29nov13 a bit the worse

Me that is so don't expect coherence!   6 winners today with the best being Martin Long 9-1 and 10 points, others were Matthew Harrison 5-2 to bring up a treble, 7-2 for Roger Dore to bring up a 4 timer, Chris Pascoe 8-11, and Jimmy McGarrity & Tim Catlin 11-8.  So a nice rise up the table for Martin into 4th looking forward to seeing him tomorrow at Towcester where he can re-live it with us all!!

28nov13 Leader moves further clear

Rod Brown picks up a 15-8 winner today to just nudge a little further ahead but there were also another 10 winners best of these were Michael Brook & Mark Kelly both on the same 8-1 winner that took Michael back up to 6th and was Mark Kelly's first winner.  Ken Jones 7-2, Carl Dean 2-1, Chris Pascoe 15-8, Matt Harrison 5-2, Pat Quinn Snr 15-8, Paul Stobbart & Vince Paige a nice even money 10 pointer.

So in the plate that win for Vince looks like starting a gap OK not yet a half way but looking like work to do for the rest of the fab five!

27nov13 another big one

Pete Long does it again and snaps up a 16-1 winner to zoom 2nd just £2.07 behind the leader although 6 bets fewer, having said that sure rather be where he is than my -£16.00 after 16 straight losers!  In total we had 8 winners three of the plate boys Vince, Barry & Stuart all picked a 30-100 winner for 5 points the others were Roger Dore, Paul Berg, Matthew Harrison, & Jed Parramore enough to move Jed up to 8th.

Order at the top of the plate remained unaltered but Vince opened up a small gap at the top and Kevin Wood is slipping back he sat out today but has had 5 losers in a row and three without scoring at all.

26nov13 Only 3

Tough day by the look of it with just 3 from 33 Roger Dore 3-1, Mark Nutting best of the day 9-2 to shoot back up to 5th place & finally Chris Pascoe 5-4 to move to 11th and on the bubble.

In the plate all of the top 5 sat out and those below them that did play all missed so a completely stationary top 10.

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25nov13 I don't like Mondays

Such rubbish racing but we still managed to scrape up 6 winners firstly the odds on team that is a 4-7 for Carl Dean, Chris Pascoe, & Jon Hall, Colin Warmington brought up a double with a 7-2 winner, Paul Marks 9-2 was best of the day, Gary Pascoe brought up a 4 timer with his 2-1 winner.

In the plate all but Barry Pemble had a bet and no winners after the 1-6 favourite got turned over in an early race, Gary continues to hunt down the leaders now within striking distance.

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24nov13 some tidy winners

8 in total but in particular best of the day 17-2 for Tom Feeney to go 2nd and three with a nice 7-1 winner they were Ian Carpenter, Colin Warmington (who got off the mark) and Chris Pascoe.  That leaves the 4 predictable plate lads on the very nice Mullins hurdler who scored at 4-5, they were Vince Paige, Gary Pascoe, Stuart Bentham & Justin Sercombe.

So that 10 pointer for the 4 above saw Kevin Wood fall down to 3rd and Vince take over at the top, slight hint that Gary Pascoe could still break into that top 5 given the purple patch he is on.

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23nov13 Cue the champion

But surely not good enough for the Cheltenham Gold Cup but a great performance nonetheless.  For us 9 winners in total and the joint best of the day were Tom Elliston & Terry Matthews both 8-1 and both going back positive, Adam Slater 4-1, Dave Barker 100-30, Dave Kingsbury 3-1, Jake Fifield 11-2 to return to the leader board, Jed Parramore 11-10, Paul Stobbart, & Barry Pemble 8-11 enough for Paul to rise up one place to 5th.

In the plate good day for Vince Paige who sat our and Barry Pemble who scored 5 as no-one else scored!

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22nov13 another bucket full

Winners I mean! 12 in total, so concentrating on those of most significance joint best of the day was Annette Berg & Mark Sharman 8-1 just behind were Tom Feeney & Michael Brook both 5-1 lifting them to 3rd and 9th respectively.

In the plate all of the top acted in unison again this time all sitting out!

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21nov13 very slow on the update!

Nice one Rod Brown slots in a 25-1 winner from Kempton to move up to the top and a good way clear of the field - he might be pretty hard to dislodge, knows his stuff and gets the tactics right.  Another good winner was 10-1 from Jay Lewis 10 points as well to feature on both leader boards 11th & 9th. There were 7 in total so the other 5 were Jimmy McGarrity & Gary Pascoe 13-8 to both consolidate at the top of the leader board - clearly Rod has mess that plan up for them!  Dave Barker 5-1 to go positive now in 19th spot, Tom Elliston 8-13 & finally Jed Parramore also 8-13 to stay just off the cash spots in 12th.

In the plate all of the top 5 picked the same losing horse again but scored 5 points as it finished 2nd at 4-7 - LOL

20nov13 very slow on winners

Busy day with 44 bets and just 3 winners joint best of the day with a nice 8-1 winner were Jake Fifield & Tim Catlin who moved into 7th, the other winner was Mark Sharman who got off the mark today with an 11-4 shot.

In the plate Vince sat out and all the other except Justin Sercombe picked up 5 points for a 2nd.  This enabled Kevin Wood to move back top.

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19nov13 come back EPL please

9 winners today the four naps boys who are not in Brisbane all picked the same 1-9 winner! Saddos but at least it means that while they do this they can't win the main comp!  Other winners were Pete Long with the best of the day 4-1 to go 3rd amazing how many runners there are with the word Pete in them! Richard Pascoe 100-30, Ken Jones 9-4, & Carl Dean 6-4, Pat Quinn Jnr 5-4, were the other 4 winners.

In the plate Vince Paige taking over at the top again on count back was really the only move on the leader board.

18nov13 from memory

loads of winners 13! But nothing stunning 5 platers all picked the 1-9 winner form a certain 5 points, Vince was the only one who went it alone and he still picked a 5 point winner at 8-11 so made a few pence extra.  Gary Pascoe scored with a 5-2 winner to go third and Chris Pascoe 11-4, brought up a treble enough to take him positive but still only 23rd.  Paul Stobbart with a 9-4 winner went 4th and Tim was the other 11-4 winner that was best of the day.

17nov13 Amendment

Sorry missed a winner Sunday for Rod Brown 12-1 no dispute just missed the text!!

Tables are amended

17nov11 what no sun

8 winners today but 5 of them the same 1-5 winner in Ireland, no prizes for guessing Vince Paige, Stuart Bentham, Barry Pemble, Jon Hall, Justin Sercombe.  Best of the day was for Gary Pascoe 7-2 to go into 4th that's 3 from the last 4 for Gary.  Other 2 were Chris Pascoe 2-1 & Kevin Wood 5-6 and 10 points.

So with that 10 pointer Kevin Wood took over at the top again but with loads in handfor all those behind him that is a little false.

Excel on its way

16nov13 tough day

Just 6 winners today best were Dave Sharman & Michael Brook both 7-1 & 10 points to bring them both onto the main leader board, just!  Others were Jay Lewis & Martin Long 11-4, Barry Pemble & Chris Pascoe both 4-7.  Martin Long's winner saw him move up to 5th in the main comp.

In the plate Vince sat out and that allowed Kevin Wood to draw level (behind on number of 2nds on count back) but he is 5 bets ahead.

15nov13 another big one

Joanne Hutson slots in a very nice 16-1 winner today to move into joint 6th place.  All the plate top three picked the same 15-8 winner, Barry Pemble & Jed Parramore both had a 5-4 winner, Dave Barker 4-6 & Gary Pascoe also had a 15-8 winner.

In the plate the top three moved away again from the 4th spot with their 10 point winners, and Gary Pascoe moved into the top 10.

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Another warning

Everyone, a couple of bets were received yesterday 2-3 minutes after the 30 minute cut off rule, the market wasn't formed and it was only a small miss so I let them pass this time, but that is very much on the limit.

Please take this as another warning that I will start to reject late bets - if I do notify that the bet was too late to count and it is still before 1.30 you can make another selection.  

I need to apply the rules fairly please make my job easier by building in some slack on timing texts are not always instantly transmitted!

Thanks guys

14nov13 bumper day

Sorry for the delay blame Gary Pascoe selecting in the last race of the day!

14 winners on a bumper day so selected highlights only!  Mark Quinn tops the file with a 14-1 winner to go approximately level, Jed Parramore a nice 100-30 10 point winner to rise up both leader boards, Michael Brook 5-1,   Pat Quinn Jnr 4-1 to go 3rd & Paul Stobbart 7-1 to go 6th are those highlights but well done the other 9 winners.

In the plate seems like most of them scored 5 points for 2nds or winners so no real change except to notice that there is now a distinct gap between 3rd & 4th are the top 3 breaking clear?  Confident the peloton will reel them back in shortly!


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13nov13 exciting day

Certainly was - so sorry I was too busy last night to update!

Main news is there was a mass of very nice winners clearly on top was Jimmy McGarrity with a pickable Alan King 25-1 winner to zoom him into the lead.  Other very nice winners were Jon Curtis 14-1 to go 8th, Tom Feeney 9-2 to go 2nd, Mark Nutting 6-1 to sit 3rd, Paul Stobbart 12-1 and 10 points to move to the foot of both leader boards, Paul Berg 9-2, and the final one 4-5 for Martin Long.

LOL in the plate the whole of the top 5 picked the same horse that again got turned over so they all picked up just 2 points allowing Martin to creep a bit nearer in 6th.  

12nov13 just 119 days to go

Tom Feeney scores big and goes top 10-1 clearly best of the day which was otherwise a bit light on winners only 7 from 40.  Other winners were Mathew Harrison 11-8, Jimmy McGarrity 3-1, Jon Hall 10-11, Ian Carpenter 4-6, Carl Dean who got off the mark with an even money shot and finally Adam Slater who spotted his non-runner in time to capture a nice 9-2 winner to move to 17th.

In the plate the big odds on 10 pointer got turnover again so most of the top 5 ended up with just 5 points but enough to take Vince back top and to move Kevin Wood to level with 2nd place Justin Sercombe who holds on only on count back.

11nov13 Remember

7 winners today but no great impact on the leader boards as you can see.  The winners were Gareth Chapman 3-1, Gary Pascoe 4-5, Jed Parramore 4-1, Kevin Wood & Roger Dore both 2-1, Stuart Bentham 4-5 and best of the day and getting off the mark was Steve Walton at 13-2.

So no changes at the top of the plate Kevin Wood closed up a bit but has had a lot more bets as he tries to burn through them quickly in preparation for his trip to the Brisbane test match.

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10nov13 double whammy

From Paul Marks & Mark Dighton the same 12-1 winner to move 8th & 3rd respectively, also making good progress today was Martin Long 4-1 to go 4th & Craig Connelly 1-2 to sit 9th but that is his 6th winner for the last 8 with only one bet so far that hasn't finished in the top 2!  Other winners included Paul Stobbart 4-1, he still sits well down the field even after that, but has had the most bets of anyone.

In the Plate Vince closed the gap to just 3 points after a 5 point winner to Justin's 2 point 3rd.  Best was Kevin Wood with a nice 10 point winner to go back 3rd.  Martin Long is also giving the fab 5 something to think about after he also recorded his 6th winner from the last 8 to move 6th.

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09nov13 new leader

10 winners the most significant of which was Pat Quin who brought up a treble with a nice 9-2 winner to go top.  Best of the day was Gary Pascoe 8-1 to go into the last cash spot and 10th.

Plate saw Barry Pemble score 10 points and gain 5 over his main rivals who all picked a 5 point 2nd

Sorry for the late update away in London

08nov13 strange day

Not least because of the paucity of the racing fare for a Friday, where's all the decent meetings - come back the flat don;t get this sort of dross in the summer!

Nonetheless we did get 6 winners they were Annette Berg 5-2, Chris Pascoe 3-1, Jed Parramore 13-8, Ken Jones off the mark with a 9-4 winner, Pat Quinn Jnr best of the day 5-1 to go 2nd & Richard Pascoe 85-40.

Not much action in the plate as all but Kevin Wood sat out in the plate, which looked like a good decision.

Come on Kev (Dighton) not a good start when your selection, the favourite in a 3 horse race, fails to finish!!

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07nov13 MMMM

9 winners today joint best of the day were Dave Sharman & Pat Quinn Jnr who both got off the mark with the same 7-1 winner both moved to +£4.00, and joint 10th place!  Closely followed by Terry Mathews who also got off the mark with a nice 5-1 winner.  Martin Long, 13-8 brought up a 5 timer, Justin Sercombe, 5-2 brought up a 4 timer and Craig Connelly 10-11 for 4 from the last 5.  Hot stuff some classy players in this comp.  Other winners were Barry Pemble 8-15, Jon Hall 5-2 to move 8th & Wayne Morton 6-4 rightly predicting it would be APs 4000th winner.

Justin's 3rd 10 point winner in a row takes him clear and Barry Pemble moves 4th after his 5 pointer.

06nov13 what a farce

Sorry but have to rant about some politics tonight - we lose 500 years of ship building history in Portsmouth and loads of jobs just so we don't upset the Scottish and hand Alec Salmon a card to play in the independence vote.  Who cares if they leave anyway and we are never going to build our ships in a foreign country if they do leave and we won't have Portsmouth - ridiculous.  Grow some Cameron no-one in Scotland voted for you anyway and we did!

Back to the comp 10 winners today too many to go through individually joint best of the day were Steve Tyson & Paul Marks both 7-2 closely followed by Roger Dore 3-1.  Annette Berg & Mark Quinn both got off the mark.

In the plate Vince & Justin both brought up their trebles with another 10 point winner to move a bit away from Kevin Wood & Stuart Bentham who both failed to score.  The last member of the fab 5 Barry Pemble finally arrived in 5th and made up the full hand after scoring 10 points as well.

Go Kev (Dighton) in your bet with Vince, nice move he will be messing about on the plate at the end - all you need are some winners then :-)


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05nov13 BOOM BANG- A-BANG

What year? - no Google  

8 winners from  42 bets today 4 of them were the same horse a 10 pointer for the usual plate suspects Vince, Justin, Barry & Kevin Wood which won at 8-11.  Jon Hall 6-4, and three shared the best of the day 11-4 Jimmy McGarrity, Paul Creed,  & Gareth Chapman got of the mark .  

With most of the top of the plate selecting the same horse it was Stuart Bentham who sat out who suffered missing out on a 10 pointer.  Barry Pemble makes his first appearance in the top 10 and watch out for new boy Spencer Mills who hasn't had many bets yet but looks like only going for selections in 16+ races who sits on 9 after 3 bets.  

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PRIZES CONFIRMED

Final participant has paid this morning so we are at 57 players confirmed

This means a top prize of  £1,000 for the main comp and £175 for the plate, the full details of all the smaller prizes will be shown on the excel update.

We will be paying prizes for the top 10 in the main comp and top 5 in the plate (one extra place on each as we have 7 extra players this time).

04nov13 wow 13 winners

Massive day - won't go through them all but highlight was Mark Nutting opening his account with a nice 10-1 winner to go straight into 3rd, preceded by Tim Catlin with the same winner into 2nd, that's put Pete Long under some pressure!  Three picked a very nice 10 point winner at 15-8, Vince Paige Jay Lewis and Paul Stobbart which saw all of them make progress in the plate particularly Vince who took over at the top in a very close top 4.  Martin Long brought up a 4 timer with his 2-5 winner and Craig Connelly made further progress after picking a 11-4 shot to bring up his treble.

If you didn't get the first excel update yesterday then shout as it went out

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03nov13 quiet one overall

5 winners today they were Paul Creed & Jay Lewis with the same best of the day 3-1 winner leaving the other three, Martin Long, Craig Connelly, Dave Kingsbury all scoring with the same 5-4 winner.

That pretty much left the top end of the plate unmoved.

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02nov13 tough day

It looked like an ordinary day but it turned out to be pretty tough just 4 winners Pete Long 11-4 to extend his lead, Martin Long 4-6, and Kevin Dighton & Dave Barker both got off the mark with the same 9-4 winner.

So all quiet in the plate as Kevin Wood & Vince failed to score with Justin & Stuart wisely sitting out

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01nov13 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

To help me celebrate Vince kindly lost his 100% record - thanks

7 winners today from just 34 bets best of the day was a 7-2 winner for Ricky Pumphrey which took him into 3rd place, Rod Brown 3-1, Roger Dore 5-2, Stuart Bentham & Jed Parramore both 2-1 and Justin Sercombe & Jake Fifield both 8-15, were all the others.

In the plate Stuart's first 10 point winner took him ahead of Vince and into 3rd after both he and Kevin just managed to scrape up a single point for 4th in a tough race in Ireland. Justin Sercombe popped in another 5 pointer that's 4 from 6 to stay second.

Must re-emphasize the 30 minute rule guys bets must be in 30 minutes before the advertised time of the race to count. But just to clarify if you do select an early runner and it gets withdrawn after you have selected it you can still have another selection for that day so long as you comply again with the 1.30pm cut off and the 30 minute rule.

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