Monday 3rd November

“£500 Challenge Bet” (£925 - 4 bets inplay – accounted)

A better day yesterday – and although I was absent I hope some of you thought to do Phil Taylor.

Football today.
Birmingham have been doing Ok for us, despite the lack of goals. Coventry have been grabbing a goal away from home, so this should tight and close as all Birmingham's games have been. I'll play the scores that seem most likely rather than Birmingham, unders, or Coventry +1 which were all considered.

Racing:
Melbourne Cup. It's been costly waiting for a European winner, but O'Brien and Cumani go with big, big chances this time, and surely they've sussed it out by now, especially with no Makybe Diva. 6/4 dutched seems fair. I'm saved from having to include old friend Yellowstone.

Birmingham dutch scores £15 at 4/6ish
0-0; 1-0; 2-1; 1-1; 2-0

Mad Rush, Bauer and Septimus £15 dutched at 6/4ish

“Barking Bets” (Banked £1275/Current bank £3377)
No bet yesterday, but banked £100 for the week. Not had a chance to look at the racing today – dog had a fight with barbed wire fence yesterday and vets took priority!

“Snippet of the day”
“We thought we could sit forever in fun
But our chances really were a million to one.”