths...spending say £3,000,000of winnings, losing £2,000,000 of winnings and borrowing £1000(thats all it takes for bankruptcy) makes him win more than loses..Fooooooool.. give me dates of there "several bankruptcies" as according to my research you are quite clearly wrongly guessing and more importantly clearly sooooooooooo jeleous.. come on foool give me dates of bankruptcy to prove me wrong(easy to find out online).....
for you to be correct he has to owe more in bankruptcy than he has won in gambling..we all know he was won millions(from countless winnings of JUST from SCOOP 6) now show me these bankrupcys and total owed.
ok i will save you the time..according to bankruptcy registrations he was made bankrupt ONCE and this was annulled when debt paid OFF IN FULL IN 2013.
pure jealousy controlling your need to make up "several bankruptcies" and GUESS he has lost more money than he has won.
@Harrykiat jananto of course you can win. Ever heard of Billy Walters? I make my living betting on tennis. So I know it can be done but it takes a level of focus and discipline. That very few possess. Not even one in a hundred have what it takes. But believe there are people out there doing it.
Billy Walters eh.. Whats the latest with him.. Sports gambling a sham for insider trading i hear
I feel like Women's tennis does not get as much attention and therefor the lines can be taken advantage of. Would you agree?
really hows it goin for you lately....have you got a preferd sport to gamble on ?
Reminds me of a English version of John candy.
Doesn't half look like talkSPORT's Danny Kelly
see similarities with ronnie o'sullivan too
Harry The Legend but remember to gamble sensibly you could lose more than you win
She's a bright one 😅😅 how many limes did she snort 😂
The David Brent of gamblers
This is like something written by Ricky Gervais, especially the manager guy.
As a Canadian, I could use a translator ! Do we Really speak the same language ?
You haven't got your own language.
Not trying to be insulting, lads.
Looks like you picked the wrong bunch of bitter Brits there man!
It's ok. I'm drunk n I love everybody!
Inooooo
Anytime. The game is Spoof wikipedia org/wiki/Spoof_(game)
Clear to see Jason Moore roping Harry in at Tennis, you can see that in the first rally....let Harry believe he has a chance and he’ll keep playing for money ....6 grand down and still playing for 1500 quid ....
This don’t know it’s job does it
SUCCESSFUL GAMBLER? HIS WIFE TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY HE COULDN'T EVEN AFFORD MILK FOR THE BABY AND SHE HAD TO ASK HER MUM FOR MONEY. MUST BE A GAMBLERS CASH-FLOW ISSUE.
Top man you are spot on harry we shall have a good chat one day I have got the 1992 magazine The Greyhound with chicita Bananas pic and her first litter mint condition yo can have it let me know Tony
1997