30sep14 little ordinary day

6 winners Annabelle Carpenter 6-4, Danny Beaman best of the day 4-1, Martin Long 11-4, Neil Harrison 4-5 & Paul Berg 6-4 with the very impressive Creepy looks like a chaser to follow.

In the plate Vince managed to not lose ground as he picked up a 5 point 2nd as the top two surge clear

29sep14 Monday

A very respectable 11 winners so just the highlights which were Andy Pitter & Jimmy McGarrity 3-1, best of the day 7-1 for John Heneghan to go 5th, and Kevin Roberts brought up a 5 timer with his even money winner.

In the plate both leaders had a winner but Vince's was 5 points so he gained a couple

28sep14 how bad were the USA!

5 winners from 30 bets today three people nabbed the same 10 point 2-1 winner Vince Paige, Martin Long & Justin Sercombe, best of the day was Mark Sharman 13-2 to take over at the top and finally Kevin Roberts 7-2 to bring up a very impressive 4 timer and to take him 4th.

In the plate with the top two both scoring 10 points there is a bit of a gap opening up from the rest of the field

27sep14 tough day

Illustrating this perfectly is the performance of the 8 different horses napped in the Cambridgeshire today at Newmarket, best was 5th then 13th, 17th, 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th, 31st & last, call ourselves followers :-).

However some did find a winner but the best of the day was only 7-2 from Dave Barker but enough for him to just get above Jon Curtis and snatch top slot.  Kevin Roberts also rose a place with his 6-4 winner the same winner as Barry Pemble, Jason McConkey picked an 11-4 winner to move level and back into the top half and finally Carl Dean 15-8 jut not quite enough to bring him back to the leader board.

All the above is before John Heneghan's late runner at Wolverhampton tonight.

26sep14 nice couple

Sorry for the delay big event in London last night

8 winners from 39 bets on Friday best of the day for new boy Kevin Roberts at 12-1 that rocketed him up to 7th,  Danny Beaman 7-1 was a nice start as he got off the mark.   Dave Kingsbury 9-2 to go positive, 4 others picked Lucida the even money winner they were Gareth Chapman (to maintain his 100% record and sit 2 for 2), Ian Carpenter, Jed Parramore, & Robert Baker.  finally Wayne Morton got off the mark with a 2-1 winner.

In the plate all a bit static again except for Robert Baker's appearance in 3rd

25sep14 new leader

Jon Curtis tops the best of the day and also the main leader board, after a very nice 12-1 winner, Joanne Hutson's 8-1 winner took her onto the bubble in 10th, and Andy Pitter picked up a nice 6-1 winner that took him nearly level.  Terry Matthews got off the mark with a 3-1 winner and the final 3 winners of the 7 recorded today were all on the same 11-8 winner, and they were Chris Pascoe, Paul Stobbart, & Robert Baker who brought up a nice 4 timer.

In the plate little action to report other than Paul Stobbart taking over in 3rd from me

24sep14 bumper numbers

12 winners in total with just one late evening bet to come Gareth Chapman but given his position and the number of runners he can't change either leader board.   Best of the day by miles was Paul Stobbart with his 9-1 winner that took him from the foot of the leader board this morning to 3rd.  Gary Pascoe and Pat Quinn Jnr both picked up a 4-1 winner and basically all the rest were small prices with 6 of us all on the same 4-5 winner Grandeur at Goodwood.

In the plate I scrapped 3rd place from Dave Barker on count back and Barry Pemble the defending champion got off the mark with his first winner to move into the top half.

23sep14 a fair few

9 winners today from 39 bets three of us picked 5-6 winner Andy Stevens, me & Robert Baker, and another three picked a 13-8 winner Richard Pascoe, Neil Harrison,& Gareth Chapman.  Pat Quinn Snr's 9-2 winner took him onto the leader board, Mark Quinn got off the mark with a 4-1 winner and best of the day was 8-1 Michael Brook who moved up to 8th.

22sep14 new leader

6 winners today with Pat Quinn Snr at 7-2 taking the honours.  Martin Long & Neil Harrison both 11-10, Paul Berg & new boy Jason McConkey both with a 9-4 winner and finally Dave Barker whose 15-8 winner was enough to bring him top spot on the main leader board.

In the plate a few scored but no alteration in the positions of the top 6

21sep14 first week done

7 winners again today for the fourth day in a row! Joint best of the day was a lowly 5-2 for Ian Carpenter and Tim Catlin as they both got off the mark.  Others were Maurice Edgington (me), Spenser Mills & Paul Stobbart all 11-8, Robert Baker evens, & Vince Paige 8-13.  So all that left the leader boards pretty unaltered.

Vince's 10 point winner enabled him to close the gap right down on Martin Long who could only finish 5th

Wigmore Hall

Risking controversy can I make some comments:

If you don't want pictures of horses with a gun held to their head being taken and published then stop going around racecourse with guns doing that.  Remove the horse in the ambulance and deal with it with some privacy and after some reflection not in the heat of the moment.

The sport we love does not exist in a bubble and it has to be prepared to modify its behaviour to what society regards as the current norms of decency and care for the animals it races.  It is simply not good enough to say we look after thousands of horses to the very highest standard and be seen to be dealing with a difficult problem like this.

The fact that we look after them to the highest standard must and should be a given and should not be trotted out as some sort of justification for this.

I'm not suggesting there are not circumstances where animals need to be put down but having seen the pictures I'm pretty convinced that isn't how to do it, but even if I was the point is that society isn't so changes need to be made.

20sep14 Gordon please shut up!

7 winners from 41 bets today best of the day trophy goes to Dave Barker with his silver cup winner 9-1 that shoots him up to 2nd place in the main comp and 3rd in the plate - nice one.  Others recording winners were Annabelle Carpenter 13-8, Jed Parramore 13-8, Michael Brook off the mark with a 7-2 shot, Martin Long again! 11-4, Paul Stobbart brings up an 11-4 double and finally Vince Paige 9-4 to move him 2nd in the plate.

Just one person left to have a bet Gareth Chapman so when he does we can confirm prizes

19sep14 Big Double

Joint top best of the day for Chris Pascoe & John Heneghan at 14-1 which of course took them both to the up echelons of the leader board.  Carl Dean 5-6, Jon Curtis & Mark Sharman both 3-1,  Robert Baker 30-100 and finally 5-4 for Martin Long to bring up his 5th winner.

In the plate Martin forged a bit further clear on 27 points 11 clear.

18sep14 could be a famous day

34 bets and 7 winners best of the day for Jon Curtis who had his first winner at 8-1 and it was the first 10 pointer of the comp so it took him up on to both leader boards.  Three picked the 9-10 winner at Listowel Vince Paige, Spenser Mills & Jed Parramore.   Annabelle Carpenter got off the mark with a 2-1 winner as did Andy Stevens at the first time of asking with his even money shot.  Kevin wood's 9-2 winner also took him onto both leader boards.

Martin Long slipped up for the first time only recording a 2 point second but remains 9 points clear.

29nov Towcester trip update

End of comp trip to Towcester on 29th November is a definite, deposits paid, and we are above minimum numbers.  We are intending to sponsor a race in Steve Walton's name (probably the bumper) and award a trophy to the winning connections and the best turned out and hopefully invite them up to our box for a drink or two to celebrate their win.

Still spaces available if you are interested just contact Vince or me, we will be able to amend the numbers probably up to the end of next month, but there is a maximum of around 50.

Gary, think you should buy a nice little French import 3yo so we have a runner!!

17sep14 Bye Bye have a good one!

New Leader & a smaller nation!  Mark Sharman takes over at the top with a nice 13-2 winner best of the five winners today.  Martin Long 11-8 kept up his 100% record and now is 4 from 4 Spenser Mills got off the mark and made it straight onto the leader board with his 7-4 winner, Colin Warmington 2-1 and Dave Barker 7-4 were the other two winners.

Martin striking out manfully at the early stages of the plate!

16sep14 First Proper Day

30 bets and 10 winners joint best of the day were Mark Sharman & Dave Barker at 8-1, Martin Long kept up his 100% record going 3 for 3, Vince Paige, Kevin Wood & Gary Pascoe all picked the same 10-11 winner as him.  Others recording wins were Jo Hutson 2-1 to go back to level, Paul Stobbart got off the mark with a 11-4 winner as did Paul Berg with his 100-30 winner, finally Mark Quinn joined the party with his 6-4 winner.

We now have 49 players enrolled 3 left to pay with 3 more to chase so won't be far short of last comp so expect similar prizes which will be confirmed when the last of the cash arrives.  Still 9 left to have their first bet.

15sep14 Slow

Just 22 bets and 2 winners Martin Long went top in the plate with his 2nd winner at 1-2 and Lee Constable got off the mark with an 11-4 winner.

14sep14 Quiet Day

Watch out guys many fewer spare days in this comp to allow for then special finishing day at Towcester on 29th November.  So you only have 17 spare days in total and there are still 20 out of 48 players yet to have a bet so they are already down to just 15 spares left.

Today just 19 bets and a very reasonable return of 7 winners pretty much because of one horse Customary Glance that won the Group 1 at the Curragh at 11-8 for 5 of us that is, Martin Long, Kevin Wood, Jimmy McGarrity, Maurice Edgington, & Stuart Bentham.  Other winners were Carl Dean best of the day and 2 from 2 with a 11-4 winner and Vince also got off the mark with a 1-3 shot.

13sep14 First Day Winner

24 bets on the opening day and 3 winners Pete Feeney the star with 14-1 winner George Casserly an old naps comp friend returned to the fold and went 2nd with his 4-1 winner and lastly Carl Dean 3-1.

Obviously those three top the plate!

FIRST NAP WAS

Mark Sharman took the honour of the opening nap to be received Snow Sky in the Ledger at Donny today

Unfortunately for him Romsdal will win that!!

WERE OFF - COMP STARTS TOMORROW

We are starting the 37th comp tomorrow we have 44 confirmed so far so a little bit down on last time so far but Vince & I will be doing a final chase around this weekend so see if we can get it up to 50.

If you know anyone then now is the time to get them across the line.

Good luck everyone - will send first update week Sunday