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……

November 16/17 Cheltenham

It was a crazy weekend of punting, with contrasting results and so many highs and lows. Excessive alcohol consumption added to the mix.

 

It looked to be an exciting week ahead with the Open meeting (Previous Paddy Power meeting) for 3 days at Cheltenham, as well as the Glad Slam of Darts and the promise of loads of rugby union bets with the start of the European cup.

 

Alas, things started poorly as after day after day of rain, the opening Friday of Cheltenham was called off. I was proper gutted, as I’d worked extra hours during the week to have the Friday afternoon off, and all for nothing.

 

Thankfully Saturday went ahead, and what an eventful day it turned out to be. Remarkably for a Saturday I was pretty fresh, as I was driving over the Pennines early Saturday morning to visit my mum and brother, and hence didn’t drink on the Friday. Arriving there early meant that I got back in times to see most of the afternoons racing.

 

It started well as Northern Monkey landed a maximum with Thyme Hill(Also backed ante post for any race at the festival). The next couple of races were poor, but NM also tipped Scentasia at 7/2 as a heavily backed winner at Lingfield, and I was flying. The big race went the way of Happy Diva tipped by The Value Bettor, which ensured a winning day. Ben Linfoot had a placer, but Handicap snip had two losers. I have joined Bet Alchemist and he also provided a lovely 25/1 with Golan Fortune.

 

Scottish football bets had 3 losers, but fortunately I backed the Sporting Life accumulator, which won, and made my football punting profitable for the day. Elite Rugby provided its usual stream of steady winnings.

 

The Sunday was a mixed day, which was only rescued by a 25/1 winner of the bumper, Israel Champ tipped by Jodie Standing of Marten Julian’s midweek preview which I have recently joined. As usual my bogie race was the Greatwood Hurdle with my horses finishing 2^nd,3^rd and 4^th.

 

Profits were made in the darts, as I had backed Peter Wright each way and then covered the win part of the bet on Price in the final.

 

All in all a chaotic weekend of punting, where discipline went a little a awry, as a few new services were used. I am aiming this week to update my services, to ensure a more disciplined period ahead. There’s a new football service I am joining and my horse tipsters need consideration. I’ve also joined Paul Jones Cheltenham ante post service. My punting records also need urgent attention, having yet to recover from the chaos of the bathroom being renovated.

 

Thankfully though, I got out of the weekend unscathed, with profits.

November 4th

Good afternoon.

 

It’s still a relatively short update as the bathroom is still being renovated and hence with all the chaos, it’s difficult to make time for anything else, and as a result the blogs not been updated and I haven’t kept records for a few weeks. The good news is, the bathroom should be finally completed this week, and from looking at my accounts last weekend must have been decent.

 

It certainly was busy with loads of horse racing in both the Uk and the Breeders cup in the States, Rugby league, the end of the Rugby World Cup, and football from SFB.

 

The main triumph on the horses, was Ben Linfoot, who had a welcomed return to form with 2 winners out of 4, with the very lucky Diego Du Charmil at 12/1, and all the way winner Gumball at an early 10/1. It was the first betting day of the season for The Value Bettor who also tipped Diego Du Charmil at 9/1, to ensure a winning first weekend. Northern Monkey also had a steady but unspectacular weekend with a couple of winners. Handicap Snip was break even with his biggest single winning.

 

The other notable returns came from Scottish Football Bets (SFB), who had 4 winners out of 5, just as I was considering binning him off. As they say ‘Form is temporary, class is permanent’.

 

The main focus for the early part of this week is the Melbourne Cup, which takes place at the unearthly time of 4am on Tuesday morning. Northern Monkey has built up a nice position through singles and one successful double on Prince of Arran, so its fingers crossed on that one.

 

Anyway, I should now be in a position to start up my records again, which will commence next weekend, and I will post the figures on a weekly basis.

31st October

Just a quick update.

We are having the bathroom done at the moment, and therefore updates have been difficult.

Hence I'll start my records from November 1st, which will coincide with the start of the TVB's season and the Breeders Cup weekend.

I'll be back hopefully early next week.

Update for the National Hunt

I said yesterday that I'd be reviewing my tipsters, and I've accelerated the process, as the National Hunt season is due to start shortly, and to incorporate my specialised HN tipsters into my betting I need to drop a couple of services.

My dedicated HN services are The Value Bettor, and also Matt Tombs. TVB kicks in at the start of November and Matt Tombs, most likely the middle of November for the first big Cheltenham meeting of the year.

Therefore I will be dropping, Handicap Snip and also The Insider immediately, and will review Ben Linfoot for the next few weekends. There also won't be any more of my own bets. Scottish Football Bets also needs to show some improvement in the next month.

Therefore from today onwards, my tipsters will be:

The Value Bettor;
Matt Tombs;
Northern Monkey;
Betting Emporium (Festival Service);
Ben Linfoot;
Elite Rugby;
Scottish Football Bets.

I can't imagine that there will be any other services, but you can never say never. I'll also be starting a new spread sheet of results from today onwards. The previous one showed profits, but I am really not sure how accurate it was, with me often putting additional bets on. From today onwards, its just the tipsters listed above. 

Therefore for the weekend ahead its just likely to be Ben Linfoot and Northern Monkey with respect to horse racing bets.

Week ending 13th October 2019

Alas it was another disappointing losing weekend on the punting front, only saved like the previous weekend by my own personal bets on Saints -10 in the Super League Grand Final, and some good results from elite rugby.

On a poor horse racing weekend, all my services showed losses, even Northern Monkey. Like the week before the weekend really hinged on the big handicap, which was the marathon 2.2 mile trip of the Cesarewitch, NM had Coeur De Lion and Buildmeupbuttercup, who both ran poorly, and there were also very poor runs from the horses selected by The Insider, Handicap Snip, and Ben Linfoot.

As I touched upon last week, I am going to have to take a serious look as to whether I continue with some of the loss making services. Ben Linfoot and Handicap Snip have had dreadful seasons, and I am really considering if I should dump these from the portfolio. The Insider has also been poor since I joined, although its only a month into this service, so perhaps I should give this service another couple of months.

Scottish Football Bets has also been treading water recently and is now showing a loss for me. However, I am fairly confident that Greg will turn the results down as the season moves on.

Anyway, hopefully next weeks update will show a brighter picture.

October 4th Update

Sorry for the lack of updates, last week I was away in Porto for the week and have been dead busy this week catching up with works and things. Strangely in Porto, if I used my phone on data I could place bets, despite this apparently not being permitted. There weren't many bets, but the rugby world cup ones went well.

There has been a bit of a drawdown since my last post put nothing too dramatic, just a couple of minor losing weeks. Rugby as mentioned previously has been good, but horses not so good.

I am still using the same tipsters, but have added a new one called The Insider, he's 77 points up this season, so lets hope that he finished the season strongly. Already he's tipped up in the Arc, and has gone against Enable.

Some really exciting positions for this weekends racing already, Northern Monkey has had a strong bet and also had it in 2 doubles with the first ones winning, with a potential profit of 40 points if it comes off. Also I had some lumpy ante post bets on Sydney Roosters to win the NRL, with the final being on Sunday morning, and that's after I've watched my own team Featherstone Rovers which takes place on Saturday, so I dread to think what state I'll be in on Sunday. Its going to be a heavy weekend on all fronts.

There's also been an early tip by The Handicap Snip at Ascot, in the same race as NM's big hope, so a first and second would do the job.

Anyway, I promise to be back with an update early next week.

Weekend Review 15th January 2019

A very quick review of the week as I am away on holiday next week and need to get loads of stuff done.

Although it was the Leger meeting at Doncaster, fields were in generally fairly small and hence there weren't as many bets as anticipated.

It was another poor week for Ben Linfoot, with just a couple of places, whilst Handicap Snip continued his revival with 7/1 winner Sandret who defied a huge drift from 7/2 to hack up.

Not a lot else to report and not much time either.

I'll be back around the end of the month due to a week out of the country next week.

Stay lucky.

Weekend Review 8th September 2019

What was a very good weekend could have so easily have been the best punting day of my life. If only Jason Watson had managed to get Ripp Orf home.

Northern Monkey went ante post maximum  at 10/1 each way, and I also had him in 3 potential winning doubles, which would have returned a monster 45 points profit. Alas the horse who needs plenty of stoking up could only finish a fast finishing dead heat second. So close yet so far.

Not withstanding Ripp Orf, it was still another great week by Northern Monkey Wayne, with Swindler landing a strong bet on Saturday and he also tipped a winning double on Sunday with Dakota Gold and Roulston Scar in the sprints at York.

A poor weekend from Ben Linfoot with none of his 4 tips ever looking like being placed.

It was good to see Handicap Snip(The Judge) return to form with 2 winners from 3 bets. Time to Study landed the staying handicap at an early 10/1, whilst Hello Youmzain fighting off the admirable Tin Man in the big sprint at Haydock.

Mixed results from Scottish Football Bets with a small loss on the week.

All roads this week lead to the leger meeting at Doncaster, which starts on Wednesday and hopefully will keep the good run going.

Week Ending 31st August 2019

Sorry for the delay, but its been a busy week at work and home, and I just never had the time until now, Friday to post. Plus the broadband has been terrible.

Last week was pretty quiet, with Northern Monkey being on his honeymoon and very little action of any note until the Saturday.

It was nice to see Handicap Snip get back to winning ways with Oh This Is Us who got up close home at Chester at an early 3/1, and he also had an each way double which failed with the last horse, but I cashed out with a small profit, before the last one lost.

Northern Monkey did have three small bets, but just one placer meant losses, and Ben Linfoot's 2 picks, were never close to delivering.

Fortunately Scottish Football Bets returned to form with 3 bets of out of 4.

Overall, there was a small loss on the week, which was bearable after a few great weeks.

Next week looks much busier, with Northern Monkey back full time (He's already got an ante post maximum for this weekend), and on Saturday there looks to be loads of great racing at Haydock and Ascot.

I'll be back next week.

York Review Week end 25/08/2019

25th August 2019

York festival week was always going to be frantic, and that certainly was the case.

It was the same tipsters as usual for me, although Northern Monkey, produced a slightly limited service due to his nuptials, and I had subscribed to the Neil Channing horse racing service for York. Alas this superb service only operates during the big racing festivals and hence there won't be another special until Cheltenham 2020. I'll give a brief summary of the tipsters, then the highlights of each day, followed by some profit and loss numbers.

Ben Linfoot - A profitable week for Ben, with a 16/1 winner in the Ebor

Weekly Performance = +£215 Overall = -£79

Nothern Monkey - A solid week from Wayne, with a decent profit to consolidate the previous weekends mega winnings.

Weekly Performance = £330 Overall = £5365

Betting Emporium (Neil Channing) - A great week for this festival limited high volume service, with a particular highlight being in the last race of the day.

Weekly Performance = +£485 Overall = £1407 

Scottish Football Bets - A poor week from Greg with only one winner from five bets.

Weekly Performance = -£192 Overall = -£130

Golf(Ciaran Meagher) - A steady week of profits from limited bets. Casey finished top 10 at 12/5, whilst Koepke placed in the overall, and dead heated in the first round leader.

Weekly Performance = +£220 Overall = +£544

Handicap Snip - The poor run continued with this service with no winners on the week. The last winner was at Goodwood, and this service will need a quick improvement if I am to continue following it.

Weekly = -£576 Overall = -£1906

Wednesday

York started with a band as Northern Money tipped up last weeks hero Dakota Golf, who toughed it out to win the first race of the day. The only other winner on a relatively poor day was Eddystone Park, who came from the clouds to win the stayers handicap.

Thursday 

No winners on the worst day of the week for me, with heartbreak in the last, with my three finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th to a 66/1 shot.

Friday

Friday was entirely saved by the very last day of the day where incredibly I had the first three, who all finished miles clear. It just shows the fine margins at these festivals between winning and losing. It was a but special as I watched it in the Mop with a oh so sweet tasting pint of Guinness.

Saturday

I was attending the Cheadle Beer Festival on Saturday, after a morning of walking retired greyhounds, and so watched the racing on my very drunken return.

A solid day to finish an eventful week, with Zaaki winning for Betting Emporium in the first race of the day at 7/2, and finishing by both Betting Emporium and Northern Monkey both tipping the 10/1 winner, who led all the way. Northern Monkey also tipped Shine So Bright to win at 6/1 (Still think he got beat), and Ben Linfoot weighed in with the winner of the Ebor at 16/1.

Overall Betting Blog Figures

WEEK = +£482

FROM 11/07/19 TO PRESENT = +£5366

Review 20th August 2019

The first week at the new job went ok, although as is usually the case things are a little slow to begin with. Either way there is plenty of work out there at the moment, so nothing too much to be worries about.

Last week was a fantastic week of punting, with Northern Monkey producing some incredible results. Wayne is getting married this week and I am sure that the last 4 weeks have helped pay for the festivities.

Saturday was just one of those classic days, probably the best of the year so far. Breanski set the ball rolling with a gutsy 14/1 win at Doncaster, which was a relief after the first bet of the day Alaadel bombed out. This was followed by Dakota Gold producing a demolition job in the big sprint at Ripon at an early price of 7/1. The day got even better when the biggest bet of the day, Anna Bunina won the next at Ripon having drifted out to 11/4, which also landed a double with Dakota Gold. The day was capped off when Hartzadar cruised to victory at Ripon at 7/2. The only other bet was on Ripp Orf, who ran a cracker but was just touched off in second.

No bets again from Ben Linfoot, with the only other horse racing bets coming from Handicap Snip, whose only returns from 4 bets was a close second from Hyperfocus. Handicap Snip really needs to turn things around at York.

Golf results were ok, but nothing special as John Rahm landed a place return and Adam Scott won a decent bet when top Australian. An overall profitable week.

Scottish Football Bets having been so good last week, had a poor week with several matches going pear shaped in the closing minutes. For once my cashing out, worked as I took the money when Peterhead went 2-0 up.

The Rugby League yielded a small profit due to wins by the Bulldogs and Raiders.

It looks like being a busy week ahead, with the York Ebor Festival.

After the York festival I will provided comprehensive results.

11th August Review

Week ending 11^th August 2019

Another decent week for me, although it could really have been a special one with a little more luck as a 3^rd winner in Northern Monkeys Trixie would have landed the jackpot and a big golf bet just couldn’t get over the line.

My main man this week was the irrepressible Northern Monkey, who landed his first maximum of the season when Victory Day absolutely hosed up in the final race of the Shergar Cup, under a classic Spencer come from behind win. Victory Day was adviced 9/4 ante post and in a double with Power of Darkness who won at 4/1. If only Watchable had won, who was in a treble and doubles with the afore mentioned winners. (Overall = +2494.50)

There were no bets from Ben Linfoot this week, so the only other horse racing bets came from the disappointing Handicap Snip, who alas had another 2 losers (Overall=-£1160).

Away from the horses Scottish Football Bets had another solid weekend of profits with 3 winners (Overall=+£254)

Golf was disappointing as despite hitting the front and trading odds on midway through the final round, John Rahm made back to back bogies to eventually only finish 3^rd and only pay out each way (Overall=+£136)

I’ve started with another couple of tipsters, one who provides Rugby League picks from the NRL and Super League and a Greyhound tipster Called Top Dogs. Mixed results from these 2 this weekend, although I am only playing to really low stakes. I’ll aim to include more details of these tipsters if the trials are successful.

Anyway, I’ve started my new contract this week so I am a little busy at the moment, so will have to cut this short, but hopefully can provide a better review next week.

Wednesday 7th August 2019

Wednesday 7^th August 2019

Thought I’d do a mid-week blog given how bored I am at work today. Fortunately my new contract role starts next week, which if nothing else will be a change.

As usual there’s little doing on the horse racing front, with the exception of a couple of bets from Northern Monkey. Wafy given an atrocious ride by Crowley finished second meaning a small loss, whilst there’s one running today at Brighton.

Scottish Football bets had 4 punts on the cup football last night and in keeping with his good recent form Greg pulled in 3 winners and a profit on the night. Alas, I have this habit of cashing out early which cost me a little. I think that in future I won’t follow the scores live, and hence won’t be tempted to lose money by cashing in winning bets. Let face it, if it was in the punters favour, Bookies wouldn’t offer the cash in option.

It’s getting towards the end of the golf season, as we enter the Fedex playoff series and this week there are a few bets for me from Declan Meagher. Fingers crossed that there will be some returns.

I am looking at another couple of services at the moment, a greyhound tipster called Top Dogs and a football tipster. I’ll update on these if I decide to add them to the portfolio.      

Goodwood Review

Week review 3^rd August 2019

What a frantic week Goodwood ended up being, some great days and some not so great days all clouded in a haze of alcohol. An overall a profit of just over £500 despite a few highs and lows.

There’s just too much to give a review in detail so I’ll summarise with a resume of each tipster performance.

I’ll be aiming to provide weekly individual tipster performances from now onwards, but for now it’s just the on-going profits.

Northern Monkey  

A good set of results from Wayne with the highlights being three winners from Galway including Waitingfortheday, Mr Adjudicator and Saltonstall. Results from Goodwood were a bit frustrating, with his usual strong suit of sprinters underperforming. However, you can’t complain with a healthy profit. (+£1649.50)

 Ben Linfoot

Given the nature of the high prices which Ben tips at there will be losing runs and alas Goodwood wasn’t the greatest. There were 17 tips over the 5 days, with one winner Beat Le Bon, and a 33/1 second with Seinsational. (-£294)

Scottish Football Bets

Scottish Football Bets is run by Greg Gordon, and is exactly as described, a service which provides bets predominantly based upon Scottish Football, although he does occasionally dabble in other leagues.

It’s been a slow start to the season with the preseason/Scottish league cup matches, but with the league starting, results certainly picked up last weekend and put the service into profit. A notable winner, being a strong single on Cove Rangers, who eased to a 5-0 victory. Bets are a mixture of singles, and doubles and include Asian handicap and total goals markets.

It wasn’t the greatest day on the horses on Saturday but SFB had 5 winners out of 6 to ease the pain and plug the gaps. (+£93)

Handicap Snip

A terrible week for Handicap snip, who had 9 bets without a single place being achieved. Let’s just hope that Rick can turn things around or it may end up being a case of the service being cancelled. (-£1070)

Betting Emporium by Neil Channing

This service only covers the big festivals such as Cheltenham, Ascot and Goodwood but is really high volume with sometimes several each way bets in the big handicaps which tend to be Neil’s forte.

Despite a poor start on the first day (Tuesday) this service proved to be the star of the Goodwood show. Highlights included having a one, two in the concluding sprint on the Wednesday, which was much enjoyed in the local with a pint of Guinness, and Beat Le Bon in the Mile Handicap. The good thing about this service is that the winners were accompanied by a decent number of each way placers which keeps the bank balance ticking along.

I’ll certainly be looking to join his next festival special which will cover the York Ebor Meeting later this month. (+£912.50)

Overall Betting Balance up to 06/08/2019 = +£1740 Weekly = +£512   

Review and Goodwood week preview

Review of week ending 28^th July 2019 and Goodwood week preview

What initially looked like being a very busy weekend of horse racing wasn’t quite as busy as anticipated due to the heavy rain changing the going at Ascot and York.

Handicap Snip went for one of his special bets on Vale of Kent in the International Stakes, however, this one despite leading early on faded out of the places. His only other bet was on the huge York gamble Flying Pursuit who was backed into 6/1, who finished 5^th looking a little pace less at the business end of the race.

Ben Linfoot had 2 bets, and a nice place by Jawaal in the York sprint at 20/1, meant a profit, even though his other bet Starlight Romance ran a stinker.

Northern Monkey, had mixed results, with a small profit over the weekend due to the welcomed 14/1 win by Dakota Gold in the big sprint at York.

In my other betting, there was a loss with the Scottish Football bets, and a decent profit from a few personal rugby league bets. These aren’t been recorded at the moment, which is something I aim to do, as I have a few days off work at the end of the week. I’ll also update the profit and loss figures next week.

Goodwood week preview

The week ahead looks like being very busy with Goodwood for 5 days from Tuesday onwards and perhaps some action from the Galway Festival over in Ireland.

I’ll be going with the same tipsters as usual this week, but have added the big festival service for Goodwood from Betting Emporium. This service is operated by the well-known professional gambler Neil Channing, and from my previous experience is very good.

I may update during the week, as I am off work from Wednesday onwards.

 

 

Thursday 25th July 2019 The Weekend Preview

Thursday 25^th July 2019 The Weekend Preview

As usual it’s been a pretty quiet week, with just a few bets on the horse from Northern Monkey, all losers and a few minor bets on the darts.

The weekend however, looks like being busy with some decent quality horse racing along with the conclusion of the darts and a few bets on the WCG Golf event in the States.

I don’t want to get too carried away, but the darts ante post bets are looking promising, I have Peter Wright to win his quarter and the whole event at the World Matchplay darts, as well as smaller bets for Durrant to win his quarter, and on Smith and Gurney to win the event. The only loser so far, was Ian White who somehow managed to bottle his second round match last night, losing 14-12 from a 9-4 lead. Wright is looking very strong, but obviously it could all go wrong in the quarter finals which start tonight. I have had some match bets as well, and will tally up the profits and losses from these today.

In the golf I have a few of the specialist market bets from Ciaran Meagher, plus I went outright with Roy, Thomas, and Horschel picked by Ben Coley of Sporting Life.com. Hopefully some of these bets will help contribute to the Goodwood betting bank.

For this weekend’s horse racing, I have been strong and will stick with Northern Monkey, Ben Linfoot and Handicapsnip.

 

I’ll be back next week with an update.

Weekend Review 21st July 2019

As mentioned in my weekly preview, this week was relatively quiet apart from the Open Golf.

Ben Linfoot had 2 bets on Saturday but alas neither came close to collecting, whilst Handicap Snip just tipped one horse in a chase at Market Rasen, but despite showing up early Trigger Nichol faded to 6^th and hence there were no returns.

Northern Monkey’s Wayne was on his stag weekend in Dublin but did tip a few before he left for the Emerald Isle. Friday was good with Lake Volta finishing second, and Star of Southwold running out a good winner. Saturday looked really promising, with a single and double with Star of Southwold running onto Proschema in the big staying handicap at Haydock at a juicy 9/1 ante post. Gambled into 7/2 favourite on the day, things were looking good, but disappointingly the horses faded in the final two furlongs. The Tin Man was also tipped ante post at 5/2, but he doesn’t seem to be the horse of old and was unplaced. The final horse of the weekend was Star Catcher in the Irish Oaks, andvunder a masterful Dettori ride, the Gosden horse lead all the way to land a small each way punt.

Overall a small loss on the horses this week.

 

Fortunately, my golf tips did the business. I was on the winner Lowry, for top Irish and also had a small bit on the win, and also had a lumpy winner on Finau, for top 20 and outright.

 

This week = +£300

Overall = +£1800

Week commencing 15th July 2019

After a hectic weekend in both punting and my home life (I've given in my notice at work, and will be returning to the more lucrative contact work), this week looks a lot calmer.

With the racing looking relatively modest I will be looking at expanding my betting by having some bets on the Open Golf and the World Matchplay Darts from sunny Blackpool.

I generally see a twitter golf tipster called Ciaran Meagher, and for the darts I'll be looking at the free tips provided by Chris Hammer of Sportinglife.com.

I'll probably next update early next week.

Weekend Review - 13th July 2019

As expected it was a very busy weeks punting, with the focus being, Newmarket from Thursday onwards and then additional meetings at York and Ascot at the weekend.

The week started poorly when Northern Monkeys maximum bet at Newmarket, Magical Gift ran a stinker despite being backed in from ante post 12/1 to 7/2 favourite. This was an appalling start to the week and really limited my stakes for the rest of the week.

Fortunately the fight back started on Friday, and after a wretched run of bad luck, finally Wayne of NM, got some deserved winners, with the highlight being the front running win by Royal Intervention at 12/1. Handicap Snip, was going in heavy with 3 maximums over the weekend, but the first Collide, didn't seem to stay and faded disappointingly. It was also a blank day for Ben Linfoot on Friday, with 3 losers.

Saturday looked like being epic, 5 bets from Linfoot, 2 maximum's from HS, some lumpy bets from Northern Monkey, who was sounding rather confident after Fridays 2 winners. I was the Chorlton Beer Festival Saturday afternoon, so placed my bets, and then recorded the racing, to hopefully watch on my drunken return.

What an afternoon it turned out to be, Northern M had 2 huge winners with Tis Marvellous and Copper Knight, plus the double, Handicap Snip provided a lovely maximum better winner with Vale of Kent, and Linfoot weighed in with the massive gamble on Ten Sovereigns in the July Cup (10/1 into 7/2). Overall a cracking day, which starts the blog off in great style.

Week Ending 15th July = +£1500

Back in 2019

Good afternoon and welcome to the long awaited return of my betting blog, which hopefully I can maintain for a bit longer than usual this time.

It’s been a relatively poor period for my tipsters, but positively I’ve been disciplined with few instances of chasing losses, and I’ve tightened my belt with regard to staking.

Life in general is ok, but work is boring me senseless and I am ready for a change. Three years at the current job, and I am looking to move back into the more lucrative contracting sector.

I have reduced the number of tipsters I use, which now comprise of the following:

Ben Linfoot (Sporting Life) – Ben has been a regular tipster for me over the years and his tips have a proven record of making profit. The tips are value based, mostly 10/1+, and are exclusively on the bigger better quality races, usually although not always handicaps. Hence tips are either for Saturdays or big festivals. Tips are given out on the Sporting Life web site the night before racing, and prices are usually easily achieved to the stakes I bet at.

Stakes - £25 e/w

Handicap Snip by the Judge – The Judge is an internet tipster who in the past had a reputation for shrewdness on the Betfair forum. Again like Ben Linfoot. The Judge focusses on the better class racing, and hence it’s again its only beting on Saturdays or big festivals.

Stakes - £15 per point

Northern Monkey – Northern Monkey is also one of my long standing tipsters, who I have followed for over 3 years. Wayne Finter who runs the service, provides daily tips, although I will be mainly following the tips on the better races. He tips on all forms of racing, although his speciality is sprinters.

Stakes - £40 per point.

For the blog, the intention is to have a betting bank of £1,500, for all services combined, and start the project off on Thursday 11^th July when the Newmarket July meeting commences. This betting bank is really my last attempt to make the game pay and when it’s gone, it’s gone, and I’ll have to call it a day with my punting, so therefore I have reduced my stakes, which should at least cover me until Goodwood. Staking will only be increased if I am lucky enough to double the bank to £4k.

I’ll be back later in the week, for the first day of Newmarket.