29/jan/2011

todays bets:


1.25 Blue Moon £20 - DH 9/2 + £45
2.00 Bakbenscher £10 - lost - £10
3.10 Colour Clash £20e/w - placed + £8
3.35 Grand Crus £80 - won 11/4 + £220
4.10 Aather £20e/w - lost - £40
4.10 Cockney Trucker - £20e/w - placed + £35


today + £258              total  - £9.70          bank + £990.30



Welcome to my new follower hope you endure the ride!

A welcome good day which started when Blue Moon looking like he was stuck in traffic found a way through to win (or so i thought) only to be called a dead heat, upon seeing the photo on tv my horse just had his head high while the other horse 's head was down, upon checking BF Blue Moon traded at 1.03 so most people thought it had won but only a tenner was my winning stake not a score.

Bakbenscher made a few mistakes and was never likely to win, Colour Clash hit the front two out and finished a well beaten third. Then the biggest bet of the day, Grand Crus i had a few reservations about after hearing some of the 'experts' on tv saying the ground was a bit firm for him! Close to race time i was very confident when the market and exchanges saw plenty of support for him and after being towards the back early it was a pleasure to see him cut through the opposition faster than a Kenyan with a dinner ticket and the race was soon in the bag long before the home turn, a very satisfying feeling, if only i was on him for the festival but was unsure about which race he was going for, he is my banker of the meeting and will torture BB if he goes for the World Hurdle.

The 4.10 was a race where i had two running for me, Cockney Trucker jumped to the right every jump and looked like being out of the money but stayed on well for a place, Aather was ridden wide all the way and ran an extra two furlongs, why the nugget rode like that i don't know and he finished only a couple of lengths from being placed, but all in all no harm done.

So a good day which was needed! Glass of malt in my hand, takeaway soon to be delivered, dragon out at a 40th party, snooker and prizefighter on tv, will somebody please tell me i haven't died and gone to heaven?