Jack Houghton

My Dad assures me I was present to see Nijinsky win the triple-crown, but I don't remember it.

And as I wasn't yet born in 1970, I'm guessing his memory is a little off. Nonetheless it's true to say that he took me racing at an early, if not quite pre-birth age, and that racing has dominated most of my waking thought since then.

On that basis it was an easy decision to accept a job at Betfair, where I worked for four years, before heading off to work with racehorses in the flesh. I've written about racing and betting for a few years now, winning the Martin Wills Award for racing journalism in 2002 and writing Winning On Betfair For Dummies, first published in 2006.

• Tour De France betting 2010
• Tour De France betting and odds
• X Factor Final betting
• 2009 X-Factor betting and odds
• X Factor betting and odds
• X Factor betting
• Horseracing Betting: Why creating ratings is fun
• Cheltenham Betting Strategy: The Festival is different so treat it as such
• Jack Houghton's Better Betting Resolutions
• X Factor Finale: Sex-tape rumours can't help Burke's bid for glory
• Horseracing Betting: Occam's razor and finding a betting strategy that works for me
• X Factor Betting: Rhydian, Same Difference - hold on, it is 2008 isn't it?