“£500 Challenge Bet” (£1067 - 7 bets inplay – accounted)
Ochoa and Campbell still in the mix.
Here's my Cambridgeshire tissue:
Ask the Butler 9/1
Swop 9/1
Yaddree 10/1
Premio Loco 11/1
Prince Kalamoun 11/1
Fifteen Love 20/1
Ada River 20/1
Master of the Arts 20/1
Virtual 20/1
Military Power 20/1
Mias Boy 25/1
Caravel 25/1
Obviously I need to up the ante post bet on Ask The Butler. The draw is a worry – all the pace looks high. Similar applies to Swop and I think he could drift late on. I'll add Ada River to the portfolio from a cracking stable and my mother in law mentioned an old TV character the other day in passing. She knows nothing about racing and whilst I don't believe in synchronicity I've kept looking at the name ever since so superstition bids me play!
In the other big race I had thought to back Darjina but the price has gone now. Festoso could have significant improvement in her and I'll play a sneaky 20/80 on a fresh horse.
Ask The Butler £5 at 14/1+
Swop £5 at 10/1+
Ada River £2.50 at 20/1+
Charlie Farnsbarns £2.50 at 50/1+
Festoso £1ew at 50/1 and £3 place at 8/1+
Football:
How good are QPR? I think their league position flatters them and that they are still being priced up on money rather than results. The win at Villa may also be flattering to deceive. Birmingham on the other hand look proper promotion contenders. They have lacked goals so we'll cover as usual.
Birmingham £25 win at 10/11
£2.50 0-0 at 10/1
£2.50 fourfold Birmingham/Brighton/Colchester/Rochdale
I forgot to mention the latest SCD bet. Austin Healey only needs to stand up to get highest score this week as his main competitor is looking pants in practice. There is an injury worry over Healey and the best prices have gone, so I'll leave you to decide if 4/6 suits.
“Barking Bets” (Banked £1175/Current bank £3037)
Played all three races yesterday – and the main one let me down, so no dividend this week..
1. Longchamp2:55 Dutch Yeats and Kasbah Bliss £310 at 1.2ish
“Snippet of the day”
“I would walk 500 miles...”
(For my wife who has just left to do the Longmynd 50 mile walk – a 24 hour slog over Shropshire's highest hills. 100mm of rain forecast overnight. Bless!)
Totally agree with the QPR asess,gonna lay under 3.5 cos ime chicken.
ReplyDeletePS,just a thought Toots,why dont you go support your wife instead of going racing you could hold a Brolly maybe.
I should have said laying over 3.5.
ReplyDeleteHa - she is with lots of friends.
ReplyDeleteBesides it doesn't get difficult until gone midnight (by which time the front runners have finished) and I'll be tucked up in my warm dry bed!
I do the training with her, but I'm a fat wobbbling mass of red wine stains, whilst she and her friends are whippet thin, long-striding nutters.
Oh well - you need to aim for the stars sometimes.
ReplyDeleteThank god for Birmingham - it's been a woeful end of week otherwise.
Dropped my guard with the horses today Toots and paid for it with 70% of my weeks winnings.How many times do I have to learn this lesson.Good job the football is running to form.
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