It certainly was a dramatic weekend after a relatively quiet
week, with a decent days racing on Saturday and the conclusion of the Ryder Cup.
For me, apart from a break to see The Horrors in Manchester on Saturday night,
it was almost 18 hours of sport a day.
On Saturday results started pretty poorly, as a combination
of my own bets and Nick Mordin’s fails to bring in any returns and increased the
pressure on my ever decreasing betting bank balance. It all hinged on the
Cambridgeshire Handicap and Ben Linfoot’s picks Bronze Angel and Tiger Tail,
whom I’d invested heavily at decent prices. I could barely watch (for once on a
Saturday I was watching live), as the horses burst out of the stalls, all 30 odd
of them. Tiger Tail led early, but into the final couple of furlongs was under
heavily pressure, but from behind my hands which covered my eyes I saw Bronze
Angel under a perfect ride hit the front and storm clear for a comfortable win.
I was on at 18/1 for decent stakes, which meant that the win was big, and
watching the replay I’d even bagged the each way money on Tiger Tail who
finished a brave 6th. The relief was greater than the excitement, and
helped bring about a calm to me.
Sunday was all about the Ryder Cup, and things looked
promising, Justin Rose already guaranteed of top European each way money was in
a strong position to win, I had a few correct score combos in decent shape, and
there was an outside chance of Rory getting a place in the top outright scorer
market. Well, what an afternoon, at first it looked like Rose was out of it,
only for things to switch around, and eventually he secure the win at 13/2 with
a birdie at the last. Rory, smashed Fowler and therefore I even nabbed a bit of
the each way money on that bet. The icing on the cake came when Johnson birdied
the last in a bed rubber to win me the correct score bet as well. My luck was
certainly in this weekend.
My last bet of the weekend was one which I wanted and now
could afford to lose, it was on Sheffield Eagles to beat Featherstone Rovers, my
rugby league team in the Championship semi finals. On recent form I could only
see Sheffield winning, and was amazed that the bookies were offering 11/8 the
Eagles. Rovers were fantastic though, they got out of the traps fast and
established a 21-0 lead by the half. Despite a little scare, as the Eagles
bagged a couple of early second half tries, the win was completed meaning a
rather boozy day for me at next Sundays Grand Final in Leeds.
What a weekend....
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