Monday 18th December 2017

Monday 18^th December 2017

 

It’s been a bit of a lull since I last posted, I’ve probably dropped a bit of my winnings, with no particularly outstanding results, a situation  which hasn’t been helped by pretty poor racing.

 

It’s a bit of a dead week at work as well, as we head towards the Christmas holidays, I’m really bored and kind of killing time until the finish on Friday and its only early on Monday afternoon. Can’t wait for a week off work, as it’s been a stressful time leading up to the New Year, but now it’s a lull, which is almost as bad. I’ll have to organise some site visits to break the week up. The last thing I want is to start betting due to boredom, and give back loads of this year’s profits. My main aim of the week, is to only put on bets given by my tipsters, and no others, whatever tips I get. I can’t throw away this year’s great results through ill discipline.

 

There’s the darts to look forward to as we head towards 2018, although a couple of my bets have already gone down. I’m heavily on Taylor, have a huge price on Gurney, and decent positions on Lewis and Cross. Having said that, it’s to see MVG being beaten, so I could do with getting some multiples going with him included.

 

Anyway, its quiet this week for punting, before the weekends racing, Boxing day, and then the Welsh Grand National. Northern Monkey has got me a decent position on Chase the Spud, which looks like my most exciting prospect as we enter the New Year.  I am on at 14/1, and also have him in a small win double (First leg won)

 

 

 

December 2017

As we head to the end of the year things continued pretty well in November, although I did have a couple of dodgy days, when nothing seemed to go right.

Northern Monkey continued to be the main man, following on from the Withhold coup, with a Saturday special. Sam Spinner was tipped at 8/1 each way, and also was included in a double with a winner from Dundalk on Friday night for a monster win. The horse was always leading and absolutely bolted with hardly a moments worry, just the kind of winner I like, no dramas.

The other good winner came from The Value Bettor, who tipped up Outlander to win at 25/1 earlier in the month. TVB also suggested an ante post bet on Apples Shakira at 20/1, which after bolting up was cut into 5/1 favourite for the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Horsetrader made a profit through a big bet winner on Gold Prospect at the Hennessy meeting, and there were also decent profits through Elite Betting, who continues to make steady progress, with a couple of good winners recently.

Profits for the year are looking good, and I've kept records since October now, so all in all its been a very good year for me. One issue though, is that some bookies are now limiting my stakes, especially Skybet.

Anyway, hopefully I'll update before Xmas, and hopefully there'll be another Northern Monkey Special to pay for the festive period.

Take care

Steve