As usual need a short gap before starting again!
Working backwards from a nice evening meeting at Windsor on Monday 11th July means a start on Tuesday 12th April, get that final day in the diary let's see if we can get critical mass to occupy the whole of the Champagne and Seafood bar again :-)
Details will follow in a few weeks and Vince will do the honours on the prize distribution next week
Already got new players - welcome to Adrian Hunt a well known racing journalist who paid me today and is already in! And it looks like Steve Carter and Tom Feeney partners' have accepted the challenge to play next comp having stated that this looks easy - fighting talk!
Maurice
Saturday, 20 February 2016
Ascot final day
L to R Tom Feeney, Maurice Edgington, Steve Carter, Andy "the Champion" Stevens, Nigel Clifford, Stanley Moore, & Roger Dore - photo kindly taken by Jade
20feb16 What a great final day
Congratulations to Andy Stevens who smashed in a 33-1 winner to snatch top from Kevin Roberts who's stay at the top was remarkably short lived, a tough loss to get over although sitting at -£8 only two bets ago sure he would have settled for 2nd!
But 4 other very nice winners Pete Long 12-1 to go 4th, Mark Sharman to go 7th, another hard luck story this time Andy Grinter who napped Stan Moore's runner at Lingfield and it won at 14-1 to take him to the bubble - hope he backed it. Finally Rod Brown 10-1 but that still left him in the bottom half.
A very nice piece of laying by Nigel who worried about the possibility of Andy's horse winning backed it enough to cover what he lost in prize money.
Stuart Bentham topped the winners chart with 40 out of 61 bets but still didn't make it into the cash in the main comp - for once no-one got cash from both supporting the contention that you can;t win the main comp and do well in the plate
But 4 other very nice winners Pete Long 12-1 to go 4th, Mark Sharman to go 7th, another hard luck story this time Andy Grinter who napped Stan Moore's runner at Lingfield and it won at 14-1 to take him to the bubble - hope he backed it. Finally Rod Brown 10-1 but that still left him in the bottom half.
A very nice piece of laying by Nigel who worried about the possibility of Andy's horse winning backed it enough to cover what he lost in prize money.
Stuart Bentham topped the winners chart with 40 out of 61 bets but still didn't make it into the cash in the main comp - for once no-one got cash from both supporting the contention that you can;t win the main comp and do well in the plate
Friday, 19 February 2016
19feb16 ready for tomorrow
For those going to Ascot tomorrow I'm aiming to be on course by around noon first race is 1.15.
So obviously only one story (see below) but I just checked back and Kev has napped that horse twice before in January both times it was hopeless so a little more easy to understand, unfortunately he's working tomorrow so won't be with us. Nigel Clifford, the leader coming into today, picked a 5-2 winner very honourably not selecting the 1-33 fav in the two horse race. Pete Long was the only other winner with a consolidating bet to keep him in the cash - smart move given how tight it is from 6th to 10th.
Plate is finished no changes in the order can happen tomorrow
So obviously only one story (see below) but I just checked back and Kev has napped that horse twice before in January both times it was hopeless so a little more easy to understand, unfortunately he's working tomorrow so won't be with us. Nigel Clifford, the leader coming into today, picked a 5-2 winner very honourably not selecting the 1-33 fav in the two horse race. Pete Long was the only other winner with a consolidating bet to keep him in the cash - smart move given how tight it is from 6th to 10th.
Plate is finished no changes in the order can happen tomorrow
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