Thursday 16th September

 

Thursday 16^th September 2021

 

Good morning all, and I hope everyone is good.

It’s been a profitable period since I last updated the blog last week, with my betting accounts and bank account up to record levels. However, I know from past experience that I now need to be very careful, or the money will just be frittered away. Usually after a good win, I end up joining new betting advisory services (Not sure why, when I’ve been making money) or buying small shares in horses, which eventually I end up giving up when the money runs out. Another pattern of repeated behaviour after having a good winning run, has been increasing the size of my bets, or having more fun bets. Thankfully this week, so far, I’ve kept a lid on things, maintaining normal stakes, only following my existing tipsters, and I’ve not bought any horses (yet).

Last week was mainly based upon the Doncaster St Leger meeting, with Friday and Saturday being particularly hectic days. Friday was highlighted with a maximum win bet at 9/4 by Rick of Handicap Snip on Kettle Hill (11/8 SP), which was also tipped by Northern Monkey, a big win bet on My Little Tip picked by the Prophet, and a big each way punt on Rhythmic Intent at 8/1 from Keith Sobey (KSTIPS). It was just a really good day which was incredibly busy for a Friday. I could celebrate though, because unusually for a Friday I wasn’t drinking as I was driving to Yorkshire to visit my Mum’s early on Saturday morning.

Saturday wasn’t as busy as hectic Friday; the main focus of the day was the Stewards Cup. Northern Monkey had gone massive on Hurricane Ivor, ante post in singles and combined with another couple of winners in doubles. I’d visited my Mums on the Saturday morning, so on getting back home, it was with great excitement that I watched the recording of the early races. Well, it looked a bit of a struggle, but the money was won, as Hurricane Ivor battled to a tenacious win. Wow, what a win, and my money was won for the weekend.

Other notable wins last weekend, came from Elite Rugby, with a near faultless set of results in the NRL. Its always great to have a winning rugby bet before the racing starts. Special mention has also to be given to Roger Bush and West Country Racing, who has had some incredible recent results, with Dante View a winner at 10/1 being only one of many long odds winners.

Anyway, this weekend looks like being all about the Ayr Gold Cup and already my main man Northern Monkey is building up a position to hopefully pull of another big chop.

 

Until next week………..

Blog 2021

It must be years since I’ve last updated the blog, but these days I seem to have a bit more time and I thought I issue a rare update.

Firstly, I am still alive (Just about), still working as a contractor, and for the last 18 months, since just after Cheltenham 2020 I’ve been working from home. In fact, I’ve changes jobs twice whilst working remotely. We’ve also got a new retired greyhound called Lochy.

Betting wise, it’s been the usual rollercoaster, some massive days of winnings, generally when Northern Monkey pulls off a big chop, and some of the inevitable long losing periods, when everything that could go wrong will do.

Fortunately, I write this having just come off a stellar weekend of unbridled success. Northern Monkey went big on the Haydock Sprint Cup winner Emaraaty Anna at ante post 20/1, who was also selected by Handicap Snip at 12/1.  Other winners also came from The Prophet. Tyrells Racing, and Roger Bush. Roger Bush has been good form recently with 3 winners on the bounce.

Monday and today (Tuesday) its been poor racing, and to be honest, it’s a question of just making sure that I limit any losses to a minimum. Wednesday looks a little better, and then its great racing on Thursday and the weekend, with the St Ledger meeting at Doncaster.

Other than racing, I also have a fantastic Rugby League tipster, Elite Rugby, who provided consistent profits in both Super League and NRL this season, and I follow Scottish Football bets, who is having a decent run.

Anyway, hopefully I’ll provide more posts from now on and explain my punting methods and let you enjoy the highs and lows of a gambling life.

Update 24th February 2020

It’s another week closer to Cheltenham and as I write this, and it’s under 2 weeks until my last day at work before the best week of the year. It’s a bit concerning that, we are getting so much rain, but Cheltenham drains well, so there shouldn’t be too many problems. More of a concern is how these days are dragging on.

 

Last weekend, I did have a few bets, but they were very limited and I ended up being virtually level on the weekend, think I was £4 down or something. Alas my ante post bet on the Winter Derby Bangkok ran poorly, but overall, just what I needed on the run up to Cheltenham, quiet, uneventful and not too damaging to my limited finances.

 

From now on though, it’s a complete lockdown, no betting, even ante post until the weekend before Cheltenham, when I might have my annual go at the Imperial Cup. I was going to have ante post bets, but finances decree, that I’ll not them backing them now, and will just back them on the day, even if it means missing bigger prices. I intend to do this between Cheltenham and Aintree as well, as I gear my self towards less punting, concentrated towards the bigger/better meetings in the future.

 

As usual I’ve ordered a raft of preview books, which I will devour on the lead up to the meeting, but I will try to avoid too much other horse racing news. I need to be fresh for Cheltenham, and his rest will do me the power of good.

 

This week, my aim will be to sort out the information and then the stakes for the information I will be using at Cheltenham.

 

I’ll update next week.

Update 19th February 2020

Sorry about there being no updates for a long while, which is due to a combination of a busy home life, with a few weekends away, and a pretty poor run of results, which has led to me revaluating my punting.

 

As Cheltenham approaches, and the poor run of results has led to my coffers being bare, I’ve drastically cut my punting. Now, I am doing the odd weekday bet, a limited few at the weekend, and the ante post bets from Matt Tombs and Northern Monkey.  As well, as hopefully getting my finances back on target, I feel that it also  will help me feel mentally fresh for what promises to be another epic Cheltenham. Already I have over £3k worth of ante post bets, with a varying of positions from non-runner to great value bet.

 

This weekend, shouldn’t be too busy, but I have a decent price about Bangkok, who is now odds on favourite for the Winter Derby. I’ll probably bet the picks of Value Bettor, Northern Monkey, and Handicap Snip, but keep stakes tight and hope for a good weekend to help fund Cheltenham.

York 13th December 2019

As predicted last weekend was a crazy one, as I mixed a weekend away at York with the 2 day Cheltenham meeting.

 

We set off to work at dinnertime on Friday, which enabled me to have all bets placed by the time we got on the second  train from Piccadilly to York.

 

After a slow start to the day, the profits really kicked in during the middle part of the Cheltenham card, with winners for Repetitio at 11/1, Cogry (6/1), and Easyland (9/2). A notable double from The Value Bettor who picked the first 2(From 2), and a winner from Jeramiah Catskill with the last one. I also had a  winner in the evening racing with Alfredo Arcano (Norther Monkey). It was a great day, which ensured that the weekend would be break even at worst, and it being a toss up as to whether the punting or the beers in the Phoenix Pub were the highlight of a truly great day.

 

Surprisingly I felt ok come Saturday morning, and we started the day with a lovely cooked breakfast and a full circuit of the city walls. After a tour of York Dungeons, I settled down in the Stone Roses Bar to watch the racing, whilst Karen braved the chaos of the Christmas markets. The beer certainly tasted good when Blu Cavalier won at 12/1 at Doncaster for JC, and even better when Warthog battled hard to land a big bet for Handicap Snip in the big handicap chase. Call Me Lord (Watched this in Spark, a great new casual eating/drinking venue on Piccadilly) then landed the big hurdle race, having been tipped by Matt Tombs and Northern Monkey to make it an epic day. Scottish Football Bets also weighed in with 3 winners out of 4 selections and Craig Forsyth had an evening winner with Jackstar (9/2 into 13/8).

 

The day finished in a haze of booze and euphoria, as we visited several more pubs and stumbled back to the Hotel.

 

The weekend had been so good and profitable that, I booked another night in York, and enjoyed a chilled Sunday, with no further bets.  

 

It’s a bit of a come down to be back in work this week, but, weather permitting, there’s some decent stuff this weekend, and then it’s the Christmas holidays with some stellar racing.

December 7th Weekend

After a few poor weekends, it was nice for things to turn around with some decent results this weekend.

 

There was good racing on both Friday and Saturday, with a great start on Friday with Roger Bush producing a lovely winner in Tactical Manoeuvre(11/2 into 4/1). I also now get the weekend preview from Marten Julien, and backed Picanha at 12/1 in the bumper at Exeter who ensured me a very profitable start to the weekend. Jodie Standing, seems to have great knowledge on the bumper horses, and its worth noting any she tips in the weekend preview.

 

Saturday as usual was very busy, and proved to be another cracking day for me, with highlights being the Paul Jones tip’ Walk in the Mill winning at Aintree, as well as Defi De Seuil a strong bet winning from Northern Monkey. Poor days by Ben Linfoot and also Scottish Football bets were offset by an incredible return to form by Handicap Snip, who tipped Acting Lass as a strong win bet (6/1 into 3/1), as well as Nuts Well (8/1 into 9/4) and last but not least Hogan’s Height who absolutely hacked up at 16/1 from an early 25/1. It just shows that sometimes, however hard, that you have to stick with tipsters. The Value Bettor also tipped Acting Lass, although the other tips ran poorly, for a small losing week for the service.

 

Elite Rugby had selections in the European cup, and provided a small profit.

 

The week ahead looks like being a massive one, there’s a two day Cheltenham starting on Friday, and also the World Championship Darts starts on Friday. I am also away for a weekend away in York, so it looks like being an absolutely epic weekend. Darts tips will be from On The Oche, Paul Jones, Betting Emporium and Sportinglife.com.

 

In the meantime, my main aim this week is to keep my punting tight with very good discipline. This will hopefully enable me to have the maximum available   ammunition for this weekend’s action.

Weekend 23/24th November 2019

It was a hectic weekend of action, which was neither bad or good.

 

The weekend was as usually almost entirely focused on Saturday, with two nice looking cards at Haydock and Ascot, with a few football bets thrown into the mix.

 

The football results were mixed, incredibly the sporting life accumulator, landed at 18/1, for its second win in 2 weeks amid amazing circumstances. I’d given up with it to be honest, as Rotherham went 2 goals down within the first 20 minutes, even meaning that I turned the match\goal alerts off my phone. Whilst in the pub, later, I decided to see how the other matches were going, with 10 mins to go, to see that Rotherham had turned the match around and were now leading 3-2. However, Stoke and Peterborough were being held at home. Remarkably two injury time winners for the afore mentioned landed the bet. In contrast however, it was a dreadful weekend for Scottish Football bets as all 4 bets lost badly, with it being a weekend of giant killing in the Scottish Cup.

 

In horse racing, it was weekend which could have been massive but ended up being moderate. The key race as usual was a big handicap, and as the tired horses jumped the last Haydock hurdle, it was looking like a certain winner for me with Acey Milan just getting the better of a protracted duel with Ask Ben, surely the winnings were in the bag I thought. Alas, Stoney Mountain flew from nowhere to storm clear in a slow motion finish. An absolutely gut wrenching defeat to take, even though I was on them each way. Ben Linfoot landed a huge gamble with Bold Plan (10/1 -11/4), and Handicap Snip had a nice winner with Thebannerkingrebel. Alas it was a very poor day for Northern Monkey and The Value Bettor, who couldn’t find a win between them.

 

Sunday was a quiet one with the only bets being in the Troytown at Navan. Fortunately for me, The Value Bettor tipped up Chris’s Dream (7/1 – 9/2), who landed a massive punt, and wiped out his Saturday losses.

 

Overall it was a mixed bag this weekend, with some fantastic moments, as well as some kick in the stomach moments. Hard to know about profits/losses until I update the results this week.

 

Next week, looks like another busy one, with Newbury Friday and Saturday, and perhaps a few punts on the snooker. Until then……