Hopeless

todays bets:

2.30 Absa Lutte £10 - lost - £10

2.40 Wor Rom £5 e/w - placed + £3

3.20 Oscar Close £20 - lost - £20

3.30 Captain Ramius £20 - lost - £20

5.10 Beyond The Tweed £10 e/w - lost - £20

today - £67                     total + £474.35                             bank + £1474.35 

The hopeless run continues with four terrible runs and one second place that never looked like winning.

The day started with an absolutely pathetic ride, the horse being just about last then full of running all too late when passing a few inside the last furlong.

A glimmer of hope when Wor Rom stayed on to finish a well beaten second with the third well behind to go on the blog as yet another second place.Oscar Close was another horse with an inexperienced rider, the money was soon lost as this horse plugged on remotely to finish third.

Captain Ramius was in a four runner race and if i mention the word Spencer you know what the next words are going to be, Yes he found lots of trouble in running after looking the likely winner and having to be switched inside the final furlong he was eased to finish last!

Beyond The Tweed was a big price e/w bet who was very weak in the market before the race so hope was not high, he looked to be going ok till he ran wide and lost all chance, another awful run.

Desperate day with four horses with inexperienced riders and an awful ride off a supposed top jockey just about sum up the day.     



Fell Off

todays bets:

2.50 Sheer Genius £10 e/w - lost - £20

today - £20                    total + £541.35                         bank + £1541.35

Just one bet on the blog today, Sheer Genius who came a cropper at the second last fence when in contention and could well have finished in the money. I also had a few trades on the exchanges with ended with me being level.

I think i am going to start using the exchanges a bit more now, so it will be almost impossible to add to the blog all the back/lays i have traded although i will add whenever possible and keep up to date with the profit/loss statistics.

I am glad to see the back of this week which has been extremely difficult, hoping for better next week, with only a fortnight to the festival i could do with boosting the coffers a bit before then!

Reality



todays bets:

Late bets last night + £3

1.35 Suntrap £15 - lost - £15

1.55 Kumbeshar £15 e/w - placed + £1.88

1.55 Mr Muddle £3 e/w - lost - £6

2.10 Arctic Lynx £40 - lost - £40

2.15 Reindeer Dippin £30 - won9/2 + £135

3.10 Hitchens £40 - lost - £40

3.15 Giles Cross £25 e/w - placed + £6.25

3.35 Celtus £40 - lost - £40

4.10 Rollwiththepunches £15 e/w - lost - £30

4.45 Cruchain £20 e/w - lost - £40

5.00 The Tracey Shuffle - £27 - won2.5bf + £38

5.15 Tour D'argent £30 - lost - £30

today - £56.87                     total + £561.35                      bank + £1561.35

A very busy day, a very indifferent day, winners, placed bets and lots of losers was the order of the day.

A couple of small bets last night on the exchanges resulted in a minor profit of three quid, still better than losing, Suntrap was backed off the boards, i was on at sixes and it ended up less than half that so a good run was expected, but a terrible run started off the day, then the 1.55 was a split bet race which the bigger bet hung on for a place, Arctic Lynx was another heavily backed satchel filler, who the jockey decided to keep to the slowest part of the course up the inside and never looked liked winning.

Reindeer Dippin was prominent and held on well to win when the challenger was given a poor ride and probably should have won, Hitchens was another popular runner who disappointed badly to finish unplaced after running an extra furlong around the outside, Giles Cross was prominent all the way and in a two horse war up the home straight finished second with both desperately tired and the winner being well ridden next to the rails, Celtus went out like a light when push came to shove, Rollwiththepunches was soon on the ropes when the pace quickened.

Cruchain made a jumping error and was struggling after never landing a blow, the two bumper races saw The Tracey Shuffle run on well for a much needed winner and my final bet Tour D'argent which would have seen me end the day in profit was less popular than a fart in a lift and i suppose ran decent enough finishing second.

A hard day for winners with heavy ground, three a/w runners all hammered in the betting and all beaten, a marathon runner finishing second and a bumper runner finishing second to round off a poor day.

Going Up

todays bets:

Late bet last night - £40

2.10 Dormouse £12 e/w - won10/1 + £150

2.20 Dinarius £50 - lost - £50

4.00 Prince Du Seuil £12 e/w - placed + £3

4.00 Manele Bay £8 e/w - lost - £16

today + £47                       total + £618.22                       bank + £1618.22

A quiet day today due to a family funeral, fortunately placed a few bets before going, can you believe the village of the funeral had no mobile or internet signal available.

A forty pound bet on a horse backed off the boards last night gave me an uphill struggle to start with, that was soon turned around with Dormouse squeaking to a neck victory and a nice profit and the insurance policy of not losing on the day.

Dinarius would have made today a great day but found one too good, Prince Du Seuil sneaked into a place and Manele Bay was nearer last than first.

A short right up tonight as i have not seen any racing, i am having two win bets tonight to small stakes which will be settled on tomorrows blog, lets hope for a good day tomorrow to end a difficult week.

Rubbish

todays bets:

Football bet last night + £35

£15 e/w double - lost - £30

2.50 Proud Times £20 e/w - placed - £4

3.55 Sheriff Hall £50 - lost - £50

4.40 Decent Lord £80 - lost - £80

5.20 Positivity £40 - won2/1 + £80

6.15 Swop £10 e/w - lost - £20

6.15 Warsaw £5 e/w - lost - £10

today - £79                  total + £571.22                   bank + £1571.22

Another losing day and the bad week continues, the weekend in coming and the racing should improve, lets hope i find a few winners.

A profit from a football bet last night started me off on the right foot but sadly things went downhill faster than a pork pie in a synagogue, an e/w double went astray, Proud Times looked like upsetting the odds on favourite but for the jockey allowing him through on the rails to win when he could easily have closed the gap on him and won the damn race! it seemed to me that he wanted him to come through the gap and beat him, it was in my book a bad ride.

Sheriff Hall jumped to the right and was put in his place easily despite being heavily backed, Decent Lord again well supported  was last until he made headway with two hurdles left to jump, looked like he was coming to win but could not quicken, maybe the fifteen length start he gave the leaders was a factor or maybe it was the hike in the weights.

Positivity ran well and recovered a few bob for me, a daft bet at Meydan where i had two running for me was a bet i should not have struck, Swop was last with two furlongs to run and ran on well to finish a never nearer fifth and Warsaw was no better.

I may have another bet tonight which will be on tomorrows blog to end a miserable day. 

Mixed Day

todays bets:

2.00 Raya Star £40 - won15/8 + £75

2.05 Chaperoned £10 - lost - £10

2.35 Benartic £2 - lost - £2

3.10 Moose Moran £10 - won10/3 + £33.33

3.40 Dark Ben £10 - lost - £10

4.10 Wild Desert £20 e/w - lost - £40

4.10 Quickbeam £20 e/w - lost - £40

Stranraer to win £50 @ 7/10

today + £6.33                     total + £650.22                   bank + £1650.22

Had a football bet which will be settled on tomorrows blog as still playing now, a mixed day on the horses for me today.

Great start with Raya Star staying on best of all to win the first race and give me a nice profit to start my day out at Doncaster with, a bet at Fairyhouse on Chaperoned would have added to the coffers but came off second best, a token bet on Benartic was soon down the pan as well.

Moose Moran jumped much better than his first run over hurdles and soon had the race in the bag despite having more sweat than a Turkish Wrestlers Jockstrap on him before the race!

Dark Ben jumped to the right and was soon beaten once the home straight backoned, in the 4.10 bookies benefit i had two horses running for me and guess what? sixteen runners became fifteen so fourth place went begging, Wild Desert was up with the pace and was sadly found wanting and was pulled up, Quickbeam was just as poor finishing tailed off after also being prominent in the early stages.

A small profit today and a few quid more if Stranraer can win, five bets at Donny was it, as the Hunter Chase and Bumper where not worth staying for.

Going Down



todays bets:

2.40 Sunday Sharpener £10 e/w - lost - £20

3.40 Iolith £25 - lost - £25

4.35 Port Hill - lost - £5

4.45 Chilbury Hill £20 e/w - lost - £40

4.45 Bright Decision £10 e/w - placed + £15

5.20 Inkberrow Rose £20 e/w - placed + £ 12.50

5.20 Gourango £5 e/w - lost - £10

today - £72.50                      total + £643.89                  bank + £1643.89

Three losing days in a row now so due a good day tomorrow! well that's what the law of averages says i think...

Sunday Sharpener ran a stinker and was pulled up when tailed off in the back straight to get the day off to a bad start, Iolith was weak in the betting so i feared the worst at post time and that was a good feeling as it never looked like winning and surprise surprise the one with the money on won well, Port Hill was a horse i had backed previously and was again weak in the market and ran accordingly.

The 4.45 race was one i had a two pronged attack in, Chilbury Hill was well supported  and did not jump too well and never got in the race, Bright Decision was prominent in the race and stayed on to finish a well beaten second and a return at least, even though a losing race.

Another two pronged attack in the 5.20, Gouranga was hopeless and was beaten with a full circuit to run, surely he tiptoed back to the stables so as not to wake the other horses! Inkberrow Rose got a place after the leader bit the turf when looking the winner, fortunate but i'm not complaining, a small profit on the race and better than spending the night with a blind puff and a tin of jumbo hotdogs!

Two places in the latter races when a winner would have seen a profit on the day so a day where i was close but no cigar, could be a day at Doncaster races tomorrow you never know.