No, not in the flesh, westman but on grainy black and white TV on the Sunday racing review program hosted by Ken Howard and Keith Robbins on Channel9.
I was very young but even then I had the "racing bug" and regularly wagered my pocket-money on the horses. I learned very soon that most of George's mounts were paying "unders" due to his phenomenal public following.
That is when I started looking for value although I supported George regularly, I started having savers on other starters so that I would not lose my small "bank."
I heard that a greyhound/trotter/racehorse named "Cotton-fingers" won yesterday(I'm not sure) but that was truly an "omen" bet wasn't it?
Apparently it was at double figure odds-does any forumite have more specific details?

Cheers.