#BettingPeople Interview DAVE BREWER Racecourse Bookmaker and Rails Legend Part 1/4
Dave Brewer is a racecourse bookmaker with over 40 years on course. He was top rails bookmaker Colin Webster’s right hand man for many years. Dave was friends as well as bookmaking combatant with legends of the ring Barney Curley, Jack Ramsden, Johnny Lights and more. In this four part series he talks about the glory years of the rails with Colin Webster, his own betting and more.
In Part 1, Dave talks about going straight to the top of the business working for Colin Webster, firstly at the dogs then the rails on course. He starts the interview talking about taking on the big and shrewd punters on course, how his boss would deal with that business and his betting the life stuff.