Derby Day

Bankok for me today 2 good runs and fairly open race 8-1 is tempting

FINAL RESULT

Final race is over and Andy Stevens stays out in front after Mark Nutting's 2-1 shot could only finish 2nd.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ANDY who wins for the 2nd time

There were 3 winners on the final day all 10-1 Jamie Hill to move into 4th Rod Brown and Tom Feeney

LEADER'S SELECTIONS

Final day selections for the top 10

Andy Stevens - Waterville Damcer KIL 6.10
Ian Carpenter - Bellevarde Windsor 6.20
Mark Nutting - Hertiage WIN 6.20
Martin Long - Love and Be Loved WIN 5.20
Chris Pascoe - Morley Gunner MUS 4.10
Maurice Edgington - Parisean Artiste WIN 7.20
Richard Pascoe - Chavi Artist KIL 6.10
Jamie Hill - Boudica Bay MUS 2.30 (10-1 1st)
Gary Pascoe - Parisean Artiste WIN 7.20
Ben Cheetham - Call Me Cheers WOL 2.55 (10-1 4th)

12may19 SUNDAY'S RESULTS

Just two winners Nobby Camunzuli best of the day at 6-1 but of more significance was Mark Nutting's 6-4 winner to move him 2nd and just £1.86 behind the leader - all to play for tomorrow

NB bets must still be in by the usual cut off of 1.30pm, I'm at my meeting from 5.30pm but will put up the position or an interim update if I can before I go and then of course as soon as I am back.  

Sorry can't make Windsor and not sure if anyone is actually going

No excel update tonight top half of the table on the blog if you are not on that list then you need a winner better than 33-1 to snatch victory, there was a 125-1 winner only the other day that we all missed :-)

SUNDAY'S SELECTIONS

Sunday's selections for the top 10

Andy Stevens - NO BET
Ian Carpenter - Belle Power LEO 4.35
Mark Nutting - Pallixandre LUD 4.50
Martin Long - NO BET
Chris Pascoe - All Good Things LUD 1.55 LOST
Maurice Edgington - NO BET
Richard Pascoe - NO BET
Jamie Hill - NO BET
Gary Pascoe - NO BET

Ben Cheetham - NO BET

11may19 SATURDAY JUST 2 WINNERS

As below Vince sowed up the plate with a 4-9 winner and Roger Dore picked a cracking 20-1 winner just too late!

11may19 NO CHANGES NO WINNERS

Among the leaders - will update shortly

PLATE WINNER CONFIRMED

Vince Paige picks another 10 point winner to confirm his victory in the plate with just one bet to go, Robert Logan 2nd, Stuart Bentham 3rd and in theory, I could still catch Kevin Wood in 4th but the prize is the same so the main comp is where I'm concentrating. 

SATURDAY'S LEADERS SELECTIONS

Saturday's selections for the top 10

Andy Stevens - Setting Sail ASC 2.15
Ian Carpenter - Who's Steph NAA 3.20
Mark Nutting - Remarkable ASC 4.00
Martin Long - Quick Brew HEX 3.15
Chris Pascoe - Glorious Journey ASC 4.00
Maurice Edgington - Presidential ASC 4.00
Richard Pascoe - NO BET
Jamie Hill - NO BET
Gary Pascoe - NO BET

Ben Cheetham - Raising Sand ASC 4.00

10may19 LEADER WINS

Just 3 winners and of most note was the 13-8 winner for Andy Stevens to move just that bit further clear and force 2nd & 3rd to just go for that slightly longer priced winner - nice move.  Other winners were best of the day for Pete Long at 9-1 and Helen Fahey 100-30.

10may19 LEADER'S SELECTIONS

Friday's selections for the top 10

Mark Nutting - Zorawar WOL 7.40
Andy Stevens - Coeur de lion CHE 5.15
Ian Carpenter - Kachy CHE 4.10
Martin Long - NO BET
Chris Pascoe - Baraweez CHE 1.50
Maurice Edgington - I'm Available ASC 4.20
Richard Pascoe - Speedo Boy CHE 3.35
Jamie Hill - Henrietta Bell MRA 1.40
Gary Pascoe - NO BET

Ben Cheetham - Success Days CHE 2.25

09may19 BIG WINNER

Yes, a 33-1 winner today which took Jamie Hill from the lower reaches to 8th and in the last cash paying spot.  Vince and Robert both scored 10 points with their even money winner which means that Vince just needs 3 points from his last two bets to be certain of regaining his plate title.   Carol Carter moved up to 11th and close to cash with her 7-2 winner & Jason McConkey also picked up a 7-2 winner. 

09may19 LEADER'S SELECTIONS

Selections for Thursday

Mark Nutting - King of Tonga CHE 3.00
Andy Stevens - NO BET
Ian Carpenter  - NO BET
Martin Long - Growl CHE 1.50
Chris Pascoe - Cold Fusion HUN 2.45
Maurice Edgington - Copper Knight CHE 1.50
Richard Pascoe - Fool For You CHE 1.50
Gary Pascoe - Somekingofstar HUN 1.40
Ben Cheetham - Mowhawk CHE 2.25

And in the plate, Robert Logan and Vince have done the same Carrie Des Champs TIP 5.10

08may19 THANKS

Nice easy update for Wednesday no winners at all!

LIGHTNING DOES STRIKE TWICE

Now I'm thinking I'm the only punter in the UK that followed up yesterday's Liverpool bet by also backing Tottenham to score 3 goals and win what a couple of days and 4 figures up!

Update first thing in the morning just got in from London event!

08may19 LEADER'S SELECTIONS

Mark Nutting - Society Queen CHE 3.00
Andy Stevens - NO BET
Ian Carpenter  - Red Invader SOU 6.10
Chris Pascoe - Damon Runyon CHE 4.05
Martin Long - NO BET
Maurice Edgington - Technician CHE 3.35
Richard Pascoe - Sigurd KEL 3.20
Gary Pascoe - Ittellmema FON 5.10
Ben Cheetham - Technician CHE 3.35

And just so you can all say you know someone who did bet last night I backed Liverpool to score 4 goals and win - very nice collect :-)

07may19 NEW LEADER

6 winners today and most of them with significance on the leader board, of course, the main one was Mark Nutting's 12-1 to go £1.27 in the lead.  Best of the day wasn't that but the 16-1 winner for Dave Klein that brought him back onto the leader board in 12th and back in the mix.  Chris Pascoe moved up to 4th with his 9-2 winner and I chased him up the list with a 4-1 winner to go 6th.  Finally, there was mark Sharman at 9-2 to go 20th at -£1.62 and Ian Carpenter 6-5 in a 4 horse race to edge nearer to Andy in 2nd now on 28p off. 

06may19 B HOL WINNERS

6 winners today 2-9 for Ian Carpenter who continues his well thought out wind out of the extra bets to reduce Andy's lead to just £1.48 and also for Stuart Bentham who achieved his target of 40 winners.  Vince Paige & Robert Logan picked the same horse which won at 5-4 and 10 points and that might be enough to see Vince home 8 clear and a bet in hand.  Alan Sparks 11-8 and best of the day just for me at a lowly 6-4, clawing my way up the leader board and still not out of it which is a comment that applies to the whole list!

05may19 SUNDAY'S RESULTS

Before the results, this is a very competitive and close comp this time I just looked back and in the modern era, so say the last 30 competitions since 2006, there have only been 2 winners with totals below that of Andy Stevens' current mark of £26.25 and the average across those comps has been just over £45 which implies this comp is here for the taking with the top 20 all with £30 and the top 10 all within £20.  Easier said than done of course!

Back to today just 5 winners and a nice best of the day for Tommy Smith at 14-1, but he needed it and a couple more!  Vince popped in what looks like a pretty decisive 10 point winner at 5-6 to retake the lead in the plate  Richard Pascoe 5-4 to move ahead of his brother into 4th Ian Carpenter 2-7 and he unwinds his bets in hand on the leader and finally me 9-4 to consolidate my position in the final cash spot. 

Looks like I can't make the final day at Windsor I'm having to chair a governors meeting at the school - sorry

04may19 SATURDAY'S REULTS

Just a measly 4 winners and two of them were 2-5 for Ian Carpenter & Stuart Bentham, Kevin Wood went back positive and to the foot of the leader board with a 6-1 winner but not enough for best of the day which was Adrian Hunt at 14-1. 

03may19 FRIDAY'S RESULTS

6 winners and a nice best of the day at 11-1 for Jason McConkey, Helen Fahey 7-1, Martin Long 13-8, Nobby Camunzuli 11-8, Richard Pascoe 9-4, & Stuart Bentham 1-4 were the other 5 winners. 

02may19 THURSDAY'S RESULTS

7 winners today nothing massively special, three in a row for me with a 3-1 winner today that was also selected by Mark Sharman, Carol Carter & Martin Long both 5-4 and Ben Cheetham, Ernie Moore & Will Parker all 11-4 was all there were. 

01MAY19 WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS

Best of the day was a very nice 16-1 winner for Nick Griffin and I think it would be fair to say he needed that!.  8 other winners Ben Cheetham & Helen Fahey both had a nice 9-1 winner to put Ben back on the leader board.  The others were me again and 13-8 again, Michael Brook 5-1, Mark Nutting 5-2, Nobby Camunzuli 4-1, and the plate boys Robert & Vince both 11-10. 

30apr19 TUESDAY'S RESULTS

On Tuesday there were 6 winners the best of the day was Rod Brown at 8-1 to nearly take him to level Richard Pascoe 3-1, Stuart Bentham 1-8 and three of us me, Mark Lowry and Paul Berg all 13-8.

29apr19 SORRY SO CRAP!

Away all weekend and v difficult to do a proper job as you, I'm sure, have noticed skipping forward to Monday as you all have the excel update from Sunday.  Monday we had 7 winners these were Ernie Moore 9-4, Gary Pascoe 4-1 & best of the day for Gary Dighton at 5-1, Kevin Wood 6-4 & 10 points to open up a yawning gap over me in the plate as I have had to sit out all weekend, Robert Logan 11-10 & also 10 points to go back top in the plate getting a bit tighter at the top now, Richard Pascoe 2-1 & finally Stuart Bentham 1-6 and his 36th winner!!

26apr19 FRIDAY

8 winners on Friday and some nice ones best of the day for Carl Dean at 9-1 closely followed by Spenser Mills at 8-1.  The others were, Gary Pascoe 11-4, Helen Fahey 5-6, Ian Carpenter & Kevin Wood 7-4, Richard Pascoe 15-8 & Vince Paige 8-13.

25apr19 SEVILLE

That's where I'm off this weekend so expect updates to be a little erratic.  6 winners today 2 at 2-1 Will Parker & Nick Griffin, Robert Logan 2-9, Ian Carpenter 15-8, best of the day for Mark Nutting at just 3-1, finally Stuart Bentham 8-11

24apr19 DOUBLE UPDATE

Tuesday saw 6 winners best of the day for Carl Dean at 4-1 - Actually it wasn't Carl recorded but forgot to mention here Kevin Dighton's 12-1 winner - sorry Kev!

Today saw a very nice winner at 12-1 for Steve Carter as best of the day

22apr19 JUST 4

But certainly not just for Carol Carter who smashed in a 14-1 winner to go 11th Ben Cheetham also got back onto the leader board in 15th with his 6-1 winner the same winner as Gary Dighton and finally Stuart Bentham keeps up the sterling work with his 32nd winner at 2-7.

21apr19 10 WINNERS

Check out the excel on its way joint best of the day was 6-1 for Dave Brammer & Jamie Hill

20apr19 AS YESTERDAY

4 winners but this time a significant one best of the day and zoomed him up to 2nd for Martin Long at 12-1.  The other 3 were Gary Pascoe 2-1 to nudge a place or two Paul Berg 7-2 & Pete Long 11-2. 

19apr19 LEEDS WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!

4 winners today nothing all that special Alan Sparks & Ian Carpenter both 4-9, Dave Klein 5-1 and best of the day and Michael Brook 4-1 to sit just 50p down. 

18apr19 WELL DONE

A dozen winners on a day of major changes all over the leader board as it all becomes very competitive.  So top best of the day for Andy Stevens & Gary Pascoe the same 14-1 winner to move top and 4th respectively.  Others were Carol Carter 5-2, Carl Dean 9-2, Chris Martin 5-1, Chris Pascoe & Stuart Bentham both 4-7, Robert Logan 4-9, Ian Carpenter 4-1 to go into the top 3, Jason McConkey & Will Parker both 2-1, and finally Tom McGarrity 5-4, phew!

17apr19 SOME!

5 winners today another nice winner for Michael Brook best of the day and 17-2, Mark Lowry & Mark Sharman both 6-1, Roger Dore 15-8 & Vince Paige 10-11 were the only other winners. 

16apr19 LOTS

10 winners yesterday Robert Logan brought up an 8 timer and Ian Carpenter a 7 timer with the same 1-4 winner.  Chris Pascoe continued his new consolidation tactic at the top with that same winner as well, Roger Dore 2-1, Paul Stobbart & me both 100-30, Joint best of the day for Mark Sharman & Michael Brook at a nice 8-1 Kevin Wood kept up the pressure on me in 4th in the plate with a 5-6 winner & finally Brian Hammon moved back up the leader board with a 9-2 winner. 

15apr19 HOW SAD IN PARIS

Does make this seem a bit trivial I suppose hard to believe no casualties but let's hope so.

8 winners for us only one of significance Will Parker 6-1 to move to +61p the top 4 in the plate all picked the same 1-2 5 point winner and Chris Pascoe & Ian Carpenter both 4-9, Mark Sharman 15-8 was the only other to trouble the scorer!

14apr19 MISSING

Sorry missed a couple of reports but excel on its way.  Sunday saw one very nice winner for late entrant Alan Sparks at 20-1 to take him to the foot of the leader board.  Vince & Stuart banked a 5 pointer each at 4-7, I finally got back into winning ways with an 11-8 winner and Kevin wood consolidated 5th place in the plate (the last cash spot) with a 5 point  2-5 winner.  Finally, Ian carpenter rounded off a great week for him bringing up a 5 timer with a 6-5 winner he has moved from -13.33 to +16.07 with 6 from 7 in the last 8 days!

11apr19 GO KOEPKA

Guess who I backed at 25-1 :-)

7 winners today Vince & Robert at the top of the late another 10 pointer and 6-4 to move a little clear of Stuart.  Ian Carpenter continues his sudden discovery of form with a 3- winner to close on the leaders a little. Other winners Alan Sparks &  Tom McGarrity both 6-4, Colin Warmington 13-8 and very nice best of the day for Dave Brammer at 11-1 to sit just off the leader board in 21st.

10apr19 BUSY

8 winners the same 4-7 winner for the top 3 in the plate which is hotting up into a very interesting run-in with Vince holding the slight advantage of games in hand at the moment.  Joint 12-1 best of the day for Spenser Mills and Ian Carpenter so they are both now on the leader board and in the mix.  The other 3 winners were Ben Cheetham 8-1, Chris Martin 11-2 & Colin Warmington 4-1. 

09apr19 LOADS

9 winners Andy Pitter 3-1, Alan Sparks 10-11, Chris Pascoe a nice consolidating bet as leader evens, Colin Warmington returns to the leader board with a 5-1 winner, Ian Carpenter best of the day 9-1, Jamie Hill just behind him with an 8-1 winner.  The final 3 were Vince Paige & Robert Logan 10 points each at 5-4, finally 5-2 for Michael Brook. 

08apr19 JUST 3

New leader Chris Pascoe by virtue of him sitting out but 5 games behind 2nd & 3rd so a bit of a false leader really.  Best of the day for Steve Taylor at 8-1 making progress up the table, the other two were the plate boys Stuart & Robert both 2-9. 

07apr19 PLENTY OF WINNERS

With a couple of nice ones headed at 11-1 by Steve Carter which was sufficient to get him to the foot of the leader board, closely followed by Halen Fahey 3 from 4 and an 8-1 winner today, Vince Paige & Robert Logan the same 6-4 winner and Stuart Bentham 5 point for his 4-9 winner.  At the top of the leader board, Chris Pascoe's 7-2 winner closed him right up to with 15p of the leader.  Gary Pascoe swapped places with me and knocked me onto the bubble with his 9-4 winner.

Excel update on its way

06apr19 VERY IMPRESSIVE

Tiger Roll's performance of course under an extra 10lbs from last year justified a very mean price.  6 players picked that joint best of the day for them all as per the list below the other two were Stuart Bentham who went off-piste to pick up a 5 point winner at 4-5 and the final winner was Richard Pascoe at 3-1. 

So that winner took Andy Stevens into a slight lead at the top of the table - nice one!

GRAND NATIONAL SELECTIONS

A summary of all the players in the Grand National today

Tiger Roll - ASt, BC, I, K, RL, V
Rathvinden - JMc, JMg, NCa, TMg
Dounikos - AG
Noble Endeavour - AH, PL
Jury Duty - CM, CW, AP
Ballyoptic - CP
Vintage Clouds - DBr, G,
General Principle - GM
Step Back - MS
Minella Rocco - NG
Joe Farrell - PM, SC
Walk in The Mill - ST

Good Luck everyone

05apr19 HANDFULL

5 winners on Friday Ben Cheetham 11-8, Brian Hammon 2-1, best of the day for Gary Pascoe 8-1 and back on the leader board & finally 9-4 for Helen Fahey & Roger Dore. 

04apr18 NICE RACING AT AINTREE

8 Winners for us Dave Klein 4-1, Helen Fahey & Mark Sharman both 11-4, Jason McConkey & Tom McGarrity both 9-4, Best of the day 13-2 for Richard Pascoe to go 7th, Martin Long 5-1 to put himself right in the mix at the top of the table which is very tight & finally Roger Dore 4-5.

Given the very tight position at the top, I have started the bets to go number on the main leader board as pretty critical when you are just a few pence different from those around you.

SPARE DAYS UPDATE

Hi

With 40 days to go including today, the following people are at or close to dormy:

DORMY - Jo Hutson

1 SPARE DAY - Gary Dighton, Paul Moulton, Alan Sparks

2 SPARE DAYS - no one

3 SPARE DAYS - Andy Grinter, Kevin Dighton

03apr19 LATE AGAIN

Sorry got sidetracked by Brexit!  Just 4 winners best of the day for Will Parker 5-1 to move to the foot of the leader board, others were Kevin Wood 2-1 now just 24p down, Andy Grinter back after a quiet period with a 3-1 winner & finally Mark Lowry 15-8.

Good luck at Aintree - Clan Des Obeaux at a flatter track looks a good bit of value even though I backed Kemboy at the festival, plenty of others look strong though 

02apr19 TWO NICE WINNERS

Andy Stevens secures 2nd spot with a nice 12-1 winner, all very tight now among the top 3.  Other winners were Martin Long & Andy Pitter 5-2, Chris Pascoe 8-13, Ian Carpenter joint best of the day with Andy finally gets a nice winner 12-1 to get him galvanized.  Nick Griffin follows up yesterday's start with a nice 5-1 shot & finally Tom McGarrity 6-4. 

01apr19 DOUBLE

Just 2 winners Kevin Wood 10-11 and finally off the mark (the last to do so) Nick Griffin 11-4 and best of the day

31mar19 SLOW DAY

5 winners today 2 of them for the plate boys Vince & Stuart at 1-2, Ben Cheetham a quick weekend double with a 7-2 winner, Mark Lowry 9-4 and finally best of the day for Nigel Clifford at 8-1 to nip back up to 5th place. 

30mar19 UP TO DATE FOR SATURDAY

For Wednesday's update see Vince :-)

Thursday 7 winners best was Richard Pascoe 12-1 so back on the leader board for him

Friday another 7 winners joint best of the day was 5-1 for Ernie Moore, Paul Stobbart, & Steve Carter

Saturday 12 winners with Paul Stobbart at 7-1 the best showing, others worth a mention across the 3 days of this update were Stuart Bentham 3 winners from 3 and Robert Logan 2 from 2.  

26mar19 DISASTER!

Well, that is perhaps a bit of an exaggeration but my laptop screen got cracked and has died so this week's updates might be difficult as I was planning to take it with me as I'm away so Vince may have to do some of the typing!

Anyway, today we have 8 winners 3 all at 4-6 for Stuart, Vince, and Robert for 10 points each in the plate, Ernie Moore 7-4, Jamie Hill 11-10, Martin Long consolidating again at 1-2 and Mark Nutting catching up with a 3-1 winner.  Finally, Nobby Camunzuli best of the day 11-2. 

25mar19 MORE NICE WINNERS

6 today three of them were Alan sparks, Brian Hammon & Will Parker 6-1, consolidating with a 4-6 winner was Martin Long, Gary Pascoe 11-2 and finally Robert Logan also 4-6.   

24mar19 NICE SELECTION OF WINNERS

8 of them in total all useful but nothing massive so starting with even more rare event of Paul Berg and a treble at 9-2, he reckons that the Maurice kiss of death! 3 were all on Trans Express at 8-1 (were the 3 in the know there?), Andy Stevens, Carl Dean & Tom Feeney? Other winners were  Paul Stobbart & Jimmy McGarrity both 5-1, Kevin Wood 5-4, best of the day for Martin Long to go 3rd at 9-1.

Excel on its way

23mar19 SATURDAY UPDATE

8 winners on Saturday and they were, Dave Klein evens, Gerry McCann 4-1, Paul Berg brings up a rare double with 11-2 winner.  Stuart Bentham 1-3, Steve Carter 11-2, Will Parker & Tom Feeney 9-2, Tom McGarrity 13-8 were the others. 

Saturday update delayed

Sorry been out all day so update will happen Sunday morning

22mar19 SHORT OF TIME

7 winners best of the day was Paul Berg 15-2!

21mar19 BUSIER

7 winners nothing spectacular though.  Alan Sparks & Ernie Moore both 4-5, Gary Pascoe Rod Brown, & Jason McConkey all 15-8, Stuart Bentham 8-15 & Vince Paige 8-13. 

20mar19 GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS

Good really only affects me - sorry!  Jade, recently 17, passed her driving test today I can finally hang up the taxi outfit all I need do is get her a car :-(

Bad, "We have left the EU" party all set up for next Friday looks like it will be postponed - or will it!

Well that was about as exciting as today got with poor racing that most of us left alone, we did manage 3 winners Ben Cheetham & Carl Dean both 9-2, and  Ernie Moore drought up a quick double with an 11-4 winner.

19mar19 A FEW MORE

7 winners today but nothing that special Steve Taylor brought up a double with the best of the 3-1, 3 selected a 2-1 winner, the leader Chris Pascoe, Gary Dighton & Jamie Hill, and the other three all went for the same 8-13 winner and they were Ernie Moore, Stuart Bentham & Robert Logan. 

18mar19 BECALMED

Just 4 winners today me and Ben Cheetham evens, Steve Taylor best of the day 7-1 and Kevin Wood 5-2, so nothing much else to report

17mar19 QUIET DAY

Only 20 bets today and two winning horses for 5 players 1-3 for me, Vince Paige & Stuart Bentham and 11-2 joint best of the day for Mark Sharman, to reach the foot of the leader board, and Paul Moulton. 

16mar19 AFTER THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW

Just 4 winners Vince Paige 11-4 & 10 points to go back 2nd in the plate, Dave Klein & Gary Pascoe joint best of the day at 3-1, & Gary Dighton 1-2. 

15mar19 WOW WHAT A DAY

Essentially disappointing terrible start with Sir Erec that was going to be the star of the day and for me the Gold Cup lived up to my expectations of a low grade (relatively) race most jumped poorly and lots didn't run up to their potential so all that coupled with a 50-1 & a 66-1 winner summed up the day none of our group even had a collect!

We did manage 3 winners between us Brian Hammon a nice 6-1 shot away from Cheltenham, Kevin Wood 7-2 and best of the for Gary Dighton Pentland Hills 20-1, seems like Gary's good at this meeting he won the special naps comp at this meeting last year and of course he is the defending champ!

OK back to normal now

14mar19 NICE PERFORMANCES TODAY

On course today we saw some very nice performances especially from Frodon and Siruh Du Lac a good day to be there.  We managed 7 winners 4 of which were Paisley Park for me, Helen Fahey, Stuart Bentham & Robert Logan.  Jimmy McGarrity had joint best of the day with Kevin Dighton with Frodan at a heavily backed 9-2 finally Mark Lowry also a joint best of the day as well on Siruh also 9-2.

I think tomorrow is tough


Triumph Hurdle 1.30 how can we look past the favourite Sir Erec after that run in Ireland but at evens (say) I think we have to leave this one alone as bad value, especially for us older types who remember the Daily Express Triumph Hurdle days when 33-1 seemed to be a common winning SP.

Gold Cup 3.30 must pass comment on this! So as I can't back Native River looking at those last two runs and I'm yet to be convinced Presenting Percy is really of a Gold cup standard, Clan Des Obeaux won impressively in The King George but that wasn't really expected and maybe it was a one-off.  So I'm back again with Mullins again and Kemboy looks good value but this is hardly a massive endorsement, maybe this Gold Cup is a bit below standard?

13mar19 GREAT WINNER

and a new leader Chris Pascoe picks William Henry in an impossible race at Cheltenham yesterday at 28-1 to go top, inspired selection.  7 other winners 3 of them were Altior for the top 3 in the plate, Andy Pitter, Rod Brown & Kevin Wood all 7-2, Mark Lowry 4-1. 

Thursday just Paisley Park in the Stayer Hurdle 3.30 for me!

DAY TWO MUSINGS

Just picking the races I have some sort of idea and there are plenty that it would be better to leave alone namely 2.50, 4.10 & 4.50. 

Ballymore Novices Hurdle 1.30 only included because I was given a tip today on course for Sams Profile backed a little bit today in from 14-1 to 10-1 as I write, nothing too secret as it is the RP selection but I shall be backing it!

The RSA 2.10 I have been thinking about Elliot's runners' Apples Jade & Hardline both well fancied, to say the least, and both went out like a light at the business end of their races.  So until I see one of his perform I'm not backing them so that takes Delta Work off the list and for me means Santini should win this :-)

Queen Mother 3.30 clearly can't look any further than Altior won't back it at 2-5 but will cheer it home.

Champion Bumper 5.30 need an Irish runner and who better than Blue Sari, only one run is a bit of a risk but that run was pretty special wasn't it so good enough for me

12mar19 DISAPPOINTING

The Champion Hurdle that is I thought that would be the highlight of the week but to have none of the 3 main players even make the frame was incredible as evidenced by the Tricast dividend of £22,068 for £1!!!

For us, there were just 5 winners best of the day was me with the 6-1 opener always a good way to start the festival the other 4 winners were all 5-1 they were Brian Hammon, Helen Fahey, Steve Taylor & Nobby Camunzuli.

Roll on tomorrow but look out for the 8am inspection!!

11mar19 HERE WE GO

Just 4 winners for us today Stuart Bentham 1-2 to close up on the leaders in the plate, Carol Carter joint best of the day at 4-1 to return to the leader board, Jamie Hill 4-6 and the other joint best of the day Pete Long 4-1. 

Well the waiting is over here my day one thoughts

Supreme Novices 1.30 - can we ignore the Mullins well backed soft ground specialist that is Klassical Dream to kick off the meeting for the Irish? 

Another Irish runner in the Ultima Handicap Chase at 2.50 this time Harrington's 22-1 shot Magic of Light looks a bit overpriced in a race that is pretty easy to leave alone

The big one The Champion Hurdle 3.30, defo the best race of the day for me and what a top 3! I certainly can't look beyond those runners.  Apples has been running great but as Vince says does she travel after last year? So for me, it has to be Laurina, she has won here & has won a G1 unbeaten since moving to Mullins from France and best value of the 3 especially in receipt of 7lbs

Amateur Riders Challenge 5.30 well with the expected soft going you really do have to look to a runner that you know will get the trip so for me that cuts most of the top priced runners and leaves me looking at Impulsive Star 3rd in this last year, so if you have to have a get out of jail bet in the last this might be it.

So that's 8031-1 accumulator!!

10mar19 SMASHING WINNERS

10 in total today and some great winners top of the heap was Martin Long at 33-1 to zoom up to 2nd and Andy Stevens backed up yesterdays 9-1 winner with a 20-1 winner today to go 5th.  Vince Paige, Stuart Bentham, and a late entrant Alan Sparks all picked 8-13 winner.  Alan is a blast from the past who last played in 2011, welcome back!  Others on the score sheet were Andy Grinter 4-1, Gary Pascoe who joins his sons on the leader board with a 15-2 winner, Mark Sharman 7-1, Tom Feeney 11-2, & Tom McGarrity 4-9. 

09mar19 SPURS BLOWN IT :-(

Just 6 winners for us today out of 41 bets so not so good.  They were best of the day for past winner Andy Stevens at 9-1 and that got him off the mark, Kevin Dighton & Tom McGarrity both 7-1, Mark Lowry evens, Rod Brown 3-1, Robert Logan a nice 11-8 10 pointer to consolidate at the top of the plate.

08mar19 BIG BUILDUP FOR NEXT WEEK

10 winners between us on Friday so a quick canter through them.  Vince Paige, Robert Logan, Stuart Bentham all the same 1-2 winner, Ben Cheetham, Gary Dighton, Jimmy McGarrity & Steve Carter all the same 7-2 winner, Gerry McCann & Mark Nutting both 11-8 & Jamie Hill 7-4. 

07mar19 MAN U

6 again for us best of the day 10-1 for Dave Brammer and a nice 8-1 winner for Nigel Clifford to go 2nd, others were Paul Berg & Spenser Mills both 2-1, Robert Logan 10-11 to go back to the top of the plate & Stuart Bentham 2-5. 

06mar19 LATE

A very light day on Wednesday just 21 bets but some nice winners best was Nigel Clifford 7-1,  Jo Hutson off the mark at 9-2, Richard Pascoe 8-13, Stuart Bentham 4-7 & 5 points enough to go top of the plate on countback, and finally Tom Feeney 6-1. 

05mar19 DOUBLE

Yep that's all just 2 winners Spenser Mills 3-1 to jump up a place above me into 4th and Mark Nutting our recent leader a nice consolidating bet at 2-1.

There won't be an update tomorrow I'm out at an event in London.   

04mar19 USUAL MONDAY

Just five winners today, Spenser Mills & Jason McConkey both 6-4, Ben Cheetham & Kevin Wood both 11-10, and best of the day for Nigel Clifford just 3-1. 

03mar19 MEGA WINNER

Mark Nutting picks a 40-1 winner today (restricted to 33-1) to zoon to the top of the leader board.  There were 5 other winners they were Will Parker 9-10, Roger Dore 7-2, Mark Sharman off the mark with a 3-1 winner & Gerry McCann 7-2, & Colin Warmington 9-4. 

02mar19 SIX OF THE BEST

Yes just six winners on the busiest day of the comp so far 41 bets,  Half of them were the remarkable 11-2 about Crooks Peak that was me, Mark Lowry & Gerry McCann, Adrian Hunt got off the mark with the best of day 7-1, as did Gary Pascoe with his 6-1 winner and finally Nobby Camunzuli also 6-1 to move to one off the leader board.

01mar19 GOOD DAY

9 winners today best of the day was Brian Hammon 6-1 to move a clear 2nd, me again! that's 4 from 5 at 6-4, Mark Lowry 6-4, Nigel Clifford & Tom Feeney both 5-1, Rod Brown 5-4, Ricard Pascoe 4-6 to move ahead of his brother Chris, Stuart Bentham 30-100, & finally Spenser Mills 6-5. 

28feb19 DOUBLE UPDATE

Wednesday when I was at a London event and a bit pissed there were just 5 winners, best of the day was 11-2 Richard Pascoe.  Today there were 7 Best of the day for the second time in the same comp (a rare event indeed) was me at 9-2 others were Chris Martin & Gerry McCann both 7-2, Jamie Hill & Will Parker both 8-11, Roger Dore 4-1, & Stuart Bentham 8-15

26feb19 HOT STUFF :-)

8 Winners for us today so just a quick list, Vince Paige & Robert Logan both 4-9, Carol Carter 5-1, Carl Dean 7-4, Colin Warmington & Mark Nutting both 2-1, Nigel Clifford & Spenser Mills both 10-11. 

25feb19 GLOBAL WARMING!

6 winners today with the best of the trophy going to Will Parker for taking on the 1-9 shot and turning it over other winners included the leader Colin Warmington 9-2 to move nicely clear at the top, Brian Hammon 7-2 to go second, Helen Fahey off the mark at 5-2, Jamie Hill 4 from the last 5 at 4-6 & finally Roger Dore 5-4. 

24feb19 SLOW ONE

Just 3 winners today best was Jamie Hill 9-4, then just 9-10 for me and Mark Lowry

Excel on its way

RULE CLARIFICATION

Hi

We have had a couple of amended results recently that have involved peoples selections.  At the back of the weekly excel is the schedule of rules that we have gradually over the 18 years got together.  The pertinent ones are repeated below:

#19     All bets will be settled on the final result not first past the post
#23     All bets are settled on the result on the day after stewards inquiries not on appeals
#32     Void races - all bets treated as a non-runner even if some horses finish and are paid by some bookmakers

We will take another look at these at the end of this comp and see if any further clarification is required given that some bookies paid out on the first past the post basis yesterday

23feb19 NICE DAYS RACING

9 winners today and very excitingly I was best of the day at 4-1, Vince Paige & Stuart Bentham, tracking each other with a 1-8 winner, Robert Logan 30-100, so all the top 3 in the plate scored 5 points each.  The other 5 winners were Jason McConkey, Pete Long & Tom McGarrity all 5-4, Paul Moulton off the mark with an 11-4 winner and finally, Roger Dore 5-2. 

22feb19 RIDICULOUS

Number of winners 15 today so here's a simple list:  Tom McGarrity & Andy Grinter 11-4, Nigel Clifford & Brian Hammon 7-1, Dave Klein & Carol Carter 5-1, Carl Dean 100-30, Michael Brook & Gerry McCann 6-4, Mrk Lowry 9-4, Mark Nutting 5-2, Paul Berg 7-4, Richard Pascoe 13-8, & finally Stuart Bentham & Vince Paige both 1-6.

21feb19 NEW LEADER

Colin Warmington picks an 8-1 winner and moves back top.  There were another 5 winners on a pretty slow day Chris Martin 9-2, Jamie Hill brings up a double with a 10-11 winner, Kevin Wood 2-1, Mark Lowry 2-5, & Richard Pascoe, joining his brother on the leader board, with the best of the day 12-1 winner - looks like just dad to pull his finger out then :-)

20feb19 BLOODY LOADS OF WINNERS

What's going on 13 winners today so here goes!

Rod Brown best of the day 10-1 to move 2nd, next Dave Brammer 13-2, Michael Brook & Brian Hammon both 5-1, Carol Carter 7-2 to make the leader board, Chris Martin, Jimmy McGarrity & Jamie Hill all 7-4, Will Parker 6-4, Mark Lowry & Paul Stobbart 13-8 me 30-100 & finally Stuart Bentham 1-4 - phew!

19feb19 TREBLE

Just 3 winners today but all quite nice Spenser Mills best of the day at 8-1 to go second, Andy Grinter 7-1 & Tommy Smith 3-1. Too late for any more!

18feb18 BIG WINNER

New leader Chris Pascoe who smashes in a great 20-1 winner who was probably that price himself to top the table after his recent form - only one winner in the last two comps! 3 other winners Carl Dean & Jason McConkey both the same 4-1 winner and Stuart Bentham moves 3rd in the plate after a 2-7 5 pointer.

17feb18 BLANK DAY

27 bets and not a single winner between us not helped at all by the 2018 Grand National winner winning in a 2m 5f hurdle!

First update will follow by email

16feb18 Man C to win 8-0!

37 entries today and a fine 10 winners.  Top was Rod Brown 8-1 closely followed by Spenser Mills 7-1 to go 2nd, Brian Hammon 7-2, the leader, Colin Warmington,  went 2 from 2 with his second winner at 11-10, Dave Klein was clearly in the know picking Cockney hill at Kempton that was backed overnight from 20-1 to 13-8 favourite (the rule 4 deduction on this doesn't apply in the comp).  The other 5 were me 5-2, Ernie Moore evens, Martin Long 6-4, Nobby Camunzuli 3-1, & Paul Stobbart 4-6.

15feb18 still slow

Plenty still to start but 6 winners today and of course the stand out was 14-1 for Colin Warmington to sit on top at these early stages.  Kevin Wood 4-1, Nobby 11-10, Richard Pascoe 2 from 2 at 8-11 and Mark Lowry & Mark Nutting both 13-8 were the others.

14feb19 LOVE YOU!

4 winners today best was just evens for Richard Pascoe, Vince Paige & Robert Logan, for the second day running, picked the same horse which won at 9-10 and that took them joint top of the plate which now has a very familiar look as Stuart Bentham took 3rd with his 1-3 winner. 

13feb19 DAY TWO

After a blank start day good to get back to racing and feel that Cheltenham will happen.

Three winners today Pete Long 6-1, Mark Nutting 11-8 and me 9-10 but only 16 players today out of a total of 52 confirmed and 49 paid.

Unders Starters orders

45th comp about to start tomorrow (Tuesday 12th)

A bit of a smaller entry to this one rather surprisingly as it covers all the big NH meetings so far 46 entrants paid and 5 said yes but unpaid so that is just 51 down from 65 last time

Good luck everyone

FINAL AGREED DATES FOR THE NEXT COMP

Sorry a slight amendment to the dates shown below it now starts on Tuesday 12th February to finish on Monday 13th May at either Towcester (if they have recovered from their bankruptcy) or as a reserve Windsor - both evening meetings