Tuesday 01-01-13

Good Morning all, I hope you all had a decent time of it last night and aren't too ill-effected to have a crack at the bookies today. A clean slate today. I have 9 bets, which doesn't seem a lot in the grand scheme. Hopefully the frugul-ness will result in a decent profit for the day. We'll see.

EXETER

1225 BIG SOCIETY
130 AMBION WOOD (NAP)
240 HAWKES POINT (Nb)

TRAMORE

1230 TINA'S EXHIBITION
100 GOODOLDHONKYTONK
245 THE BOOK THIEF

FAKENHAM

340 SANGFROID

MUSSELBURGH

105 BOCCIANI

FAIRYHOUSE

1250 JEUNOPSE

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Monday 31-12-12

Morning all, it was a tough weekend but the lack of tips, I think, suggested it would be as so. I have 9 suggestions for the last day of 2012, I have a new betting bank start tomorrow so I've just split all available funds across them, with a bit of luck they'll pay for a takeaway and a bottle of champers for tonight! Hope you all have a good evening however you choose to see in the new year, and aren't to hanging to come back and check out my first tips for 2013.

LINGFIELD

100 SHERRINN
130 BULL BAY

UTTOXETER

1240 KEY TO THE WEST
110 JEANRY

PUNCHESTOWN

1235 VESPER BELL

TRAMORE

1245 CHASING SHADOWS
115 TED VEALE
145 MOYAS CHARM
245 SIR HARRY CASH

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Sunday 30-12-12

morning, just a quicky today. 2 picks. Good Luck.

TAUNTON

145 DUSHY VALLEY
220 CALL ME A STAR

Saturday 29-12-12

Morning all, a small profit made yesterday with 4 winners from 15. Hopefully we can achieve something similar today and turn the small deficit for the month into a profit. I only have 12 today, which for a Saturday is quite few, but that's just how it goes I guess. I'll crack on.

NEWBURY

100 PISTOL
210 IMPERIAL CIRCUS (Nb)
245 BALLYBOUGH PAT (NAP)

DONCASTER

1240 COCKNEY SPARROW
225 FIREBIRD FLYER
255 FILL THE POWER

KELSO

1220 MILANO MAGIC
330 SHANEN

LEOPARDSTOWN

130 MARASSONIEN
235 ZUZKA

WOLVERHAMPTON

410 RAKTICATE

LIMERICK

320 DANGAN DAYLIGHT

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Friday 28-12-12

Morning all, a poorer day yesterday. Hoping for a bit better today. We'll see what happens, we've one or two bigger priced fancies popping up today and a little bit of an upset in the big race in Ireland.

LEOPARDSTOWN

1255 KILMAINHAM
155 QUISCOVER FONTAINE
300 TIDAL BAY

LIMERICK

1235 PACELLI ROAD
135 FREE TO DREAM
310 SANG BLEU

LEICESTER

310 BUCKING THE TREND

CATTERICK

220 JACKIES SOLITAIRE
250 TUTCHEC

LINGFIELD

100 DARNATHEAN
130 EMPERORS WALTZ

WOLVERHAMPTON

350 AVONROSE
450 OUTLAW TORN
520 MEZZOTINT
620 TWINWOOD STAR

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Thursday 27-12-12

Morning all, are we all refreshed from Christmas day now, I'll be honest my diet of Cider, Baileys, Chocolate , Nuts and Sausage Rolls probably isn't going to keep the middle aged spread at bay for much longer! Yesterday was tough, but we always knew it was going to be. A few winners and lots of places showing that at least I knocked on the door. Just 16 today on another busy day with quality racing both sides of the Irish Sea. 5 winners again today would be great.

KEMPTON

1255 SIMONSIG
130 MISS MILBOURNE (NB)
240 HIS EXCELLENCY
345 CHESIL BEACH BOY (NAP)

WETHERBY

110 LUCEMATIC
255 ALAND ISLANDS

LINGFIELD

115 ROGUE REPORTER (TREB)
225 AQUILONIOUS

WOLVERHAMPTON

700 SPIFER

LEOPARDSTOWN

1250 CELTIC CAILIN
200 JEZKI
235 TENNIS CAP
310 NINETIETH MINUTE

LIMERICK

250 HARPSY CHORD
320 JOHNNYOFCOURSE
355 POPS WELL

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Wednesday 26-12-12

Morning all, I hope you all had a great christmas. Today is a crazy day, lots of meetings so lots of bets. I have 35 selections today, some at decent prices. I think if we can find a double figure haul of winners today we can be pleased with our returns.
Here goes.

KEMPTON

1250 NEW YEARS EVE
125 MILARROW
200 THEATRE GUIDE
235 GETMEOUTOFHERE
310 CHAMPION COURT
345 LAMPS

LIMERICK

1235 PAGEBOY
105 NOBLE PAGEANT
240 REAFADDA
310 TRISTRAM SHANDY

DOWNROYAL

1225 SALSIFY
200 TORN ASUNDER
230 KILLSHALLGO
300 GREAT OAK
330 BUTNEY BOY

LEOPARDSTOWN

120 STOCKTONS WING
150 THE BOYS DONT KNOW
220 GLIBIN
255 BAILY GREEN

FONTWELL

130 UMADACHAR

FFOS LAS

220 BRAVO BRAVO
255 BENDANT
330 BENHEIR

MARKET RASEN

100 MARIE DES ANGES
210 ROI DE GARDE

SEDGEFIELD

155 WALSER
305 NEVERTIKA

TOWCESTER

120 BE ALL MAN

WOLVERHAMPTON

210 LIGHT FROM MARS
315 GLORY CITY

WETHERBY

1235 ROI DE GARDE
110 BRAVO BRAVO
145 BALLYOLIVER

WINCANTON

140 MONKERTY TUNKERTY
215 YESYOUCAN

Good Luck, tread careful and happy punting.

Sunday 23-12-12

Morning, yesterday was interesting. I couldn't get near a thing and then, bang, 25/1 and 11/1 winners respectively. That puts the blog in profit this month. Which is nice. Just 2 from Thurles for me.

130 JOXER
230 TROUBLED

On weights/ratings Joxer has 3lb to find with Midnight Game, however they did finish 1/2 length apart boxing day last year and there is now a 10lb swing in our favour. Troubled can win this if he can refind form from the back end of last season, disappointed on 2 starts in October but hopefully they've found what was wrong  during his recent small sabatical.

Nothing left to say but thank you for reading the blog all year, amd wishing you and your families a very merry christmas and a prosperous new year. I'll be back Wednesday with a fair few bets no doubt.

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Saturday 22-12-12

Morning all, and unsurprisingly we are still here. I have 16 main bets today, plus plenty of savers that popped up in the system. I'll tweet my savers when i have time, it would be far too confusing to put them on here. I'm just going to have to list them as time is getting the better of me this morning. Hopefully we'll get a great day of racing ahead and maybe some clues for the shaken up World Hurdle.

ASCOT

130 SOLIX
200 SMAD PLACE (NAP)
310 CAUSE OF CAUSES
340 MAJALA

LINGFIELD

1220 KING GEORGE RIVER
120 WELEASE BWIAN
225 CHAPTER SEVEN
300 THE CORNISH COCKNEY

HAYDOCK

1210 ABLE DEPUTY
145 HOLLOW TREE
215 QUINCY DES PICTONS
250 ANDREO BAMBALEO
325 ALPHA VICTOR

NAVAN

1245 TED VEALE

WOLVERHAMPTON

205 MASTER BOND
315 THE MONGOOSE

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Friday 21-12-12

Morning all, despite the selections becoming decimated by the inclement weather around the country yesterday, 6 went to post. 2 of which won, at 20/1 + 6/1 respectively. This was a very pleasing result, and has given me another small tweak to my system. Today looks pretty tough and I have just 4 on the AW this evening to put up, plus a pretty obvious but, in my opinion, secure forecast bet at Ascot.

230 ASCOT

SIMONSIG to beat ACT OF KALANISI
Top, top, top novice hurdler Simonsig makes his chase debut today, every inch of this horse looks a potential chaser. The big grey travels beautifully through his races and, as the odds suggest, should really encounter zero problem here. AOK is the obvious forecast, and rightly so. He was in with a chance over C&D 3 starts ago before late jumping errors cost him the race, he made amends next time with a commanding win at Leicester, and wasn't disgraced lto within 10 lengths of Captain Conan, his best chance is to run his own race and not to try and beat Simonsig. You should get around even money for the FC provided Dare Me doesn't attract any interest at all in the ring and drifts out markedly.

WOLVERHAMPTON

520 HIPSTER (NAP)
620 TARO TYWOD

DUNDALK

600 SHERZAN
800 ELLEVAL

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Thursday 20-12-12

Morning all, 3 winners and a morsel of profit to level stakes at SP, much better for the early birds who got double figure prices on 8/1 winner Kaafel. I have (lucky for some) 13 selections today. It would be nice to land 3-4 today. One or two of these are available at tastyish prices as well.

DOWNPATRICK

1255 PLAY BACK PART TWO
125 DARROUN
255 VAPIANO
325 MOYAS CHARM

EXETER

1220 BENVOLIO
1250 WATERUNDER
120 DOMTALINE

KEMPTON

600 LIGHT FROM MARS
630 PERFECT DELIGHT
700 ATLANTIS CROSSING
730 BOBBYOW

LINGFIELD

200 KICKINGTHELILLY
300 MOLLY JONES

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Wednesday 19-12-12

Morning all, A horrid day yesterday. Complete blank. Hopefully we can do better today!

LINGFIELD

1200 MIAKORA
1230 ATHAAKEEL
130 DESERT SUNRISE
200 YOU'RE THE BOSS
310 KAAFEL
340 LASER BLAZER

KEMPTON

355 OVETT
455 RING FOR BAILEYS
555 WHIPPER SNAPPER
655 TAKITWO

NEWBURY

1250 MICKELSON
150 AMUSE ME
300 FERGALL

LUDLOW

1240 KHAZIUM
315 THE WEE LASS

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Tuesday 18-12-12

Morning all, a very nice return of 6 winners from 11 runners yesterday has pushed the SR to over 25%, still a small deficit, but nothing a good weekend won't fix, just as long as I can keep the ship steady in the meantime. I have 10 for today, a couple shot, a couple big and a few in between. Hopefully we can have half as good a day as yesterday. The 29/1 treble at Ffos Las was certainly the highlight, (disclaimer: I did not back the treble, neither did I advise it, but the newspaper tipsters get 3 out of 8 and claim the treble so I believe I've every right after getting 3 out of 3)

CATTERICK

1240 BORDER TALE
110 WALKABOUT CREEK
140 BALLYOLIVER

FOLKESTONE

1230 TEALISSIO
100 TALKONTHESTREET
300 BOLLIN TAHINI

LINGFIELD

1250 PROVENTI
150 WELEASE BWIAN (NAP)
220 MORANT BAY
250 GEORGE FENTON

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Monday 17-12-12

Morning all, a very narrow loss yesterday, just 5p in the level pound. 12 selections today, hopefully a couple can score, there are a few shorties in here, I apologise for that but I have to go with my system. Hopefully they can warrant their odds and keep the strike rate up.

FFOS LAS

1245 ALBORZ
145 BENDANT
245 BENHEIR

PLUMPTON

1230 SIR FREDLOT
100 OSCARA DARA
130 ACE FIGHTER PILOT
205 GUYDUS

WOLVERHAMPTON

155 KING OF WINDSOR
225 CADGERS BRIG
355 TOUGHNESS DANON
425 BIX
455 LIGHT SHINE

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Sunday 16-12-12

Morning all, a poor day yesterday, but then I wasn't expecting anything really so to get 1 winner was decent enough. I'm putting up a few more today, spread my bet parameters a little. I back level stakes and gently anyway so it doesn't really matter to me how many I back. Obviously make sure you have a look yourself before following any tip. Where I can I will add some reasoning but a often time is against me. Anyway here are todays bets.

NAVAN

1225 BOSTON BOB
1255 SIMENON
155 FOREVER GOLD
225 THE BOOK THIEF
255 BALINAHOW LADY
325 HILLTOP TOMMY

HEREFORD

110 QUOUSKO DE L'ISOP

MUSSELBURGH

1220 VALLEY OF MILAN
150 MYSTIFIED
220 LONE FOOT LADDIE
250 MONARCHS WAY

CARLISLE

130 HIGHLAND RAIN
200 COOL OPERATOR

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Saturday 15-12-12

Morning all, it's a funny day, some great racing and I'm keeping it mostly as a watching brief. Especially with the ground likely to be pretty poor. I've got 7 of today's system horses that have come up as bets. One is a little leftfield but if it scores we'll be sorted for a week! I'll crack on because the kids have been up since 6 and are starting to grizzle for their breakfast, probably excited that the christmas tree is going up today.

CHELTENHAM

230 TATENEN

DONCASTER

1155 JACKIES SOLITAIRE
1225 KALANI KING

WOLVERHAMPTON

450 TOUGHNESS DANON
650 AMTIRED
720 RAKTICATE
750 THE MONGOOSE

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Friday 14-12-12

Morning all, 1 winner at 4/1 from just the 2 runners yesterday. Can't grumble at that. I have 6 bets picked out today, 4 at Cheltenham, and 1 a piece at Lingfield and Bangor. Hopefully we can score a couple and keep making small profits. A nice card at Cheltenham today, to get us in the mood for the weekend. Should be fun.

CHELTENHAM

1215 SUPER DUTY
120 FALCARRAGH
305 SIVOLA DE SIVOLA
340 MR WATSON

BANGOR

1200 MALT MASTER

LINGFIELD

220 SRINAGAR GIRL

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Thursday 13-12-12

Morning people, a blank yesterday. It's tough this time of year really. We'll try again today, but I only have 2 to share with you, in the first 2 races at Gowran Park. So it's an early finish.

1235 SOUTH SOUTH WEST
Ran a big race behind the very good Our Conor(some way behind) in a much better race than this last time, lots of unknowns here but this one has best known form so worth a play at forecast prices.

105 GOODOLDHONKYTONK
Decent bumper debut, but poor beaten favourite on second start. Makes hurdling bow today under the very capable Andrew Lynch.

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Wednesday 12-12-12

Morning all, no luck with just the 1 bet yesterday. I have 7 today. Not much value around to be fair, in my opinion, so we'll just see how we get on. I'll just crack on so that I can away to find somehow to warm up, it's very cold this morning.

HEXHAM

1250 TAP NIGHT

LINGFIELD

1200 KRUPSKAYA

KEMPTON

315 RANGI
415 EMULATING
515 DARNATHEAN

DUNDALK

630 ELLEVAL
830 JACKSONS LADY

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Tuesday 11-12-12

Morning all, sorry i forgot to post yesterday, you didn't miss a lot, i had 3 bets, 1 of which won at SP of 5/2 so you'd have made 50p per £ level stake. Today I only have 1 bet.

ROGUE REPORTER 100 LINGFIELD
2 decent runs on the AW last month, last one can be forgiven imo as was an apprentice race and sometimes riders are more important than form in those. Needs to step up a little but booking of Jamie Spencer sticks out a little. Although Jamie often picks up rides for this yard this is the first time he has ridden this horse. A double yesterday pushed Spencer up to a 31%SR in the last fortnight and with a man like that on form, this horse has every chance. I think he'll be suited by the trademark late dash from Spencer just as long as they dont let one get an easy first run as front runners are proving pretty tough to draw in at Lingfield of late. Hopefully he can win and we can move on to tomorrow with a couple more pound in the coffers.

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Sunday 9-12-12

Morning, It's an early one, because I've a baby who won't sleep. I'm a  bit sulky today after a poor day yesterday, so just 5 selections on offer.

CORK

115 ROGUE ANGEL
215 GREAT OAK
245 CARLOWSANTANA

KELSO

225 CAPTAIN AMERICO
255 LUCEMATIC

Good Luck

Saturday 8-12-12

Morning, yesterday wasn't great, but a 30% SR, and a couple of points under papered the cracks. I've picked out a lot today, 28 in fact. I'm looking for an optimistic 9 winners to maintain the blog's SR. And of course a small profit would be nice also. Any highlights today? Well the showdown between Sprinter Sacre and Santuaire. You couldn't get 2 more different nags, one is a raving lunatic who will likely charge at every fence like he's leading the light brigade, the other sits on the bridle like he's just having a gallop through his field admiring the scenery. This will be a very interesting race, and the big question is can Sanctuaire get Sprinter Sacre off the bridle? I think when you are questioning just whether a horse will have to put in an effort then you probably already know the winner, and I guess the odds suggest that. An intersting one in the 1245 Wetherby is Viva Colonia. The tissue on RP online is 8/1 and I think was trading about 7.6 on Betfair when I looked earlier, now on achieved form this is too big as he was as good, if not better, than the leading lights in this race on his hurdle form. This is his chase debut and he hasn't been seen since being outclassed in last years Ladbroke Hurdle (17-12-11) but at 7-8/1 is surely worth a play on value terms. Right I'll pop down my potential winners now. Always have a look at the cards yourselves before placing a bet, but hopefully I can give you some ideas.

AINTREE

1235 L'UNIQUE
105 ACROSS THE BAY
135 UP FOR AN OSCAR
210 MUMBLES HEAD
245 CONSTANT CONTACT
320 CHANCE DU ROY

CHEPSTOW

100 IMPERIAL CIRCUS
205 CANNINGTON BROOK
240 GRAN TORINO
315 OLDRIK

LINGFIELD

1240 TENBRIDGE
140 CHESTERSLITTLEGEM

NAVAN

1215 UN ATOUT (NAP)
1250 OK OSCAR
150 WHISPERING HILLS
300 MARASSONIEN
330 THE OTHER SIDE

SANDOWN

1255 FLORAFERN
125 BIG EASY
155 CAPTAIN CONAN
230 INTO WAIN
305 SPRINTER SACRE
340 GOLAN WAY

WETHERBY

1210 KRIS CROSS
1245 VIVA COLONIA
115 HURRABORU
145 PROSECCO
220 DON'TPAYTHEFERRYMAN


FOOTBALL

My bet of the week are Brentford at home to the MK Dons, as closely as these 2 are matched Brentford are in sterling form at home gaining 20 points from the last available 24. A best price of 7/4 makes them decent value in my book.
My Treble for today is
SWANSEA
C. PALACE
BRENTFORD

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Friday 7-12-12

Morning all, a poor day yesterday. Hopefully better today.

EXETER

100 FINGAL BAY (for the strike rate)
130 OUR ISLAND
205 THE ITALIAN YOB

LINGFIELD

340 ARCHINA (NAP)

SANDOWN

110 SUSTAINABILITY
145 TAQUIN DU SEUIL
220 BOLD SIR BRIAN
255 VINCITORE
330 STRUANMORE

DUNDALK

730 KINGS WHARF

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Thursday 6-12-12

Morning all, was a bit on the drag this morning. We've lost Market Rasen so far, and I haven't any picks at Leicester anyway so that can go too if it wants. I'll just quickly jot down what I have and a little football acca for tonight if you fancy losing a bit more.

WINCANTON

110 HEEZ A CRACKER
140 BASIL FAWLTY
240 RIGHT STUFF

LINGFIELD

125 MARTIAL ART
225 WOOLFALL SOVEREIGN
255 ALASKAN BULLET

CLONMEL

1245 FATCATINTHEHAT
115 GLENS MELODY
215 DANGAN DAYLIGHT
345 BALLYCASEY

FOOTY

BAY. LEVERKUSEN
BORDEAUX
GENK
LYON
NAPOLI

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Wednesday 5-12-12

Morning again. Well a 1st, a 2nd and a 3rd yesterday. Small profit made as winner was 11/4. I've 9 today, hopefully we can get 2 or 3 in. All 9 would be great, but I'm more of a realist. Won't stop long because the racing is poor. Todays top rated horse is Willie Mullins' Tasitiocht.

CATTERICK

1250 RUACANA

HEREFORD

110 VULCANITE

LINGFIELD

1200 ARCHIE STEVENS
130 WARFARE

KEMPTON

420 SHERINN

WEXFORD

1215 VENTURE CAPITAL
1245 TASITIOCHT
145 WESTHAVEN
245 SALSIFY

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Tuesday 4-12-12

Morning all. A bit better yesterday with a couple of winners and money back on the day. Today is absolutely nothing to get excited about. I've picked out 3, they are all quite short so probably just play a small treble and hope for a bit of luck.

FOLKESTONE 300 GUYDUS

TOWCESTER 220 MOSCOW PRESENTS

WOLVERHAMPTON 210 PROJECTISLE

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Monday 3-12-12

Morning, yesterday was absolute filth. 11 runners, 7 (seven) seconds!!!!! There was some hair pulled out let me tell you. I only have 7 bets today and it's a Monday so tread careful would be the best advice.

PLUMPTON

110 PATEESE (Nb)
140 MADAME JASMINE (NAP)

WOLVERHAMPTON

125 CANDELITA
300 RAKTICATE
330 THE CORNISH COCKNEY
400 CORTON LAD

KEMPTON

550 ROY'S LEGACY

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Sunday 2-12-12

Well, that wasn't quite the start of the month that I was had envisaged. Although it would have been much different if Present To You (beaten a hd @14/1) had held on. Never mind, today is a new day. Big Bucks was great, and I did give you the forecast there. Also the 1st 2 in the Hennessey were all in the 6 I pointed out so my system isn't entirely fractured. I was watching closely yesterday and I think I've learnt a few new tricks which have been added in today. A quality card awaits at Fairyhouse, and it's very difficult to look past Willie Mullins who has over 50% SR in the last fortnight. I'll have a little look at the races for you as, everyone in my house is still asleep, I've a bit of time. Then I'll pop up some selections at the 2 English meetings, pretty much just alert horses who have a chance, although I did rate 1 race over here. I'll jst nip to make a coffee then I'll crack on.

FAIRYHOUSE

1235 JUVENILE HURDLE

Favourite Our Conor beat a pretty ordinary field on debut in this sphere and for me is too short based on that. He went off incredibly short that day and was a fair performer on the flat, so I'm not saying he's a bad horse, just I'm happy to take him on at the prices. Dayrina needs some to find on OC but did improve for the run. I still have him some way off here though. South South West has been kept going all summer and has won over hurdles, on flat and the all weather in the last 3 months, that's pretty impressive achievment and more importantly shrewd placement from connections. The jockey booking of Paul Townend jumps off the page here too and would be well worth a play at the price. Stocktons Wing came on for his debut in this sphere by landing second time out. He'll love the cut in the ground and is a huge player here. But my selection rests with BROG DEAS. Technically he has a bit to find with a formline running through Everything Zain, but that was his debut and he did improve for his second run. He won't be hindered by the soft ground and at a current best 5.5 (9/2) he looks to be value to me. So get your money on and if he wins perhaps you could treat the missus to some Brog Deas, she'd be chuffed.

105 GRADE 1 NOVICE HURDLE

For a Grade 1 this doesn't look much competition for me. I like Jessie Harrington's Jezki, but I don't think he's in the same class as CHAMPAGNE FEVER. I could be wrong, I quite often am. The bookies have Minsk close up too, but I think he wants further than this, the ground should make it a test but still I see the main 2 being involved. The selection is looking for a 5th successive win and the others will have to bring something special to the table to prevent that. Willie Mullins second horse Zuzka looks overpriced, it's a big step up for her, but she gets a bit of weight of the boys and that could tell in this ground. We'll see.

135 GRADE 1 NOVICE CHASE

A 2/3 horse race. Buckers Bridge has done what he's needed to date, with little fuss, but a step up is needed today. Arvika Legionairre has walked over weaker fields the last twice, coupled with minor franking of that form and the yard form he has to be taken very seriously. My money, however, rests with the favourite. DEDIGOUT hails from the yard that won this race last year, he was a top, top hurdler last year and made absolute mincemeat of his rivals on debut in this code. I can see this horse getting to the top of the chasing game too and looks a fair bet at odds against here.

205 HANDICAP CHASE

A competitive handicap, my top 3 are
OUR GIRL SALLEY, Rising Time, Quiet Thought
The selection comes back down in class after finding one far too good last time out, she has 3lb back from her qtr length conquerer 2 starts ago and looks to have a decent opening here.

240 GRADE 1 HATTONS GRACE HURDLE

Another 2 horse race, the super mare Voler La Vedette and her Galmoy hurdle conquerer from January ZAIDPOUR . VLV has a bit to prove here after a poor show by her lofty standards on reappearance, but she's not getting younger, she may well have just needed the run. Both horses won't be too worried about the ground, and there really isn't a lot between them. If VLV does run as poor as last time then the selection will have an easy time of it, but if she runs to her best then it will be a very close thing, the jockeys will be crucial and with as little disrespect to Andrew Lynch as possible, because I think him a very capable pilot, he's no Ruby Walsh. The jockey, stable, head 2 heads and value all point to Zaidpour in my opinion.

310 HANDICAP CHASE

Another cracking betting event, my top 3 are
GIVE US A HAND, Murchu, Tarquinius
My selection is weighted pretty highly on the jockey, and the fact that he should, if everything goes to plan, be chasing a treble here. The ground may be slightly against the selection here, but Ruby gave him a decent ride last time they worked together and that run suggested the step up in trip would suit. It hasn't to date but I'm guessing that's why they jumped at the chance to book up Ruby again.

LEICESTER

1250 WYCHWOODS BROOK
150 GUYDUS
225 TARA ROSE
255 CAULFIELDS VENTURE

KEMPTON

200 DEFINITELY GOLD
235 MAKARI
305 FEATHER IN THE ATTIC

Good Luck and Happy Punting

I'll tweet my NFL bets at sometime before 6pm