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.