10may26 JUST THREE

Best of the day me at 7-4 and only others were Stuart Bentham & Steve Taylor both 2-9

09may26 STOP PRESS

The missing runner from Steve Taylor was Union Island that just popped in at 25-1 - NEW LEADER! +£24.10

09may26 ONE TO GO

So before Steve's runner in the 8.25 tonight we have just two winners but one of note John Caley off the mark in style 16-1 to jump straight up to 6th the only other winner was Jason Stevens 100-30.  In the Victoria Cup 12 selections on 8 different horses we managed one 4th 10th, 18th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th almost too bad to believe :-)

On Friday the only winner of note was Jimmy McGarrity 7-1 

07may26 CHESTER DAY TWO

6 winners Jason Stevens off the mark with the best of the day 5-1, me 4-1 to go 7th, Ian Carpenter & Martin Long both 1-2 Tom McGarrity 4-7 & finally Tim Payne 13-8

Off to Chester and looking smart Stuart & Ben this morning 

 

06may26 NEW LEADER

Brilliant 25-1 winner for the defending champion Mark Lowry to go top other winners Stuart Bentham 1-12 Martin Long 13-8 & Vince Paige 2-1

05may26 COUPLE

 Just two winners Ian Carpenter 4-6 & Shelly Wood 7-2

04may26 SOME NICE WINNERS

6 in total four got off the mark, Adrian Hunt, Pete Long & Dave Fifield all 5-1, & Jake Fifield 7-2.  The other two were Robert Dudley best of the day 10-1 to go 2nd,  Kevin Dighton 8-1 to return to the leader board in 5th.

03may26 DOUBLE UPDATE

Major power problem yesterday not fixed until this morning lost router and power.  2 days in one yesterday 5 winners Ian Carpenter 11-8, Gary Pascoe and Tom McGarrity both 9-2, Martin Long 4-6 & Tom Elliston 2-1.  Today just 3 winners Stuart back after 2 days off at 1-3 Martin Long 7-2 and best of the day for me 5-1 winner of the 1000G  

01may25 A FEW GOOD ONES

Five winners Andy Warmington off the mark with a 15-2 winner to go 7th, Ben Cheetham 9-4, Tom McGarrity 2-7, Gary Dighton also off the mark 7-2, and finally Richard Pascoe 4-1 to move into 3rd spot nose bleed territory for RP!

30apr26 VERY SLOW

Just Stuart Bentham 2-7 * Jimmy McGarrity 7-4 and that was it.  Is it me or is the racing at Punchestown almost impossible to find a winner - what's going on

29apr26 FIVE IN TWO

Three nice winners, Steve Taylor & Richard Pascoe both 6-1 and by far the best 18-1 for Robert Dudley to move off the bottom into 4th, two more winners for Stuart Bentham.  

28apr26 DELAYED UPDATE

Sorry everyone double update tonight was away in London yesterday 

27apr26 JUST A COUPLE

Richard Pascoe off the mark with a 4-1 shot and Martin Long continues his very good recent run with another winner, 2-1.

26apr26 NICE WINNER

A nice 10-1 winner for Dave Sharman off the mark and into 4th, Stuart keeps up the winners, every bet this week was a winner, today's 1-4, Mark Nutting 4-1 and Martin Long also a good week 5 out of 6 winners with today's 13-8 and that puts him 3rd

25apr26 THREE

Stuart & Ian 10 points each in the plate with their 5-6 winner and Martin Long 1-2 and that was it on what seemed like a day we should have done better! Too late to do the tables people will keep picking runner in the evening!

24apr26 NICE SMATTERING OF WINNERS

A total of 7 obviously Stuart Bentham 100-30 on! The other short priced winner was Ian Carpenter 4-11, The  rest were headed by Jimmy McGarrity off the mark with a 7-1 winner, Gary Pascoe and Shelly wood both 2-1 Spenser Mills 4-1 & Kevin Dighton back positive with a 5-1 winner.

23apr26 3 again

Frank Tubman keeps up his 100% record with a second winner 9-4, Martin Long 11-8 & Gary Pascoe off the mark with a 2-1 shot

22apr26 JUST TWO

 One of course was Stuart Bentham 2-5 and the other Mark Lowry 4-1 - that's all!

21apr26 A SMALL SMATTERING OF WINNERS

5 winners Vince Paige 2-9, Dave Klein 4-6, Ian Carpenter evens, Luke Silk 5-6 & Martin Long 8-11

20apr26 ANOTHER SLOW DAY

Four winners Frank Tubman opens up with his first bet and pops in a winner 11-10 to go straight in at 7th.  Relentless and impressive from Stuart Bentham 4-11, Martin Long off the mark with a 4-1 winner to go 9th and finally rookie Tim Payne 5-2 to sit 5th overall

19apr26 ANOTHER THREE

Roger Dore & Tommy Smith both 7-2 so Tommy goes further clear at the top at this early stage with Stuart Bentham popping in his 8th winner from first 10 bets.  3 players still to have a bet!

18apr26 ANOTHER 3 TIMER

So just 3 again but a very nice 9-1 winner for Dave Klein to go 2nd and an obvious 1-3 10 pointer for the Stuart/Vince double

17apr26 BLANK

23 runners no wins! 

16apr26 ANOTEHR 6 TIMER

Three of them had the same 4-1 winner in the first, me, Kevin Wood, & Dave Brammer.  Stuart Bentham 5-4, Vince Paige 6-4 and Tom McGarrity 10-11 were the other 3.  

15apr26 STEADY DAY

 5 winners today Gary Cawsey another 7-4 winner Ben Cheetham, Ian Carpenter  & Steve Taylor all 11-10, Tom McGarrity best of the day 4-1

14apr26 FIRST BIG WINNER

6 winners today but the biggie was Tommy Smith 22-1 to zoom clear of course, Stuart, Steve, Vince & Ian all the same 10 pointer with the final winner Mark Nutting 4-1  

13apr26 DECENT DAY AT LAST

9 winners today but Steve Taylor just manages to hang on in the lead.  Tim Payne and Steve Carter both off the mark with there first bet to go 2nd and 3rd.  Stuart starts the relentless march to the plate cash!

12apr26 CAN'T GET PAST 3

So 3 winners again today Steve Taylor 5-2 to go top, Stuart Bentham & Vince Paige 8-11 and that's all

Excel on its way

11apr26 GRAND WINNER

Very impressive and fine winner in I am Maximus and a great ride, surprising that none of the 14 brave souls that risked a nap in the big one picked it!  3rd day and another day with just 3 winners Stuart Bentham 1-2 Steve Taylor joint top after a 5-1 winner and 4th with a 11-4 winner sits Tom Elliston 

10apr26 AINTREE LADIES DAY

3 different winners from the 3 yesterday and who now occupy the top 3 spots on the leader board again easy to work out! 

09apr26 DAY ONE

Slow start easy to guess the 3 winners, total 44 players (one to confirm Tim Payne) 21 to still have a bet 

UNDER STARTERS ORDERS

We have 38 players confirmed and paid 4 confirmed and unpaid ST, DS, AS, & a newby Tim Payne and 3 people still to decide SB, JC & DM.  So prize will definitely be £1,000 for first spot

Good luck all 

STOP PRESS:    SB confirmed, AS paid, JC confirmed and paid

PROPOSAL FOR NEXT COMP

 We are thinking of a slightly more unconventional approach.  Start of first day of Aintree Thursday 9th April but by doing that we will have a strange day to end on so extend the comp to 95 days (same 61 bets) so we can end at Stratford on Sunday 12th July

Reasonable hospitality option there Gallery Restaurant £135 per person inc. meal entrance card etc. 

Any takers? 

THURSDAY EVENING

Regular Thai spot and looking pretty refreshed Jimmy McGarrity & Paul Berg again 

CHELTENHAM PICTURES

After racing on Thursday L-R Jon Caley, Dave Sharman, Mark Sharman, Paul Berg

CELEBRATING THE VICTORY

 

Back row L-R Mark Lowry, Rob Dudley

Front L_R Ben Cheetham, Stuart Bentham & Paul Stobbart

Doing the cup proud welcoming it to the North in Style

18jan26 FINAL DAY REPORT

Met at Windsor and there was only one winner today and that was rather fittingly our new champion Mark Lowry, congratulations to him and we see the cup heading north for the first time.  Vince won the plate for the millionth time coming out on top in the usual battle with Stuart for the honours, Spencer Mills 'won' the lasts comp and gets a free go to the next comp I'm still amazed at the % of last placed finishers we get very nearly 8%

No real details on timings of next comp but won't be before Cheltenham but will capture Aintree, Punchestown, Newmarket and Royal Ascot, we will take a few soundings about a final day in Yorkshire or thereabouts around end of June early July.

Happy hunting, Vince will sort cash and final excel on its way 

17jan25 TREBLE

Just 3 winners Vince evens to wrap up first place in the plate, Mark Nutting 5-2 to nudge up to 4th and final winner was Shelly Wood 6-4.

Plate 3rd spot still in play but defo a long shot for me 

INTREPID TRAVELLERS

Stuart Bentham & Paul Stobbart arriving at Taunton to tick off another course for Paul in his quest to go to every course

Just leaves Perth, Ffos Las, Fakenham 

16jan25 FIVE WINNERS

Of most significance was Jimmy McGarrity only 11-2 but enough to lift him into 3rd spot (£250), other winners Vince & Stuart both 5 points and Martin Long moved into a cash spot in 7th (£50) with a 6-4 winner and finally Shelly Wood 7-2, not out of it on -£8.86 in this low scoring comp.  

2 days to go so can Mark Lowry hold on for his first win at his 11th attempt (first comp was 2017/18 #44) 

15jan25 THREE WINNERS

Stuart Bentham 2-9, Vinca Paige 8-13 and Andy Warmington 15-2

14jan25 EVEN TIGHTER!

5 winners all short priced and all 5 of the top 5 in the plate! So me 11-4 & 10 points, Vince & Ian 1-10 and 5 points, Mark Lowry 1-4 to go a little further clear at the top of the main leader board and finally Stuart Bentham 2-13 and 5 points

13jan25 TIGHTENING FOR THE CASH IN THE PLATE

Stuart Bentham 8-11 and 5 points to draw within 3 points, Ian Carpenter 5-2, Pete Long 13-2, Steve Taylor 4-1 to get close to the cash, Tom Elliston 10-1, Andy Stevens late tonight bangs in a 22-1 winner obv. best of the day and puts 13th just £6 off the cash and in the mix, finally Richard Pascoe 100-30 to go on the bubble in 9th  

12jan25 ONLY ONE WINNER BUT HIGH DRAMA

Mark Lowry continues his run with a 3-1 winner and that was just enough to sneak 13p ahead at the top of the leader board.

There has only been one winner with a total of under £20 in the last 48 competitions that's since March 2004!

11jan26 NICE WINNER MOVES LEADER BOARD

Mark Nutting at 14-1 to slip into 4th and poised!  Mark Lowry continues the slow reel in 2-5 winner today 5th on the bounce and 10 from the last 14.  Stuart Bentham gained another 5 points on Vince with a 2-15 winner and finally Tom Elliston 11-4.

Joint leaders in the last place consolation prize and in the spirit of that silly booby prize I think the person with the fewest winners should be the tie break - so that's Spencer ATM on zero!

10jan25 WELL THAT WAS CRAP!

10 out of 16 from the field and 18 selections and best we did was 2 x 2nd and a third!  Just Tom Elliston to go but not waiting only 2 winners Adrian Hunt 4-1 and Mark Lowry another small step nearer with an 4-11 winner.  John Caley joins Spencer Mills on 10 for the most last places - not got a rule for shared winner I'll think on it! 

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LANZAROTE TODAY

Now we are past 1:30 we have 

Lanesborough                SB, MLo

A Pai De Nom                MNu

French Ship                    V, SW

Beat The Bat                  RP

Came from Nowhere     GcW, MS, PS, TMG

Fasol                              JS

Goodwin                        JF, KW, TF

King of the Lake            DS 

Double Powerful            M, PB

Yellow Star                    CP

09jan25 THREE

Only 3 today 8-1 best of the day for Mark Sharman, Vince Paige 11-10, & Mark Lowry creeping closer with a 4-9 winner 

07jan26 ONLY ONE

Ian Carpenter was the only player to trouble the scorer today, catching me up in 3rd in the plate 

06jan25 PLENTY OF WINNERS

The best one was 11-1 for Roger Dore  

05jan25 THAT WAS EASY

Well a blank day messed up plenty of peoples plans! 

04jan26 DOUBLE

 Just two winners Shelly Wood evens and Adrian Hunt 11-2!  New joint Leaders for the lasts prize as John Caley catches Spenser Mills on 9 each

03jan25 BUMPER DAY

Completely inflated by all of us in the top 4 of the plate picking the same 4-11 winner, Jimmy & Tom McGarrity both 11-4, Gary Cawsey definitely in a purple patch 11-10 winner, Mark Nutting 9-4, Pete Long 7-2, none in total

LASTS LEADER BOARD UPDATE!

For those of you not really paying attention to this booby prize (£50 free entry next time), leader board is hotting up are some people actually targeting this? 

• 1st     9 Jon Caley
• 2nd    8 Spenser Mills    
• 3rd=  7 Pat Quinn, Dave Klein, Tom Feeney, Jimmy McGarrity (strangely also on the leader board!)

Four also on 6 losers - Andy Stevens, Richard Pascoe, Pete Long, Jake Fifield (another on both)

02jan26 MEAGRE FARE

Two winners only today, Mark Nutting 4-1 only £3 away from the leader board and Steve Taylor 11-8 only £4 away now.

01jan26 SIXER

HNY all!  Six winners for the first day these were Mark Lowry 6-1 to go second and Gary Cawsey 4 from the last 5 2-1 to go 3rd, Jimmy McGarrity & Shelly Wood both 11-2, Stuart Bentham & Vince both 5-6 and 10 points each