30nov12 Woe is me!

8 winners and one of them was Kevin Dighton 33-1, his first winner and a very nice one, enough to put him well ahead in our side bet - needs another one tomorrow if he is to trouble the leaders, as you can see from the today's naps post 5 of the top 6 in the plate all had short priced winners and the others were Wayne Morton 3-1, Roger Dore 7-2, Rod Brown 15-8.

As all of the plate basically scored 10 points apart from me & Julian not much change apart from my continued descent!

Pete Feeney and Kevin Hall both went dormy today

30nov12 TODAY'S NAPS

Paul Berg               - Ballywatt NWB 1.30

Mark Quinn            - Hand on Bach NWB 3.45

Jake Fifield             - Benbane Head NWB 2.05

Julian Ciampioli      - Ballyborough Pat NWB 2.40

Wayne Morton       - Kings Grey DON 1.55
Alan Daniels           - Craiganee MUS 3.25
Tom Feeney           - NO BET

Martin Long            - NO BET

Adam Slater           - Tahiti Pearl DON 1.55
Pat Quinn Jnr         - NO BET

Michael Brook        - King Brex MUS 2.55
Jed Parramore       -  NO BET

Rest of the plate

Barry Pemble         - Annie Power THU 1.05 - WON 

Kevin Wood           - Annie Power THU 1.05 - WON
Justin Sercombe     - Ally Cascade THU 12.35 - WON

Steve Walton          - Annie Power THU 1.05 - WON

Maurice Edgington  - No Secrets NWB 2.40

Vince Paige             - Annie Power THU 1.05 - WON

29nov12 Oh No Bangor is off

7 winners today and the stand out results were Mark Nutting 16-1 to zoom up to only -£2.50 and 21st place well in touch again, Michael Brook 8-1 to return to the leader board in 9th, Kevin Wood 4-1, Vince Paige & Justin Sercombe both 9-10, Annette Berg 7-2 and finally Eamon Kelly to bring up his four timer also at 7-2, that moves him to 15th and +£5.68.

In the plate Kevin Wood scored 10 points and moved 2nd and there was some temporary shuffling at the lower end of the leader board as Vince Paige grabbed 5th place classic gone for the line to early :-)

Scott Bennett and Gary Pascoe are now both dormy

29nov12 TODAY'S NAPS

Paul Berg               - NO BET

Mark Quinn           - NO BET

Jake Fifield            - My Son Max KEM 7.05

Julian Ciampioli      - NO BET

Wayne Morton      - Shamiana KEM 5.05
Alan Daniels          - My Son Max KEM 7.05
Tom Feeney           - Kayfrou NWB 1.30

Martin Long           - Martial Art KEM 6.05

Adam Slater           - Edgardo Sol NWB 3.15
Pat Quinn Jnr         - Otto The Great NWB 1.30

Alan Mabb             - Cheat the Cheater UTT 1.20
Jed Parramore        - Bladewood Girl KEM 5.35 

Rest of the plate

Barry Pemble         - Vesper Bell THU 2.10

Kevin Wood          - Saoirse Dun THU 2.45
Justin Sercombe     - Marito THU 1.00

Steve Walton         - Shamiana KEM 5.05

Maurice Edgington - Bladewood Girl KEM 5.35

Vince Paige           -  Marito THU 1.00

28nov12 big winner II

Jed Parramore's turn today 20-1 to zoom back onto the leader board in 7th spot.  6 other winners Eamon Kelly is making nice upward progress after recording a treble today and is now in the top 20 on +£2.18, Dave Barker now +£9.24 after his 3-1 winner just £1.26 from cash, Julian Ciampioli 5-1 to consolidate in 4th, amazingly Kevin Wood recorded his first winner of November! Only 11-10, Martin Long 3-1 sits 6th, and finally Wayne Morton 6-1 to hold on to 5th.

In the plate Justin Sercombe's forced loser didn't help his cause as 2nd & 3rd both picked up 5 points and in the scramble for the last cash spot three of us had naps that failed to complete so that allowed Julian Ciampioli back into the picture overtaking Vince Paige and only behind me on 2nd place count backs!  Jed Parramore isn't completely our of it either having reached 100 points himself today.

27nov12 big winner

Luckily it was Jimmy McGarrity so the 25-1 winner still leaves the leader board untroubled.  There were 8 other winners and we managed to hit the winners of 6 of the 7 races today, winners were Annette Berg, Alan Mabb, Danny Beaman, Eamon Kelly, Grace Loder, Neil Harrison, Pauling Giles, & Rob Brown.

Not much action in the plate as most sat out tactically which of course didn't work as most sat out :-)

Look guys there are still a few who haven't paid which is pretty annoying - this comp takes a fair bit of time and effort, which is fair enough, except where this is admin that is easily avoidable.  Loads of reminders etc. to collect cash 3 months after the comp has started is clearly in the avoidable camp.  We may have to consider some rule changes for the next one!  

26nov12 unstoppable

Paul Berg strikes again 11-2 to extend lead even further, expect he will be arranging with the Beds guys to spend it taking them all to Punchestown!  7 other winners Alan Mabb 11-4 to just make it back into a cash paying position, Eamon Kelly 4-1, Michael Brook 11-4 now 16th and just £4.50 from cash, Neil Harrison 11-4, Rod Brown 4-1, Roger Dore 6-4 to move up to the bubble, & finally Tim Catlin 3-1 unfortunately he needs more than that!

In the plate the 1-5 runner today that got turned over help those of us who sat out :-), with the fight for 2nd 3rd & 4th also looking 'exciting'

25nov12 Seb great stuff

As you can imagine decimated comp today with only 27 live bets (& 21 forced losers).  7 winners in total 4 of them for the same 30-100 winner for 4 of the top 6 in the plate also Steve Walton 5-4, Alan Daniels with a significant 5-1 winner to go 5th and best of the day 7-1 for Pat Quinn Jnr to move him back onto the leader board in 10th.

In the plate 5 points for everyone in the top 7 except Martin Long who had a 1 point 4th and Steve who saw his 5 point winner trimmed to 3 by two non runners!  All very tight for that last cash position.

Ian Carpenter & Pauling Giles both went dormy today - update excel on its way

25nov12 TODAY'S NAPS

Paul Berg              - NO BET

Jake Fifield           - Odonimee NAV 1.55

Mark Quinn           - NO BET

Julian Ciampioli     - NO BET - NR

Tom Feeney          - Rupert Lamb NAV 2.55

Wayne Morton      - NO BET

Martin Long           - Honey Bach NAV 3.25

Adam Slater          - Carry Each Other NAV 12.25

Alan Daniels          - Busty Brown NAV 12.55

Kim Giles              - LOSER

Alan Mabb             - NO BET

Celeste Beaty        - NO BET

Rest of the plate

Barry Pemble        - Don Cossack NAV 1.25

Justin Sercombe    - Don Cossack NAV 1.25

Kevin Wood         - Fickle Fortune NAV 3.25

Steve Walton         - Sword of Destiny NAV 2.55

Maurice Edgington - Don Cossack NAV 1.25

Vince Paige           - Don Cossack NAV 1.25

24nov12 leader moves clear

Just 5 winners today from 62 bets so looks like it was tough.  Paul Berg stretched his lead with a 5-2 winner to £13.00 so must be odds on for the win.  The best of the day was Vince Paige who picked a well back 10-1 winner (16-1 in the morning) & for 10 points so a good day for him.  The other 3 winners were John Heneghan brought up a double with a 5-1 winner, Neil Harrison 7-4, and a rare winner this comp for Ian Carpenter at 6-1.

In the plate Barry Pemble sat out, Kevin Wood scraped 2 points for 3rd and so moved back above Martin Long & Justin Sercombe who both failed to score and the battle for the final cash place is getting very tight and is joined by Vince Paige after his 10 points 

24nov12 TODAYS NAPS

Paul Berg              - Gifted Girl LIN 1.55

Jake Fifield           - Drawnfromthepast LIN 2.25

Mark Quinn          - NO BET

Julian Ciampioli     - Sivola de Sivola HAY 2.30

Tom Feeney          - Jaunty Journey HAY 3.40

Wayne Morton      - Long Run HAY 1.45

Martin Long          - Rangooned LIN 12.10

Adam Slater          - Pepite Rose ASC 3.20

Alan Daniels          - Katkeau HAY 2.30

Kim Giles              - Bucking the Trend ASC 12.35

Alan Mabb            - Lie Forrit HAY 2.00

Celeste Beaty        - Kahsabelle ASC 1.40

Rest of the plate

Barry Pemble        - NO BET

Justin Sercombe    - LOSER

Kevin Wood         - Sivola de Sivola HAY 2.30

Steve Walton         - Ptleigh lass ASC 1.40

Maurice Edgington - Black Thunder HAY 12.55

Vince Paige            - Trustan Times HAY 2.30

23nov12 action day

10 winners and wholesale change on both leader boards.  First the two 16-1 winners further evidence of the centre of gravity moving east, Alan Daniels and Kin Giles both move straight onto the leader board in 9th & 10th Respectively.  Two winners at 10-1 they were Dave Kingsbury and John Heneghan, 8-1 for Julian Ciampioli to go 4th and 5 others, one of the rare days that we made a profit on the day across us all.

In the plate Kevin Wood normally completely on the ball had a forced loser so allowing both Martin Long and Justin Sercombe to pass by with there 5 point winners.  Julian Ciampioli also scored 5 and drew level with me I only keep 6th on count back of 2nd places!

Punchestown trip - see new text box for list attendees

22nov12 really Rafa

6 winners today with Annette Berg securing top billing with an 8-1 winner to move up to 39th!  Other winners were Gary Pascoe 11-4, John Roach 11-4, Martin Long 3-1 to move up one place in both the plate and the main comp, Roger Dore 7-1 to move back onto the leader board, and finally, the long time leader from the first half of the comp, Mark Quinn got back on track with an 11-4 winner to retain 3rd spot.

In the plate Martin Long's winner actually mean't we had a change on the order with him moving 3rd on number of winners count back, he will clearly struggle to keep that as Justin Sercombe has 4 bets in hand although Justin is now dormy!

In addition to Justin Sercombe also Tim Catlin, Kevin Wood & Ken Jones also are all now dormy

21nov12 plate day

7 winners today and 6 of them were short priced 5 point winners for the plate leaders.  So Kevin Wood sat out but 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, & 8th (Vince Paige) all had winners. So the only non plate winner was Kevin Hall 13-2 but that still leaves him bottom half.

Adam Slater & Terry Mathews are now both dormy

20nov12 all quiet

Paltry 3 winners on what can only be described as a crap day.  the winners were Martin Long 4-9, best of the day 7-1 for Annette Berg unfortunately still adrift, and Matt Harrison 7-2.

In the plate Martin's winner pretty much saw him cut adrift the also-rans scrabbling for 5th place.

Working on the Punchestown April13 trip idea, proposed costings and itinerary not far away

19nov12 KP learn to play spin

5 winners today 3 of them the same 3-10 winner for Justin Sercombe, Vince Paige and Barry Pemble so in the main comp just one winner John Roach 9-2 to move to 12th and the bubble the only winner among the leaders.  The other winner was a best of the day for Scott Bennett 11-1 to move into the top 30 and just £4.62 down.

In the plate two of the top 3 picked up 5 pointers and Vince continues with his bid for cash, still looks a long shot as he sits 17 points behind Steve Walton with one less bet to go.

As we draw to the close and mass excitement i will start to post the naps at 1.30pm each day probably around Friday or Saturday this week.

18nov12 Beautiful Day

Classic winter's day - it is what NH racing was invented for

Another tough day by the look of things especially if you ignore the two naps on the 1-8 shot at Cork (Vince Paige & Martin Long).  So its all about Paul Berg, not with us on course today, but slots in a 14-1 winner to go £7.50 clear at the top.  The only other winners were Tom Feeney 5-4 & Dave Barker 7-2 that lifted him to 12th and back onto the leader board.

Martin Long's 10 pointer pushed him clear of me and Steve Walton and Vince Paige's 10 points lifted him to 9th and in sight of cash 17 points behind me with 1 bet in hand

17nov12 tough day

Well except for Michael Brook who banged in a 25-1 winner at Cheltenham his 2nd of the meeting and he now sits on the leader board in 9th.  There were only 3 other winners Barry Pemble (of course) 4-9, Alan Daniels 8-1 who did Al Ferof which I didn't despite tipping it :-( & Alan Mabb 11-4 to bring him back onto the leader board on the bubble.

In the plate all 6 on the leader board had a bet and only Barry Pemble collected points

A fairly big turnout from the napscomp team on course - and looks like an even bigger contingent may be at Sandown on 08dec12 - see you all there FYI advance tickets are £23.00 now and £30.00 on the day

Corrections!!

Sorry two errors

Tom Feeney had an 11-2 winner Thursday I missed it that lifts him to 4th will amend table tonight & George Casserley had a runner yesterday (lost) so is NOT dormy he has one spare bet left

16nov12 Paddy One

8 winners the most significant and best was for Pat Quinn Jnr 10-1 to move him into the cash on 10th +£9.50 nice one.  Couple of 7-1 winners for Dave Fifield and Michael Brook which moves Dave up to +£5.75 nose bleed city for Dave over the past few years :-) looks like seeing his son top of the leader board is spurring him on!

In the plate Barry Pemble picked up a 10 pointer to move clear (as expected) and Steve's 5 point winner saw him take the last cash spot from me - well momentarily of course.

Three guys added to the dormy list over the last two days they are Alan Daniels, John Roach & George Casserley. 

Looks like a fair few of us will be on course tomorrow we mostly watch from the flat either at win post or by letter M (reference spots marked on the main stand).  Going for pre-racing drinks with a friend and understand the Reynolds (Gran Crus owners) will be there, guess what they think he'll win :-).  Not completely sure but seriously thinking of Al Ferof big enough to back each way, as an alternative given the likely SP of Gran Crus.  Just wondering if 2m 4f is a bit far for him though but won here twice and a grade 1

15nov12 late sorry

6 winners top two worth a mention were Alan Mabb 11-2 to go to +6.50 and 15th place & Dave Fifield 13-2 to go to +6.75 and 13th place.  4 other winners were Barry Pemble, Paul Evans, Scott Bennett & Gary Cawsey.

In the plate a lot of zero points among the leaders except Barry Pemble who goes top on number of winners countback

14nov12 loadsawinners

12 in total from 60 bets so too many to mention all of them best was Julian Micklethwaite 10-1 closely followed and of more significance by Paul Berg who moved to 2nd with an 8-1 winner.  As the leader is dormy and that is 8 bets behind Paul Berg and 14 bets behind Mark Quinn Jake's position could be a bit false when that unravels.   Roger Dore picked up a 9-2 winner to go to +£5.75 and 15th spot.

In the plate Steve Walton & I both picked up 5 point winners, places remain unaltered but we both slightly caught up Martin Long in 4th.

Kevin Dighton, Gary Cawsey & Dave Fifield all are now dormy

13nov12 he does it again

The leader pops another one in well done Jake 11-10 today.  5 other winners the best of which was Dave Barker with 11-4 that moved him onto the foot of the leader board, Gary Cawsey had another winner 11-10 without such a bad start he would be pretty competitive on current form, Vince Paige 4-5, Tom Feeney 5-2 & Wayne Morton 2-9.

In the plate only Martin Long from the leader board had a bet and that picked up 2 points.  Vince Paige's target of overhauling me and playing among the big boys in the plate looked a little bit more achievable after his 5 point winner he sits 9th on 76 points so he is still 23 points away with one bet in hand

12nov12 pulling away

The leader that is, as Jake Fifield bangs in another winner today at 6-1 the best of the day, going dormy last week has only galvanized him with 3 winner from the last 4 bets.   6 other winners today Wayne Morton & Adam Slater both with a 15-8 winner, and then 4 guys all with 7-2 winners, Martin Long, Pat Quinn Snr, Julian Ciampioli & Gareth Chapman.

11nov12 remember

6 winners today and some action at the top of the leader board as Paul Berg had a DH winner at 3-1 to go 3rd and Adam Slater had the other DH winner at 6-1 to go 4th, Steve Walton also had that 6-1 dead heat winner along with Barry Pemble 5-4, Martin Long 11-10, and John Roach with the best of the day 9-1 to replace Jed Parramore at the foot of the leader board.

In the plate the top 4 all scored 5 points I sat out so Steve Walton's 3 points saw him close up to the cash.

10nov12 New Leader

Yes after many weeks Mark Quinn has been unseated as leader after Jake Fifield selected a nice 5-1 winner on what seems to have been a difficult day.  Only 4 winners from 62 bets! The other winners were also all 5-1 although only Justin Sercombe was the same one, Scott Bennett and Pat Quinn Jnr made up that select group today.

So in the plate the 10 points from Justin Sercombe moved him into a secure 3rd everyone else only managed to scrape 3 points between them.

Daniel Billingham, & Danny Beaman both went dormy today

09nov12 TFI Friday

7 winners today best was Roger Dore at 9-1 to move up to 16th and +£5.25 also making a bit of a move is Pat Quinn Snr who picked up a 6-1 winner the 3rd decent winner in the last 7 bets, he now sits mid table on -£5.84.  Other winners were Kevin Hall 4-1, Neil Harrison 6-4, Pete Long 5-2, Julian Ciampioli 11-4 to move up to 5th and finally Wayne Morton who's new strategy after his 25-1 winner on 01nov is paying off with a 6-5 winner and stays in touch with the leaders on +£19.74 in 3rd, that's 6 winners from the last 11 for him.

In the plate a couple of 2 pointers so no real change.

Robert Baker became the 15th person to be dormy from today

08nov12 tough out there

Revised blog:

Only 3 winners today from 54 bets the best was Dave Barker 5-1, but of more significance was the 4-1 winner for Jake Fifield to move move to within £3 of the long time leader.  Also Martin Long with his 100-30 10 point winner moved into 10th.

Martin Long was the only winner at the top of the plate, Barry Pemble missed out again failing to score, Kevin Wood and I both picked up a 5 point 2nd which took me past Steve Walton and into the cash and extended Kevin's lead to 7 points for 2 extra bets.

07nov12 missed a few

Sorry for the gap I'm in the USA working and last night had to watch the election stuff

So assuming Rod Brown's late nap today loses the tables are as over, nothing earth shattering has happened since Sunday, Monday 8 winners, Tuesday 6 and today only 5.

Selecting a few a highlights George Casserley and Gary Dighton 11-2 yesterday to take Gary positive, Jed Parramore 15-2 to take him back to the leaderboard, Matt Harrison 11-4 today to go positive, Paul Berg 9-2 Monday to stay in contention at the top of the leader board.

In the plate Barry Pemble has used up two of his in hand bets on Kevin Woods and only picked up 4 points so things are now much tighter.

Jake Fifield went dormy yesterday and had a forced loser today in 2nd spot!

04nov12 busy Sunday

9 winners today and rather pleasingly the best was me with 11-2 closely followed by Gary Dighton & Kim Giles on 5-1.  A 7-2 winner for Wayne Morton moved him up to 3rd and Daniel Billingham's 7-4 winner took him 5th.

In the plate the top 3 all did the same horse for a 5 point 2nd Martin Long's 10 pointer took him 4th and I returned to the leader board with my 10 pointer but only on count back.

Three people went dormy today Pete Long, Joanne Hutson & Annette Berg .

03nov12 day two in USA

Just 6 winners today on what looked like a fairly difficult day the best was 8-1 recorded by Mark Kelly and Pat Quinn Snr, others were Ian Carpenter 11-2, Julian Micklethwaite 9-2 with Barry Pemble and  Tom Feeney 13-8.

Most of the top 6 scored 5 points mostly from 2nds all except Steve Walton who is away on hols.

So Zagora won nicely last night and I got 14-1 my selections for day 2 are:

7.35 Groupie Doll 11-10
8.14 Emcee 7-2
10.18 Trailblazer 6-1
11.40 Wise Dan 11-4

02nov12 day one in CA

Go lads go

10 winners today and a nice 9-1 winner for Jake Fifield to close to within £6 of Mark Quinn the very long time leader also with the same 9-1 winner were Alan Daniels & Mark Nutting closely followed, by Pete Feeney 17-2 & Martin Long 7-2, Tom Feeney has converted to odds on now he has picked up a couple of good winners and consolidated in 3rd with a 1-2 winner, nice tactic.  Big Al (Alan Mabb) scored with an 11-4 winner that lifted him back to +£9.00 just short of the leaderboard.

In the plate Martin Long closed up to the last cash spot with the only winner among the leaders.

In the cup take Chad Brown to train two consecutive winners in the 10.48 Zagora & Awesome Feather in the 11.30 that's 9-1 & 4-1 so a 49-1 double - that will do nicely

01nov12 big one

Wayne Morton pops in a 25-1 winner to move straight up to 3rd, 6 other winners best of the rest were Gary Cawsey & Kim Giles with the same 7-1 winner, others were Matt Harrison, George Casserley, Celeste Beaty and Adam Slater.

Kevin Woods 5 pointer 2nd moved him a little clear but Barry has 5 in hand