what was i saying about regrouping ..............

that was the idea rather than doing my bollocks as was the case today............ Blogs are brilliant when everything is going swimmingly but with me losing nearly £1200 in the last 10 days, and me taking the honest route they can prove to be a pain in the arse !!! Not easy telling the world what a prat you have been and showing the signs of indiscipline that i try so hard to tell people to avoid, making mistakes are bad enough but then having to put them in print for all to see is hard to swallow. Part of the reason to start blogging was to give me an extra reason to remain disciplined, but looking back at today it was more of a case of being on the wrong horse and barking up the wrong tree.
Early afternoon all was rosey just the one bet £50 @ 3/1 on Bubses Boy 5.35 Folkestone, 5/2 was the best price and the bet was on the back of sustained support from respected faces in Newmarket and i was happy, then i got a call screaming the house down over The Hague in the 3.50 Southwell and i was told to expect support, i started to build a position in anticipation of support ................. how wrong can you be, the sp of 4/6 only tells one story as the exchange price was 11/8 i had well n truly caught a cold !!!! i was screwed and not a lot i could do, my source had recently given me Servoca on Friday 5/4 backed into 4/7 but this one was a right lemon. My exchange position is a tad embarrassing to air .............. but i have come this far, basically i had £325 @ 2/9 !!! Well i knew my goose was cooked pretty early on and i went for a stroll to try and clear my head, the gory detailsare shown below .............


Horse Racing > Sthl 31st Mar : 1m Mdn Stks
Showing 1 - 2 of 2 Selections
Selection
Odds
Stake(£)
Bid type
Placed
Profit/loss(£)
The Hague
*
1.86
900.00
Back

-900.00
The Hague
*
2.22
575.00
Lay

575.00
*Average odds: On Off
Back subtotal:
-900.00
Lay subtotal:
575.00
Market subtotal:
-325.00
Commission :
0.00
Net Market Total:
-325.00

I tried to salwage a little back on the day by having a further £50 @ 11/4 on Bubses Boy and although running much better than The Hague never threatened, to seal a £425 loss on the day.
I cant afford to lose these sort of sums thesedays and some serious thinking and work needs to be done over the next few days, my trip to Cheltenham looks as likely as Spurs winning the league unless fortunes quickly turnaround.


TUESDAY

PERSONAL TRADING

3.50 Southwell THE HAGUE £325 @ 1.22307 lost -£325

5.35 Folkestone BUBSES BOY £50 @ 3/1 & 11/4 3rd -£100

Time to regroup ..............

over Saturday & Sunday, with a lack of business welcome to me as the last 5 days have been a struggle to say the least, rather than puff my chest out and get brave i have always preferred the cautious approach of stabilising the ship and then rejoin the battle, feeling refreshed and with a clear head.
Only a couple of bets courtesy of VSR, Youzmain did not enjoy the clearest of runs, being stopped in his tracks at least twice and that scuppered any chance of a return, and with the Sunday bet Sea Stormn was only ever looking likely to collect the place money, it was a small deficit on the weekend.

The Bet Plan over the last week has been in good form with a return to decent form, my initial £500 bank now stands at £765.44, it did peak at £820.45 before sliding down a snake to £583 but we found a ladder and we now stand at a most respectable £765 !!

SATURDAY

4.40 Nad Al Sheba YOUZMAIN £25 ew @ 4/1 unpld -£50

SUNDAY

2.10 Kelso SEA STORM £25 ew @ 8/1 2nd +£15

a slip of the finger, or a taste of things to come .......

in respect of William Hills Each Way terms for the 5.05 Fontwell today, bookmakers oncourse often offer derogatory each way 1/6 odds 1-2-3 or 1/5 odds 1-2-3-4 each way terms and a recent racing/bookmaking commission led by Lord Donoghue i believe looked into each way terms offered by bookmakers off course, the news was slightly worrying although not unsuspected that 16 runner handicaps at 1/4 odds 1-2-3-4 offer the punter a bit of value........ So the punter has a mathematical edge in one type of bet, funnily enough the commission did not look into the book percentage offered by bookies on BAGS racing, numbers betting, virtual racing etc etc !!! funny that ........ Bookmakers are doing ok at present trading wise, yes there is a recession in the UK but from what im seeing the FOBT machines are holding up well as is more conventional betting, the majority of punters today mirror the "i want it now" culture, the kids of today love their KFC, Macdonalds, Kebabs and the rest and many punters in bookmakers love their Millersfield, Brushwood, Steepledowns they can get an instant betting fix evering couple of minutes or so, i regularly see bets of £200 or more on virtual racing it really defies belief.
Where some of the UK Bookmakers are struggling are the levels of debt that they have to service and cost cutting is prevalent throughout the industry as every penny has to be accounted for and savings are crucial, Sundays are the latest cut back with double time or even time and a half going the same way of the much missed Dodo !!

So a slight tweak of the Each Way terms may be next issue on their agenda, today William Hill offered Each Way terms of 1/5 odds 1-2-3-4 on the 5.05 Fontwell, these went unchanged until approximately 3.30pm, they may claim it was an innocent typo, but my suspicious cynical mind think they would just test the water to see the reaction, well thankfully the Betfair forum was full of it, a lot of bollocks is spouted on their and im a very occassional participent on the forum but today it proved its worth.

Im having a shocker of a week, and i cocked everything up but it was not as simple as that, but i do only have myself to blame, at times work has to take precedent over my personal punting !!! and today i paid the price of trying to combine the two. The first incident was just an example of opportunity cost we took a lump on Sevoca 7.20 Wolves @ 11/10 , 5/4 was available with corals but i could not access the site, the next price i could get was 10/11 but no way was i going to take that 2.02/2.04 on betfair for peanuts, i joined the offer at 2.04 after half an hour of sorting out spreadsheets and general crap i had a look at betfair and i was unmatched and 1.86/88 was the price. I just watched the price contract all day and the 7l victory did not go down well from a company or personal point of view ...............

Optimum played in the 4.05 Ascot with a decent bet on Mizen Raven and i broke one of my personal betting rules of backing and laying in the same race, some may feel if you have a strong view then its a reasonable stance to take but over the years i dont think it has worked for me, or is that i just remember the bad days more ? Well the lay Fire and Rain was struggling and had just traded at 30 and the well travelling Mizen Raven was 2.32/2.40 on the exchanges, i wanted to cover myself.............but my pod partner at work had taken a fag break and i got a shop enquiry and all i could do was watch with horror as Fire and Rain rallied, i could see the inevitable happening some way out but there was nothing i could do as work took over. I was fuming but my annoyance and anger subsided some what after the equivalent of the weight of a bag of sweets caused carnage on the exchanges after Radar Love was disqualified following an objection from the clerk of the scales, again proving there is no such thing as FREE MONEY ............

FRIDAY



OPTIMUM RACING



4.05 Ascot MIZEN RAVEN £125 @ 10/3 2nd -£125

VSR

2.20 Ascot DOVERS HILL £25 ew @ 7/1 2nd +£18.75



PERSONAL TRADING



4.05 Ascot FIRE and RUN Lay £80 @ 3.50 WON -£200

Wish the quiet spell continued !!!

but i will take todays loss on the chin and move onwards n upwards. No complaints from me although i compounded the loss on No Supper by having an extra £100 ew @ 3/1 BOG (11/2), the horse travels so well (usually) in his races i was happy with the trade and drift, but he was never travelling and at no stage did my lay trades look like getting filled.

So a deficit of £350 on the day and week, and i will be beavering away trying to get my head in front of the week, have promised the Mrs a weekend away.............. to Cheltenham of course in the middle of April and i need my punting to pay for it, so not a good start !!



I enjoy reading the betting window page in the RP (today p19) especially the job in focus article but the odds compilers/traders views on arbers although understandable to an extent does wind me up a tad............... they are happy using the exchanges to price up their markets and use it as an early warning system and personally i feel they they must expect business when trading/arbing opportunities arise, so they think that "arbing is a tedious way to make money and takes the fun out of gambling"........... so if they walked down the street and noticed a score on the floor they would walk straight past it ???? I DONT THINK SO !! Gambling to me is about making money, today that means supplementing my income and trading/arbing is all part of the game. Take exchanges out of the game (not going to happen) and overnight arbing will be history..................










TUESDAY



OPTIMUM RACING



5.10 Southwell NO SUPPER £75 ew @ 11/2 LOST -£150



PERSONAL TRADING



5.10 Southwell NO SUPPER £100 ew @ 11/2 LOST -£200

Quiet couple of days ...............

on both Sunday & Monday, actually on the Sunday i missed a losing EW double from VSR which saved me a bullseye, i was pottering about in the garden and missed the text message. My only punting was done courtesy of The Bet Plan that put up 3 shorties that all comfortably collected, which got them back on the winning trail.

Monday was a non event for me, betting wise, so i wont waste your or my time with any baloney !!

Nearly a perfect day............

although Arsenal won, at least i profited from it, although it was a close run thing in the Rugby, what a brilliant occasion in Cardiff, and as i get older i could see Rugby challenging Football as my second favourite sport, there is no trouble on the terraces, both sets of fans enjoy a pint together before the match and there is little cynical play, spitting and diving !!
On a punting front i was a little frustrated in the morning, it was relatively quiet but the sharks were out in force for two horses Be Brief 3.45 Haydock 11/2 - 5/1 but a NR and Ratchcor 4.30 Bangor @ 14/1 but i could not avail myself of anything better than 10/1, next time i looked it was a under pressure 8/1 shot !! Even this would have been value as Rathcor who finished 3rd returned a 4/1 fav.
Another horse we were fending off was Legislate in the last at Lingfield, a dodgy ew race with a odds on fav in the form of Jesse James, Legislate was the subject of decent EW interest and i took the decision to offer minimal EW support for Legislate, instead offering full win and half a place................talk about poacher turned gamekeeper !!! A well connected customer made me fully aware that this was a decent EW bet and as he drifted on the shows i managed to get £186 ew on £100 ew @ 7/2 and £86 ew @ 4/1. I was happy with this bet especially as late support came in, but i placed a hopeful trade to lay £200 @ 2.20 in running, this was matched as Legislate battled on gamely inside the last to fend off Jesse James and give me a most welcome little touch.


SATURDAY

PERSONAL TRADING

5.25 Lingfield LEGISLATE £100 ew @ 7/2 £86 ew @ 4/1 WON +£832.80
LAY £200 @ 2.20 I/R - £240 (overall profit +£592.80)


SPORTS BETTING

Arsenal to bt Newcastle 8/11 Ireland to bt Wales 11/8 £75 double WON +£232.67

Got out of jail, with the last throw of the dice today.....

thanks to the well primed and supported Mujma in the last at Lingfield, backed from an early price of 16/1 to an sp of 11/2. Shrewdies came on early doors and all the right faces in Newmarket were getting on, so i followed them in with a score ew @ 12/1. This win made up for some earlier reverses, the first of which was backing the weak in the market Fiftyonefiftyone in a match bet with Fistral beach and then the OPTIMUM advised Oh Braga in the 3.50 Newbury, again the market did not inspire confidence as the selection drifted from 6/4 to 5/2, before a sp of 9/4 was returned. Well after the first couple of fences i would not have taken 33/1 as he made early blunders and ballooned the 3rd as if he was at Olympia jumping the puissance !! But then his jumping improved and got into a nice rhythem and in my book was travelling just as well as the eventual winner ............... when he knuckled on landing and fell, although he jumped the fence well, so i needed a fightback and thankfully Mujma provided it.




FRIDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

3.15 Newbury OH BRAGA £150 @ 2/1 unpld -£150

PERSONAL TRADING

2.40 Newbury Back 5151 v FISTRAL BEACH £100 match bet @ 2.18 lost -£100

5.50 Lingfield MUJMA £20 ew @ 12/1 WON +£288

We got there in the end..............

with a nice profit on the day, did not get a run with the first bet from VSR after the rein on Enfant du Lune gaveway and broke, and then i traded on No Supper, post race i had a limit of evens, 2.00 on the exchanges to back the horse and this was matched shortly before the off, during the race i had another bet of £100 @ 2.10. My intention was to to lay £100 @ 1.21 & 1.57 respectively, but during the race as No Supper was travelling so well i cancelled the 1.57 trade..... DOH !! So a loss of £100 on the race, workwise the week has been quiet as can be expected after Cheltenham, but around 5.25 the phones started buzzing a few judges were on the Sandown bumper eyecatcher Volador and then a major plunge with us on the Colour of Money, backed by the connections of the Tabor team, i managed to get a bullseye ew on @ 6/1 to give me a profitable day.

WEDNESDAY

VSR



3.10 War Enfant du Lune £25 ew @ 5/2 UNPLD -£50



PERSONAL TRADING



5.10 War NO SUPPER Back £200 @ 2.05 Lay £100 @ 1.21 2nd -£100



5.50 Ling COLOUR OF MONEY £50 ew @ 6/1 WON +£375

OPTIMUM BOUNCE BACK WITH 9/2 WINNER !!!!

Courtesy of the Tim Vaughan trained Cava Bien, who again advertised the claims of BEST ODDS GUARANTEED, these days Stan James, Paddy Power, Better and Demmys account for 90% of my business because of this concession and bookies that offer this would always be my first port of call, today 11/4 translated into 9/2, if i knew of the drift, i would have had a little press up as they was no negative reason for the drift. The source of the bet Optimum are well connected to the Tim Vaughan yard, infact they sponsor the yard and have quite a few stabled their, so the information is reliable and most impotantly highly profitable and so it proved today !!

This was my only action of the day as i had a funeral to attend at Noon, so with the message being given at 10.15 i was able to place my bet, the winning SP was a very nice bonus.

MONDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

4.50 Taunton CAVA BIEN £100 @ 9/2 WON +£450

Cmon youSpurs !!!!!!!

especially as todays bet was the end leg of a £25 trixie, when Carew pulled one back left i experienced a slight anxious few minutes but otherwise i was sitting pretty most of the afternoon. Villa have been struggling recently and the green shoots of recovery have mirrored the green shoots in my garden, so i was happy to play up some of my recent sports winning, Chelsea was my banker and the old firm game i reckoned would always prove to be a tight affair.





SUNDAY



OPTIMUM RACING



2.30 Carlise FRITH £50 ew @ 6/1 4th -£100



VSR



2.20 Fontwell BALANAHINCH £25 ew @ 3/1 2nd -£10



SPORTS BETTING



£25 TRIXIE Chelsea @ 2/5 Tottenham @ 5/2 DRAW Celtic v Rangers @ 21/10



ALL WON +£882.00

after the lords mayor show feeling ...............

for me today, although i imagine harry and his scoop6 followers will disagree !!! Congratulations to them and i have a word of thanks to them after their Channel Four interview, as i was watching with Mrs Diggler and she heard one of them had won a share after placing a £2 line, well now the Mrs is determined to have a go each week with a single £2 line, so now i have a valid excuse to go down the bookies every Saturday.............. lets not tell her you can do it online !!!
A quiet day to report and i was well pleased with this approach as i had a lazy morning after getting up late and then promised to take the Mrs shopping, nothing extravagrant only Sainsburys so i was out when the various messages were being broadcast, the only action today was from VSR who followed on from yesterdays success with a 2nd plus a 3/1 winner.

SATURDAY

VSR

1.50 Weth SACRILEGE £25 ew @ 5/2 2nd -£12.50

4.10 Uttox OGEE £25 ew @ 3/1 WON +£90

BINGO!!! 25/1 WINNER FOR VSR...............

in the form of Triumph hurdle winner Zaynar, advised before his hurdles debut at Newbury when he accounted for the highly touted Hebridien, 1/2 pt ew @ 25/1 and today he brought home the bacon !!!

I had a great day today, going down to Cheltenham to cheer on Little Shilling, unfortunately there was no fairytale but nothing taken can be taken away from the horse or connections as he has racked up a six timer and now is a huge 53lb higher than when recording the first of those wins, unfortunately his regular rider Richard Killoran was claimed by Nicky Henderson he was fully entitled to do this but i personally thought this was a little mean, i doubt Mr Henderson will lose much sleep over my complaint though !!

FRIDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

3.20 Chelt AIR FORCE ONE £25 ew @ 40/1 unpld -£50

VSR

1.30 Chelt ZAYNAR £25 ew @ 25/1 WON +£781.25

what a day for the bookies !!!!!

with the demise of the 2 hotpots in the form of voy poy ustedes and kasbah bliss, lost count of the doubles we took on these today, neither looked comfortable although its a credit to the horse how close voy poy got considering the way he jumped. But from what i have witnessed this week both at the independent chain i work at and my trips into shops during the week, business has declined on previous years........... the machines are holding up though !!!

Tomorrow is Gold Cup day, for me though is all about one horse ...........Little Shilling who runs in the Martin Pipe Conditional hurdle, perhaps we could have done with a little rain and another half mile but hopefully Shilling can get round and sneak a place, Good Luck to connections.

A couple of bets today and both ran with credit, obviously Punchestowns went close but Slash and Burn gave Optimum a decent run for their money @ 33/1 until a mistake about 5 out put paid to his chances.

THURSDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

1.30 Chelt SLASH AND BURN £25 ew @ 33/1 unpld -£50

VSR

3.20 Chelt PUNCHESTOWNS £25 ew @ 10/3 2nd -£4.19

Small loss on the day........

with little damage done, my only winner courtesy of VSR coming from Sedgefield. Cheltenham brought little joy, i wanted to lay both Cousin Vinny and Binocular on a point of value, Cousin Vinny a class horse but had a young jockey on top, fell/unseated last outing and was subject to a downbeat report after travelling over whilst Binocular for me was just too short on last season evidence when second, in fact i was impressed with Binoculars run today in defeat and was both surprised and impressed by the way he stayed on up the hill. Crack Away Jack for Isiris followers was a case of near but so far, i was not part of the Autum gamble at all rates from 33/1 and to missout on a payout was abitter pill to take. In our Raceroom i was called all names under sun from 1 mile out after telling all that could be bothered to listen (just Rosemary the tea lady !!) that Wichita Lineman would stay on to lead and take the prize, again i did nothing mainly due to the boss sitting next to me watching me like a hawk asi managed the liabilities.

The William Hill Trophy win for ...............oh yes there was a horse involved but you would hardly be aware of that on C4 !!!, Yes AP is the top of his game, but today the horse in my opinion was not given enough credit, a great ride by the master but Glen Campbells horse certainly earnt his polos today !!!

TUESDAY



OPTIMUM RACING



Arkle Chase CALGARY BAY £50 win £25 place @ 10/l LOST -£75

William Hill Trophy POSSOL £25 ew @ 11/1 LOST -£50

VSR

1.45 Sedge SMARTIES PARTY £25 ew @ 9/4 WON +£67.50

4.40 Chelt Chomba Womba £25 ew @ 7/1 LOST -£50

SUPPER TONIGHT, ROLL ON THE SHILLING !!!

after todays win for No Supper owned by Optimum Racing,perfect starter for the connections bid to win at the festival next week with Little Shilling. No Supper was always travelling well under Richard Killoran and jumped for fun, not only did Optimum own and advise a strong bet on No Supper, Andrew the brains behind the Optimum operation analysed the market spot on, advising members not to touch any prices below 7/2, and if you could not get the 7/2 which was under pressure, wait for the shows, after the selection went out the 7/2 soon disappeared with prices ranging generally from 5/2 -11/4, although the exchange price was pretty static trading mostly in the 4.1/4.2 region, the exchanges obviously mirrored the slight drift with 4.8/4.9 available to money near the off.
The service measured on account bets alone has endured a tough time recently, not really in respect of p/l which has remained static, but 2 selections recently have failed to make it over the first fence. I backed the horse with Stan James @ 10/3 but was rewarded at 7/2 due to BOG, so todays win will hopefuly see an turnaround in fortune and the p/l returns match previous seasons.

VSR nearly followed up yesterdays 5/1 winner, but McCoys brilliance in a finish scuppered the win.



SUNDAY



OPTIMUM RACING



2.05 Warwick NO SUPPER £75 ew @ 7/2 WON ...... pulling a cart !! +£328.13



VSR

2.45 Market Rasen QUENTIN COLLONGES £25 ew @ 10/3 2nd -£8.33



4.45 Market Rasen MY MOMENT £25 ew @ 7/2 r4 55p 3rd -£17.13

THE10KCHALLENGE P/L (after today) ...........................

OPTIMUM RACING +£108.12 (+4.32pts)

VSR +£338.30 (+13.53pts)

PERSONAL TRADING +£1693.97

SPORTS BETTING +£1428.99

THE10KCHALLENGE.................................................+£3,569.38


Also a mention for TheBetPlan that i have been trialling recently my £500 bank has increased to £804.50 since i began.

Got the Cheltenham dough today..........

with a £100 treble on this afternoons football, i had £50 of free bets in my account and added £50 of my money and backed Crystal Palace 6/4, Barnet 10/11 & Man Utd 5/6 i was going to lay off the stake when the first two won, but courtesy of the VSR win for Sergeant Harper i was up on the day and decided to let my bet roll.
But the win came at a good time with Cheltenham next week and a faulty ballcock flooding the bathroom at home and requiring a plumber this afternoon, so not much left especially as i paid for Mrs D to have her hair done today ............ Im not a great fan of going to Cheltenham festival week but i have next Friday off and have decided to go along and cheer Little Shilling on in the Martin Pipe conditional hurdle ......... Good luck to connections.
A relatively quiet day with only action courtesy of the successful selection from VSR and Sergeant Harper, advised at 5/1 - 11/2 before being supported into 3/1.

SATURDAY

VSR

2.25 Chep SERGEANT HARPER £25 ew @ 5/1 WON +£150

SPORTS BETTING

£100 Treble Crystal Palace 6/4, Barnet 10/11 & Man Utd 5/6 ALL WON +£774.94

Gambling and racing..............

was the last thing on my mind, thursday afternoon as i walked into my local only to find that one of my drinking buddies had died of a massive heart attack earlier that morning, we had celebrated his 50th only a fortnight earlier and a more genuine a friendly chap you would be hard to find. I had a Cheltenham preview night to attend and i was thinking of just going home and having a quiet one, but the Mrs was out and i did not want to spoil her evening and i didnt want to be on my own, so i decided to go ahead, had a good evening under the circumstances but my mind was elsewhere.....................

THURSDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

2.10 Carlise ET MAINTENANT £125 @ 5/2 2nd -£125

a change of fortune required.............

for followers of Optimum racing, with the well supported Le Briar Soul blundering and unseating Christian Williams at the first, second time this has happened to us recently and the over the course of this NH season we have had to endure these instances far too often, so a loss of 4 points on the bet, treading water at present with Optimum and this is when the punting gods are not smiling on us, the service as stated many times before is measured by the main account, but the extra added info has been topdrawer, but im confident it will all click into place soon............ next week would be handy !!!

I managed to recoup a large percentage of my losses on the day, from the betting activity of commission agents, although i was a bit premature with my laying of Garleton at just below 3/1, and with my first play i was relieved to sneak into 4th with Whatcanyasay and although on a small scale i was really happy with my position going into the race on this one. Some of these agents are proving a bit warm and im not sure how much longer we will be entertaining their business, which will be a shame personally !!!

WEDNESDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

4.00 Fontwell LE BRIAR SOUL £50 ew @ 11/2 unpld u/r -£100

VSR

2.20 Catterick SUN KING £25 ew @ 5/1 unpld -£50
2.30 Fontwell FASSAROE £25 ew @ 15/8 3rd -£15.62

PERSONAL TRADING

2.50 Catterick WHATCANYASAY £40 ew @ 10/1 4th placed +£60
2.50 Catterick LAY £40 @ 11.00 win mkt lay £20 @ 2.80 place mkt +£2.80 overall

4.20 Catterick GARLETON £100 @ 7/2 WON +£350
4.20 Catterick GARLETON Lay £100 @ 3.90 WON -£290

Blank days on monday & tuesday..........

with the racing making limited appeal for my services, Tuesday would have been without any action but one of our shops reported interest in Clive Brittains Intibah, amounts not significant but the faces backing the horse were, got tied up in some bet settling and consequently missed the 6/1 available with Lads, so availed myself of the 5/1, not complaining as Intibah was sent off a well supported 5/2 shot always travelling a victory never looked in doubt .................. UNTIL Ours came out of the pack to eat into Intibahs lead, thankfully the line came in time to give me a nice win on the day.

PERSONAL BETTING

4.40 Southwell INTIBAH £50 ew @ 5/1 WON +£300

minimal sunday action ................

which im always happy with, but with Spurs in the Carling Cup final i was especially pleased not having to concern myself with betting, last year being a season ticket holder i was at Wembley to witness the 1-0 victory versus Chelsea, but with times hard and work commitments i did not renew this season, to be honest i have not missed it much, but lets face it it has not been a memorable season on the field so far, has it !!!!
So Sunday afternoon was spent in the local, cheering them on, we didnt get the end result but at least we put in a decent performance and competed throughout the 120 minutes.

One bet, one winner from VSR in the form of Leopardstown scorer Shirley Casper @ 9/4.

SUNDAY

VSR

2.55 Leop SHIRLEY CASPER £25 ew @ 9/4 WON +£67.50

Fridays win for Quince.........

in the Wolves 7.20 made it a full house from the Bet Plan, a reverse today but bank has increased from a monkey to £774.01. Had a manic Saturday really busy at work and my personal betting had to take a backseat, but the 2.00 Kelso was where my focus was directed with OPTIMUM putting up Open de Lisle 4pts @ 11/4, but then the beauty of my job came into play from a trading perspective with this race, as commission agents of all sorts came out of the wood word to back Cantgeton at all rates from 4/1 to 3/1, it was as if everyone and anyone wanted to be on at any rate above 3/1, i dont know if it was the owners money all i would say is that they wanted to get involved in a aggressive style.

SATURDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

2.00 Kelso OPEN DE LISLE £100 @ 11/4 3rd -£100

VSR

2.25 Doncaster BORDER REIVER £25 ew @ 6/1 unpld -£50

PERSONAL TRADING

2.00 Kelso CANTGETON £100 @ 4/1 WON +£400
2.00 Kelso CANTGETON lay £100 @ 4.00 WON -£300