30may11 Ibiza

39 bets 5 winners Jimmy McGarrity had a consolidating winner at 8-15 to nudge a little further clear now 6.62 ahead. Trevor James picked the best of the day (dead heat) at 10-1 and lifting him into the last cash position 6th. The three big guns in the plate all pick the same 6-5 winner in the evening meeting at Ballinrobe! for 10 points each.

These continual winners are starting to impact on the main comp as well Martin Long moved into the cash in 5th and i expect that will be particularly sweet as it means Pete Long moves back out of the cash - nothing like sibling rivalry. Pete is now 76p behind him they are both dormy.

28may11 new leader

Problem on login to this site now sorted so late report on Saturday's change of leader.

39 bets 7 winners Ken Jones kept up the pressure on the field in top place with a 2-1 winner but Jimmy McGarrity trumped that with a 8-1 winner to go 4.09 ahead on +34.26 also having had 2 more bets than Ken. Pat Quinn Jnr had a 6-1 winner to take over in 5th place from Pat Quinn Snr, Wayne Morton kept up his late run with a 9-4 winner to sit in 7th and only 25p behind 6th the first cash place. Other winners were Tim Catlin, Lee Constable and Pete Long his 17-2 winner enough to lift him back into the cash in 4th place

Very tight at the top of the plate Martin Long 179 from 54 bets, Justin Sercombe 176 points from 56.

23may11 dandylion

37 bets 8 winners all the usual plate boys had winners Martin Long, Justin Sercombe, Stuart Bentham, Kevin Wood, - so no change at all at the top as they were all 5 point winners!

In the main comp the leader Ken Jones slotted home a nice consolidating 5-2 winner to move back to +30.17 and 3.91 ahead of Jimmy McGarrity who sat out. Wayne Morton has had 2 winners in the past 3 days and has now moved into the cash in 5th. Jed Parramore and Vernon Tremble were the other winners.

Martin Long has now moved 8.91 ahead of Vince Paige in their side bet for who finishes higher looking grim for Vince.

Couple more gone dormy Barry James today and Danny Beaman yesterday

22may11 Rod's didn't win

Sunday saw 37 bets and 6 winners - the most significant was Jimmy McGarrity who popped in a 3-1 winner and Ken Jones missed out and so Jimmy pulled to within 1.41 of the lead, exciting stuff.

Martin Long pulled out another great winner over in Eire finding a 4-7 winner of a 18 runner race to secure 10 points and become almost certain to win the plate - well a few too many bets to really say that with 10 points on offer.

Kevin Dighton hit another winner to complete a double over the weekend - don't get to write that very often!

Crap bet of the day was me managed to pick the horse that finished 30th out of 30 at the Curragh - I think that just about sums up my efforts in this comp

21may11 one to go

Still waiting for Rod Brown's late runner so excluding that we have 6 winners from 39 bets. Better mention Kevin Dighton, our esteemed sponsor, as he had a 20-1 winner today obviously even with that miles away from troubling the leaders! at least he backed it and picked up a monkey.

Other winners included Martin Long to extend his lead to 9 points in the plate. But in the main comp Jimmy McGarrity collected a small 2-1 winner to catch up 3.00 on the leader he now sits just 5.41 behind and Ken Jones has 2 more bets to have - all to play for boys.

20may11 potato

40 bets and just 2 winners Stuart Bentham & Martin Long both with the same 11-8 winner. So no action at all on the main leader board. Well apart from Martin is now 2.48 ahead of Vince Paige in their 'who finishes higher' side bet.

Martin Long moved 1 point further ahead to +9 with his 3 point winner to Justin Sercombe's 2 point 2nd

19may11 fluke again

yes we are talking Pete Long again - another horse vaguely associated with a name in the Long family won at 12-1 so he is back in the cash 5th on +10.00. Only 2 other winner Kevin Wood 2-13! and Paul Berg 11-2 so that moves Paul back into striking range on +8.45 in the cash and in 6th.

Leader has a 7.41 lead and sits on +29.67

Plate still an 8 point gap at the top but Kevin Wood appears to be chasing them down a bit with a last minute surge and is only 9 behind Justin Sercombe and with a bet in hand

18may11 leader

Main news from the last two days is the double from Ken Jones, the leader who has now gone 8.41 clear of Jimmy McGarrity in 2nd. Other notable mover is Danny Beaman who has gone into 3rd on +17.38 just 13.29 behind the leader

Plate sees Justin Sercombe trim Martin Long's lead to just 8 points but Martin has 4 bets in hand

15may11 you lookin at me

Sorry for the missing days - excel has been sent so that should bring you all up to date some highlights have been Adam slater 14-1 to lift him into the top half and nearly even but the star at the weekend was Jimmy McGarrity with a 9-2 winner followed up with a 14-1 winner Sunday to leap to +24.26 only 2.16 behind the leader and he has had 3 more bets so probably leads.

In the plate the leaders have been finding some impressive winners in Eire at short prices but in big fields and that is certainly a tactic paying off for Kevin Wood who has surged to 118 points and back in 3rd place 14 points clear of Stuart Bentham in 4th despite having had 13 fewer winners only 8 to Stuart's 21!!

11may11 busy

Sorry pretty busy here in 92 degree Atlanta so will do 11th & 12th as a single update tonight

10may11 nice one

10 winners today from 40 bets most impressive were Roger Dore and Alan Mabb who both picked the same 12-1 winner Roger was pretty near the bottom but Alan now leaps to +6.75 in 7th just one place out of the cash. Pat Quinn Snr also picked up a nice 7-1 winner to go 2nd on +13.73 and 14.02 behind Ken Jones.

In the plate both Martin Long and Justin Sercombe had 5 point winners to remain 12 points apart in 1st & 2nd respectively.

Still waiting for the wording for the proposed rule clarification from Vince Paige & Steve Walton

09may11 book'em

35 bets and 6 winners and some nice movers on the leader board today. Danny Beaman with a 14-1 winner shoots in 2nd on +12.38 but still 16.37 behind our leader Ken Jones who also had a 6-4 winner. Other winners were Alan Mabb 6-4, Stuart Bentham 4-6, Rod Brown 7-2, and John Hannigan 6-1.

No change at the top of the plate Martin Long remains on top 12 points clear 2 bets in hand.

Rule clarification relating to people selecting horses for other players, there may have been some issues here give us a day or two

08may11 its late

7 winners from 37 bets - nothing brilliant and no real changes at the top of either leader board.

Excel has been sent

07may11 LHR

Just 3 winners from 41 bets on a tricky Saturday with loads of us napping in the 28 runner handicap!!

Winners were Wayne Morton 8-11, Jed Parramore 8-11, and Bert Peart with a very lucky 9-2 winner. My horse came alongside in the straight at Ascot looking sure to win, jockey was driving with whip in right hand and horse veered violently to the left blowing it's chance and handing the race to Bert - cost me a GBP550 collect :-(

Not much action in plate Kevin Wood in 3rd is now only 8 points behind Justin on level bets.

someone find Martin Broderick and get him to have a bet - can't have someone with zero points

Come on wolves 2-0 up as I write - lets see Chelsea do that as well for a great day

06may11 leader wins again

41 bets 6 winners and that brings up the 300th winner of the comp. Ken Jones improved his lead with a nice 9-2 winner to go 16.30 clear. Other winners were Pat Quinn Snr. Stuart Bentham with a three timer, Kevin Hall, Jimmy McGarrity, Gary Pascoe.

Th big mover in the plate is Jimmy McGarrity who is now sitting 6th although had a few more bets than those above him. Martin Long is 17 points clear and with 3 bets in hand.

Joanne Hutson went dormy today

05may11 ineffective

43 bets today and only 3 winners Pat Quinn Snr 12-1, & Jnr 8-11, and Kevin Hall 5-1, so the 12-1 winner basically took Pat to around level.

Just a single point for Martin long to nudge into a 18 point lead after Justin missed for teh 3rd day in a row

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04may11 big one

46 bets today but a pretty low win count only 7 and none of real note. Ken Jones remains in the lead by 10.80 from Paul Berg 2nd, Barry James is 13.00 behind the leader in 3rd, Pete Long after his 5-1 winner rises to 4th 13.75 behind the leader. Trevor James 5th and Vince Paige 6th.

Probably need to mention lucky winner of the whole comp on 03may11 for Pete Long - Outlaw Pete running in 5th/6th behind, the leader slips up and the next 3 all run out :-) and his nap goes on to win!

Justin Sercombe failed to score with his two bets in the past two days so Martin Long's one bet one winner pushes him 17 clear with 2 bets in hand - will anyone ever catch him now?

Someone please stop Ferguson it will be too much to bear

DORMY UPDATE

Following 12 players are all now dormy:

Pete Feeney, Martin Broderick, Ian Carpenter, Roger Dore, Mark Dighton, Joanne O'Brien, Mark Nutting, Lee Constable, Mark Orlando, Adam Slater, Gary Pascoe, Peter Long.

The list is in reverse order from the leader board - i.e. Pete Long is best placed

02may11 SEAL it!

37 bets today and 5 winners biggest was Tom Feeney at 14-1 but as he was pretty nearly bottom he remains -8.25 even after that. Perhaps the most significant was Ken Jones' winner at 5-2 that just sees him ease back out to an approximate 10.00 lead again, nice tactic. Other winners were Vince Paige, Daniel Beaman and a newly focused Adam Slater who since going dormy a week ago has picked 3 from 7.

Plate saw Martin Long fail to score so the 5 point 2nd that Justin Sercombe picked pulled him back to 12 points behind and brought up his century.

Excel has gone

01may11 LOL

So in the 1000g we had between us 17 naps and this is what we managed to achieve from an 18 runner field:-

5th - 1

6th - 3

7th - 1

15th - 3

16th - 1

17th - 1

18th - 7

Pathetic and enough said on a day with no winners