Friday 31-5-13

Morning all, no winner yesterday but he was 3rd at 7/1 so the most cautious each way players will have made a little. I have 3 bets today, and I'll have a look at the big race also.

135 EPSOM - THISTLE BIRD

I'm quite a fan of Roger Cahrlton's mare. She established herself as a listed-group class horse last year and her last 2 runs, second and third, have been well and truly franked by Chigun hopping across to Ireland to win the Group 3 Abu Dhabi stakes. She should be fit having had a run this year, she missed out on Group 2 glory very narrowly last season, and there isn't anything here that you could suggest might have progresses as all are relatively exposed. She is highest in on official ratings, I think she'll go off shorter than the general 4/1 available right now. She is my best bet of the day.

740 TRAMORE - EDEYMI

This one will be short, quite rightly so. He was a pretty good hurdler and was fancied for the Martin Pipe at Cheltenham before being bought down. His big hangup hurdling was the need to be dropped out, the races had a tendency of getting away from him at times. Now if you take his hurdles rating compared to the known form of some of these over fences he could win this 30+ lengths, yet the tissue suggests a 6/4 chance. If we get anywhere near that then he's a big bet (make sure you can afford it), essentially you are backing that he takes to fences, Tony Martin is an excellent trainer who time and again judges perfectly where to run his horses, and that he doesn't find too much trouble.

715 DOWNROYAL - EALAIN AIBREAN

This one will be short too, and maybe just stick to boosting the prices on the other 2 rather than a single, we'll see. In maidens if the book opens up short you can often find the bookies struggle to lay a bet and will try and get some, punters will see this then try to get the favourite beat and we have a drifter. Her second place last time has been boosted by the 3rd winning up in class, beating a well fancied runner in the process. I picked her out as useful before her debut and she showed by coming second there as well. She's dropped back to 5f by Dermot Weld, again a man whose intentions you'd struggle to argue, I think she's the daily banker.

Good Luck

THE INVESTEC OAKS - 400 EPSOM

The second fillies classic is upon us. To be fair it doesn't look the worst renewal. Very very open. I have to try and be impartial here but I'm sitting on a ticket at 20/1 for the 9/4 favourite Secret Gesture. She's done no wrong, a solid debut although the one that beat her that day has actually been turned over by her stablemate this year! She broke her maiden tag pretty quickly 3 weeks later, then put in an incredible performance of reappearance this year in the Lingfield Oaks trial, leaving everything else almost standing. She's the obvious choice for this race. Moth leads the Irish charge, she didn't show much as a 2yo but they obviously liked her as Joseph hasn't left her saddle, she looked nice when landing a maiden at the Curragh and then really stepped that up with a 3rd in the 1000 Guineas, she was tardy at the start and ridden like something out of a cowboy film in a bid to find a passage, she picked up nicely perhaps not making any real ground on the winner but still visually decent. These 2 look the obvious chances and no-one would blame you for having a bet. Liber Nauticus put in a solid performance in the Musidora, she's a very game filly and with Ryan Moore on top rivals won't fancy taking her on in a finsh. Banoffee, like LN, is 2 wins from 2 starts, she came home in the Cheshire Oaks with a real rattle showing an excellent turn of foot, this is a stronger race though and similar tactics could see the race get away from her. Say, Aiden O'Brian's second string, this was Pricewise Antepost pick. She's another that only really came to prominence as a 3yo. She'll appreciate the rain we've been having. A taking win in her Cork maiden earlier this month but did she beat anything? She was sent off 1/6, and won like a 1/6 shot should, the second home is only rated 70! Talent. Stablemate to the favourite. She won the Pretty Polly at Newmarket on Guineas day. The trainer has said if he didn't have SG he'd be very excited about this one. She came home well to beat the only horse who has headed Secret Gesture. I think she's a decent outside chance. Of the rest I think Gertrude Versed is the overpriced one. She was collared by Banoffee, some would say she hit the front too early. If you take that into account then you could think that 33/1 is striking value, when Banoffee is in at 8/1. She looks like she can only be pushed along for about a furlong, to my naked eye, so William will have to play a solid game to get her involved but I think she has a squeak. So what do I advise as a bet.

Take your choice, pay your money any of the top 3, they are all decent horses who no-one would begrudge winning. Like I say I have an AP slip for Secret Gesture, and I've put Moth up in a tipping competition. For each way/value/place seekers Talent and Gertrude Versed both look a little overpriced so an each way or place play on either of them isn't going to hurt.

So Good Luck with whatever you decide, and enjoy the race. It's must easier tomorrow. :-p

Thursday 30-5-13

Morning all, so 1 bet 1 winner yesterday. Nice, I'm going to try again today. Just 1 bet and see if it can win.

725 GOWRAN PARK - MAUNDY MONEY
This horse has dropped considerably in the weights since his last win, but hasn't been running too bad. Recently back on turf he's shown suggestions that a small revival may be on the cards. He meets some of these today on favourable terms. I think he'll be sent off a squeak of value, maybe somewhere between 7/1-10/1, certainly a big shout to get into the top 4 and maybe even end his long run without a win.

Good Luck

What is broken in my world?

In light of recent events, campaigns and press, I thought I'd give my view on the world I'm in. Most of you are aware I run a retail betting unit for 1 of Britain's largest bookmaking firms. As a die hard sports fan you'd think this was the ideal job for me. You're right, it was. In truth if I didn't have the commitments and trials outside of work I could probably brush things off easier than I manage to now. So where do I begin, the start seems the best place. I entered the industry, relatively recently compared to some, in 2006. Initially for a different firm. At the time Sundays were 11-530, winter closes at 6, 3 days off at Christmas, Good Friday off. Only trading late when night racing on. It was great, conditions were decent for a job that I knew I'd love. It became quickly apparent that I wasn't being paid fairly for the job I was doing, I was made promises that weren't acted upon and I lost faith and loyalty in my employer. It was only a year later a role became available in my current employer, it was essentially the same job I was doing but on a much fairer pay structure. This also came with the added bonus of working at the football ground on matchdays. So once a fortnight I was paid to go and watch a match of football. Brilliant. I was a pig in shit. I'd found myself again. I quickly found myself moved from relief managing to managing the flagship store in the town centre. This shop had 3 competitors within 200 yards. It was a huge challenge, and in my opinion I excelled at it. But slowly the job began to change. Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (you all know what they are) slowly became the forefront of the industry. Painted a colourful picture by the bigwigs but deep down they carry a dark presence. I'll get to them in a short while. Extended trading came in all year, then Sunday's and Bank Holidays, open Good Friday, 1 day off at Christmas. All the decent conditions gone, an antisocial job had been created. Then came single manning. Initially just voluntary, in the mornings, if you were in a quiet shop. It was okay, not ideal but a couple hours here and there no big issue. Lo and behold targets were issued for the "voluntary" single manning. Then slowly pressure started to be put on meeting these targets. At this time it was still strictly no scheduled single manning after 6pm, on safety and welfare grounds! There was single manning taking place on occasion, again here and there you don't begrudge. Then it came. Single Manning Open and Close, with some shops being issued cashier hours barely practical to go for a poo. I was going to write my exact words with my line manager when this was announced, but they don't seem appropriate currently, I was merely speaking for my colleagues, those who wouldn't/couldn't speak up for themselves, the same people expected to be sat alone in what can, at times, be a tempestuous arena. I maintain now that this enforced single manning is unacceptable, unsafe and detracts from customer service.
Onto the FOBTs. For those who've been in a cave or merely stumbled across this blog on an unsuccessful search for a new pair of slippers, these are machines containing roulette and fruit machine games. There are campaigns to get rid, or limit stakes or whatever. Are FOBTs the devil they are painted to be. Sure, you can lose a lot of money very quickly. That isn't ideal in any situation. But a gambler will gamble, an addict will become addicted, whether it be FOBTs or something else. We have procedures in place to help those that need it, sadly the ones who really do need it rarely accept it. Playing these machines over an sustained period of time, you WILL lose money. Roulette odds are set to a 2.7% return to house, the Slots games slightly higher. The biggest problem I see is the punters that believe, like old AWP pub style fruities, if you keep punting you'll fill the box and they'll drop. This very much isn't the case, the odds are fixed, the system is randomly generated by a computer, each session is independent of the last and the more you punt the more you lose. I don't play them. I am a gambler. I bet horses, football, tennis, NFL....well most things. In these I can decide something is value over it's true odds, or what I believe those to be. You don't get that option with Roulette. There are 37 holes for the ball to fall in, true odds are always 36/1, you get paid everytime 35/1. This isn't a value bet, so it's not one for me. So why are these so bad? Well a consumer can stand £100 of bets at anyone go, and these spins can go off every 30-40 seconds. Now let me quickly explain something. On the roulette the most you can play on a number is 13.85 at 35/1, making a £500 win. To make the £100 table limit you'd have to cover 7 numbers. This then changes your odds to 4/1 if you win, against true odds of about 4 and a quarter to one. Perhaps if these players don't have the basic statistical knowledge to understand that they cannot possibly win then something should be done to help them. I don't know if limiting stakes is the answer, some people bet those figures and you'd be taking away their right to do so. I think restricting opening hours would help a lot. I'd say 80% of those I've encountered who, shall we say, don't have full comprehension of their means operate outside of what you'd believe to be a bookmaker's standard trading hours. Maybe move the smaller stake games prominent, with a high roller section offering more prominent warnings over problem gambling. Maybe limit the amount of numbers that can be covered, or lengthen a cool-off period between spins. Reduction or pulling of FOBTs will result in shops being shut and honest people losing jobs, not because they have to, but because they've said they have to and the blame can be shifted. While we're on the subject of true odds I'll share what I believe to be a bigger scourge of the modern day betting shop. Virtual Racing. Basically events consisting of cartoon horses, dogs, cars even football matches. Right firstly there are far too many of these. Today there are 177 virtual events here. 68 of these had been "run" before the first real event at around 11am! These go through as lottery events and take pounds off punters that could be put towards real events and furthermore the levy. Now if they are lottery events this means there is an equal chance of any given result. So if I take the 106 at Portman Park, a 15 "runner" event, the true odds of each "horse" is 14/1. So how is the favourite Too Hot to Trot in at 9/2, a full 9 and half points short, and Twilight Read 66/1, how has drawing number 3 got a 16.69% better chance of winning than drawing number 14?
So in summary, my world has been broken by virtual events taking over real ones, I've made attempt to move departments, not only to continue to enjoy my career, but also to put my skillset to best use. Sadly the door isn't open, or at least it hasn't proven so for me. Will the single manning change? Who knows, I very much doubt it. Will FOBTs improve? That depends on the campaigns and what they fight for. The advice I'd offer is only punch your weight. Start gently, I think there has been some quite heavy handed anti-FOBT tactics. If I break it down gently, in warfare when you hit an opponent, they'll hit you back, as hard if not harder, when this opponent is more powerful! than you then it's often a bad idea. Yet if you can get to the table with the generals of the other side and discuss your issues then sometimes a middle ground can be found. The bookmakers are going to defend their key product to the hilt, and so would you if it was yours. What you have to do is detail, with facts not slurs, what you believe wrong. If necessary they'll make the adjustments. As I've said before maybe the consumer can be better informed of the product they are buying into, most won't listen, but we could certainly help those willing to. Do I still love my job? Yes, I get paid to watch, discuss, demonstrate and sell my passion, I'm not in love with my employer but I'm sure we'll work it out. Would I prefer to work elsewhere in the industry? Yes, my skillset would be much better put to data, odds, stats something numerical anyway. Can The industry as we knew it be saved? I don't think so, as I said at the top, my world is broken, it's changed, a completely different world. But the same can be said of the one outside the doors to. I'm not sure how this will read back, I've pretty much written it freestyle and will publish as such. I hope you like it and I'd be happy to discuss any points you agree/disagree with.
Thanks for reading.

R.I.P Andrew Iacovou, robbed of life whilst merely carrying out duties of the job that he, like me, was no doubt passionate about.

Wednesday 29-5-13

Morning all, yet again a poor day. Like I said yesterday I'm downsizing. I'll miss winners for sure, but I'll also avoid all these losers I'm backing. I have just 1 today, hopefully it can come on.

220 CARTMEL - THINGS CHANGE

Meets Discovery Bay on the same terms as when beaten 2 lengths at Wetherby in March, didn't appear to come on for the run next time out at Kelso, but that was on better ground. I'm hoping that the return to a softer surface might bring about a squeak of improvement, and I'm not having a Brian Ellison horse at odds-on! Sure official figures suggest that DB is the better horse but I'm playing to hope that TC lives up to his name and Things do indeed Change. Tissue is 2/1, machine trading a little higher, i'd suggest anything 9/4 or bigger is a bit of value.

Good Luck

Tuesday 28-5-13

Morning, a dissapointing day yesterday with a horrendous number of seconds! I'm trying to trim down the amount of selections, mostly I just don't really have the time anymore to really put everything in. I have more today than I was expecting but hopefully it can reward.

LEICESTER

230 INGLEBY ROYALE
300 PYTHAGOREAN
330 BURNHAM
500 BIG THUNDER

REDCAR

310 SKYFIRE
440 RANGI

LINGFIELD

620 ANGEL WAY
820 ITALIAN RIVIERA
850 SRNAGAR GIRL

YARMOUTH

640 CLEAR PEARL
710 CRUISER
810 QUADRIGA

BALLINROBE

700 REBEL FITZ

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Monday 27-5-13

Morning all, Computer/internet was playing up yesterday so I didn't blog. Back today though on a less busy than usual bank holiday, although the quality doesn't increase sadly. The best racing today, 8 weeks into the flat season, is over jumps at Cartmel!!!

WINDSOR

215 ROCK UP
320 CHEWOREE
355 KING OF JAZZ
500 THE SCUTTLER
530 TINSHU

LEICESTER

225 SECONDO
510 PLAYBILL
540 SPANISH PLUME

CARTMEL

230 CAPE EXPLORER
515 WAKE YOUR DREAMS

CARLISLE

315 MEY BLOSSOM
350 TUSSIE MUSSIE
420 SHADOWTIME

REDCAR

400 ESHTIBAAK
430 NORDIKHAB
535 MEDIEVAL BISHOP

BALLINROBE

600 SALHOODA
630 ACTION MASTER
700 ENCHANTED FOREST
730 CALL ME BUBBLES

Good Luck

Saturday 25-5-13

Morning all, Got lots of selections today, yesterday was horrid, nothing to get excited about at all.

YORK

150 OUR JONATHAN
220 ILE DE RE
255 BOSUN BREEZE
400 SIRVINO
435 PEARL BRIDGE
510 KIWI BAY

GOOWOOD

205 BOOM AND BUST
305 MOLDOWNEY
335 FLYMAN
405 BANA WU

HAYDOCK

210 PEARL NATION
240 VAN PERCY
315 BALTIC KNIGHT
350 SOLE POWER
420 MY SON MAX
530 REDVERS

CHESTER

230 STAR LAHIB
340 HALSTATT
450 MARTIAL ART
520 GABRIALS WAWA

CURRAGH

245 HITCHENS
320 GALE FORCE TEN
355 LILY'S ANGEL

FFOS LAS

715 WATERUNDER
745 KILCOMMON PRIDE

CARTMEL

800 DARE ME
835 PALUS SAN MARCO
905 FLYING DOCTOR

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Friday 24-5-13

Morning all, a small loss yesterday, slightly less than the previous days profit. Here are today's.

HAYDOCK

220 ORDER OF SERVICE
330 BOLD PREDICTION
515 CALL OF DUTY

YARMOUTH

320 FULNEY
430 SALUTATION

GOODWOOD

345 FANTASTIC MOON
455 EVERLEIGH

CORK

535 MOUNTAIN MAMA
610 MOON DICE
710 HARTSIDE
740 ARDBOE ABBEY

CATTERICK

635 IRISH GIRLS SPIRIT
735 LEGAL BOND
805 PIPER'S NOTE

TOWCESTER

735 THE WEE MIDGET
825 QUAYSIDE COURT

MUSSELBURGH

845 POLISH CROWN

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Thursday 23-5-13

Morning all, quick one today. Profit yesterday with a couple of nice winners.

GOODWOOD

200 KIYOSHI
235 ZAMOYSKI
310 HEAD OF STEAM
455 NEW DECADE

WETHERBY

320 PEAKS OF FIRE
355 RULER OF ALL
430 ALFIE SPINNER

HAYDOCK

405 SAM SHARP
440 ARCHIE STEVENS

SANDOWN

600 WIND FIRE
630 POETIC VERSE
705 ETIJAAH
735 CANADIAN RUN
810 NUMBER ONE LONDON
840 CANDYCAKES

SALISBURY

640 HATTA STREAM
745 NORDIC QUEST

CLONMEL

655 DECATHLON
725 BOXER BEAT

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Wednesday 22-5-13

Morning all, a couple of winners yesterday kept it to a sustainable loss, we didn't give back even half what we made Monday so it's safe to say there has been worse days. But I'm back for more and here they are.

HUNTINGDON

240 ROBBIE
310 REFUSAL
340 CHECKPOINT

KEMPTON

630 CATS EYES
800 PORTMONARCH
830 JAY BEE BLUE
900 BOOK THE BAND

LINGFIELD

200 MR LANDO
400 SAHARIA
430 SPICY

SLIGO

740 ON HIS OWN

WORCESTER

620 DOUBLE SILVER
850 TAQAAT

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Tuesday 21-5-13

Morning, a nice profit yesterday with the highlight being a pretty cosy 16/1 winner in Ireland. Again today, on best form these are capable of getting involved. I'm excited to see Hannah Nunn back on El McGlynn in the lucky last at Nottingham, she gets on well with the horse and he is a warrior. I'm having a solid play at the price. I like patterns Boxing Shadows 250 Notts form reads 162152... and here are my bets,

BRIGHTON

440 BEACON LADY
510 SAINT IRENE

PONTEFRACT

720 MASTER CARPENTER
820 AILSA CRAIG

NOTTINGHAM

250 BOXING SHADOWS
450 SECRET ART
550 EL MCGLYNN

TOWCESTER

735 PRINCE PIPPIN

NEWCASTLE

330 TUKITINYASOK
430 I'M SUPER TOO
530 CHOOKIE ROYALE

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Monday 20-5-13

Morning all, apologies that I couldn't get a blog up yesterday but I was a little worse for wear after a night out Saturday. I'm looking for some less fancied ones today, who I believe on best form could certainly get involved, and hopefully win. I'll pop them down, have a look and if you agree then hopefully we can take some cash off the bookies.

WINDSOR

810 ROXY FLYER
840 SECRET MISSILE

SOUTHWELL

230 ACTIVATE
400 MILLIE N AIRE

LEICESTER

620 DANCE WITH DRAGONS

REDCAR

210 LOOK ON BY
310 ABSOLUTE DIAMOND
440 MIDNIGHT WARRIOR

NEWTON ABBOT

520 CHAPOTURGEON

ROSCOMMON

600 ORGILGO BAY
700 COCO BELLA
730 LETHAL WEAPON
830 CLAR NA MIONN

Good Luck and Happy Punting

TENNIS

Have a play on Tamira Paszek to beat Virginie Razzano. She is one i feel could win this tournament and only bet365 and William Hill have priced her correctly odds on in my opinion. Ladbrokes are going 11/10! The head to head reads 2-1 in Razzano favour, but Paszek win was on clay and in 2011, whereas VR wins were 2009 & 2005 on diff surfaces.

Saturday 18-5-13

Morning all, a bad couple of days, hopefully it can be better today. I'm going to put everything down, I'm testing yet another filter today, one day I'll be happy with what I have, I doubt that will be anyday soon though.

NEWBURY

130 RUSSIAN REALM
205 WILLING FOE
240 KHUBALA
315 SPILLWAY
350 DECLARATION OF WAR
530 YOU'RE THE BOSS
600 SERENITY SPA

THIRSK

250 MASTER BOND
325 AL'S MEMORY
400 KYLEAKIN LASS
435 JUST DARCY
510 AL MUHEER
545 TEAM CHALLENGE
620 STOPPED OUT

BANGOR

155 SEPERATE SHADOWS
230 TOP BILLING
340 OVERNIGHT FAME
415 GUD DAY

NEWMARKET

145 PASHAN GARH
220 CARAVAN ROLLS ON
255 BURNING BLAZE
330 MUSIC MASTER
405 THA'IR
440 GRANELL
550 CAFE SOCIETY

DONCASTER

525 SPANISH PLUME
625 GRAND DENIAL
700 YOURARTISONFIRE
730 ENTWINED
805 ODDYSEY
835 JOHNNY CAVAGIN

UTTOXETER

535 TOUBEERA
640 IT'S A NEW DAY

WEXFORD

245 MAJESTIC JASMINE
430 KNOCKCROGHERY
500 ANNIE OTHER
600 SENSING


NEWBIE CORNER

MECCAS ANGEL 215 THIRSK

Tonight I shall be betting Ukraine and Italy for Eurovision, both have a decent slot in the only competition that has more of a draw bias than Chester racecourse.

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Friday 17-5-13

Morning all, not entirely sure how well this will go today, I was a bit slow in getting myself together and got sidetracked a few times, but I've bet on these selections, hopefully they can do me proud.

YORK

145 MAJESTIC ALEXANDER
215 SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD
245 QUIZ MISTRESS
315 PEARL SEA
350 MY NAME IS RIO
425 RYE HOUSE
500 ALL NECESSARY FORCE

NEWMARKET

255 BAYAN KASIRGA
405 NABUCCO
440 AULD ALLIANCE
515 STARFIELD

NEWBURY

200 CRUCK REALTA
340 GLASS OFFICE
415 BURSLEDON

HAMILTON

725 RAWAKI
800 HEAVENS GUEST

AINTREE

630 MUMBLES HEAD

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Thursday 16-5-13

Morning all, a few winners yesterday and a tiny squeak of profit. Hoping for more of the same today.

YORK

145 CHEWOREE
215 CUBANITA
245 GREATWOOD
315 FORT BASTION
350 POLSKI MAX
500 HIDDEN JUSTICE

TIPPERARY

600 STERLING STUFF
635 JUPITOR
710 QUIET THIOUGHT

FONTWELL

615 EARL GREZ

SALISBURY

130 SOCIETY PEARL
200 LADY ARTISTE
235 BEAU NASH
340 A LADIES MAN
415 WHIPPER SNAPPER
450 IFAN

PERTH

355 KRIS CROSS
405 JUMBO JOHN
515 COUNSEL

NEWMARKET

555 FROZEN OVER
625 ELKAAYED
700 ARCH VILLAIN
805 GIRL OF CADIZ
835 TYFOS

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Wednesday 15-5-13

Morning all, much better yesterday. 7 winners form 24 and profit made. Straight in today, tread careful York and myself have nearly as frosty relationship as me and Chester.

TREBLE

LIBER NAUTICUS 245 YORK
DESCARO 255 UTTOXETER
HANKY PANKY 820 NAAS

YORK

145 PROMPTER
215 COMPTON
245 LIBER NAUTICUS
315 ROYAL RASCAL
350 COCKNEY SPARROW
500 MUNDAHESH

NAAS

515 UBIQUITOUS MANTLE
620 WEXFORD OPERA
650 PRINCESS HIGHWAY
750 SEPTEMBER LILY
820 HANKY PANKY
850 SNAKES AND LADDERS

BATH

640 IRENE KENNET
710 REMIX
740 FAIR COMMENT
810 SILVERICA
840 SUPERIOR EDGE

FONTWELL

205 DEIREADH RE
305 REGGIE PERRIN
415 RIVER SAVA
450 SAMARKAND
520 CHARLIES LADY

PERTH

600 DICKIE HENDERHOOP
630 SHOOTING TIMES
700 RUDEMEISTER
730 JUMBO JOHN

UTTOXETER

155 ANY CURRENCY
255 DESCARO
400 KILCOMMON PRIDE
435 NATURAL SPRING
510 VIC VENTURI

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Tuesday 14-5-13

Morning all, a couple of winners yesterday certainly blew off some cobwebs. I'm going back to safety in numbers, it's easier to hide 25 losers behind 5 winners than it is to hide 1 winner behind 7 losers. I have to be quick, these school run mornings literally steal half my morning.
I'm going to give you my treble then the rest of the bets, the treble are also bet as singles.

TREBLE

FAIRY IN THE WIND 220 WINCANTON
REBEL FITZ 515 KILLARNEY
JAMES POLLARD 740 CHEPSTOW

BEVERLEY

210 CHLOES DREAM
310 ARCH WALKER
340 MUJAADEL
440 ANNALOVA
510 MARHABA MAYALEEN
540 BALTIC BOMBER

SEDGEFIELD

200 AAZIF
230 DISCOVERIE
300 VALLEY OF MILAN
330 TURF TRIVIA
400 FRED BOJANGLES
430 PRIZE FIGHTER

WINCANTON

220 FAIRY IN THE WIND
350 TITCH STRIDER
420 SEVEN WOODS

CHEPSTOW

600 ANNIE BESANT
705 SPRAY TAN
810 PLAY STREET
840 HASHGAR

SOUTHWELL

620 MOON OVER MIAMI
800 OFFICIALLY MODERN

KILLARNEY

515 REBEL FITZ
615 LORD BEN
750 MAUNDY MONEY
820 MARCHESE MARCONI


TENNIS

M. YOUZHNY
M. CILIC
A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Monday 13-5-13

Well, a bad weekend. Onto a new week. So far May really isn't helping much. I have a few for today, hopefully we can get some winners.

DONCASTER

425 AL'S MEMORY
500 CURLY COME HOME
535 AKDAM

KILLARNEY

840 POLLYWOLLYDOODLE

MUSSELBURGH

305 EDAS
340 MISS ELLA JADE
415 CRACKING CHOICE
450 SKYTRAIN
520 AMIS REUNIS

TOWCESTER

730 DOUBLE SILVER

WINDSOR

720 GUEST OF HONOUR

WOLVERHAMPTON

435 POLISH CROWN

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Sunday 12-5-13

Morning, are you still here? why? I can only apologise for the horrendous run that I'm on. Honestly I'm trying to work out where I'm going wrong, it's hard, you can be confident about a day and get nothing or have a cagey day and find winners everywhere, either way I'm going to try again, determined to bounce back.

KEMPTON

320 SEVENTH SKY
520 JOHNNY OG

PLUMPTON

330 JUST BEWARE
400 BE ALL MAN

WORCESTER

410 RED SKIPPER

KILLARNEY

355 RAGGLETAGGLEGYPSY

LEOPARDSTOWN

255 DUNTLE
325 RAWAAQ
455 SHADOW EILE

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Saturday 11-5-13

Good Morning, after much deliberation, scribbling, ripping of paper and general confusedness I have made some selections. I'm putting up 2 for the Victoria cup, I think that's fair for a 28 runner handicap. I'm frantically trying to whittle down my processes so that I have time to enter my thinking on my bets, because at the moment it just looks as though I'm advising people to throw their money down the toilet some days. The weekends have been treating us fairly recently though so I'm hopeful I can guide to a few winners today. There's a couple in here at bigger prices so you may want to play each way, if that's your method.

HAYDOCK

405 PASTORAL PLAYER

ASCOT

240 MAIN SEQUENCE
350 HIGHLAND COLORI + BORN TO SURPRISE
425 LUNAR DEITY

LINGFIELD

255 GREATWOOD
400 ULTRASONIC
435 LUTINE BELL
510 MR DAVID

THIRSK

615 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
645 KARATE QUEEN
745 NO DOMINION

WARWICK

605 TWO TURTLE DOVES
835 SCOTTISH GLEN

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Friday 10-5-13

Morning all, must be quick, didn't realise there were 783 night meetings today! Not that I've many bets in them but I had to look! Have I mentioned how much I dislike Chester, it's a lovely looking track and an exciting puzzle, but my account and the course really do not get on!

ASCOT

530 RIZEENA
740 SHEBEBI
815 AJMANY

CHESTER

215 CONTRIBUTER
315 SATSUMA
350 PERSONAL TOUCH
425 ARBEEL

LINGFIELD

415 SANDFRANKSKIPSGO (NAP)

MARKET RASEN

330 GENTLEMAN ANSHAN
405 PHARE ISLE

RIPON

655 HENRY BEE

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Thursday 9-5-13

Morning all, just a few today.

CHESTER

145 MIJHAAR
425 STAR UP IN THE SKY

GOODWOOD

405 ORDERS FROM ROME

NEWTON ABBOT

205 NEVER SAYS NEVER
235 AMUSE ME

SOUTHWELL

705 TIRADIA

WINCANTON

735 TITCH STRIDER

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Wednesday 8-5-13

Right, I'm on the drag this morning. Straight in. Yesterday bad. Hope today good.

CHESTER

145 KODAFINE
215 SALHOODA
245 BUCKLAND
315 FITZ FLYER
425 CONFESSIONAL
500 NOBLE BULL

GOWRAN PARK

720 REGULATION
750 PAINTED FINGERS

KEMPTON

740 FLETCHER CHRISTIAN

NEWCASTLE

830 GREY STREET

SOUTHWELL

400 SIX WIVES (NAP)

KELSO

305 CAPTAIN AMERICO
410 KIANS JOY


NEWBIE CORNER

MECCA'S ANGEL
WILSHIRE BOULEVARD

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Tuesday 7-5-13

Morning all, and a disappointing day yesterday. Hoping for a bit better today. Have to be quick though as it's back to school after a long weekend for my eldest, who isn't the most straightforward to motivate at the best of times. Only 8 bets today, the racing looks shocking in truth, although not on here but the Bushranger filly for Brittain/Tylicki in the opener at Yarmouth looks interesting.

EXETER

555 VEXILLUM
655 SEW ON TARGET
725 LIFE OF A LUSO

NAVAN

705 COOLIBAH
735 DIBAYANI

FAKENHAM

400 THE MILAN HORSE

KEMPTON

440 LASTKINGOFSCOTLAND

CATTERICK

710 SNOW BAY

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Monday 6-5-13

Morning, a very good day over here yesterday. Very good. 5 winners from 16, and a 17pt Level Stakes Profit to SP's. It's just a shame I can't do that every day! I have 21 today, which may seem a lot but it's a bank holiday so 8 meetings, really I've done well to keep it down. 2 in newbie corner, we had a winner yesterday. I'll get on because the baby is making noises at me, I expect she wants some breakfast.

CURRAGH

450 INFANTA BRANCA

KEMPTON

245 STORM MOON
420 DISCLAIMER
520 CHARLOTTE ROSINA

BATH

240 SCARGILL
310 SUNNY FUTURE
445 BELLE PARK
530 SUMMER DANCER

BEVERLEY

255 WINDFORPOWER
400 AL MUHEER
500 ART MISTRESS
530 SUMMER DANCER

FFOS LAS

425 ELEVEN FITY NINE
455 MY LAD PERCY

WARWICK

305 MILLIE N AIRE

WINDSOR

300 NOCTURN
330 MARVELLINO
505 POETIC LORD
535 ACHALAS

DOWNROYAL

400 CHINO VALDES
430 HE'S OUR MAN


NEWBIE CORNER

A CHILDS DREAM
SCORELINE

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Sunday 5-5-13

Good Morning, a poor day all in all yesterday. Very much a favourites paradise, which doesn't particularly help me. Those that just follow the money will have been pretty happy with themselves, me with my hours of background work left feeling frustrated. But we move on as always. I've gone with Sky Lantern in the Guineas. I know HS beat her last time out but she was very green and that race was much weaker than this, if she is as green still she might find things happening a bit soon for her today, whereas I believe SL to be a top class filly and Hughsie is bound to be fired up after missing out on a big chance yesterday. I think the 2nd Hannon horse looks a big chance to make the frame as well, a massive jockey booking with the brilliant Olivier Peslier on board, and I'm putting Just the Judge for 3rd, my mate Steven is sitting on a 25/1 AP slip so fingers crossed for him, he needs it to pay the gas bill. So my quick summary for the Guineas

1. SKY LANTERN
2. MAUREEN
3. JUST THE JUDGE

Hot Snap will finish never nearer and then go on to win the Oaks.

NEWMARKET

205 WILLIE WAGTAIL
235 THISTLE BIRD
310 HAMZA
350 SKY LANTERN
500 VANITY RULES

HAMILTON

215 KEEP IT DARK
325 POLSKI MAX
400 HILLVIEW BOY
510 KING OF PARADISE
545 TWO TURTLE DOVES

SALISBURY

220 MYSTERIOUS MAN
520 BENANDONNER

LIMERICK

345 GOLDEN SHOE
420 AN SAINCHEANN
525 QUILL AND VELLUM

SLIGO

440 CHILTERN HILLS


NEWBIE CORNER

BAIHAS
DEIRA PHANTOM
LIGHT CATCHER
MASTER OF TIME
MEDISKA
WIND FIRE

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Satruday 4-5-13

Good Morning, and early signs suggest a beautiful day for the Guineas. Hopefully we can find a few winners. Only 2 yesterday but one of them was 11/1 so it worked out okay. Let's crack on shall we?

NEWMARKET

205 OCEAN TEMPEST
235 PEARL SECRET
350 DAWN APPROACH
425 SECRET MISSILE
500 UNSINKABLE

GOODWOOD

220 LILY IN PINK
330 LADY GIBRALTAR
405 STIRRING BALLAD

THIRSK

400 CEREMONIAL JADE
435 DISCRESSION
545 RUSTY ROCKET

UTTOXETER

155 CLOUD CREEPER
340 JETNOVA
450 ANDREO BAMBALEO

DONCASTER

645 ENROL
750 FLASHMAN
820 NEXT DOOR

HEXHAM

625 MRS EFF
735 TUTCHEC
805 HURRABORU

LIMERICK

210 ROMAN GENERAL
240 MORE MADNESS
345 BUTNEY BOY
420 BURN AND TURN


NEWBIE CORNER

Just 2 today

ABSOLUTE DIAMOND
CZECH IT OUT

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Friday 3-5-13

Morning, a frustrating day yesterday. Lots of near misses. We'll try again today, I'm heavy handed again today with a view to using another filter provided things go okay. We'll see. I'll jump straight in because I have some gardening to do.

MUSSELBURGH

200 ANTONIO GRAMSCI
300 GALA CASINO STAR
330 MARHABA MAYALEEN
430 SPIEKEROOG
505 ICEBLAST
535 RISE TO GLORY

CHEPSTOW

220 HURAKAN
250 ASTRA HALL
450 BALTIC GIN

DUNDALK

640 JUDIES CHILD
740 DALIYAN
840 BADGER DALY

KILBEGGAN

620 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
650 DANTE ANNA
750 THE BOOK THIEF

FONTWELL

600 DUBAI GLORY
700 LADY FROM GENEVA

LINGFIELD

340 LUJEANIE

BANGOR

715 ACHIMOTA


NEWBIE CORNER
Mark these ones down as winners in waiting, I'll pop them in alphabetical order. All making debuts today.

CASTLEINEY
DISCLOSURE
EALAIN AIBREAN
GREEK SPIRIT
SLEEPING GIANT
STIRABOUT
UBIQUITOUS MANTLE
UDOGO

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Thursday 2-5-13

Good morning all, and a beautiful, sunny one it is here in Suffolk. Can you believe it's only 2 days until the Guineas? Me neither! The racing isn't quite the midweek treat we got yesterday, but can't be described as muck all the same. I'm filling my boots today. Mostly because of the shocking advised bets, and you can call this aftertiming if you like but my filters got rid of 8/1, 15/2, 50/1!, 6/1, 9/1, 3/1 and another 8/1 winners!!!!! I've relaxed my filters, I couldn't possibly put up all of my shortlist each day, because to be honest it's not really very short! One example I have 8 on the shortlist for the 450 at Lingfield! I've ended up with a fair few bets today, hopefully I can get a decent SR and more importantly a profit.

CHEPSTOW

610 STAG HILL
640 BEACON LADY
710 SAINT IRENE
740 MARIES FANTASY
810 FICELLE

LINGFIELD

220 BAAN
320 PLAYBILL
350 UNDERSTORY
420 IF SO
450 KING OF KUDOS
525 PORT MONARCH

REDCAR

230 CHLOES DREAM
330 ELLAAL
430 RED EIGHT

SEDGEFIELD

240 AAZIF
340 POBS TROPHY
440 RIGIDITY

TAUNTON

650 ULYS DU CHARMIL
820 THE PIRATES QUEEN

TIPPERARY

600 RED QUEEN
630 SRUCAHAN
800 CLANCY STRAND
830 NO TIME TO SERVE


NEWBIE CORNER

A couple to jot down
KIRTLING BELL (RED)
CENTRALLY (CHEP)
HEAVENS EDGE (CHEP)

Good Luck and Happy Punting