31dec15 HNY

So everyone on the leader board had a last day of the year loser except Pat Quinn Jnr and Michael Brook who both sat out, so rarely not a single change in order on the leader board.  There were 6 winners again and they were, Maurice Edgington 4-5,  Pete Long & Gary Dighton both 11-8, Barry Pemble & Stuart Bentham both 1-2, and a best of the day for  Kevin Roberts 11-4 that takes him positive on  +£1.13 and 19th spot.

Stuart Bentham eased 4 points clear at the top of the plate after his winner and Vince could only manage 4th for a single point.

Happy New Year and a prosperous 2016 - not sure if I'm at Chelters tomorrow will decide when I see the weather.

30dec15 tight at the top

Just 1p in it at the top after Mark Nutting scored with a 4-1 winner, one of 6 winners today.  Taking top spot was Paul Berg with a 7-1 winner others were Dave Kingsbury 6-4, Helen Fahey 6-1, Mark Quinn 3-1, & Tim Catlin 9-2.

29dec15 6 of the best

Carl Dean stormed back up to 12th after a great 14-1 winner to clearly best of the day, others were Andy Stevens 11-4 to go back on the leader board, Jason McConkey 10-11, Steve Carter 11-8, finally Tom McGarrity & Richard Pascoe both picked 15-8 winner which was enough to take Richard to the top of the leader board.

In the plate everyone except Justin & Stuart picked the same horse that got beaten into 2nd and just 5 points - not sure if that was basically quits across the board

28dec15 nice winners

two of the last 3 to score this comp both got off the mark with nice winners Jake Fifield 16-1 to take best of the day and to move to 11th spot and Jon Curtis 8-1 top move off the bottom, that just leaves rather surprisingly a past winner Martin Long as the only person yet to score!  Other winners were Maurice Edgington 4-6,  Gary Pascoe & Jason McConkey both 9-4, & finally a nice winner for Kevin Roberts 8-1 to go 38p up and 21st spot.

Paul Mott went dormy and has had the first forced loser of the comp

27dec15 nice day

Dual best of the day at 7-1 and 10 points for Steve Carter & Chris Pascoe, Tim Catlin 9-2, Mark Sharman 8-11 were the only other two winners

Boxing Day Drama

7 of us on The Don who fell at the second last after a strange run but with a slight hint of coming back at the leaders, what might have been!

Just 5 winners today and a new leader, Dave Klein with a nice 7-2 winner to go top but that wasn't the best of the day Colin Warmington went positive to sit 18th with a 7-1 winner.  The other were Justin Sercombe & Kevin Wood 13-8 and 10 points and finally 1-4 winner Faugheen for, yes of course, Ian Carpenter nicely consolidating in 12th.

KING GEORGE VI

Don Cossack - need I say more and judging by the early naps entries already today so do most of you also think this is the winner.

22dec15 HAPPY XMAS ALL

6 winners best of the day 9-4 for Steve Carter and all the other 5 were the plate lads on the same 8-13 winner for 10 points - they were Stuart Bentham, Vince Paige, Chris Pascoe, Justin Sercombe & Dave Kingsbury

21dec15 4 winners

Dave Klein took 2nd spot just 13p behind with his joint best of the day 7-1 winner, the other was Tom Feeney, Helen Fahey 15-8, and Andy Grinter 11-4 were the remaining two.

20dec15 Another tough day

Just 4 winners and the standout was for Pat Quinn Jnr languishing near the foot of the leader board and now 13th after a 16-1 winner.  Gary Pascoe & Dave Klein both picked the same 4-1 winner and that was enough to send Dave 3rd.  Leaving just Ben Cheetham as the only other winner, he now sits 5th after his 11th winner came in at 7-2.  Worthy of a small mention is Paul Stobbart 22 bets and brought up his 10th 2nd place today - unlucky!

Not much movement in the plate after all the fancied horses at Thurles got turned over.

19dec15 Another 5

Dead heat winners today in the last at Ascot Michael Brook 7-1 and Nigel Clifford 9-1 and they both get full odds - see rule #17 on the excel tab.  But beating them both was the defending champion who finally got off the mark after 21 failed attempts with a 20-1 winner to move from last to 26th.  The other winners were Stuart Bentham 1-3 and another from the consistent Jason McConkey who is steadily reeling in the leader with another 2-1 winner today.

Stuart Bentham took over in the plate after disaster for most of the others (Vince, Chris P, Barry & Kevin W) when their Mullins/Walsh, even money shot, "cert" fell at the last when leading :-)

18dec15 hand full

So just 5 winners today and the stand out best of the day was 11-1 for Tim Catlin to move 7th, Ian Carpenter 1-3, Jason McConkey 2-1 to move 2nd, Ben Cheetham 7-4 and Paul Stobbart 100-30 were the other 4 winners.

No change in the order in the plate again today but most sat out

17dec15 7 days to go

To Xmas of course!

8 winners today topped by Steve Carter 6-1 to go 7th, Ian Carpenter 4-11, Paul Mott got of the mark with a 5-4 winner, Gary Dighton & Jimmy McGarrity both had 5-2 winners that brought up a treble for Jimmy and took Gary onto the leader board.  Vince Paige, Stuart Bentham & Barry Pemble all had the same 8-11 winner for 5 points each but the order remained unchanged at the top of the plate.

16dec15 Mark storms in again

Mark Nutting headed a massive load of winners today with the best of the day 12-1 to move back 2nd, 12 other winners and it's late!

Suffice to say Vince has taken over at the top of the plate taking over from Stuart who loses first place for the first time this comp.

15dec15 Ooh! only 3

Andy Stevens takes the best of the day with a 11-2 winner to move 7th, the only other two winners were Justin Sercombe 10-11 who made it a 6 timer & Steve Carter 9-2 to move onto the leader board after he brought up 8 from 10 winners including the corrected winner from yesterday that I missed - sorry Steve, those two winners also put him back on the plate leader board but not really in contention as he has had loads more bets than most.

14dec15 Leicester City again!!

8 winners today Gary Dighton got off the mark with joint best of the day 5-1 to go straight onto the leader board and Ben Cheetham the other joint best to go 6th.  Vince Paige, Chris Pascoe & Justin Sercombe all 1-3, Barry Pemble 1-2, Stuart Bentham 8-15, Rod Brown 9-4,

As all the leaders had 5 point winners in the plate today the only move was Justin moving above Kevin Wood who sat out.

13dec15 Plenty again today

9 winners today from 29 bets, Ben Cheetham & Tom McGarrity both 5-4, Gary Pascoe & Vince Paige both 7-4 and 10 points, Jimmy McGarrity best of the day 11-4, Kevin Dighton 6-4 to maintain his place on the leader board, Mark Sharman 9-4, and finally Pete Long and Steve Carter both 7-4.

Good weekend for Vince in the plate as he moved into 2nd and within 4 points of the never yet headed leader, but Justin only 19 points behind with 4 games in hand.

12dec15 Wow!

So the 15 winners were

Village Vic 8-1, Pete Long, Dave Kingsbury, Ian Carpenter, Jason McConkey, Mark Sharman, Nigel Clifford.

Minstrels Gallery 4-1, Andy Stevens, Gary Pascoe, Natasha Tizzano, Ray Harper, Spenser Mills.

Lake Field 7-4, Chris Pascoe, Justin Sercombe, Kevin Wood, Vince Paige

Well done all of you!

11dec15 busy day

Nice card at Cheltenham and we are all playing 38 bets today but just 5 winners they were joint best of the day Annette Berg & Rod Brown at 4-1, Ben Cheetham brought up 4 winners in the last 5 with his 100-30 winner to go 8th, Helen Fahey 11-4, and finally a nice 10 point winner for Steve Carter who brought up 5 winners in the last 6 but still 12p down but moved onto the plate leader board

10dec15 Biggie again

Dave Klein leaps to 2nd with a v nice 25-1 winner Mark Quinn stopped the rot after his nice start was followed up by 12 losers he popped a small 9-4 winner.  6 of the usuals picked the now favourite for the Supreme Novices Min at 4-11 in Ireland they were Vince Paige, Stuart Bentham, Steve Carter, Barry Pemble, Chris Pascoe & Justin Sercombe leaving the only other winner as Carl Dean at 5-2.

So a few of the Plate favourites moving through to the leading pack but still well behind the pace setter Stuart Bentham who refuses to be reeled in and leads by 22 points.

09dec15 hand full

5 winners and joint best of the day at 8-1 for Jason McConkey & Pat Quinn Jnr, Andy Grinter moved to 2nd with his 4-1 winner, Ben Cheetham brought up a treble with a 2-1 winner, and finally Stam Moore at 5-2 to move 8th.

08dec15 Impressive tally today

None more so than Tim Catlin's best of the day 20-1 winner one of a total of 9 winners.  Nigel Clifford opened up his account with a very nice 12-1 winner to go 9th and a third as well as these two who broke their duck was Tom Feeney 2-1.  Ian Carpenter & Steve Carter both had a 1-6 winner, Justin Sercombe & Tom McGarrity 7-4 winners Ben Cheetham brought up a quick fire double with his 9-2 shot today to move onto both leader boards & finally Tommy Smith 5-1 to go into 13th.

A good day considering only 27 played

07dec15 Almost stationary

Well no one played at all at the top of the plate a sign of the standard of racing on offer today!

There were 4 winners Michael Brook moved up a place to 4th with his 11-4 winner, Steve Carter 1-4, Dave Kingsbury 1-7 made minuscule progress, leaving Ben Cheetham to claim best of the day with a 4-1 winner to sit still a little negative in 24th spot

06dec15 nice pickings in Ireland

9 winners today and they were all at Punchestown! Best by far was Kevin Dighton 8-1 to move into 4th spot.  6 of us all picked the impressive Yorkhill that won at 8-15 for 10 points we were Maurice Edgington, Stuart Bentham, Barry Pemble, Kevin Wood, Justin Sercombe & Vince Paige - which of course you could have all guessed!  Two were more brave and went for Oscar Sam at 6-4 and 10 points they were Gary Pascoe & Pete Long who both got off the mark with that winner.

Excel will be issued tonight and prizes are now confirmed as we have deleted the 3 who said they were playing but haven't paid - details on the front page of the excel

As we have earned a few £'s in interest over the last couple of years even after the engraving and shipping of the cup, we can afford to have an extra £50 prize this comp so £2,650 of total prize money for the 52 runners.

05dec15 Two Whoppers

Yes two people actually picked the winner of the Becher Handicap at 20-1 i have to say I reviewed the possibles for that and never got to the one that one it but well done to Richard Pascoe and Andy Grinter who now take 1st & 2nd respectively.

6 other winner apart from them Paul Berg 6-1 was the best to just sneak positive on +25p and that's 17th place.  Jason McConkey arrived in 5th spot on the leader board after his 5-1 winner. Ian carpenter followed him onto the leader board as well with his 2-1 winner to go 10th.  Tom McGarrity nudged up a bit with a 5-6 winner and there were a couple of short priced winners Dave Klein 5-2 & Steve Carter 6-5

04dec15 slow

Usual Friday evening diversions - Sorry!

Annette Berg, Jason McConkey, Lee Constable & Paul Stobbart all had a 100-30 winner and there were 4 others Kevin Wood, Chris Pascoe, & Stuart Bentham all picked the right 10 point winner in Ireland at 6-4 and Ian Carpenter pitched in with a small 10-11 winner as well.  so all change at the top of the plate

03dec15 slow day

Just 4 winners today after Clonmel was abandoned caused a few non runners.  The best of the day was Stan Moore at 100-30 to move 7th and Michael Brook the same to go 3rd, Andy Stevens picked his 3rd winner in 4 days to go 5th, and finally Carl Dean 1-2.

All quiet in the plate after Clonmel was lost

02dec15 standard fare

6 winners from busiest day so far 35 bets, Best of the day was Andy Stevens again with another 9-2 winner, Dave Kingsbury 2-1, Ian Carpenter & Kevin Roberts both 6-4, Steve Carter & Tom McGarrity both 8-11.

In the plate the 1-4 runner that got turned over by a short head cost me , Vince Barry and Stuart points but luckily both Richard Pascoe and Kevin Wood had losers!

01dec15 first monster winner

For Mark Nutting and I bet he was as surprised as we were 12-1 in the paper opened at 20-1 and won at 25-1 so obviously he leaps to top spot.  There were 5 other winners from a total of 24 bets today the other winners were Ben Cheetham, Paul Berg & Natasha Tizzano all 5-4, Carl Dean 11-10, Michael Brook 6-1 to move nicely into 5th.

Only Stuart Bentham of the leader board in the plate played today and he lost his 100% record as Mozo was beaten into 2nd place - still clear at the top though.