The Cheltenham Open meeting to me signifies the start of the jumps season, when the stars start coming out and the flat becomes a distant memory. I've enjoyed the flat this year and I think its been a decent season for me, with Northern Monkey, Horse Trader, Paul Jones, Roger Bush, and Ben Linfoot showing some reasonable results. I've managed to keep discipline for the majority of the time as well, although as always my record keeping has been sporadic at best. This has meant for once I've managed to keep my general finances under control, and have even put a little bit of money aside in case of a period out of work.
I am back working at Salford, which is good for travel and there's loads of work as well, so I should be busy until at least next March, with plenty of money in the bank for the festival. This year I am making it to Cheltenham for the Wednesday, I'll be on my own, but it will be good to get back there after missing it for a few years.
I'll be pretty much following the same tipsters again through the winter, I've added Tipping Legends, who have started a pay as you go service (Promising early results), and will be also following dedicated National Hunt services from Matt Tombs and The Value Better.
The weekend wasn't bad, Paul Jones had tipped Native River at 16/1 ante-post, topped up by a bet on the same horse by Northern Monkey at 6/1, and Tipping Legends followed up their recent good run by tipping Irving at a tasty 6/1. Another tipster in fabulous form is Ben Linfoot, who tipped Carole's Destrier, who I backed each way at 25/1, and he picked Otago Trail who won at 10/1. Another 16/1 winner from Paul Jones with O Maonlai at 16/1, and all in all it was a pretty decent punting weekend despite a couple of my tipsters blowing out.
It had been a lean time since by last posting, with a couple of poor days chasing losses, so this weekend was well overdue to be honest.
This week looks relatively quiet until the weekend, although I have a few on going bets on the Snooker (O'Sullivan, Selby, and Ding) and my new golf tipster 'Pinpoint Golftips' (although I'll be starting to low stakes).
Finally, my Christmas project is well under way, and its to have a lumpy bet on Michael Van Gerwen to win the World Darts, which starts in mid December. I've already got plenty on, and will be looking to press the bet up over the next couple of weeks, potentially using Cue Card for the King George as a way of boosting the bet. I've covered with a bet on defending Champion Gary Anderson, the only potential threat in my eyes.
Hopefully back with an update soon..
Monday 28 November 2016
Tuesday 1 November 2016
November 2016
Good afternoon,
Its been a while since I've posted and so much has happened. There's been some great winners, some not so good losers, and a few near misses. Highlights of the last couple of months were the win of The Tin Man in the Ascot Champion Sprint, Librisa Breeze, as well as getting 33/1 on Just Glamorous in France.
All in all its been a very profitable flat season as we edge towards the proper start of the Jumps and the long road to Cheltenham. There's been a few real horror days, where every thing has gone wrong, and my old habit of chasing losses has returned, but in the main I've kept things in check and my savings are showing the benefit.
As we enter the winter months I'll be following the tipsters as below:
Northern Monkey
Ben Linfoot
Roger Bush
Horse Trader
Bet Alchemist.
I am also covering a couple of Cheltenham ante post services, by Paul Jones, and also Matt Tombs, along with monitoring a couple of services.
Hopefully I will be back with another post shortly.
Its been a while since I've posted and so much has happened. There's been some great winners, some not so good losers, and a few near misses. Highlights of the last couple of months were the win of The Tin Man in the Ascot Champion Sprint, Librisa Breeze, as well as getting 33/1 on Just Glamorous in France.
All in all its been a very profitable flat season as we edge towards the proper start of the Jumps and the long road to Cheltenham. There's been a few real horror days, where every thing has gone wrong, and my old habit of chasing losses has returned, but in the main I've kept things in check and my savings are showing the benefit.
As we enter the winter months I'll be following the tipsters as below:
Northern Monkey
Ben Linfoot
Roger Bush
Horse Trader
Bet Alchemist.
I am also covering a couple of Cheltenham ante post services, by Paul Jones, and also Matt Tombs, along with monitoring a couple of services.
Hopefully I will be back with another post shortly.
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Tuesday 30th August 2016
Its been a while since I've posted, and more or less the results have been pretty mediocre. This Saturday was a prime example with no winners, the best result being a couple of places from Ben Linfoot with Big Time at 20/1, and Horse Trader had Diamond Geyser who came second at 7/1. The tipsters all seemed to be having a poor run at the same time and it was showing as my bank balance was evaporating.
Sunday saw an much needed improvement, with Northern Monkey tipping the all the way winner Sors at the Curragh (8/1), and Bet Alchemist had a juicy 20/1 placed horse at the Irish track with Hasanour.
Monday was better again, with Roger Bush tipping a near maximum bet on the easy winner Ennistown (4/1) at Cartmel and Northern Monkey tipping Crowning Glory, and also El Astronaute at Epsom. It just shows that sometimes you have to persist with tipsters for the long run, even when they are having terrible runs. Eventually though, class tells, and the results come good.
Today Tuesday, continued the special run in spectacular fashion. Another strong bet from Roger Bush, Tour De Ville hacked up at 7/2, although annoyingly, I got distracted at work and missed the early 9/2.
Things got even better, as the now red hot Nothern Monkey struck with a 13/2 winner with Pipers Note, and then landed the each way double as Love Island, showed me the love by winning at 8/1. I didn't have a massive bet, but even so, this was one of my best results of the season.
Happy days.
Sunday saw an much needed improvement, with Northern Monkey tipping the all the way winner Sors at the Curragh (8/1), and Bet Alchemist had a juicy 20/1 placed horse at the Irish track with Hasanour.
Monday was better again, with Roger Bush tipping a near maximum bet on the easy winner Ennistown (4/1) at Cartmel and Northern Monkey tipping Crowning Glory, and also El Astronaute at Epsom. It just shows that sometimes you have to persist with tipsters for the long run, even when they are having terrible runs. Eventually though, class tells, and the results come good.
Today Tuesday, continued the special run in spectacular fashion. Another strong bet from Roger Bush, Tour De Ville hacked up at 7/2, although annoyingly, I got distracted at work and missed the early 9/2.
Things got even better, as the now red hot Nothern Monkey struck with a 13/2 winner with Pipers Note, and then landed the each way double as Love Island, showed me the love by winning at 8/1. I didn't have a massive bet, but even so, this was one of my best results of the season.
Happy days.
Tuesday 23 August 2016
York Day 4
After a few too many on Friday night in the local I was feeling a little tender on Saturday morning. It was the final day of the York meeting and I was in reasonable shape to turn my initial losses on the Wednesday into a small profit on the week.
As usual for a Saturday, I decided to record the racing and watch it on my return from the Morrissey at the Arena.
I didn't get home until after midnight, and watched most of the racing in a bit of a haze, but although it wasn't the best of days, it wasn't the worst either.
The highlight of the day was definitely the tip by Bet Alchemist, Son of Africa who romped home at early odds of 20/1, although alas to small stakes. My others winners on the day were Scottish at 5/1 tipped by Paul Jones, and Blue Point tipped by Paul Jones and Bet Alchemist.
In the Ebor, the best of mine were second and forth, but the I wasn't on the winner Heartbreak City who won very easily.
Well, that was the end of York, and my figures showed me a profit of £300 on the week, so I can't complain. Not sure when I will be back, as the racing is now pretty dire until the Haydock meeting in early September, so I'll probably use the chance to have a rest and recharge my batteries.
As usual for a Saturday, I decided to record the racing and watch it on my return from the Morrissey at the Arena.
I didn't get home until after midnight, and watched most of the racing in a bit of a haze, but although it wasn't the best of days, it wasn't the worst either.
The highlight of the day was definitely the tip by Bet Alchemist, Son of Africa who romped home at early odds of 20/1, although alas to small stakes. My others winners on the day were Scottish at 5/1 tipped by Paul Jones, and Blue Point tipped by Paul Jones and Bet Alchemist.
In the Ebor, the best of mine were second and forth, but the I wasn't on the winner Heartbreak City who won very easily.
Well, that was the end of York, and my figures showed me a profit of £300 on the week, so I can't complain. Not sure when I will be back, as the racing is now pretty dire until the Haydock meeting in early September, so I'll probably use the chance to have a rest and recharge my batteries.
York Day 3
It was Friday, it was just a morning at work and I was hoping for torrential rain. Work was starting to get me down to be honest, I like something challenging, but it was now beginning to make me feel tension. I was just happy to be finishing at dinner time.
My main reason for wanting rain was because I'd had a big bet on the superstar mare Meccas Mate, and she needed some rain at York if she was to run. I'd gone through the race, and given that she's shown she was back to her best in Ireland last time out I just couldn't see her being beaten. I'd done ok with me own bets during the week so far and was pretty confident on Meccas, especially at odds of 11/2.
It was also a heavy day of punting from my tipsters, and I was narrowly defeated in the first as Shakopee, tipped by Horse Trader and Ben Linfoot could quite get up to beat Barsanti.
However, things changed for the better in race 3 as Nemoralia a strong bet from Bet Alchemist stormed home to land me a nice punt at 2/1.
It was then onto the main event of the day the Nunthorpe and my date with destiny and Meccas Angel. As the race approached, speculation was that there hadn't been much rain at all, and Limato the brilliant July Cup winner was heavily backed into 15/8 favourite. At the 2 furlong pole Meccas hit the front and although Limato was briefly a threat, the mare booted clear to land me the money. Happy days.
I also had a decent end to the day as well, as the Paul Jones tipped Rivet landed the maiden at 4.20, to small stakes, and then Banksea tipped by Horse Trader finished a close second in the last race of the day.
A good day, and I ended it getting rather drunk in the MOP.
My main reason for wanting rain was because I'd had a big bet on the superstar mare Meccas Mate, and she needed some rain at York if she was to run. I'd gone through the race, and given that she's shown she was back to her best in Ireland last time out I just couldn't see her being beaten. I'd done ok with me own bets during the week so far and was pretty confident on Meccas, especially at odds of 11/2.
It was also a heavy day of punting from my tipsters, and I was narrowly defeated in the first as Shakopee, tipped by Horse Trader and Ben Linfoot could quite get up to beat Barsanti.
However, things changed for the better in race 3 as Nemoralia a strong bet from Bet Alchemist stormed home to land me a nice punt at 2/1.
It was then onto the main event of the day the Nunthorpe and my date with destiny and Meccas Angel. As the race approached, speculation was that there hadn't been much rain at all, and Limato the brilliant July Cup winner was heavily backed into 15/8 favourite. At the 2 furlong pole Meccas hit the front and although Limato was briefly a threat, the mare booted clear to land me the money. Happy days.
I also had a decent end to the day as well, as the Paul Jones tipped Rivet landed the maiden at 4.20, to small stakes, and then Banksea tipped by Horse Trader finished a close second in the last race of the day.
A good day, and I ended it getting rather drunk in the MOP.
Friday 19 August 2016
York Day 2
I headed into day two of York in decent spirits after my late come back on the first day. Alas it was a full day at work, and I only saw the last race live. I love having time off work for festivals, but I'd had too much time off in recent weeks to justify taking more off.
Like the first day, it was a complete blow out in the first race of the day, as my horse Hemmingway tipped by Ben Linfoot and Be Alchemist faded tamely to finish well down the field. I also backed Rusumaat, who finished a remote 2nd, and although win only, but I did get my money back as a free bet with Sky Bet.
Things improved in the second race as, Queen Kindly tipped by Northern Monkey, finished fast to defeat the odds on jolly Fair Eva. I was on each way, and thought that was the best I would get, so it was a great surprise to bag an early winner. I was mob handed in the big mile handicap, and fortunately for me, Firmament tipped by Bet Alchemist showed admiral grit to gain a narrow win. I also got some each way cash from Third Time Lucky, tipped by Horse Trader.
My best result of the day came in the Yorkshire Oaks as I had a one-three from only 2 bets. I had a strong win bet on Seventh Heaven who was given by Paul Jones and Bet Alchemist, who won at 4/1 for me, and I was on each way on the strong travelling Queens Trust who easily claimed the each way money.
I didn't have much doing in the remaining 2 races, except a strong each way bet on To Eternity who landed the place money when finishing second.
All in all, not a bad day, as I moved into a slight profit after the first two days of York.
Like the first day, it was a complete blow out in the first race of the day, as my horse Hemmingway tipped by Ben Linfoot and Be Alchemist faded tamely to finish well down the field. I also backed Rusumaat, who finished a remote 2nd, and although win only, but I did get my money back as a free bet with Sky Bet.
Things improved in the second race as, Queen Kindly tipped by Northern Monkey, finished fast to defeat the odds on jolly Fair Eva. I was on each way, and thought that was the best I would get, so it was a great surprise to bag an early winner. I was mob handed in the big mile handicap, and fortunately for me, Firmament tipped by Bet Alchemist showed admiral grit to gain a narrow win. I also got some each way cash from Third Time Lucky, tipped by Horse Trader.
My best result of the day came in the Yorkshire Oaks as I had a one-three from only 2 bets. I had a strong win bet on Seventh Heaven who was given by Paul Jones and Bet Alchemist, who won at 4/1 for me, and I was on each way on the strong travelling Queens Trust who easily claimed the each way money.
I didn't have much doing in the remaining 2 races, except a strong each way bet on To Eternity who landed the place money when finishing second.
All in all, not a bad day, as I moved into a slight profit after the first two days of York.
Thursday 18 August 2016
York Day 1
The first day of York started in horrific circumstances with a complete first race blow out, even though I’d managed to back my horses each way with 5 places up for grabs. This seems to be a familiar theme for me this year at the big meetings, the ritual first race blow out. It’s really deflating, but you have to keep telling yourself that its only the first battle of a war, and that results aren’t set by the first race of 24.
Not much success in either race 2 or 3, but race 4, the Juddmonte turned things around a bit, as my tipsters had a second and a third, Highland Reel for Bet Alchemist, and the unlucky Mutakayyef for Ben Linfoot, whilst I myself couldn’t resist having a sizable bet on the brilliant Postponed having seen it had drifted out to 9/4. It was a fantastic race, for me, and as a spectacle just so good, with Postponed looking like an absolute class act as he cruised through the race. I’d go in heavy for Postponed for the Arc, but fear that he wouldn’t be suited by the likely soft Autumn ground in France.
The stayers race, was a case of what could have been as Nakeeta tipped by Ben Linfoot and Northern Monkey, cruised into a decent lead (Probably took it up too early) before being outstayed by Oceane. I was on each way, but a win would have ensure a profitable day for me. As it was, this race was a loser for me. The margins are just so fine between winning and losing.
The last race of the day was good for me and was well needed. I had only one tipped horse, an each way bet from Horse Trader, Nautical Heaven(faded out of it), but decided on the hoof, to back the Paul Jones selections which were The Waggon Wheel and the 50/1 long shot Masham Star. Well, what a result, as The Waggon Wheel toughed it out to win at 13/2, and Masham Star finished like a train to land each way bets. I’ll be backing and recording the results of the Paul Jones horses for the rest of the meeting now.
There were a few evening bets, and a win by Dommerson, tipped up by Northern Monkey meant that I finished the day in a relatively positive frame of mind.
I think overall, probably due to the first race and the poor performance of Bet Alchemist and Horse Trader that I was slightly down on the day. But if Nakeeta had won, it would have been a great day. I will provide an overview of York once the week has finished.
Steven Ashton
Wednesday 17 August 2016
Wednesday 17th August 2016
First day of York, it’s a decent card, and alas I’m in at work. The only good thing is that hopefully I can finish early after an afternoon site visit, although I am not banking on that, as I have a meeting that may drag on beyond 3pm.
Busy first day of punting and it’s not even 8 am, I already have 4 bets from each of Horse Trader, Ben Linfoot, and Bet Alchemist, and 3 from Northern Monkey. In fact most of my bets are already placed for the day. Just got to keep my discipline this week and make sure i don’t chase any losses.
Fingers crossed for a decent start to the festival today.
Tuesday 16 August 2016
Tuesday 16th August 2016
Getting quite excited now as we approach the big York Ebor meeting.
Shame that I am not having any days off work, but I am doing two long days on Monday and Tuesday which should enable me to finish early for the rest of the week and catch most of the racing. I’ll be off for the afternoon on Friday.
Its two days off punting before as well, which is helping refresh me for the battle ahead. To make sure I’ve left the smart phone at home. There’s going to be enough going on in the next few days without frittering money away on junk racing.
For future strategy I will be concentrating entirely on the better racing and apart from exceptional circumstances won’t be punting on other days. For instance after York I will be completely off until the Haydock meeting in early September. I’ll be also not be punting on Sundays apart from such as the Arc or Paddy Power Meeting.
It seems to be that, I always end up taking a hit after a big win at a Festival, such as after Goodwood. Hopefully these new tactics will help get rid of some of the losses from my punting. Goodwood was fantastic and I used it to pay off a loan (I’m debt free now), but I have given a bit of the winnings back since.
I am also doing a bit on the football now that the season has started, I follow the Sporting Life accumulator, and I am betting to very small stakes on a couple of other tipsters, one of which who bets on draw doubles, and another on half time/full time bets. Just small stakes until we see how these pan out.
I’ll be back later in the week with an update.
Tuesday 16th August 2016
Getting quite excited now as we approach the big York Ebor meeting.
Shame that I am not having any days off work, but I am doing two long days on Monday and Tuesday which should enable me to finish early for the rest of the week and catch most of the racing. I’ll be off for the afternoon on Friday.
Its two days off punting before as well, which is helping refresh me for the battle ahead. To make sure I’ve left the smart phone at home. There’s going to be enough going on in the next few days without frittering money away on junk racing.
For future strategy I will be concentrating entirely on the better racing and apart from exceptional circumstances won’t be punting on other days. For instance after York I will be completely off until the Haydock meeting in early September. I’ll be also not be punting on Sundays apart from such as the Arc or Paddy Power Meeting.
It seems to be that, I always end up taking a hit after a big win at a Festival, such as after Goodwood. Hopefully these new tactics will help get rid of some of the losses from my punting. Goodwood was fantastic and I used it to pay off a loan (I’m debt free now), but I have given a bit of the winnings back since.
I am also doing a bit on the football now that the season has started, I follow the Sporting Life accumulator, and I am betting to very small stakes on a couple of other tipsters, one of which who bets on draw doubles, and another on half time/full time bets. Just small stakes until we see how these pan out.
I’ll be back later in the week with an update.
Monday 15 August 2016
Monday 15th August 2016
It’s not been the best of times since Goodwood, I haven’t punted as much as usual but even so, results have been very poor from all my tipsters. Also, I have lost discipline a couple of times, which has eaten into my profits. In the future I really need to take a complete break after a successful festival or Saturday, to allow my emotions to reduce back down to a normal level. I am disappointed with myself, but as long as I improve and learn from this, I guess that’s the main thing. In life we need to make mistakes, but then learn from them and improve.
This Saturday was really all about the big Sprint at Ripon, I had a decent sized bet on Kimberella (Northern Monkey), as well as a double rolling up onto this horse, with savers on Related and Intisaab. Intisaab came the closest, finishing fast but too late, in a day of poor results. Horse Trader tipped Von Blucher who also narrowly failed to deliver a win. Sometimes its fine margins between a great day and a poor one, and at the moment I seem to be on the wrong side.
This week it’s the York Ebor festival, so from Wednesday onwards it’s going to be made busy I would guess. Alas though, I’ll only be having Friday afternoon off work.
One further tweak to my strategy will be leaving the golf alone, as since Stenson’s win in the Open, results have been dire. From now on I’ll only bet on the big tournaments.
I’ll be really taking things easy now until Wednesday, and then hopefully I can get things back onto track with a great York.
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Tuesday August 9tth
Its been a decent break for me, and I now feel refreshed to start my punting again.
I've started with the Sporting Life accumulator tonight, and the horse racing is due to start up again with Bet Alchemist having some bets on the Irish racing on Thursday.
Its also a good weekends racing before the start of the York festival next weekend.
I've started with the Sporting Life accumulator tonight, and the horse racing is due to start up again with Bet Alchemist having some bets on the Irish racing on Thursday.
Its also a good weekends racing before the start of the York festival next weekend.
Tuesday 2 August 2016
Rest
Decided to take at least a week or so off so that I can recharge the batteries for the big York festival in a couple of weeks.
I'll be back with an update in just over a week,
Take care while I'm away, I will be back.
I'll be back with an update in just over a week,
Take care while I'm away, I will be back.
Overall Results at the end of July 2016
Decent overall results showing at the end of July:
Ben Linfoot =+£2500
Horse Trader =+£3000
Bet Alchemist =+£3200
Roger Bush =+£ 700
Northern Monkey =+£ 700
Grand Total =+£11,000
Just shows what can be achieved if I stick to the plan.
Ben Linfoot =+£2500
Horse Trader =+£3000
Bet Alchemist =+£3200
Roger Bush =+£ 700
Northern Monkey =+£ 700
Grand Total =+£11,000
Just shows what can be achieved if I stick to the plan.
Monday wash up
Just a quick round up of Sundays action.
There were a few bets from Bet Alchemist, Roger Bush, and Northern Monkey, but alas these were all losers, except Northern Monkey’s which got a place.
In the golf I ended up about level, with a head heat winner for Tyrell Hatton to be top English player, and each way returns from Branden Grace.
This week will be quiet, except for the football ante post bet from the Sporting life and racing post.
I’ll be back later in the week.
Monday 1 August 2016
Goodwood Saturday
After Friday I was feeling a little rough on Saturday, and most of the morning was spent recovering to be honest.
I had a great start at Goodwood with a gamble landed as Bet Alchemist tipped Hoof it at 22/1. There were losers in the race from Ben Linfoot, and Northern Monkey, but overall a winning race for me. In race 2 I also had the winner, with Dai Harraild, who won at 9/2, as well as the 3rd place horse, Move Up, tipped each way by Horse Trader.
The main race was the Stewards Cup, where I was loaded up with bets, including an each way double given by Northern Monkey on Take Cover at 10/1, and Growl at 14/1. I was also on Dancing Star and Orions Bow (At big antepost prices). The only thing that could have worked out better was if Growl had won, as my horses filled 5 of the first 6 places, to earn me yet more profits. Growl had a shocker of a draw, and was so unlucky, finishing very strongly for a fourth place.
Roger Bush also weighed in with a strong bet winner as Westerner Girl stayed on gamely at Galway to land the spoils at an early 7/2.
After another great day, it was time for the pub, and we headed down to Cheadle for a few beers. On my return there was more good news, as I discovered that Hawatif had won for me at 12/1.
So that was it, the end of Goodwood for another year, and what a festival it had been for me. It started slowly for me on the Tuesday (Seems so long ago), but every day after had been great. I’d bet too much and drunk too much, but what a blast it has been.
I’ll need to take some time to recover now, so it’s no punting for me until next Saturday, but I’ll be back with an updated list of my punters and their results, early next week.
Goodwood Friday
I was feeling fresh on Friday after a good sleep and an alcohol free day on
Thursday. I had some jobs to sort out at home, and we were due to have an early evening in Manchester for a few drinks after racing.
It was another busy day of punting, mainly focussed on the big sprint of the day, where I was heavily into Take Cover with a few of my tipsters. In the first race my main bet bombed out,
but fortunately I covered with a bet on Kings Fete, who won at 5/2. In race 2 Horse Trader, and Bet
Alchemist were massively into Thikriyaat, who had run a cracker for me at Royal Ascot, when second. Goodwood is a terrible track for horses getting into trouble, and it looked bad for my horse as he was caught in a pocket as they hit the 2 furlong pole. Fortunately and to much relief, the man Hanagan got him out, and he finished strongly to land my too large bet. Pressure was off with that winner now, especially given Wednesday’s results, and thus I could sit back and kind of enjoy the rest of the day. In the next race the mile handicap, I was on a few horses, as is usually the case in such races, and also covered on the incredibly short favourite Franklin D. Franklin D scrambled ome, and I also gained each way returns from Donncha, and Belgium Bill. Not a great result, but some returns, to keep things ticking over.
The main race for me on Friday was the sprint, where 3 of my tipsters, including, Northern Monkey antepost at 14/1, Ben Linfoot, and Bet Alchemist were very sweet on Take Cover. Take Cover has is
his want set off at a furious pace, and hitting the furlong marker was in command, he did tire though, and I was relieved to see him scramble home. This was another monster win for me, and ensured that I was well in profit for another day. There were a few other bets, all losers alas, but overall Friday had been very good to me, thanks to Take Cover and Thikryaat.
A few drinks in Town followed, by a few more, and then a few more as the day ended in celebratory fashion.
Thursday. I had some jobs to sort out at home, and we were due to have an early evening in Manchester for a few drinks after racing.
It was another busy day of punting, mainly focussed on the big sprint of the day, where I was heavily into Take Cover with a few of my tipsters. In the first race my main bet bombed out,
but fortunately I covered with a bet on Kings Fete, who won at 5/2. In race 2 Horse Trader, and Bet
Alchemist were massively into Thikriyaat, who had run a cracker for me at Royal Ascot, when second. Goodwood is a terrible track for horses getting into trouble, and it looked bad for my horse as he was caught in a pocket as they hit the 2 furlong pole. Fortunately and to much relief, the man Hanagan got him out, and he finished strongly to land my too large bet. Pressure was off with that winner now, especially given Wednesday’s results, and thus I could sit back and kind of enjoy the rest of the day. In the next race the mile handicap, I was on a few horses, as is usually the case in such races, and also covered on the incredibly short favourite Franklin D. Franklin D scrambled ome, and I also gained each way returns from Donncha, and Belgium Bill. Not a great result, but some returns, to keep things ticking over.
The main race for me on Friday was the sprint, where 3 of my tipsters, including, Northern Monkey antepost at 14/1, Ben Linfoot, and Bet Alchemist were very sweet on Take Cover. Take Cover has is
his want set off at a furious pace, and hitting the furlong marker was in command, he did tire though, and I was relieved to see him scramble home. This was another monster win for me, and ensured that I was well in profit for another day. There were a few other bets, all losers alas, but overall Friday had been very good to me, thanks to Take Cover and Thikryaat.
A few drinks in Town followed, by a few more, and then a few more as the day ended in celebratory fashion.
Friday 29 July 2016
Goodwood Day 3
I felt a little tender first thing on Thursday, but more relaxed and more upbeat.
It was a pretty busy day on Thursday, but I hadn't backed horses in every race, with nothing in the Richmond, the fillies handicap, or in the fillies maiden. I was only backing in the Galway Hurdle in Ireland so it was a pretty limited number of races, which meant it was most likely to be feast or famine.
The day started great, as despite running as green as grass, You're Hired edged home at 9/1. This one was tipped by Ben Linfoot and Roger Bush, and was just the kind of start I crave on a festival day. A good winner in the first race, eases the pressure, although sometimes it can turn out to be the only one of the day. I was hoping that this was to be the start of a great day, and ignite my Goodwood festival.
It was a good start, and things were about to get even better. Big Orange was a game winner for me in the Goodwood Cup at an early 4/1,one picked by myself. I know I said that I wouldn't back my own, but things are different at the big festivals, and I couldn't see this one being out of the places.
The utter highlight came in the nursery at 4.55, I'd already had a tip from Horse Trader for Bear Valley at 8/1, and had been suggested by Paul Jones to have a little on the Mark Johnson Tricast. Fortunately I invested £30 on 6 x £5 combination tricasts, each way money won when Hidden Cyclone just failed to win the Galway Hurdle (For Bet Alchemist at a monster 33/1).The rest is history, as the tricast was amazingly landed with a 4 figure return, and pretty comfortably really as the 3 were well clear. It just shows how fine the margins are between victory and defeat, as I was so close, to not putting the bet on.
For good measure, I even had the winner of the last, Laughton at 9/1, who was tipped by Ben Linfoot and Northern Monkey.
It had been a very special punting day, one which I won't forget for a very long time.
It was a pretty busy day on Thursday, but I hadn't backed horses in every race, with nothing in the Richmond, the fillies handicap, or in the fillies maiden. I was only backing in the Galway Hurdle in Ireland so it was a pretty limited number of races, which meant it was most likely to be feast or famine.
The day started great, as despite running as green as grass, You're Hired edged home at 9/1. This one was tipped by Ben Linfoot and Roger Bush, and was just the kind of start I crave on a festival day. A good winner in the first race, eases the pressure, although sometimes it can turn out to be the only one of the day. I was hoping that this was to be the start of a great day, and ignite my Goodwood festival.
It was a good start, and things were about to get even better. Big Orange was a game winner for me in the Goodwood Cup at an early 4/1,one picked by myself. I know I said that I wouldn't back my own, but things are different at the big festivals, and I couldn't see this one being out of the places.
The utter highlight came in the nursery at 4.55, I'd already had a tip from Horse Trader for Bear Valley at 8/1, and had been suggested by Paul Jones to have a little on the Mark Johnson Tricast. Fortunately I invested £30 on 6 x £5 combination tricasts, each way money won when Hidden Cyclone just failed to win the Galway Hurdle (For Bet Alchemist at a monster 33/1).The rest is history, as the tricast was amazingly landed with a 4 figure return, and pretty comfortably really as the 3 were well clear. It just shows how fine the margins are between victory and defeat, as I was so close, to not putting the bet on.
For good measure, I even had the winner of the last, Laughton at 9/1, who was tipped by Ben Linfoot and Northern Monkey.
It had been a very special punting day, one which I won't forget for a very long time.
Thursday 28 July 2016
Goodwood Day 2
For day 2 at Goodwood, I was at work in the morning and off to watch the racing in the afternoon. I'd not had the best of nights sleep again and was pretty weary, so couldn't wait to leave work at 12 on the dot and get home. As with the first day I kind of felt a little down and depressed.
Overnight had been decent with good results from Galway's evening races from Bet Alchemist. Top Notch Tonto ran a screamer to finish second at 20/1, and Beau Satchel landed a massive punt from 9/1 into 11/4 favourite. This was in complete contrast to Galway's dreadful day 1 results, and it meant that I was in decent shape as we headed into day 2 at Goodwood.
Wednesday was pretty poor for me, with the only winner for me being Ulysses, tipped up by Horse Trader at 9/2. I had some each way money returns from Ribchester (unlucky), Twin Sails, Column, and Cairdiuil, but overall results were very disappointing. I should have really seen this coming, when in the first race my three horses finished in the last 3 never looking like even bringing me any each way returns. The Galway Plate was awful as well, with none of mine ever looking likely to get involved.
At least though, I made it to the Pub (George and Dragon) for a few beers to drown my sorrows, as well as celebrating the start of my holiday, and then we had a nice meal at Bellinis, before downing another bottle of wine. It was a very poor day, but there were enough returns to mean that I live to fight another day.
Overnight had been decent with good results from Galway's evening races from Bet Alchemist. Top Notch Tonto ran a screamer to finish second at 20/1, and Beau Satchel landed a massive punt from 9/1 into 11/4 favourite. This was in complete contrast to Galway's dreadful day 1 results, and it meant that I was in decent shape as we headed into day 2 at Goodwood.
Wednesday was pretty poor for me, with the only winner for me being Ulysses, tipped up by Horse Trader at 9/2. I had some each way money returns from Ribchester (unlucky), Twin Sails, Column, and Cairdiuil, but overall results were very disappointing. I should have really seen this coming, when in the first race my three horses finished in the last 3 never looking like even bringing me any each way returns. The Galway Plate was awful as well, with none of mine ever looking likely to get involved.
At least though, I made it to the Pub (George and Dragon) for a few beers to drown my sorrows, as well as celebrating the start of my holiday, and then we had a nice meal at Bellinis, before downing another bottle of wine. It was a very poor day, but there were enough returns to mean that I live to fight another day.
Tuesday 26 July 2016
Tuesday 26th July 2016
A bit like at Royal Ascot I was at work for the first day of Goodwood, and it kind of spoilt it for me. I was feeling pretty tired as it was, having only managed a handful of hours sleep the day before. I was lethargic at work, and felt a bit low. I am at work tomorrow morning and then off for the rest of the work, so hopefully the rest will do me good.
After a poor start the night before at Galway with 4 losers, Bet Alchemist was my punter of the day, with a nice winner with Boom The Groom. I was on at 14/1, which was a fantastic price, as the horse was heavily backed throughout the day into 13/2.
No other winners, although there were some each way returns from Notarised, and Stars Over The Sea for Ben Linfoot, whilst Horse Trader contributed as Haggle finished strongly to land some each way money. Horse Trader had 2 other losers, so not the best of days for my most profitable tipster,
As it stands now, I am a few quid down, but I've 4 bets from Bet Alchemist at Galway tonight still to run. If I can get a winner I'll be around level for the day, which isn't too bad a start.
After a poor start the night before at Galway with 4 losers, Bet Alchemist was my punter of the day, with a nice winner with Boom The Groom. I was on at 14/1, which was a fantastic price, as the horse was heavily backed throughout the day into 13/2.
No other winners, although there were some each way returns from Notarised, and Stars Over The Sea for Ben Linfoot, whilst Horse Trader contributed as Haggle finished strongly to land some each way money. Horse Trader had 2 other losers, so not the best of days for my most profitable tipster,
As it stands now, I am a few quid down, but I've 4 bets from Bet Alchemist at Galway tonight still to run. If I can get a winner I'll be around level for the day, which isn't too bad a start.
Monday 25 July 2016
Monday 25th July 2016
A very hectic weekend of punting with a mixed set of results, which meant that my run of not taking my wages was snapped. To be fair if it wasn’t Goodwood this week, I could have lasted another week, but I need a big bank for this week. Its Goodwood, Galway and also the USPGA so promises to be a frantic and hopefully profitable week. Therefore I left my returns in my bookmaker accounts rather than withdrawing them.
I wasn’t too hung over on the Saturday, perhaps because I bolted from the leaving doo at 6.45, and made for the train. It was good to catch up with people, but I just felt I’d had enough and had to escape.
In the weeks golf, i broke even, Rahn finished top 5, which I was on at 9/1, and there were some small each way returns from Snedeker. A bit disappointing as Sned’s was leading going into the final round, but didn’t really perform when the pressure was on. Darts was pretty poor, although I did get a small return with MVG winning the event with ease.
In the racing, it was a mixed bad, good winners Kimberella and Librisa Breeze were interspaced with some pretty mediocre results. It wasn’t a disaster though, and ensured that I have a decent war chest for the pivotal week ahead.
Away from punting, I went over to watch my beloved Featherstone Rovers on the Sunday, who completed their mission impossible by defeating Bradford Bulls to reach the playoffs for Super League. It was a great finish to the weekend and fantastic to see the old ground packed to the rafters. We have no chance of promotion to the Super League, but the additional money for reaching the playoffs is vital for the club.
Anyway, I’ll be back with an update tomorrow.
Thursday 21 July 2016
Thursday 21st July 2016
Extra posting before the weekend, as I'm going to be in no sort of state to do much over the weekend. I'm having the afternoon off and will be heading straight off into Manchester for excessive drinking and a few games of pool.
After a few bitty days with some disappointing results on the darts, patience paid off today with a nice 12/1 winner in the shape of lowly hurdler Who Am I who was tipped up by the back to form Roger Bush. Rogers's second tip wasn't bad either as Whiskey John brought in some place money after finishing 3rd at 20/1. A very decent day indeed.
Anyway, stuff to do, so I'll be back early next week.
After a few bitty days with some disappointing results on the darts, patience paid off today with a nice 12/1 winner in the shape of lowly hurdler Who Am I who was tipped up by the back to form Roger Bush. Rogers's second tip wasn't bad either as Whiskey John brought in some place money after finishing 3rd at 20/1. A very decent day indeed.
Anyway, stuff to do, so I'll be back early next week.
Wednesday 20 July 2016
Wednesday 20th July 2016
Its just so hot this week, making it a really tough grinding week at work. The week seems to be lasting absolutely ages as well, although I'm off Friday afternoon for a massive leaving doo afternoon drinking session in Manchester.
Its been quiet on the horses, although today there is a bet from Roger Bush later on. I am backing Northern Monkey's tips again, to small stakes, and recording the results in my general betting spread sheet.
The highlight of the week though was a nice winner on the TDF, as finally I picked the right man in the break away as Zakarin broke free late on to land a tasty 14/1 winner. I did have 3 losers as though, so it kind of diluted my winnings. That's 3 winners on the TDF, which makes up for my awful results on the darts so far.
That's it for now on a quiet day, I'll be back early next week with an update and also publish my updated results.
Its been quiet on the horses, although today there is a bet from Roger Bush later on. I am backing Northern Monkey's tips again, to small stakes, and recording the results in my general betting spread sheet.
The highlight of the week though was a nice winner on the TDF, as finally I picked the right man in the break away as Zakarin broke free late on to land a tasty 14/1 winner. I did have 3 losers as though, so it kind of diluted my winnings. That's 3 winners on the TDF, which makes up for my awful results on the darts so far.
That's it for now on a quiet day, I'll be back early next week with an update and also publish my updated results.
Tuesday 19 July 2016
Tuesday 19th July 2016
After a frantic weekend, things are very quiet during the early part of this week. As I speak it’s the TDF rest day, and the darts has yet really to ignite for me. In the darts, it’s fairly obvious punting but I’m on Anderson with a covering bet on MVG.
Things have been going really well recently despite the odd blip, so it’s just a question of aintaining this status. I’ve gone a good few weeks without having to withdraw any wages, which might finally give me that elusive safety net of money in case we hit another recession. This gives me focus to keep recording my bets and take evasive action if I think things are getting out of control.
For the remainder of the week, I’ll probably follow the ‘Red hot’ Keith Elliott on the Canadian Open Golf, and I’ll be following Wheeliebets on the TDF when it resumes tomorrow. I do need to add these services to my spreadsheet as soon as possible.
In terms of horse racing I’m back with Roger Bush, whose had 2 winners out of 3 selections since is 2 week break, and I’m yet to decide if I’m all in with Tipping Legends.
If I survive this heat I’ll update during the week.
Monday 18 July 2016
The Open 16/17th July
Another crazy weekend of punting ending up with me having to collect a big wedge of cash from the Hills in Eccles again, as Stenson bottled home at 33/1. I covered with a bet on Mickelson, but the win by Henrik was by far my best punting result of the year. I celebrated with a couple of pints in the MOP, which I regretted on the Monday morning. Sunday was certainly super, as I also had a couple of horse winners tipped by the returning Roger Bush and Bet Alchemist, and Featherstone Rovers my childhood team did the business against Halifax to set up a last day top 4 showdown against Bradford. The golf was my main earner of the week though, as Stenson's winnings was on top of having Mickelson to be top former winner, and a monster each way pay out on Reed leading after round 1 (Covered with Mickelson at 10/1). Happy days.
Saturday was pretty quiet by my standards, but there were some cracking winners on a profitable day. Bet Alchemist was the star with 3 winners, with Have a Nice Day at 13/2,Long House Hall at 6/1, and Franklin D at 7/2. Roger Bush weighed in with a strong bet on Totalise, and there were some each way returns for both Ben Linfoot and Horse Trader with Hors De Combat who came second to Franklin D. All in all it was a decent day, and made my beers in Manchester taste that much sweeter as I headed out early afternoon.
It should be a quiet week, with a big days racing on Saturday at Ascot for the King George. Having said that I've got the afternoon off on Friday for a leaving doo in Town, so not sure what kind of state I'll be in for punting.
Saturday was pretty quiet by my standards, but there were some cracking winners on a profitable day. Bet Alchemist was the star with 3 winners, with Have a Nice Day at 13/2,Long House Hall at 6/1, and Franklin D at 7/2. Roger Bush weighed in with a strong bet on Totalise, and there were some each way returns for both Ben Linfoot and Horse Trader with Hors De Combat who came second to Franklin D. All in all it was a decent day, and made my beers in Manchester taste that much sweeter as I headed out early afternoon.
It should be a quiet week, with a big days racing on Saturday at Ascot for the King George. Having said that I've got the afternoon off on Friday for a leaving doo in Town, so not sure what kind of state I'll be in for punting.
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Wednesday 13th July 2016
Tuesday was a better day, even though I was back at work. I left the I phone at home, but still ended up having a couple of losing bets as Tipping Legends and Bet Alchemist had bets on the Evening racing. At least I left it at that though, and didn’t put anything else on or chase losses. I’ve now decided to strip back my horse racing services(Yet again) and just use Ben Linfoot, Horse trader, Bet alchemist , and Paul Jones on an adhoc basis. I am also back on with Keith Elliott for the sports, but will be keeping stakes very low(After the Open), especially on the golf where there is a high volume of bets. I found that with Tipping Legends and Northern Monkey, there were just too many midweek bets, which time and time again has proved not to suit me. I really need to keep things low key during the week unless there’s a big festival on.
Bit nerve racking yesterday dinnertime as I had to collect over £500 from Hills in Eccles from the Alex Noren bet, always a bit worried that I’ll be mugged by one of the many dodgy characters you see hanging around. The bookies never have the money ready when I go for it either, so I had to hang around the town centre for over half an hour until it was ready. As I am sure you can imagine, there’s not much to do in Eccles either, except avoid the dodgy characters, but at the end of the day though, it’s a nice problem to have when there’s some money to collect.
I’ve left the phone at home again today(Wednesday), but have some golf bets to put on at dinner time, which hopefully will mean another stressful trip into Eccles next Monday!!. It’s a couple of Keith Elliott’s golfers, Dustin Johnson (Win Only) and a lumpy each way bet on Stenson. Incidentally his other selections this week were Scott, Sterne, Garcia and Westwood. There were also a few none outright bets from Keith, and I’ll cover Ben Coley’s and Paul Jones bets for the Open as well. I kind of feel that I am putting on too much, but we’ll see if that’s the case when I see how the results have gone. I certainly won’t be punting this heavily on any other golf tournament during the year. I dread to think what my liabilities on the Open are so far, and I haven’t finished betting on it either.
It’s the big Vantoux Stage in TDF tomorrow, so I’ll be almost certainly be having a bet on that, and there’s also likely to be some bets on the darts which starts this weekend. I will also be adding my sports results to the blog, starting from this week, which will include the Open selections.
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Tuesday 12th July 2016
After an hectic weekend I felt a bit low on Monday, not sure if it was the excitement of an epic Sunday, the excesses of the weekend catching up on me, or a bit of punting fatigue. This led to a day off work on the Monday and a couple of poor bets as well. Fortunately I got things back under control and didn’t suffer a chasing blowout. I also placed Ben Coley’s Open outright bets, which were Speith, Harrington, Wood (Chris), McDowell, and Kaymer.
With all this in mind I decided to take time out on Tuesday, and left my Iphone at home, which would take temptation out of reach, and give me a rest for the day, well at least punting wise. I’ll be doing the same for the rest of the week as well, just to hopefully get things back on track. It’s a tough business punting sometimes, mentally draining.
It’s going to be busy on the sporting front with the Golf, and also the World Matchplay Darts starting on the Saturday, but the racing looks pretty poor, so I’d expect that aspect to be
relatively quiet.
I’ll be back later in the week with an update.
With all this in mind I decided to take time out on Tuesday, and left my Iphone at home, which would take temptation out of reach, and give me a rest for the day, well at least punting wise. I’ll be doing the same for the rest of the week as well, just to hopefully get things back on track. It’s a tough business punting sometimes, mentally draining.
It’s going to be busy on the sporting front with the Golf, and also the World Matchplay Darts starting on the Saturday, but the racing looks pretty poor, so I’d expect that aspect to be
relatively quiet.
I’ll be back later in the week with an update.
Monday 11 July 2016
Week Review 10th July 2016
It was a very busy punting week with the big Newmarket meeting taking place from the Thursday onwards, and I also had some bets on the Tour De France, and the Scottish Open Golf.
The opening day of the Newmarket meeting on Thursday was relatively quiet and results weren't great until Horsetrader returned to form with Dubai's Secret at the Newbury evening meeting. At Newmarket it was a mixed set of results, with Mehmas being the best winner for me, which was tipped up by BetAlchemist.
I managed to finish work early on Friday, on which there were a monumental number of quality horse racing cards. There were so many bets. and again Horsetrader did the business with Oceane coming late and fast to win the money at Ascot. Newmarket looked a tough card and so it proved to be as none of by bets there resulted in any returns. Fortunately though, I'd decided to go back in with Tipping Legends, who always seem to finish the season strongly, and JC certainly delivered for me tipping 3 winners out of 4 including Mistiroc at 9/1 in the last at Chester. It was a strange Friday, as unusually it was a dry one since I was driving to my Mums the next day. This wasn't great after a hard week at work as a nice glass of wine is gratefully received on Friday to help forget the stresses of the week.
Saturday I was at my Mums, just helping her settle in after her recent move. There were plenty of bets and I was also on Chris Froome for the first high mountain stage of this years TDF. We got home early afternoon, and I settled down to watch TDF, and what a stage it turned out to be with Chris Froome making an audacious attack on the mountain decent and time trialling all the way to the finish. Incredible, truly incredible from one of my favourite sportsmen and a nice 10/1 winner.
I went to the local for a few after the cycling to calm my nerves and recorded the horse racing to watch later. It was a very busy day, and I ended up with a small profit on the day. Horsetrader contributed with a 16/1 winner Golden Steps and I was also heavily involved with Limato, who hacked up in the July Cup.
I took a day off betting on the Sunday, but things got even better for me as Ben Coley, who'd had a poor run came back to form with a 50/1 winner in Noren. That was a great way to end a fabulous week, and meant that I could leave my wages in the company account untouched for yet another week.
The upcoming week, looks quiet on the horse racing front, but I'd expect to be heavily involved in the Open Golf at Royal Troon.
The opening day of the Newmarket meeting on Thursday was relatively quiet and results weren't great until Horsetrader returned to form with Dubai's Secret at the Newbury evening meeting. At Newmarket it was a mixed set of results, with Mehmas being the best winner for me, which was tipped up by BetAlchemist.
I managed to finish work early on Friday, on which there were a monumental number of quality horse racing cards. There were so many bets. and again Horsetrader did the business with Oceane coming late and fast to win the money at Ascot. Newmarket looked a tough card and so it proved to be as none of by bets there resulted in any returns. Fortunately though, I'd decided to go back in with Tipping Legends, who always seem to finish the season strongly, and JC certainly delivered for me tipping 3 winners out of 4 including Mistiroc at 9/1 in the last at Chester. It was a strange Friday, as unusually it was a dry one since I was driving to my Mums the next day. This wasn't great after a hard week at work as a nice glass of wine is gratefully received on Friday to help forget the stresses of the week.
Saturday I was at my Mums, just helping her settle in after her recent move. There were plenty of bets and I was also on Chris Froome for the first high mountain stage of this years TDF. We got home early afternoon, and I settled down to watch TDF, and what a stage it turned out to be with Chris Froome making an audacious attack on the mountain decent and time trialling all the way to the finish. Incredible, truly incredible from one of my favourite sportsmen and a nice 10/1 winner.
I went to the local for a few after the cycling to calm my nerves and recorded the horse racing to watch later. It was a very busy day, and I ended up with a small profit on the day. Horsetrader contributed with a 16/1 winner Golden Steps and I was also heavily involved with Limato, who hacked up in the July Cup.
I took a day off betting on the Sunday, but things got even better for me as Ben Coley, who'd had a poor run came back to form with a 50/1 winner in Noren. That was a great way to end a fabulous week, and meant that I could leave my wages in the company account untouched for yet another week.
The upcoming week, looks quiet on the horse racing front, but I'd expect to be heavily involved in the Open Golf at Royal Troon.
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Tuesday 5th July 2016
Taking 3 days off punting until what looks like a very busy weekend. I am given the golf a miss this weekend, which almost certainly means that Ben Coley will tip a 50/1 winner.
My tactic to maintain discipline involves leaving the iphone at home, and taking the burner, that way I am never tempted. Hopefully this will stop me having a bad day or potentially chasing losses.
I'll be back at the weekend.
My tactic to maintain discipline involves leaving the iphone at home, and taking the burner, that way I am never tempted. Hopefully this will stop me having a bad day or potentially chasing losses.
I'll be back at the weekend.
Monday 4 July 2016
Weekend Review
A quiet weekend, I had to work late on Friday, and then we met the in-laws for a meal on Saturday dinner time in Staffordshire. Saturday evening it was a few beers whilst listening to some music at the Gatley Festival, and I managed to sneak a couple of crafty pints in on Sunday afternoon.
In punting terms it was a mixed set of results, Horsetrader has two losers, and it was another blow out from Roger Bush. Roger emailed subscribers on Sunday to say he was taking a 2 week break, which will hopefully break the bad run.
Bet Alchemist had 3 bets with 3 placed each way efforts, and Northern Monkey made a small profit with the big win by Brando, and also a win from Dandyleekie.
Undoubtedly the highlight of the weekend was supplied by Ben Linfoot and the 20/1win by Secret Art. Linfoot and his value bet column always seem to good during the flat season, and he's now showing me the biggest profits since I've started keeping records.
Less said the better about the golf, as Jason Day unbelievably blew a golden opportunity with a very disappointing finish.
My current figures are:
Ben Linfoot = +£1935
Horsetrader= +£1637
BetAlchemist=+£1617
Northern Monkey= +£127
Roger Bush= -£270
It should be a quiet start to the week, but then its the big Newmarket meeting from Thursday onwards.
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In punting terms it was a mixed set of results, Horsetrader has two losers, and it was another blow out from Roger Bush. Roger emailed subscribers on Sunday to say he was taking a 2 week break, which will hopefully break the bad run.
Bet Alchemist had 3 bets with 3 placed each way efforts, and Northern Monkey made a small profit with the big win by Brando, and also a win from Dandyleekie.
Undoubtedly the highlight of the weekend was supplied by Ben Linfoot and the 20/1win by Secret Art. Linfoot and his value bet column always seem to good during the flat season, and he's now showing me the biggest profits since I've started keeping records.
Less said the better about the golf, as Jason Day unbelievably blew a golden opportunity with a very disappointing finish.
My current figures are:
Ben Linfoot = +£1935
Horsetrader= +£1637
BetAlchemist=+£1617
Northern Monkey= +£127
Roger Bush= -£270
It should be a quiet start to the week, but then its the big Newmarket meeting from Thursday onwards.
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Friday 1 July 2016
Weekend Preview
Its been pretty quiet during the week with just a few bets from Northern Monkey and Roger Bush (who I've started following again). There's been a couple of winners but a few losers, but no major change in my situation. In the golf I'm hoping for a Jason Day win.
There's already been a few bets for Saturday, three from Linfoot, a couple from Betalchemist, and a maximum each way bet from Horsetrader. I've also got a few ante post bets as well, and they've all made it to race day.
Tomorrow its a meal in Staffordshire with the in laws, and then plenty of beer and music at the Gatley festival. As usual I'll be recording the racing and watching it when I get back home with perhaps a nice glass of whiskey.
Fingers crossed for a great profitable weekend for all....
There's already been a few bets for Saturday, three from Linfoot, a couple from Betalchemist, and a maximum each way bet from Horsetrader. I've also got a few ante post bets as well, and they've all made it to race day.
Tomorrow its a meal in Staffordshire with the in laws, and then plenty of beer and music at the Gatley festival. As usual I'll be recording the racing and watching it when I get back home with perhaps a nice glass of whiskey.
Fingers crossed for a great profitable weekend for all....
Wednesday 29 June 2016
The Weekend
Busy weekend punting, which was quite unexpected to be honest. I was meant to be helping my mum move house, but it was delayed until Monday.
Decent results, with the best winner being Antiquarium, tipped up by Paul Jones Ante Post service which screamed home at rewarding odds of 16/1. I again watched the highlights after an afternoon watching the euros in the Crown, Cheadle. Other winners on the day were Powerallied and Growl for Northern Monkey, whilst Horsetrader got back into the winners circle with Amazour winning at 13/2. Betalchemist always weighed in with Toscanini in Ireland as well. I find I can keep my composure and avoid chasing losses if I don't watch the action live, although I'd always make an exception for big festivals like Cheltenham and Royal Ascot.
The good news was, that I could keep my run up of not taking my wages out of my business account for another week, and help build up my fund in case I was out of work. It does kind of take the pressure off my punting if my finances are ok, and with the referendum vote potentially leading to unsettled times, I really need to do it as well.
This week I need to keep tight with my punting and not risk a blowout like on referendum day, and then hopefully I can have another decent week. I'll post my records after next weekend, and we can see what the situation it. As I said before I was trialling Northern Monkey and now I've taken the plunge of adding him to my portfolio, so from this week I'll be posting his results as well.
I have had a few bets on the weeks golf, last chance saloon for the Sporting Life's golf experts to be honest. If golf's bad this week though, I won't be betting on it again.
Have a good week !
Decent results, with the best winner being Antiquarium, tipped up by Paul Jones Ante Post service which screamed home at rewarding odds of 16/1. I again watched the highlights after an afternoon watching the euros in the Crown, Cheadle. Other winners on the day were Powerallied and Growl for Northern Monkey, whilst Horsetrader got back into the winners circle with Amazour winning at 13/2. Betalchemist always weighed in with Toscanini in Ireland as well. I find I can keep my composure and avoid chasing losses if I don't watch the action live, although I'd always make an exception for big festivals like Cheltenham and Royal Ascot.
The good news was, that I could keep my run up of not taking my wages out of my business account for another week, and help build up my fund in case I was out of work. It does kind of take the pressure off my punting if my finances are ok, and with the referendum vote potentially leading to unsettled times, I really need to do it as well.
This week I need to keep tight with my punting and not risk a blowout like on referendum day, and then hopefully I can have another decent week. I'll post my records after next weekend, and we can see what the situation it. As I said before I was trialling Northern Monkey and now I've taken the plunge of adding him to my portfolio, so from this week I'll be posting his results as well.
I have had a few bets on the weeks golf, last chance saloon for the Sporting Life's golf experts to be honest. If golf's bad this week though, I won't be betting on it again.
Have a good week !
Saturday 25 June 2016
The Weekend 25th June 2016
So here we are at the weekend, after an incredible week where we voted to leave the EU and Cameron resigned, crazy times, and Imanaged a full week at work for the first time in a month.
After much thought I've decided to follow my tipsters this weekend, but will be recording the racing to watch later to try to takeaway the emotional hit, which can follow a couple of losers, and can lead to poor ill disciplined punting. I've also joined up with a new tipster aptly called Northern Monkey, after a successful trial, so fingers crossed with that one.
There's been a few bets already, bets on the Northumberland Plate/Pitmans derby from Horsetrader, Linfoot, Betalchemist and the Monkey, so that's looking like a crucial race already, with a few additional bets in the supporting card at Newcastle and also at the big Curragh meeting over in Ireland.
Mainly a day of recovery today following a few too many drinks last night after a pretty hard and stressful week. Hopefully though, it will be a profitable one.
I'll be back early next week with a round up of results.
After much thought I've decided to follow my tipsters this weekend, but will be recording the racing to watch later to try to takeaway the emotional hit, which can follow a couple of losers, and can lead to poor ill disciplined punting. I've also joined up with a new tipster aptly called Northern Monkey, after a successful trial, so fingers crossed with that one.
There's been a few bets already, bets on the Northumberland Plate/Pitmans derby from Horsetrader, Linfoot, Betalchemist and the Monkey, so that's looking like a crucial race already, with a few additional bets in the supporting card at Newcastle and also at the big Curragh meeting over in Ireland.
Mainly a day of recovery today following a few too many drinks last night after a pretty hard and stressful week. Hopefully though, it will be a profitable one.
I'll be back early next week with a round up of results.
Thursday 23 June 2016
Midweek Update
Very quiet period after Ascot with just an ante post bet on the Northumberland Plate from Horsetrader from my tipsters.
The weekends racing looks pretty poor, therefore I'm going to take the weekend off punting. To be honest I'm feeling a little tired and feel half tempted to take a break for a couple of weeks. This weariness probably led me to having a really poor day with my own bets during the week, which eroded some of my Ascot profits.
Whatever the case I'll be leaving my phone at home to stop me being tempted with poor bets and I won't be looking at anything to do with gambling during the week. I need to get my discipline back and re-charge my batteries.
I'll be back to update at the weekend.
The weekends racing looks pretty poor, therefore I'm going to take the weekend off punting. To be honest I'm feeling a little tired and feel half tempted to take a break for a couple of weeks. This weariness probably led me to having a really poor day with my own bets during the week, which eroded some of my Ascot profits.
Whatever the case I'll be leaving my phone at home to stop me being tempted with poor bets and I won't be looking at anything to do with gambling during the week. I need to get my discipline back and re-charge my batteries.
I'll be back to update at the weekend.
Monday 20 June 2016
The Weekend
It was a very busy Saturday, as usual, and I was just hoping to end the festival with some money left in my betting banks. I decided to record the racing and watch it afterwards as I was going to a beer festival in Manchester.
I was pretty wasted when I finally sat down to watch the afternoons action, and it didn't start in the best style as after 4 races all I'd managed was a couple of placed each way runners in Express Himself (could quite get up) and Almodovar, both tipped up by Horsetrader. Race 3 was the Diamond Jubilee stakes and fortunately in a desperate finish Twilight Son scrambled home to finally give me a winner, tipped by Bet Alchemist which was a big relief.
The big race of the day for me was the handicap sprint and to even more relief it provided me with the winner and 3 placed horses out of the 5. The winner Outback Traveller had been tipped by Paul Kealy of the Racing Post Weekender at 14/1, whilst Ben Linfoot had 2 juicy priced placed runners in Glen Moss and Buckstay.
In the final race I was only on the Mark Johnson trained Oriental Fox, who never seemed likely to get there, but fortunately finished 4th thus meaning I broke even on the bet.
Overall, I reckon I lost on the day, but it could have been much worse.
On the Sunday there was only the one bet, which was La Cressonniere, which fortunately won the money for Bet Alchemist, and helped reduce some of Saturdays losses.
Its going to be a quiet week, but I'll do a mid week update.
Saturday 18 June 2016
Ascot Day 4
Ascot is a real marathon of a meeting, a day longer that Cheltenham even.
Day 4 on Friday, wasn't such a massive punting day for me, with less bets from all my tipsters. Similarly to yesterday the day started badly, although in the first race I was narrowly defeated as Bletchley couldn't quite get up to beat the O'Brian second string Brave Anna.
After that, things just got progressively worse for me, Choreographer tipped by Horsetrader, pulled like a train and predictably faded into last place, and then in the Commonwealth cup none of my three each way selections could even get a place. Things were getting desperate now, and didn't improve in the Coronation stakes, which was another blowout with Jet setting finishing a tired 6th and Nemorillia second, having been given an awful ride by Peslier. It has to be said though, Qemah was a deserved winner.
To be honest I'd given up now, and couldn't bear any more losses so left to go to the pub. I was hoping to see the 5pm, but a late bus meant that I followed it on the racing post app on the bus down to Cheadle. Thankfully my luck changed as this race produced a winner for Ben Linfoot with Kinema at 10/1 and an each way pay out from Horsetrader with Elite Army finishing the second. Didn't see the race as I said, but apparently Ryan Moore did me a favour by giving Kings Fete a shocker.
In the last I was only on Ebediyin for small stakes, who finished out of the money. My pint certainly tasted a bit better after that win by Kimena, which really did save my day.
Day 4 on Friday, wasn't such a massive punting day for me, with less bets from all my tipsters. Similarly to yesterday the day started badly, although in the first race I was narrowly defeated as Bletchley couldn't quite get up to beat the O'Brian second string Brave Anna.
After that, things just got progressively worse for me, Choreographer tipped by Horsetrader, pulled like a train and predictably faded into last place, and then in the Commonwealth cup none of my three each way selections could even get a place. Things were getting desperate now, and didn't improve in the Coronation stakes, which was another blowout with Jet setting finishing a tired 6th and Nemorillia second, having been given an awful ride by Peslier. It has to be said though, Qemah was a deserved winner.
To be honest I'd given up now, and couldn't bear any more losses so left to go to the pub. I was hoping to see the 5pm, but a late bus meant that I followed it on the racing post app on the bus down to Cheadle. Thankfully my luck changed as this race produced a winner for Ben Linfoot with Kinema at 10/1 and an each way pay out from Horsetrader with Elite Army finishing the second. Didn't see the race as I said, but apparently Ryan Moore did me a favour by giving Kings Fete a shocker.
In the last I was only on Ebediyin for small stakes, who finished out of the money. My pint certainly tasted a bit better after that win by Kimena, which really did save my day.
Friday 17 June 2016
Ascot Day 3
Having been to the local for a very beers on the Wednesday evening I was feeling a little delicate on Thursday. It was a strange and upsetting day, which over shadowed the racing with the news coming through about the horrific murder of the Labour MP Jo Cox, showing what an awful and unkind place the world is today, with so much hate and division.
The racing was kind of secondary really, but I'll briefly mention it. The first 4 races were total blow outs with Ben Linfoot and Horsetrader having an absolute disaster with no returns between them from 9 selections. Fortunately the day was saved in punting terms with the win of Defrocked, tipped by Bet Alchemist, and then my own tip Primitivio winning the last 2 races. I was probably a little down on the day, but put into context, it means nothing.
The racing was kind of secondary really, but I'll briefly mention it. The first 4 races were total blow outs with Ben Linfoot and Horsetrader having an absolute disaster with no returns between them from 9 selections. Fortunately the day was saved in punting terms with the win of Defrocked, tipped by Bet Alchemist, and then my own tip Primitivio winning the last 2 races. I was probably a little down on the day, but put into context, it means nothing.
Thursday 16 June 2016
Ascot Day 2
I felt much better for the second day of Royal Ascot, probably because I finished work and dinner time, and was able to relax into the days racing.
It was another mixed day of results, in the first I was heavily into Thikriyaat, and although he never looked like winning, he finished fast and won me some valuable each way money. In the Queen Mary, I have to admit that I backed the incredible Wesley Ward winner, Lady Aurelia when the price drifted to 3/1. I know I said that I wasn't going to back my own, but I felt that this was too good an opportunity to miss. The filly absolutely hacked up in a stunning display. To be honest the rest of the day was relatively quiet apart from the Hunt Cup where I managed to back the second, third, and fourth. Decent each way returns on Mitchum Swagger, Librisa Breeze, and Azraff, made this a good race for me.
All in all, a profitable day for me.
Current situations from my tipsters is;
Ben Linfoot = +£1235
Horsetrader = +£2100
Bet Alchemist= +£1600
I have also been using a new tipster, Northern Monkey, as well as the big race preview information from Paul Jones Racing. I am not recording these at the moment until I decide whether to add them to my portfolio, but I'm only using very low stakes. I will however, add a new column in the spread sheet called 'others' to take these into account.
It was another mixed day of results, in the first I was heavily into Thikriyaat, and although he never looked like winning, he finished fast and won me some valuable each way money. In the Queen Mary, I have to admit that I backed the incredible Wesley Ward winner, Lady Aurelia when the price drifted to 3/1. I know I said that I wasn't going to back my own, but I felt that this was too good an opportunity to miss. The filly absolutely hacked up in a stunning display. To be honest the rest of the day was relatively quiet apart from the Hunt Cup where I managed to back the second, third, and fourth. Decent each way returns on Mitchum Swagger, Librisa Breeze, and Azraff, made this a good race for me.
All in all, a profitable day for me.
Current situations from my tipsters is;
Ben Linfoot = +£1235
Horsetrader = +£2100
Bet Alchemist= +£1600
I have also been using a new tipster, Northern Monkey, as well as the big race preview information from Paul Jones Racing. I am not recording these at the moment until I decide whether to add them to my portfolio, but I'm only using very low stakes. I will however, add a new column in the spread sheet called 'others' to take these into account.
Wednesday 15 June 2016
Royal Ascot Day 1
Alas I was working for the first day of Ascot although I did manage to finish early and thus only missed a couple of races. The first day I kind of felt a bit down, perhaps it was because I was working, or because I hadn't been sleeping too good. However, I am off work Wednesday afternoon, all day Thursday and Friday, which should help me get into a nice relaxed frame of mind.
It was a mixed bag of results on the day, with a small loss I would guess although I haven't added up the daily numbers yet. In the first race I had Balardo, tipped by Bet Alchemist who although second never threatened the American trained winner Tepin, but since I was on each way at least it wasn't the worst start. The rest of the day was pretty mediocre except for having bet Profitable quite heavily in the King Stand and having some late money on Jennies Jewell in the stayers handicap. To be honest I'd fallen into the trap of ill disciplined punting today, something which had limited losses, but really isn't the way I should be going.
I am determined to stay disciplined for the next 4 days, whether it leads to profits of losses. I also be publishing my profits and losses per tipster this week.
It was a mixed bag of results on the day, with a small loss I would guess although I haven't added up the daily numbers yet. In the first race I had Balardo, tipped by Bet Alchemist who although second never threatened the American trained winner Tepin, but since I was on each way at least it wasn't the worst start. The rest of the day was pretty mediocre except for having bet Profitable quite heavily in the King Stand and having some late money on Jennies Jewell in the stayers handicap. To be honest I'd fallen into the trap of ill disciplined punting today, something which had limited losses, but really isn't the way I should be going.
I am determined to stay disciplined for the next 4 days, whether it leads to profits of losses. I also be publishing my profits and losses per tipster this week.
Royal Ascot
After a busy period we are now at Royal Ascot and the good news is that I am still keeping records and bar a couple of slips I am following my tipsters in a disciplined way. Although I didn't get the Derby or Oaks winner Epsom was very profitable with Horsetrader banging in 3 winners from 4 picks on the Friday including a16/1 winner with Smugglers Moon in the last. That was a real boost before meeting Karen in the pub. Of the other tipsters, Ben Linfoot has started to get a few winners now that the flat has started, whilst Bet Alchemist is as consistent as every.
In my personal life I've moved back to take a contact back at Salford, which pays more and is giving me loads more time, since its only 50 minutes travel each day. My good run of winnings is also helping me save up a float of money in case I'm out of work for any period of time.
Anyway, its the high octane week of Ascot now, which hopefully will maintain my winning run.
In my personal life I've moved back to take a contact back at Salford, which pays more and is giving me loads more time, since its only 50 minutes travel each day. My good run of winnings is also helping me save up a float of money in case I'm out of work for any period of time.
Anyway, its the high octane week of Ascot now, which hopefully will maintain my winning run.
Monday 6 June 2016
Maybe finally
Maybe finally I've found the way to gambling success. Since Cheltenham, which was moderately successful I meandered a bit, before finally around the end of May I created a spread sheet and started keeping records of my bets. Its gone really well, and has definitely led to a much more disciplined approach, although there's still a bit of a way to go, as I have had a few bets in big races and events which I haven't recorded. All in all though I'm nearly there with recording my bets.
I've also slimmed down the number of services down and now predominantly have the following services, with the results since the end of May included;
Ben Linfoot = +£1460
Horsetrader = +£2548
Bet Alchemist = +£1468
Russell Blair = -£61
Total = +£5415
So as you can see, its been a very good start. I am also following a tipster who claims to have information direct from the Godolphin stable, as well as occasionally having golf bets, cycling bets, and others on various big sporting events. I will be including these bets in my spread sheet so that I have a full picture of my punting.
I've also slimmed down the number of services down and now predominantly have the following services, with the results since the end of May included;
Ben Linfoot = +£1460
Horsetrader = +£2548
Bet Alchemist = +£1468
Russell Blair = -£61
Total = +£5415
So as you can see, its been a very good start. I am also following a tipster who claims to have information direct from the Godolphin stable, as well as occasionally having golf bets, cycling bets, and others on various big sporting events. I will be including these bets in my spread sheet so that I have a full picture of my punting.
Tuesday 1 March 2016
Cheltenham 2016
Its been a while and much as changed, I now work at Crewe after moving from Manchester where things were looking ropey after a few fellow contractors lost their jobs. I thought it best to jump before I was pushed.
This week's not the best, I'm full of cold and off work sick at the moment. I am hopeful I can at least make it in for the rest of the week to earn some much needed money for Cheltenham. The new job is ok, but it was a good group of people at Manchester, and it was very sad to leave.
Its been a mixed bag punting wise, some good weeks, some bad ones, I've been following a few tipsters, Ben Linfoot, Paul Jones, Bet Alchemist, Horsetrader, and I've joined Matt Tomb's Cheltenham Special. I certainly need to sort out my best tipsters and sort out which ones I use in the future.
I've already got loads of ante post bets on for Cheltenham, from a variety of tipsters, some bets are looking great like Yanworth at 8/1 to win the Neptune, and there's been some inevitable disappointments like Killutagh Vic being injured.
I'll try to keep things updated on the lead up to and during the festival, and we'll hopefully have a blast.
This week's not the best, I'm full of cold and off work sick at the moment. I am hopeful I can at least make it in for the rest of the week to earn some much needed money for Cheltenham. The new job is ok, but it was a good group of people at Manchester, and it was very sad to leave.
Its been a mixed bag punting wise, some good weeks, some bad ones, I've been following a few tipsters, Ben Linfoot, Paul Jones, Bet Alchemist, Horsetrader, and I've joined Matt Tomb's Cheltenham Special. I certainly need to sort out my best tipsters and sort out which ones I use in the future.
I've already got loads of ante post bets on for Cheltenham, from a variety of tipsters, some bets are looking great like Yanworth at 8/1 to win the Neptune, and there's been some inevitable disappointments like Killutagh Vic being injured.
I'll try to keep things updated on the lead up to and during the festival, and we'll hopefully have a blast.
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