Well hello peeps. Long time no see.
I guess last time was a false dawn, but here we go again.
So whats been going on. Erm.. Poker mostly.

Took a break from trading and sports to see how far we could get with that. I did at least get out to Vegas this year, made a few quid but not enough that the missus couldnt blow on an hours shopping.

Right, what we gonna do then. Ill just post some views on sports, betting and stuff and we'll see how it goes. Ill be doing a little trading and keeping an eye on the geegees. Goal is to find a nice Cheltenham winner or something like that.

I have to tell you about a completly loopy friend of mine.

We'll call him 'Foley', not his real name.

Foley is an absolute degenarate gambler the likes you dont see very often.

If you gave him 20 quid and asked him for two tenners, he'd run to to the bookies and blow it on the 3.30 instead! Anyways if theres one thing he does know, its his American football.

But he's a hopeless punter so ive been trying to help him find a few way to profit.Tonight is Thanksgiving in the US and they have a few games on. Green Bay are a bit skinny to back outright but should win easy enough so we're going for the ht/ft result.

Omg they killed my blog !

Crikey where have I been !!
Is it really a year since Denmania?
Ive been so busy this last 12 months with one thing or another, but here I am again.
Anyways, if anyones still out there let me know and i'll give this another crack.

Night before Cheltenham again, isnt it great.
No strong fancies this year, but think it might pay to oppose a few.
25 of the most competitive races of the season, what dya reckon 4, 5, winning favourites?

Warmed up today by banking £67.09 from just the last seven races.
Got some new pc screens and hardware that might help.
Buggered if I can find the On button though !

Footy crazy

On Friday I was out helping friend who does some volunteer work at a local historic site. Got back in the afternoon and there wasn't much racing left. Still, I fired up the Racing Trader to see what I could do.
In an almost perfect 50 minutes I increased the bank by £102.72.
Not bad considering Thursday I spent nearly all afternoon to get the same! More family stuff meant that Friday night and Saturday was a washout so never got to play.
Friend of mine bugged me for a tip on Saturday morning.
Told him 'Just back Portsmouth'
He owes me a beer for that so I guess I earned something.

Today, Sunday, there was too much to do at home so the racing was a non starter. Put some bets on the 3 football matches at various stages of play. Backed Chelsea pre match and traded out after 10 minutes for a £38.24 profit. Did the same with Liverpool but waited till 60 minutes and made £98.28.
Backed Spurs just before half time when they were 1-0 up, then of all the daftest things you could think of happen, Newcastle go and score more goals than they have since Christmas!!
£52.86 loss was almost funny. Luckily I got out at 2-1 otherwise It coulda been nasty. So at least I had a £83.66 winning day.
Enough to take the Misses out for a Chinese tonight.

Have had an invite to go to Aintree next week. As much as I'd like to, Im not entirely sure I can as Id probably have stay over, so I might have to see if appointments can be broken.

Rainy day.

Ive not had too much to report lately as Ive only played a few days since last post. Nothing spectacular today, but £109 profit in 19 races not to be sniffed at.
Made a few losses that probably could have been avoided by scratching earlier. I'm trying harder to close/green well before off time and not be left trying to turn it round in running. This has probably been the biggest drain on profits. Getting back to the boring mechanical trading will bring in just as much money in the long term.

After a bumper Cheltenham week I made sure I cashed out a fair chunk. Im always cautious of an over exposure like I had last year when I doubled clicked to green out and lost £300 instead !
As the profits build up for the day I transfer them to the Aussie wallet so at least its locked in and I wont get cleaned out if there is a freezout or some computer malfunction. Cant remember where I read that tip, but it was on another blog, so Im not claiming it as my own! Thanks to whoever posted it.

Denmania

Well that was just awesome.
The power and class of Denman was just a joy to watch. I stood opened mouthed at the TV as he simply smashed the opposition. Kauto Star just couldn't live with him, Exotic Dancer was nearly a fence behind!
I was happy to put betting aside and just watch.
Its been an amazing (and profitable) week. I was pleased for Harry Findlay. The interviews he gave in his house made for great viewing.

The fact that I made a sizeable sum (that Id rather not disclose) on the other racing seems irrelevant. I offered to take Mrs T out anywhere this weekend, hoping she'd plump for Lingfield as we went to the Winter Derby last year and had a great time.
She chose the Ideal Home Exhibition ! Doh :(

Going to Fulham on Sunday. I really have no idea how that will end up. Getting beat would be the end for Fulham as it surely is all over at 1/5 now. Back on Monday hopefully.

The Greatest days racing ever..... till tomorrow.

Well that was something special wasnt it?
What a spectacle that was. I think I'll regret not being there forever.
Master Minded, simply awesome, Inglis Drever, emotional. Tell me didnt nearly get close to crying like a girl. Not even Joe Lively getting stuffed, my only ante bet post of the meeting, could take a shine off a fantastic days racing. The trading profits from the race covered what Id bet on him anyway.

I almost didnt notice that todays profit showed £411.61 from 19 races. A mix of trading and a few lays made the money today.
I couldnt see The Listener winning a race where he wouldn't be allowed to dominate and Dont Push It, a dodgy jumper and also tipped by Jon Mcririck a couple of decent lays made for a bumper days profit. I was prepared to hedge each horse if they looked like winning, but neither did.
Dont Push It fell when well beaten.

Gold Cup day tomorrow. I think I'll just play a few early races then go watch the rest down the pub. Its going to be a cracking race. The hype surrounding it has great for racing imo. I know some are complaining it is overdoing it, but what the heck. I believe Kauto Star is too fast for Denman but I think he is a lovely stamp of an old fashioned chaser. Its got to more fun to have a bet on Denman anyway. But at big prices and not without a chance if something goes wrong Knowhere and Halcon Generaldes could make up an interesting exacta combi.

However you do tomorrow make sure you enjoy it.

Gone with the wind.

It was a shame that Cheltenham was abandoned today but especially so if you planned to go. I was there last January when it got called off late due to frost, so know how it feels.
As it happened there was a meeting at Chepstow scheduled and about 3000 punters crammed on to the local trains to go to Wales for the day. I think they were only expecting a few hundred people as the 2 old duffers on the turnstiles almost had coronaries trying to get everyone in before the first. I remember backing 3 winners and coming back with a pocket full of cash so not all bad then.
I guess it was pretty much the same at Southwell and Huntingdon as RUK said they sent out for beer 3 times!
There was plenty of money in play as punters were still determined to have their bets on, so it didn't matter that instead of the Grade 1 Queen Mother Champion Chase it was replaced with the Grade 4 Cadale Lady Riders Handicap hurdle.

Due the meetings being spaced out for TV there was plenty of time between races and with Wolves on in the evening there was a much calmer pace to the day instead of the 'race every 10 minutes' that normally occurs and Im sure this allowed me to post a bumper £313.75 profit. I was a bit more aggressive in trading today and let 2 bets ride which both won.
Alan Kings Blistering in the bumper was heavily backed. I saw a £10k bet matched on Betfair, with jock of the moment Choc Thornton driving it out after the most farcical start to a race you'll ever see, where they crawled so slow for the first 4 furlongs they almost stopped. I won about £80.
At Wolves I played the first two races for profit and had £80 bet on Kames Park at 2.2. He was so far ahead in every rating system you can find after a recent close up in a fair Lingfield race that this drop to claiming company should have seen him go off much shorter. Sometimes its too obvious, and Im sure punters think too much into it. He traveled strongly from the turn and although he only won by a short head he was given a great ride by Tom Eaves to assert close home. That was enough for me to call it a day.
Tomorrow sees a colossal card of 10 top races from Cheltenham with a 12.30 start and Joe Lively runs in the 3rd, my one big fancy for the meeting. So Id better get going.