Saturday 31st October

Been keeping on an even keel, which doesn't exactly pay the bills, but is an improvement!!

Suggested football draws today:
Preston/Crystal Palace
Carlisle/Charlton
Cheltenham/Crewe

As for the racing – there's a lot of pace in the Charlie Hall – despite the weight problem you don't suppose Snoopy Loopy could pick them off late do you?

Always Waining deserved better at Cheltenham, bit worrying he's so weak this morning considering how well he was backed then. Classic Swain has been pitched in for his chance of nice prize before the winter horses are ready. Psychomodo and Alaghiraar are also eyecatchers.

I'll get rich around combos of those 5, otherwise it's back to the in-play markets for me, and hopefully Cabrera to trade odds-on soon!!

Saturday 24th October

My new approach to gambling (in-running and trading) requires amazing reservoirs of discipline and patience – somewhat of a learning curve for me, and yesterday I lost the week's profits in one whirl of recklessness. Twat. Football is going better then racing, but jumps racing is much more suitable to my approach than flat racing so I remain obstinately optimistic.

Looking at normal betting today, here's my three draws:
Birmingham/Sunderland
Millwall/Leeds
Gillingham/Charlton

Portsmouth are probably backable at 2/1 as well. (Liverpool are also creeeping towards backable, if everyone continues writing them off).


Racing – for tissue fans here's the Roan chase (fitness worries make it a rather sketchy tissue).
Tidal Bay 4/1
Tartak 4/1
Kicks For Free 9/2
Monet's Garden 9/1
Knowhere 9/1
Don't Push It 9/1
Finger on the Pulse 9/1

which leaves little room for manoeuvres.


For the get rich quick treble how about
Invincible Lad (Pricewise blown the value)
Elusive Pimpernel (not too much rain)
High Heeled (rain, rain, rain!).

I've done a sixfold on the horses and the draws for £80000. That's a fair day's work!

Saturday 17th October

I haven't had a chance to update my football ratings since my break, so no football thoughts today.

I'll be playing Cheltenham in-running, but I have looked at the Newmarket card as historically it's been a good one for me.

Cuis Ghaire looks playable in the first. We backed him in the Guineas where he ran a cracker and is fresh here. In the Champion I like both Mawatheeq (improving and still fresh) and fear Never on a Sunday (who we backed big time at Ascot). And in the Cesarewitch how about a couple of big ones to land the treble! Dirar has a terrible draw but a more than eye-catching jockey, whilst Truckers Delight has the plum draw. Both have interesting profiles for Irish raiders and are 50/1 plus on betfair..

Saturday 3rd October

After a couple of terrible trading days Monday and Tuesday, I've steadied the ship and am still feeling pretty confident that this is the way forward for me.

Looking at today with old fashioned eyes my football draws would be:
Watford/Cardiff
Wycombe/Orient
Darlington/Macclesfield
(I'll do the treble just in case!)

Cheltenham look a big price against Notts Co (who have hardly set the world alight away from home so far), and some shrewd judges are talking up the chances of Portsmouth against Wolves at 11/4 if you can get it.

Horse racing – Pricewise has probably screwed the price but Border Patrol looked value against Goldikova; and in the past it wouldn't have taken much to presuade me to take on Ghanaati with Strawberrydaquiri.

As for the Cambridgeshire my three darts would be Salute Him, Brief Encounter, and, if you wanted to hit one out of the ballpark, how about Bencoolen, who I'm sure has a race in him in between all his tailed-off efforts. Trebles to win 10k...


I'm off to Chamonix for a break next week, so probably won't post Saturday.