Thursday 6th November

“£500 Challenge Bet” (£865 - 5 bets inplay – accounted)

Yesterday's sweep-up bets not exactly started off well. Fund looking very poor right now.

Snooker
Hendry plays Davis tonight. Wouldn't like to pick the winner of these league games, but Steve Davis is long past compiling big breaks. 50 is a big score for him these days. Hendry should probably be shorter to post the highest score tonight.

Racing
Fitness in these handicap chases is proving a puzzle. And has put me off playing a few against the field. Briery Fox is hardly a prolific winner, and supposedly prefers small fields, but he travelled like the winner for a long way on his two seconds last season, where he came late in big fields. 20/80 suits in a race with little depth.

Hendry highest break £15 at 4/7
Briery Fox £3 win and £12 place at best odds.

“Barking Bets” (Banked £1275/Current bank £3282)
A couple of good races yesterday. Bit worried about Mad Vera Zvonareva for my tennis bet. Looks a blank day today.

“Snippet of the day”
“The foreigners had the best cattle but the worst cowboys”