31mar17 I'm back!

Just 6 winners today me & Robert Logan the same 9-2 winner which was enough to bring me back onto the leader board, too little too late me thinks! Helen Fahey 7-2, Barry Pemble 6-4 & 5 points just about putting him back with a slim chance of the plate if he can find 2, 10 pointers. Ben Cheetham 12-1 and our last player without a win, Eamon Kelly, gets off the mark with a very nice 14-1 winner but in reality he needs 3 more of the same!

30mar17 and what a one!

So the last remaining bet from Thursday was Ray Harper in the 8.45 and in he smashed with a 33-1 shot to go into 6th.

I'll wait for the late ones tonight :-)

30mar17 One to go

Just waiting for run runner in the last at 8.45 so without that just 7 winners and they were me 5-2, Vince Paige & Stuart Bentham 4-6, Mark Nutting 6-5, Barry Pemble 5-6, Justin Sercombe 4-1 and 10 points, & final Mark Kelly also 4-1.

29MAR17 Back in UK

Back here and lap top facilities restored (sort of!)

A few nice winners over the past 2 days Joanne Hutson 10-1 to go back into the cash, Craig Connelley 12-1 to move onto the leader board, Dave Klein 8-1 to start challenging Spenser for 4th, Rod Brown 3-1 to nudge up a place or two and a very  unlucky Kevin Dighton 2nd at 50-1 for what would have been podium spot!!

27mar17 Disaster

Laptop died and is a write off nearest back up file I had was 4 days old so I have had to re-key 4 days worth of entries 3.5 hours!!

I have sent new file to Vince and he will distribute tomorrow as at Monday night close

Main news is of course the 33-1 winner for Matt Weekes to move him top nice hit!

25mar17 Not much happening

Just two winners on Saturday Andy Pitter 11-2 and me 9-2 that lifted Andy back into the money in 6th

24mar17 Just 4

Only 4 winners but some nice ones Tom Feeney 16-1 to move back exactly level and 16th, & Brian Hammon also 16-1 but he was further back.  The other two were Gerry McCann 7-2 and Ian Carpenter 9-1.  All the plate boys had losers except Stuart & Vince who sat out so a good day for them.

23mar17 Sparse

Only 5 winners on Thursday Annette Berg took the crown for best of the day with a cracking 15-2 winner to draw clear of Dave in 4th.  The other 4 were Dave Brammer & Dan Mason both 5-1, Kieron Badger 15-8 and Matt Weekes dead heta first at 5-1 (full odds given for dead heats per rule #17).  All the plate boys sat out.

21/22mar17 Sunny!

8 winners on both days with a couple worth a mention in particular Dave Klein 14-1 to zoom back up to 4th just a few pence behind Annette in 3rd.  Also Carl slightly extended his lead with a 9-4 winner now looking in a good spot with only 11 bets to go.  Joanne Hutson 7-1 to move back onto the leader board, most of the others were short priced plate boys, basically all matching each other!

20mar17 Double from Aruba

Just 3 winners Sunday best was Lee Constable 9-2 to move 6th, others were me at 4-1 and Rod Brown at 6-4.

Monday was better 9 winners the plate boys, Vince, Barry, Justin & Stuart all did the same 5 point 4-5 winner.  Joint best of the day at a nice 8-1 was Craig Connelly & Natasha Tizzano, others were Dave Brammer 11-8, Steve Carter & Tom Feeney both 7-2

18mar17 phew made it

Through the rigors of another Cheltenham festival that is!

So back to normal now and we have some winners again 9 in total Lee Constable best at 11-1 to go back onto the leader board and Carl Dean 5-1 to stretch clear!  Vince Paige Justin Sercombe & Barry Pemble all got back to normal with 5 point winners, Tom McGarrity 2-1,  Frank Farley 5-2, Craig Connelly 4-1 & Annette Berg 9-2 were the others.

I'm leaving for a break tomorrow in USA/Caribbean back 27th carry on as usual should be no problem but might be more erratic!

RULE REMINDER

Sunday 19th is the last day where rule#25 applies after tomorrow there is no restriction on the starting price of winners

17mar17 Day 4

4 great winners as well, Carl Dean 16-1 to take over at the top from Spenser, Pete Long 20-1 to move back into mid table, Matt Weekes 14-1 winner to move 4th and finally Paul Stobbart 7-1 to scrape onto the foot of the leader board.

16mar17 Day 3

Just two winners at Cheltenham that was best of the day Annette Berg 11-1 to move 3rd and Justin Sercombe 11-8 leaving just Robert Logan 1-12 for 3 points.

15mar17 Day 2

And not a very successful one in terms of naps only 4 winners and only one of them at Cheltenham that was best of the day for Jason McConkey on the incredible recovery from Might Bite at 7-2.  The other 3 winners were Annette Berg 9-4 to move up 2 places to 5th and both Dave Brammer and Frank Farley 11-8.  All the plate top boys were on Douvan so no changes!

14mar17 Day 1

Well one of us started the festival with a bang!  Jon Curtis, with only one solitary winner before today, napped the 25-1 winner in the opener - nice one he is now 35th that's a move up of 30 spots!  Only 4 other winners Carl Dean closed the gap at the top with his 5-1 winner that same winner as Kevin Wood which saw him back up to 11th.  Barry Pemble brought up his 11th successive winner with Altior at 1-4 to gain 3 points on most of his rivals in the plate who all picked Limini, finally there was Gary Dighton moving up to 10th with a 3-1 winner but from Sedgefield - come on!

13mar17 Here we go!

At last the game is upon us!

13 winners today not going to ponce about listing all those best of the day was Gerry McCann at 6-1 to move onto the bubble in 11th.

12mar17 Busy Weekend

Loads of bets both days nothing spectacular however.  Today there were 7 winners (yesterday 8), best of the day today was Gary Dighton 8-1 to move into 9th and above Kev!  Dave Brammer 1-5, Jason McConkey 11-4, Roger Dore & Ray Harper 5-2 to nip up into 3rd, Robert Logan & Stuart Bentham both 4-5 were the final two.

10mar17 triple

Update that is sorry for that big London event and a funeral yesterday.

Not the most active period 7 winners Wednesday and just 5 on the next two days and really the only standout was Kevin Dighton 28-1 and onto the leader board apparently now taking it serious and going to go on and win it.  A good couple of days for Vince in the plate as a head to head 10 point face off saw Vince win and Stuart only 4th so with plenty of bets left Vince's purple patch has for the moment given him the advantage but will the leader find more?

07mar17 Quiet

Just 4 winners Justin & Barry 5 points and 4-9 winner Mark Nutting best of the day second day in a row with a 3-1 winner and that leaves just our leader consolidating at the top with a 11-10 winner

06mar17 Nice Winner

For Mark Nutting at 14-1 but he still is down, one of 6 on the day, Ben Cheetham 6-1, Gary Dighton 11-8, Matt Weekes 13-2, Richard Pascoe 2-1, & Tom McGarrity 4-7 were the other 5.

05mar17 what a fight from Bellew

10 winners from just 33 bets today so nice %.  Best of the day was 7-1 for Darren Mills to get him close to break even, Ben Cheetham 9-2, 4 players all on the 4-11 5 pointer Vince, Barry, Robert & Ian.  Leaving Jimmy McGarrity 7-2 and the final three Kieron Badger, Kevin Wood & Paul Berg all 11-4.

Some very impressive winning performances from the top 5 plate boys of late Vince 12 from last 15, Stuart 10 from 15, Justin & Barry both 11 from 15, Robert has slipped back a bit with only!  7 from 15.  Although fair to say definitely not a recipe for winning the main prize 3 of them still down and the best is on +1.48 and not even on the leader board!

04mar17 Scrappy day

Not many winners just 8, joint top at 9-2 were Pete Long, Ian Carpenter & Andy Grinter, 3 plate boys picked the same 5 pointer at 2-7 they were Vince, Justin & Stuart, Robert Logan also picked up 5 points but at the giddy odds against price of 13-8! Leaving, last but not least, Dave Brammer who picked up a 2-1 winner with lastbutnotleast!

03mar17 One Week to go!

Chelters looms - 8 winners best of the day 15-2 for Gary Dighton to move onto the leader board, 3 plate boys Vince, Justin, & Barry 1-2 and 5 points.  Frank Farley 15-8, Nobby Camunzuli & Kevin Wood 5-2 to scrape onto the foot of the leader board mainly because I extended it :-), and Tom McGarrity 11-8.

02mar17 Double again

Sorry guys for another missed day and its late so just going to mention the one winner which was Wednesday for Roger Dore at 25-1 zoomed him up to 4th.  Have to say a very high quality leader board this comp loads of large totals.