February 21st

Time seemed to be really dragging on, as we reached 3 weeks to go until Cheltenham. The mundanity of work a boring inconvenience to what really matters in life. You should never wish your life away, but I was wishing these 3 weeks to pass as quickly as possible, until the best racing of the year and nearly a week and a half off boring work.

It was a decent Friday to start the weekend with Horsetrader after a poor run bouncing back to form with 2 winners, Hamelin at 14/1 and Willoughby Hedge at 8/1.

The weekend was pretty good, with Roger Bush and his West Country Racing service having some spectacular results, including a massive gamble landed on Arden Denis (4/1 into 2/1) on Saturday, and on Monday with Midnight Request (13/2) and Lord Ballim (11/2) landing me a significant double as well as the singles. Other wins included Vieux Lion Rouge for Betalchemist, and a lovely 10/1 winner  Zac Brown for Northern Monkey. Northern Monkey also recommended a double of Zac Brown and On the Fringe for the Cheltenham Foxhunters, which means that there is now a significant bet running onto the McManus owned animal. I also had 2 very close seconds with Flintham and Joe Farrell, but all in all a very good weekend and start to the week. The Cheltenham ante post portfolio is also looking half decent at this time, but not something to take for granted until some of them actually win.

I’ve also started following Ciaran Meagher, the new golf tipster used by the Paul Jones service, and he added significantly to the profits with a strong bet on the easy winner of the Genesis Golf, Dustin Johnson at 10/1, and a winning bet on Noh to be top Korean at 7/2. Added to his tip on Matsuyma to win the Phoenix, it’s a very promising start by this new tipster.

I am going to try and keep things relatively quiet this week, but there should be the golf again this week, and there is a reasonable weekend of racing to look forward to including the Eider and the Bet bright Chase.

Anyway, only 3 weeks to Cheltenham.....

The Weekend - 12th February

Mixed bag this weekend, with a strange set of races. At Newbury, there were a few races with few runners, and the Betfair Hurdle, which was the main focus of the week.

It wasn't a great weekend, but it wasn't too bad either. My highlight was Flying Angel who won at an early price of 8/1 for Horse Trader, whilst the big race yielded decent each way from Song Light, and Bet Alchemist tipped the winner Ballyandy up at 4/1.

The Sunday was good, Matt Tombs tipped Disko, who jumped like a buck to win the big novice chase in Ireland, and Northern Monkey had the first two in the staying handicap hurdle at Exeter with Impulsive Star and Rocklander. There was also a nice winner for Bet Alchemist with Mega Fortune at an early 11/2 in the juvenile hurlde.

All in all, a steady weekend but nothing special.

What's happened...

Hello, its been another long break since I have last posted, it was probably before the start of the jumps season.

Its been a mixed time, before Xmas things were very good with some superb results from all tipsters, but in 2017 it hasn't been so good, with a mixture of bad luck and tipsters having some dreadful runs of form. On a positive, I've managed to keep records and I've a decent set of ante post bets for Cheltenham.

Its only about 4 weeks to Cheltenham and I'll be looking to blog all the way to the festival including the festival its self. I've kept some records during the early part of the jumps season but will be looking to start a fresh from now and including Cheltenham, just for the blog.

The tipsters I am using are:

Tipping Legends
Ben Linfoot;
Northern Monkey;
Matt Tombs;
The Value Bettor;
Bet Alchemist
Paul Jones.

Its is my intention to just use the above, with the possibility of a couple of additions for the Cheltenham festival.

Ok, I'll be back with a review of the Newbury festival early next week.

The Jumps 2016

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..

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.

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.

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.