Friday 20th January -

We dipped behind for the first time this month! We're still well within touching distance. It's paramount when punting that you never try to recoup/chase losses, you will only ever lose far more than you could ever intend to. What we will do is play exactly the same in the hope that we can make a profit today. Live for the now. I do find it amusing that during my purple patch I gained around 50-60 followers on twitter and have lost double figures after having a few bad days. #fickle
It seems that some of our leading jockeys are getting disillusioned by the abuse they receive on twitter, leading to them considering pulling their accounts. None of us would really like this to happen. I would like to hope that no-one reading my blog would partake in such behaviour. Don't get me wrong, I have been unhappy with the style of ride given to horses at times, and I will explain that on twitter if I feel I need to. This doesn't mean I am right, and many others will have different opinions to you. But no matter what your opinion of a ride is, personal abuse crosses any line. A lot of these jockeys will reply to your tweets, they often tweet when they have ridden one that has worked well at home, and some of them are interesting people to follow. If they begin to close accounts then we will lose our insight into these hard working individuals with a real passion for their work. And that would be a great shame. So if you do decide you are unhappy with a ride, tell Fred in the pub, or Jim down the bookie shop. Even announce it on social media if you wish, however do not personally attack someone for doing their job. Thanks.
Now would you like some tips?

LUCKY 31

DOBERDAN                         1515 CATT
LAND HAWK                       1540 LING
STAR GALAXY                    1600 CHEP    
CANADIAN DANEHILL     1655 WOLV
CATHERINE DE MEDICI    1850 DUND

DUNDALK

1750 SUSIESCOT
1820 SECRET HERO
1850 CATHERINE DE MEDICI NAP
1920 GANDOLFINI
1950 TSAR PAUL
2020 BLUE CROSS BOY
2050 REGAL TRAMP
2115 SOUNDS OF THUNDER

LINGFIELD

1250 PUCON
1325 DRAWN FROM THE PAST
1400 RED CURRENT
1430 IRONS ON FIRE
1505 JUNOOB
1540 LAND HAWK
1610 ARKAIM

WOLVERHAMPTON

1620 PILGRIM DANCER
1655 CANADIAN DANEHILL
1725 GEORGE FENTON
1800 NEWPORT ARCH
1830 NOT BAD FOR A BOY
1900 BAILEYS STRIDER
1930 AD VITAM

CATTERICK

1250 ENDEAVOUR
1300 STOPPED OUT
1335 SOUDAIN
1410 ALTAN KHAN
1440 DISTIME
1515 DOBERDAN
1550 CLASSIC RALLY

CHEPSTOW

1240 UGO
1310 LOST TWO STARS
1345 SIMPLY WINGS
1420 HIGHWAY CODE
1450 TIGER MAGUIRE
1525 MAURICE THE ATHLETE
1600 STAR GALAXY

MEYDAN (not included in stats)

1100 MEASURING TIME
1135 SPRING OF FAME
1210 VISCOUNT NELSON
1245 HITCHENS
1320 RHYTHM OF LIGHT
1355 MASTER OF THE ROLLS

Good Luck, Happy Punting and Be Nice