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'I took a fortune on that' - David Jennings spends a day shadowing on-course bookmaker Ray Mulvaney in pitch one

Ray Mulvany (left) and Eoghan Fitzgerald standing at pitch one in the Royal Ascot betting ring
Ray Mulvany (left) and Eoghan Fitzgerald standing at pitch one in the Royal Ascot betting ring

Ray Mulvaney has just taken a fist full of cash and somebody has whispered something in his ear. 

The 50-year-old Dubliner, proud owner of pitch one in the betting jungle at Ascot for the last 15 years, turns round to his clerk and says: "Four-grand to two the four horse."

The four horse is Elite Status, an uneasy favourite for the opening Norfolk Stakes on Gold Cup day but now a loser in Mulvaney's book. 

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David JenningsDeputy Ireland editor

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