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.