no oddschecker or laptop ............

since wednesday had a few days away with the Mrs down in sunny Brighton....... well Thursday & Friday were, Wednesday at the races was more like a cold November and although no doubting the enjoyment was taken away from theday we still had fun, and theMrs wants to return on a better day weatherwise so no complaints here !!

Anyway back today and hopefully some good news on the betting front !!

Good runs continues............

on the sport courtesy of OPTIMUM SPORT advising the clarets of Burnley in the Championship play off final, not a great lover of BH racing (as well as Sundays !!) so pleased ntg was advised so took advantage of the sun to watch Middlesex @ Lords, who were comprehensively stuffed by Surrey but a decent day out .

MONDAY

OPTIMUM SPORT

BURNLEY to be promoted £80 @ Evs WON +£80

BURNLEY to win in 90mins WON £40 @ 15/8 +£75

Not a great fan .........

of getting involved on a Sunday but two winning bets and a profit of £275 makes up for any inconvenience !!! Racing is a 7 days/week business and i suppose i should embrace Sundays a bit more especially as i do work Sundays a fair amount of time, but when im not working im usually out visiting family and friends i dont like to interrupt my day by trying to get on, it was a continual moan of mine with Isiris having call backs on a Sunday afternoon certainly did not go down well as i often was on the receiving end of derogatory comments saying the only phone call i needed to make was to gamblers anonymous .............




SUNDAY

VSR

2.10 Uttox EDGEFOUR £50 ew @ 11/4 WON +£165

OPTIMUM SPORT

Aston Villa £80 @ 11/8 to bt Newcastle WON +£110

Small deficit over the last couple of days .........

and todays loss was personally a tad frustrating as i remember thinking to myself that after seeing Father Time at Lingfield i would want to be on next time out over 12f, not too sure over 10f, i must admit this one does not look the easist ride and gave Queally little assistance in the last 4f, but i would have tried to keep closer taps on his market rival Palavicini ....... lol me trying to ride a race here !!!

I had a comment today asking whether i worked for Optimum Racing i replied to OhShergar and my reply and his comment can be viewed for all to see, my long association with Optimum Racing and Andrew during his time with Mark Holder gives me the confidence that this poor run by Optimum will be reversed only time will tell whether this confidence is misplaced ............ my belief of a profit for the service come end of year is still very possible ......... but i cant deny the results so far in 2009 have been very disappointing



FRIDAY

VSR

7.10 Strat KING EDMUND £50 ew @ 7/1 unpld -£100

SATURDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

2.20 Newmkt FATHER TIME £75 @ 2/1 2nd -£75

OPTIMUM SPORT

Gillingham v Shrewsbury £80 @ 11/10 HT DRAW WON +£88

No joy today.................

no complaints either, the 2 Optimum bets ran with enough credit but Bin End was comfortably beaten into 2nd whlist El Bravo was not suited by the way the race panned out with the slow pace. A frustrating day as a couple of the mentions won on the day but the service is going through a sticky patch and not enjoying the rub of the green, hopefully as i expect fortunes change very soon ...........

THURSDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

3.25 Goodwood BIN END £50 @ 11/4 2nd -£50

6.20 Sandown EL BRAVO £50 ew @ 11/1 unpld -£100

HCE http://blog.highclassequine.com/ ............

do yourself a favour when you read this and add the above link to your favourites ......... then sign up to the text/email bet alert feature, free at the moment no doubt it will become a commercial enterprise in due course........... shooting myself in the foot here but if it doesnt it should !! These blokes know their onions or 2 year olds as in this case and although only a few bets so far the early indications are very promising with a 5/1 winner today in the form of Reignier backed in from 12/1 and advised at 7/1 via a text.


TUESDAY

OPTIMUM SPORT

4.10 Yar DANCING JEST £37 ew @ 9/1 £38 ew @ 8/1 2nd +£52.40

HCE http://blog.highclassequine.com/

2.20 Muss REIGNIER £25 ew @ 6/1 WON +£180

Crystallize ......... a most welcome 9/1 winner courtesy of me !!!

Thursday 30th April and on a quiet afternoon the 4.30 Folkestone was proving to be a lively betting heat, this 7f handicap a class6 affair was proving popular with the shrewdies, first King of Defense was all the rage being backed as if defeat was out of the question from 6/4 into 8/11 and then more of a slow burner was the Andy Haynes trained Crystallize supported EW from 20/1 into 15/2, both of these got turned over and i was sitting on decent positions that counted for nought in the end. Crystallize though entered my notebook as Seb Sanders accepted the situation quickly as his run was blocked 3 times within the last couple of furlongs. I waited for some confirmation of support from the early prices before placing my bet, so i missed the 10/1 on offer early doors but 9/1 will do very nicely !!! I was expecting the price to be within the 7/2 - 9/2 region when i looked at the race on the train this morning, so i was puzzled by the prices on offer, i did begin to question my eyes and the merit of the Folkestone run. It is strange but if the price was lower i would have probably had more on eg £100 ew @ 4/1 but with the 9/1 available i invested £60 ew .............

SUNDAY

OPTIMUM SPORT

Cambridge v Torquay £60 @ 3/4 Under 2.5 goals WON +£45

MONDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

4.00 Bath CROESO CUSAN £25 ew @ 12/1 Unpld -£50

PERSONAL TRADING

6.50 Wolv CRYSTALLIZE £60 ew @ 9/1 WON +£675

A profit on the day.........

on a quiet one, with the premiership providing some good news and profitability on what has been a disappointing end to the week. Optimum were spot on in opposing Paco Boy but Pressing was not the answer, but i have confidence that normal service will be resumed, i have made decent profits over time with the service and the recent poor run has not dented my confidence that this will continue.



SATURDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

3.00 Newb PRESSING £50 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£100

OPTIMUM SPORT

STOKE to beat WIGAN £80 @ 5/4 WON +£100

FULHAM DNB v NEWCASTLE £60 @ 7/4 WON +£105

Ntg to report on thursday............

and Friday was nothing to write home about ............ one of those days when you wished you had no mobile phone, land line or internet connection, everything went pearshaped .......... not a good day basically, wont dwell on too long !



FRIDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

2.40 York VERACITY £50 @5/1 3rd -£50

3.00 Newmkt INVINCIBLE HEART £50 @ 3/1 unpld -£50

9.05 Ham ROTHESAY DANCER £100 @ 9/4 3rd -£100



PERSONAL TRADING

VERACITY & INVINCIBLE HEART £25 ew Double lost -£50


OPTIMUM SPORT

MK DONS to beat SCUNTHORPE £110 @ 10/11 lost -£110

A day that brings you back down to earth...........

life gambling wise with nothing going right, i should have taken the hint that assoon as i placed my EW double today my second leg was reduced to 7 runners, it did not matter a jot as sadly Players Please broke a blood vessel and finished tailed off and my first leg was unplaced anyway.
Optimum advised Muraweg in the last at York, and this was the one to take out of the race and keep on the right side off next time out, but today he received a puzzling ride from Richard Hills and he only began riding with any urgency once all chance of victory had disappeared.





WEDNESDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

4.55 York MURAWEG £50 ew @ 8/1 5th -£100

VSR

2.00 Fontwell TIMONS PRESENT £52 ew @ 13/2 unpld -£104

OPTIMUM SPORT

Man Utd to win to nil £80 @ 11/10 lost -£80

PERSONAL TRADING

2.20 & 2.50 Exeter VICS WORLD - PLAYERS PLEASE £50ew double lost -£100

VSR SHINE ON THE P/L STAKES .............

just updating my p/l, the 1st April was my last roundup which showed a profit so far this year of £5410.66. VSR have been the star performers with their low risk EW approach since the 1st April they have advised 13 bets and 10 of those bets have shown a positive return, only 2 were out of the frame and the other bet that showed a loss (£11.40) was placed, the highlight was the 8/1 winner at Aintree recently. I have changed my staking strategy i was previously staking £50/pt, most of their bets are 1/2pt EW but now im staking 5% of my VSR bank so my stakes are currently around the £50 ew level. The selections are received via a text message and the BOG bookmakers must be used in my opinion to gain full profit potential of the bets, as quite often they are opposing short favs that are heavily backed and its not unusual for the bets to drift, yesterdays bet Standpoint was a classic example advised @ 9/4 but winning @ 11/4.
Optimum has struggled so far this year, no doubting that but they have been devoid of any luck or good fortune and i remain 100% certain that come Dec this year they will be showing a decent profit. I am actually considering increasing my staking from £25/pt to £40/pt as when the tide tides i want to take full advantage. Early days from Optimum Sport but they have contributed to my total and my trading and backing from info received still reaps dividends.

P/L up to and including Tuesday 12th May

OPTIMUM RACING -£1278.88

OPTIMUM SPORT +£ 386

VSR +£2112.43

PERSONAL TRADING +£3106.87

SPORTS BETTING +£2443.66

THE10KCHALLENGE ..............+£6770.08

VSR & OPTIMUM SPORT chip in with decent profits.......

just short of £300 today, it has been a good last week or so with all my services contributing, especially VSR who continue to profit from their low risk strategy of taking advantage of the EW value, we can all pinpoint the races but you still have to select the value, its not always the second fav, last friday they selected the fourth in @ 8/1, i have changed my staking strategy some time ago hence my altering stakes today was 1/2 pt EW of £49ew and my next bet due tio the increase in my bank will be £52 ew.
Optimum Sport was in the money last night which was a touch and rounded off a nice day, courtesy of Burnleys 2-0 victory, they were keen to oppose Reading who have been struggling of late and the advice reaped dividends.

Update of P/L Tomorrow.................



TUESDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

3.40 Brighton WRIGHTY ALMIGHTY £25 ew @ 7/1 r4 20p +£3

VSR

4.20 Warwick STANDPOINT £49 ew @ 11/4 WON +£161.70

OPTIMUM SPORT

Reading v Burnley
DRAW £50 @ 5/2 lost -£50
BURNLEY £50 @ 7/2 WON +£175

8/1 winner ...........

from one bet on the day(equine variety), selected by my goodself !!! I admit it did feel a little better coming from myself a little added satisfaction to the win, although for 5 days a week i have the opportunity to watch all the racing i want, the vast majority of the action washes over me as i am occupied in work activities but i still watch a fair amount especially where we have a liability, well a few fridays ago i noted Innis Boffin running on off the pace to finish a never nearer 3rd, one to be added to my easyodds horsealert stable especially if upped in distance. Well reappeared today over 1m 1/2f and early support gave me the added confidence to have a little play and bingo a 8/1 winner !! And then Optimum Sport added to the days profit with a small profit on the evenings match between Newcastle & Middlesbrough.


MONDAY

PERSONAL TRADING

4.10 Wolves INNIS BOFFIN £30 ew @ 8/1 WON +£300

OPTIMUM SPORT

Newcastle v Middlesbrough
HT DRAW £80 @ 11/10 WON +£88
DNB Middlesbrough £40 @ 13/8 lost -£40

Got myself out of a little hole...........

it was not a case of chasing my earlier losses and backing a shortie, i had the bet before the China Gold race. I had backed Dead or Alive on his previous run at Chepstow on a Friday evening and on that occassion had looked all over the winner 1/2 mile out, but found little when the push come to shove, i wanted to be on today over 2 1/2m...........and it looked likely that second place again beckoned before Richard Johnson got to work and the pair produced a fine leap at the last. So this wiped out the vast majority of my earlier losses, it would have been rather annoying to say the least to give back most of yesterdays gains and thankfully this win allayed those fears.



SUNDAY

VSR

2.00 Uttox CHINA GOLD £52 ew @ 7/2 unpld -£104

OPTIMUM SPORT

Man Utd v Man City Over 2.5 goals £100 @ 7/10 lost -£100

PERSONAL TRADING

4.40 Plumpton DEAD OR ALIVE £125 @ 6/4 r4 5p WON +£178.12

A rather decent day ...............

with a profit of £464.50 well chuffed as overall it was a quiet day for my services, Optimum Sport supplied a nice 4pt winner on Burnley @ 7/5 in the Championship 1st Leg play off, but if i could have been anywhere today it would have been at the Oval where anyone lucky to be present witnessed an amazing climax to the 4 day championship where the game ended in a draw with Surrey 1 wicket short of victory whilst Middlesex fell 2 runs short of their 186 target.
My personal betting profits came courtesy of a few mentions from a well respected source from the West Country.







OPTIMUM SPORT



Surrey 4 pts @ Evens DNB v Middlesex DRAW p/l NIL



BURNLEY £80 @ 7/5 v Reading WON +£112



PERSONAL TRADING



1.20 Hay ELZAHANN £15 ew @ 6/1 WON +£112.50



1.55 Hay JO JO STAR £15 ew @ 16/1 WON +£300

1.55 Hay SECRET TUNE £15 ew @ 14/1 Unpld -£30



3.00 Hex RAS LAFFAN £15 ew @ 14/1 Unpld -£30

BINGO !!!! One bet One winner @ 8/1 ..........

thanks to Mayor of Kilcock advised by VSR @ 8/1, actually it was2 bets 2 winners as Optimum Sport collected on the 6pt advice on England to win the 1st Test @ 5/4 who won today with a couple of days to spare, so a nice day all round ........... my best news was away from the world of gambling as Mrs D starts a job on Monday after a interview went well and the position was offered to her today, my ladss trip away in September could well be back on the agenda !!!




FRIDAY

VSR

6.00 Aintree MAYOR of KILCOCK £42 ew @ 8/1 WON + £403.20

OPTIMUM SPORT

England £120 @ 5/4 WON +£150

A welcome winner ...................

in the form of Invincible Heart @ 5/1 for subscibers of Optimum, it has not been a easy time of late but i have previous experience of poor runs from my services and have full confidence that year on year they will produce decent profits. One bet one winner, i have been pretty quiet personally recently but that has been due to a lack of time and funds, i have a seperate betting bank but due to current personal circumstances i have had to dip into this, not ideal but 100% necessary, always try to keep your betting money seperate is my advice, i actually have a dedicated bank account for all my accounts and my monthly statements make interesting reading if its not Stan James its good old Paddy Power !! No bills or other payments it also helps when you come to seek any credit, financial loans or mortgages as some finance companies frown upon accounts that contain many gambling transactions............ quite a joke really when you think the mess these institutions have got themselves into backing the equity and property markets thinking they were backing a sure fire winner and that the rise in values would continue indefinately .............






THURSDAY



OPTIMUM RACING



4.35 Chester INVINCIBLE HEART £25 ew @ 5/1 WON +£150

A unwanted full house ..........

with all bets falling by the wayside, not only did their lose but i was never in with a sniff of a return today, not ideal in my current financial state with Mrs D still one of many million unemployed, but at least some interviews are coming in. The only ray of sunshine was in the 1st Test as i have backed England who although rode their luck finished the day in a decent position, although a slight disappointment was the sparse crowd at Lords, hopefully this is not a sign of things to come with test cricket in this country. The Ashes will be sold out many times over but it will be a pity if the FULL HOUSE signs only go up for the battles against the old enemy.






WEDNESDAY



OPTIMUM RACING



2.00 Bath CURTAINS £50 @ 5/2 unpld -£50



2.15 Chester HIDDEN BRIEF £75 @ 11/4 unpld -£75



VSR



5.25 Hunt AMWELL BRAVE £44 ew @ 9/1 unpld -£88

OPTIMUM SPORT

Chelsea v Barcalona Over 2.5 goals £60@ Evs lost -£60

Its a sad reflection on my day.............

when the highlight was planting my potatoes !!! The Charlottes are now in now let nature work its magic ............. on the betting front a quiet uneventful day, a small loss but with me knee deep in compost and muck my priorities today was in the world of the late Percy Thrower !




MONDAY



OPTIMUM RACING



4.40 Warwick ACHROMATIC £25 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£50



VSR



2.50 Down Royal OSBORN £43 ew @ 10/1 3rd +£43



OPTIMUM SPORT



Histon v Torquay £20 Draw @ 12/5 LOST -£20

Torquay DNB £60 @ Evens LOST -£60

Overall a pleasing & winning day..........

i was watching some cricket so i was unaware of what was going on in the world until i got home which was not too late as Middlesex put up a feeble performance against a buoyant Kent full of confidence after a brilliant win against Essex after following on in the County Championship at Chelmsford. I phoned up a mate to find out the result of the 5.00 Newmarket to see how The Minever Rose got on, out of the first three so i commented to my mate bet that was beaten a sh........ how did you know he replied !!! Just a hunch the way things have gone recently.
That reverse aside a decent day with identical sums won of £96 from successful advice from VSR (enjoying a brilliant run ) and Optimum Sport who advised Liverpool to win to nil against a very poor and sinking Newcastle side.


SUNDAY

OPTIMUM RACING

5.00 Newmkt THE MINIVER ROSE £50 ew @ 7/2 unpld -£100

VSR

4.00 Sligo MONTY BLUE £40 ew @ 2/1 WON +£96

OPTIMUM SPORT

Liverpool to win to nil v Newcastle £80 (4pts) @ 6/5 WON +£96

A decent day, with profit all around..........

Optimum racing recorded a small profit today, although it looked like a 15/2 winner was about to be bagged but beaten two noses into 3rd during a blanket finish of four in the last race at Musselburgh.

I had earlier backed a 9/4 winner in the form of the unraced Noseda runner Secret Witness, a classic winning trainer was backing this with us and he does not leave his money behind too often so i followed him for small, and was rewarded as Secret Witness just held on from Hypnotist by a ever diminishing head.

First day using Optimum Sport who put up 3 in the greyhound derby to minimal stakes and then 5pts on Torquay @ 19/20 to beat Histon, a comfortable 2-0 victory gave me a decent day and a good start to the service.




FRIDAY



OPTIMUM RACING



5.50 Muss MAISON DEU £25 ew @ 15/2 3rd +£12.50



PERSONAL TRADING



2.45 Ling SECRET WITNESS £40 @ 9/4 WON +£90



OPTIMUM SPORT



Torquay to beat Histon £100 (5pts) @ 19/20 WON +£95