Monday, December 31, 2007

£19,764.44 .................

net profit in 2007 , well short of my £30,000 target , the first time i have missed my £30k target since i left the city rat race in june 2002 . This has been the first year of my blog but i feel the blog itself has been a help rather than a hinderance and that there is no connection between the poor year and the blog as i feel my discipline has improved somewhat and thats down to the online diary .



My gross profit is £23,759.44 take away my subscription fees of £3995 leaves £19,764.44 .



A brief analysis of the services i used in 2007 :


ISIRIS


The highlight of the year for me happened in november with the introduction of the more user friendly and selective service , no more days with 5 insiders , i had ceased backing the insiders as i struggled to get on and i have been brought up with being selective with my betting and having 5 bets in a day from one service was of no interest to me . I was and still am a great supporter of the new system and i look forward to a successful 2008 with isiris , having just 4/5 bets a week at most .
The introduction of the new system was soon followed by membership to isiris closing and no more advesrtising in the racing post , in effect a private members advisory service has been introduced .
I contacted kevin early in december and told him that i was intending to continue my blog in 2008 , i was aware of the closure of membership and ceasing the adverts and had an idea of what he was trying to create with the revamped isiris , i asked whether he had any objections to me mentioning isiris and the bets on a daily basis , he responded that he would prefer if i dropped the daily bets and p/l , i have no problem with this and instead in 2008 all i will mention is a weekly p/l from isiris .

MARK HOLDER

2007 not a vintage year for mh followers , frustration followed frustration , the year was brought to an apt close by cemgraft today finishing 4th but with a 33/1 shot bolting and being withdrawn the ew terms were reduced to the first three . i experienced my longest ever losing run with mark since i joined in 1998 BUT for all this we still ended comfortably in profit for the year so i still remain positive and have every confidence in mark going forward especially with no flat bets in 2008 .

OPTIMUM RACING

A definite positive in 2007 was optimum racing , i admit i was not saying this earlier on in the year as the service struggled , and yes i did cut my stakes but i just felt i had to do some firefighting so to speak , part of the early struggle i feel was andrew starting up his own service as previously he was with mark holder , and he had to combine the pressure of advising and running a business . But wow did he turn around the p/l in the second half of the year , andrew concentrates on chases and also runs syndicates under the optimum banner with city affair being the flagbearer so far improving and wining 3 races on the trot in august and has been raised 25lb since coming under the care of tim vaughan , a trainer to note in 2008 .
I am looking forward to the future with optimum in 2008 .

CONCLUSION

This time last year if i was told that my profit would be a little more than £19,000 in 2007 i would have been most disappointed but after finding myself over £7500 in deficit during february im not too downhearted .
I have not enjoyed the last year as much as previous years , with the bottom line not progressing to levels i had previously experienced this is not surprising but the main reason has been the difficulty in getting on , no longer can i place the bets via the internet from home i now trawl the shops in london , overall i have not experienced too many problems but i now work in some pretty shappy parts of north london and my line of work means i have to carry some lumpy sums of cash on me and i have had a few scary moments and i have to remain vigilent at all times .
I will be continuing with all 3 services in 2008 and all that is left is to wish all a most happy and prosperous new year .

DIRK DIGGLER .

that just about sums up 2007 with mark holder ...........

advises a 16/1 shot ew in a 16 runner hcap , finishes 4th ............. happy days you would have thought ................. only problem was that a 33/1 shot bolted at the start unshipping the jockey was withdrawn quite correctly but we lose the 4th place payout !!!! im sure mark and his followers will be pleased to see the back of 2007 from a gambling perspective , as it has been an uphill struggle all the way and we have just not had the rub of the green , im not looking for sympathy and im not moaning , in this game you have to take these reverses in your stride , if you get wound up and go over these things in your head , it will do you in !!! get over it and march on there is no point churning it over , is my philosophy .
i am not someone who harps on about the past or has regrets , i prefer to have a positive attitude and look forward to the future and thats what im doing ................. roll on 2008 !!!!

monday

MARK HOLDER

1.10 war CEMGRAFT £150 ew @ 16/1 unpld 4th -£300
1.10 war LES BAUX BELLE £75 ew @ 12/1 £75 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£300

Saturday, December 29, 2007

what a marvellous day ................

spurs win a 6-4 thriller and isiris advise a 10/1 main account winner , to get me out of jail on the week , happy days !!

saturday
ISIRIS
MAIN ACCOUNT
HORSE A £350 ew @ 3/1 2nd -£140
HORSE B £100 ew @ 10/1 £100 ew @ 8/1 £50 ew @ 7/1 WON +£2580

MARK HOLDER

3.15 bang MY MATILDA £150 ew @ 14/1 -£300

OPTIMUM RACING

3.10 newb ITS CRUCIAL £300 @ 5/1 unpld -£300

PERSONAL TRADING

i played in one race , place laying two in the 3.10 newbury , they finished 1st & 3rd so i sadly could not build on the isiris profits losing £288.97 in the process , this was a little more than i wanted to risk but i was at spurs and using the betfair mobile and by the time i had tried to cancel an old order it had been filled !!!

Thursday, December 27, 2007

6th consecutive losing day ................

talk about a strong finish to the year ................... NOT !!! optimum gave out a selection in the coral welsh grand national runs well to finish 5th just about sums up my gambling at the moment and for the year , when i took the isiris message i was in a ladbrokes shop who were quoting the selection @ 5/2 against a top price 7/2 and general 3/1 so i decided looking at the make up of the race and strength of the fav to back it @ s/p , my thinking was vindicated as he was returned @ 4/1 .

thursday
ISIRIS
super insider
HORSE A £150 ew @ 4/1 2nd level

OPTIMUM RACING

2.05 chep GEEVEEM £150 ew @ 16/1 unpld -£300

no late christmas present for me ..................

only a £588 loss , thankfully it was not a really busy day as i was travelling to relatives , i even had to give my spurs season ticket away .................. they go and win 5-1 to record their biggest win of the season and im not watching , sods law !!!
i was at a hills shop when i took the isiris message so i was a little limited in prices i could take .

boxing day

ISIRIS
MAIN ACCOUNT
HORSE A £300 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£600
SUPER INSIDER
HORSE A sp @ 2/1 3RD HORSE B 3/1 WON +£312
£100 ew both £50 ew double

OPTIMUM RACING

2.35 weth VICTOR DALY £150 @ 11/4 £150 @ s/p unpld -£300

Monday, December 24, 2007

weekending 22nd dec ....................

no denying this week was a poor one and last weeks profits were erased with interest , a loss of just short of £2000 on the week ................... just what you want before christmas !!! a tiny profit from isiris thanks to the super insider on thursday which was paid at the sp of 15/8 rather than the advised price of 13/8 , losses on the week from optimum 6 points and mark holder 5 points and myself £350 all added up to a deficit of £1934.33 .

so with 6 days racing left in 2008 my total stands at £23,696.41 and im must be trading at 1000 to reach the £30k ...............

the end of an awful week .................

so looking forward to three blank days if honest , the only bright spot today was england and the weather saving the 3rd test thereby producing my only profit on the day .

saturday

ISIRIS
super insider
HORSE A £100 ew @ 4/1 unpld -£200

MARK HOLDER

1.20 ascot LYES GREEN £75 ew @ 48/7.4 unpld -£150

OPTIMUM RACING

3.05 hay NIKOLA £450 @ 2.92 2nd -£450

PERSONAL TRADING

nothing on the horses but i had a winning test match , trading the match i had an all green book with the draw my biggest winner of £175 the other two results both producing a £25 profit , so a profit of £167.47

Saturday, December 22, 2007

not much to report ..............

a loss of £130 from myself , nothing from the services i subscribe to .

friday

PERSONAL TRADING

i opposed two in the 1.05 ascot to small amounts on the place market , they finished 1st & 3rd ! my only saving grace was that i didnt get too heavily involved and i lost only £130 on the race .

Friday, December 21, 2007

overall another disappointing and losing day ..............

as i ended up with a deficit of £487.50 but i felt relieved to be honest to keep the loss under a monkey , i had a bonus as well , as i will expain .
mh played in the 1.20 exeter 2pts ew , i managed to get on @ 13/2 so i was well chuffed as the selection opened @ 5/1 i was even more happy as the race progressed as he was travelling well enough and looked to my eyes to be assured of finishing in the first four as they raced into the mist ................ coming out of the gloom though he was knowhere to be seen , on the missing list so to speak finishing 15th out of 16 .
my little bonus came in the isiris race , i had £300 @ 6/4 on the selection , but he drifted like the contiki ,on the shows he touched 2/1 before returning the 15/8 second fav , with the fav capsizing someway out it was an easy bloodless victory , but my win was tempered by taking 6/4 for a horse that returned 15/8 a difference of £112.50 ........... so i was well pleased to be paid out @ 15/8 as the bookie was best odds guaranteed on exeter races !!

thursday

ISIRIS
super insider
HORSE A £300 @ 15/8 WON +£562.50

MARK HOLDER

1.20 exeter MANHATTAN BOY £300 ew @ 13/2 unpld -£600

OPTIMUM RACING

1.40 lud WALSINGHAM £300 @ 4/1 3rd -£300
2.40 lud PRESENT ORIENTATED £75 ew @ 20/1 unpld -£150

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

a uninspiring couple of days at diggler towers ..........

a small profit on tuesday followed by a larger loss today , all of my own making so to speak with nothing from my services , although i did today call the isiris bet correctly , not the horse but the race ! i was not taken in by the time of the call , i positioned myself in the shop where i felt i could get on rather than a tote shop that had the best terms (1/4 odds) and as it happens best price , but i was accomodated to the full sum requested no questions asked so happy enough .

tuesday & wednesday

PERSONAL TRADING

i ended the day with a profit of £141.40 , mh gave a good word for watch my back at catterick and optimum gave a good word for polar gale at the same venue , i had a £50 double @ 7/4 & 6/4 with sid james , bingo on the first leg and drifting to a sp of 5/2 so happy days as they pay out guaranteed odds , unfortunately some sloppy jumping cost me on the second leg as came a close 2nd , but i layed polar gale i/r £200 @ 2.02 , hence my profit of £141.40 .
today was a case of me going for a small touch , i had the value but at the end of the day a £400 loss , i dont get much information and to be honest most of it in 2007 has been disappointing , today turned out to be no change on that front ............. but i got a strong message from a usually reliable source , only get messages from this chap 3-4 times a year but we talk on a regular basis , the horse was jardin de vienne in the newbury 12.30 i was told to take an early price as there would be money for this one , i invested £200 ew @ 5/1 , then mh gave a favourable mention to the horse so i was happy , money duly arrived i did think of laying half the bet off but resisted . the horse travelled ok but found very little when asked and could only stay on at the one rather slow pace to finish a well beaten 5th , a loss of £400 today , so over the 2 days a negative balance of £258.60 .

Monday, December 17, 2007

ive had better start to weeks ..................

personally and work wise , after a blank sunday , today i finished the day with a deficit of £425.70 , with the days ticking the £30k is looking a longshot especially with 3 days off before christmas but being honest my head wasnt right today as i had to cope with some personal difficulties , i do usually find that on days like today its best to clear your head and take some time out but i decided to kick on , the losing day though had nothing to do with the problems that surfaced today and i would have lost today regardless of my personal troubles .

monday
ISIRIS
insider
HORSE A £150 ew @ 3/1 r4 15p unpld -£300

summed up my day beaten a shd for 3rd ............

PERSONAL TRADING

mh had a few ideas he was negative at the prices on daltaban in the plumpton opener , i was considering going against my laying philosophy and lay this one in the win market but i resisted , with harry hindsight i should have considered a place lay .............. he was also keen on pocket aces in the 1.20 i had £75 ew @ 8/1 , and i left an order to lay my win bet back @ 3.00 i/r this was matched as he came from off the pace looking for all the world the winnner , trading long odds on but he just did not quicken but i still collected £191.77 on the race , the remainder of the day went rapidly downhill although i was pleased with my position when the tapes went up for the 2.25 as i had layed both ironside and kiltimoney for £140 each @ 2.12 & 2.14 respectively in the place market , although ironside was always front rank kiltimoney was being rousted along early doors , to the horse and jockeys credit they kept on well , so that cost me £317.47 giving me a loss of £125.70 on the day .
have been trading the 3rd test between sri lanka & england and at present i have £50 @ 2.74 on the draw which is currently priced @ 1.51/1.52 .

Sunday, December 16, 2007

weekending sat 15th dec ..................

a profit of £1351.90 on the week , p/l level from mh , i lost £200 from my own acount , optimum erased the previous weeks loss with interest with a profit of £990 and a decent week from isiris , although a loss of £200 on the insiders i made just over £750 on the main account , last sunday i couldn,t get my bet on to full stakes this was a faller and worked in my favour but then on thursday with me travelling to cheltenham i was unable to take full advantage of the advice given as i restricted to minimal amounts .

THE30KCHALLENGE ........................... +£25,630.74

thats why i use these advisory services ............

after my selection today afsoun finished out of the money , before i left for cheltenham i invested £100 ew @ 9/2 , 6/1 was freely available on track although he was supported into a final sp of 9/2 losing his position 3 out he stayed on well but 2m these days are on the short side for him , paddy brennan rode a superb tacttical front running performance on osana reminiscent of the early martin pipe years but sadly the race was marred by the loss of macs joy .
another superb days racing at the home of the winter sport , again mrs d ended the day in front with 3 placed efforts and a win in the opening via harper valley .......... yes perhaps im paying the wrong people , roll on mrs digglers advisory line !!!

saturday

ISIRIS
insider

HORSE A £100 ew @ 11/1 unpld -£200

OPTIMUM RACING

1.20 ling MAGOT DE GRUCY £150 ew @ 5/1 WON +£900
2.40 chelt IL DUCE £150 ew @ 15/2 unpld -£300

PERSONAL TRADING

just the one bet for me £100 ew @ 9/2 on afsoun , a loss on my personal account of £200 .

close but no real cigar ...................

felt more like 10 damp bensons !!! another crossbar hit today by mh in the form of roman villa as the well handicapped jack the giant stayed on much the better to deny us , should not have expected anything else , i dont want want to become dirk the parrot but this really has been a year of near misses from mh im still well in front on the year but it has been a frustrating year .
had a lovely day at cheltenham although i do wish id packed my thermal socks ! mrs d was a star picking out joe lively and calgary bay, so finishing the day with a healthy profit and insisting on picking up the tab for dinner at a very nice thai restaurant , happy days !

noticed that you had to study the boards to check out the place terms , no longer are the terms uniform with quite a few quoting 1/5 odds first 4 and even 1/6 odds first 3 , a situation that does not show the bookmaking fraternity in a good light .

i do not wish to go into too much detail on yesterdays isiris account bet , kevin spoke a lot of sense on todays message although i would say that from all bar one of the isiris clients that contacted me had there bets referred with one lucky guy getting £100 ew , one £37.50 ew and the rest a pony ew , thesedays most bets to take out £500 are ptl (referred-permission to lay) by the high street bookmakers .

friday

MARK HOLDER

2.30 chelt ROMAN VILLA £300 ew @ 7/1 2nd +£120

Thursday, December 13, 2007

mixed emotions again ............

frustration mainly , stayed with friends overnight enroute to cheltenham so i had to rely on the internet accounts for "getting on" ............. or not as was the case !!! im too old in the tooth to get too wound up by todays events , yes its frustrating but not much you can do . i received a few emails from folk who experienced similar problems and were less than pleased that the bookies would not allow them £200 ew @ 40/1 & 25/1 .................. get real folk !!!!

anyway lets move on , have a good few days , updating next on monday as will be without lap top till then .

thursday

main account bet

HORSE A £11.70 ew @ 40/1 £22.50 ew @ 25/1 3rd +£171.90

after the 25/1 next show was 16/1 after being advised @ 40/1 i wasnt gonna take 16/1 , betfair were trading around 16 on the win market and 3 in the place so that avenue didnt offer any value .

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

a day of mixed emotions .............

yes p/l wise a decent one but most of my day was spent on the phone to various call centres as i had my wallet nicked this afternoon on the way home from wood green , no money just cards and various forms of id , so im well up for a bit of identity fraud over the coming months ........... deep joy ......... NOT !!!!
at least a decent winner from optimum cheered me up , off to cheltenham with the mrs tomorrow afternoon for a few days racing staying up at cleeve hill , a lovely part of the world and really looking fwd to it especially after todays episode .

wednesday

MARK HOLDER

1.10 leices arthurs dream £150 ew @ 11/1 3rd +£180

OPTIMUM RACING

2.40 leices mibleu £150 ew @ 11/2 WON +£990

PERSONAL TRADING

nothing today basically due to the situation outlined earlier but i did have a bet on saturdays international hurdle at cheltenham , im really sweet on the chances of afsoun , the way i see it my selection is fit and well , sublimity if the trainer is to be believed wont be 100% and will need the race , katchit needs to prove he has trained on this year ,to my eyes he lacks scope and i have a feeling we may have seen the best of him , straw bear bled last time out in the champion , jazz messenger would be a worry but looks like navan is his destination ........ that in my book leaves macs joy who i believe is a danger , not sure if he is the same horse from 2 seasons ago but even still a decent seasonal reappearance on ground that would not have suited , and he must be expected to come on from that run , macs joy is respected but i have invested £100 ew @ 9/2 on afsoun .

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

3/1 isiris main account winner ................

gets me out of jail , overall a small loss on the day . i had to choose my shop correctly today as i knew the race would be flagged up as a ptl bonanza by the high street bookies with anything over £99 ew being referred . i managed to get most of my bet on @ the 3/1 but i may struggle next time as i heard dissenting murmurs from the cashiers after the win .............. fickle lot these bookies !!!
mh continues to be out of form BUT he was correct in alot of his analysis of the fancied runners in the 12.40 fontwell but as has been the case recently the analysis has not reaped the dividends , quite the reverse in fact but as i know from personal experience these losses can quickly be erased as was the case earlier this year .
optimum were unfortunate in that present m'lord may a horlicks of a fence early on and thereafter was always fighting a valiant but losing battle , all credit to dayrl jacob for his ride though , then the optimum owned president park was pulled up which must be a huge worry to the owners but hopefully he will return at some stage but the bet did come with a warning and sadly this was the case .

tuesday

ISIRIS
main account

HORSE A £150 ew @ 3/1 £100 ew @ 5/2 WON +£840

MARK HOLDER

12.40 font madam vouvray £150 ew @ 14/1 unpld -£300

OPTIMUM RACING

2.10 font present m'lord £300 @ 11/4 3rd -£300
3.10 font president park £150 ew @ 14/1 unpld -£300

Monday, December 10, 2007

a brucey bonus !!!!

so to speak , as i went into my vcbet account this morning and noticed a promo cash balance of £80 after yesterdays bet £40 ew on the faller advised by isiris , well a quiet day all round with ntg from any of my services but i have had a small word for room at the top in the bumper north of the border , i utilise half my promo cash with a score ew @ 6/1 , a decent run for my money eventually finishing 3rd , and im the recipient of £4 into my vcbet account !!! unfortuntely the stake is lost but a nice concession and makes up for the unfair manner in which the bets with them are accepted as was my experience yesterday .

escaped relatively lightly today .................

in respect of the isiris main account bet faller , i was at home at and required by the missus to run a few errands nothing exciting a couple of loads taken to the local tip , get a christmas tree , decorate the bloody thing etc etc all this before i leave for spurs , so i decided to rely on my non too accomodating internet accounts , i had them all lined up ............... £90 ew @ 11/1 got £48 ew , £80 ew @ 11/1 got £37 ew and then the fun n games with vcbet asked for £80 ew @ 8/1 this was referred as per usual , came back price changed now 10/1 ! happy days take the price , bet referred again .................. came back price changed now 8/1 !!!! you couldn,t make it up i accepted the bet once again and it came back £40 ew allowed ............. thats why i prefer the shops !!! so i had half my stakes on , the price was now 7/1 , and i decided to draw stumps on this one , as 8/1 was the floor price i was prepared to accept . in the race we were travelling well enough no question really asked and we came a cropper , this was my only action on the day .

sunday
ISIRIS
main account bet
HORSE A £75 ew @ 11/1 £40 ew @ 8/1 fell -£250

weekending 8th december ..............

after my last weekly round up i got a few emails commenting that they thought i would make the £30k , to be honest i didnt share the optimism , yes i have been chugging along nicely recently but this game p/l wise is never a straight line !!! choppy waters are expected and often delivered , this week has been one of those dips .
a loss of over £1700 on the week , the deficit arising from a poor week with mh by his own admission he is struggling at present but i have every confidence that he will turn this ship around and you can rest assured he will be burning the midnight oil to erase the recent losses , a loss of 4 points on the week from optimum which is nothing bearing in mind a profit in excess of 40 points over the last 4/5 weeks , a negligble loss from isiris and a small profit from my own trading , the precise loss on the week was £1700.25 .

THE30KCHALLENGE ................... +£24,278.84

a blank day on friday .............

but saturday was fairly busy from a mh perspective with 3 account bets , i was travelling across london on the underground , waiting 20 mins for the first tube , understandably when it arrived it was the stuffed in like sardines scenario , not pleasant but no alternative as was late , mid journey i had to break up my travelling to take the mh & optimum messages .
i had a touch as i was at kings cross and there is a better shop in the area and they were best odds guaranteed on all sandown races , and although they ptl all my bets , they are yet to refuse or cut me down ............. always a first time though !!!

saturday

ISIRIS
insider
HORSE A £200 @ 7/2 unpld -£200

MARK HOLDER

12.55 san edgeover £150 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£300
1.30 san arafan £150 ew @ 16/1 2nd +£450
3.10 san wingspan £300 ew @ 13/2 dh 3rd -£206.26

PERSONAL TRADING

i was away from home so ntg from me for today , overall a small loss on the day , but felt we played with the odds in our favour and just one of the those days when it didnt count , but in the long run as i have experienced it will .

Thursday, December 06, 2007

pulled one back so to speak ..............

after 4 consecutive losing days this week thanks to the most impressive isiris insider winner , hope no subscribers missed the bet as i for one on other days may of cut short the message if i was snowed under , thankfully i wasn,t . the day didnt start too well, but on the back of a few comments from the mh line i was going into the last nearly a fiver up !!! thankfully i emerged after the race , well over a monkey up .

ISIRIS

HORSE A £250 @ 3.40 WON +£574.80

OPTIMUM RACING

2.00 leices l'oiseau £300 @ 3/1 unpld -£300

PERSONAL TRADING

made a profit of £304.84 on the day on the back of comments from mh , no account bet but still worth a listen , in the 1.30 leices he gave a negative to high seasons due to stamina doubts , i dont lay in the win market especially 7/1 shots but i layed £120 @ 2.74 in the place market after pulling early on he never looked like troubling the leaders . in the 2.40 winc mh at the prices he was keen to oppose the then (message @ noon) short priced fav prime contender , giving preferences to the ron hodges trained pair , master mahogany set the pace with compton star always travelling well i had £25 ew @ 12/1 & 7/1 respectively , this produced a profit of £190 on the race .
i dont get too involved in the betfair forums thesedays but the merits of mh have been discussed recently so i have offered my opinion , i admit as i have done many times during 2007 that it hasnt been a vintage year with him but we are in profit for the year . i do feel at times subscribers to these services has unrealistic ambitions with regard to the p/l from them , they dont have a magic wand it wont be winner after winner , there will be losing weeks , losing months . its a long term game , always remember that , dont try to run before you can walk , start off low on the stakes and build up gradually , set yourself targets once they are met move up a level viz a viz staking levels .

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

need to stop the rot ...........

this week , 4 - 0 im losing , this equates to a deficit of just over £2k . i never like losing but the timing couldnt be worse with the days running out as i come up to year end it looks like i will be short of the £30k , i need to be in profit by over £34k anyway as the £30k is net of my fees to the services i use .
had a couple of account bets from the services i use today , both had to be referred or ptl , i get the feeling that im a criminal when i ask for a bet , by the attitude of the cashiers !!!!

wednesday

ISIRIS
HORSE A £250 ew @ 7/2 2nd -£31.25

MARK HOLDER

12.50 catt goodnight dick £150 ew @ 20/1 unpld -£300

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

what a poxy day .............

sorry but it was , for me anyway . before racing started i had bad vibes on two fronts , firstly it was the current flavour of the month to afflict mh bets ..................... place your bet on a 8 runner or 16 runner hcap then within a short space of time a n/r appears to scupper any value you may of had , ok i admit today and last week our selections ran poorly and it wouldn,t have mattered if we were offered ew terms on the first six but if these non runners were announced 10/15 mins earlier then we wouldn,t have had the bets and saved ourselves a few quid , so none too pleased then at 12.30 my laptop asked me if i wanted to restart as there had been some security updates installed i replied no remind me later and the laptop acted like the mrs by totalling ignoring my command and shutting down .................. the day got worse !
my only saving grace is that my discipline held out , i was itching to lay never so blue and over the creek at hereford but i decided a few months ago that my laying days were over , my resolve was tested today but thankfully held out , good job as well as both could be called the winner some way from home and recorded bloodless victories .

tuesday
ISIRIS
HORSE A £250 @ 13/8 unpld -£250
HORSE B £50 @ 5/1 2nd -£50

MARK HOLDER

12.40 here the grey shark £225 ew @ 8/1 unpld -£450
12.40 here rhetoric £75 ew @ 28/1 unpld -£150

OPTIMUM

1.10 here tosula £150 ew @ 8/1 unpld -£300

Monday, December 03, 2007

nearly a huge slice of luck ................

for isiris followers today , with our selection second but the clear cut winner blundering at the last and for a split second the possibility of unseating the jockey that would have been a huge slice of fortune , what a poor race not a pretty sight , but the original and morning fav was well beaten and out of the frame so certainly vindicated in playing .

monday

ISIRIS
HORSE A £350 ew @ 9/4 2nd -£192.50

weekending sat 1st dec ..................

so i enter the last month of my year/challenge ......... i have been emailed recently asking whether this blog will continue in 2008 , well as ive intimated over the year i have found the blog both enjoyable and a help with my gambling especially the subject of disciplined gambling also from a personal level i have come into contact with many knowledgeable and friendly people that otherwise i would not have so i will start with a clean start on jan 1st .

leaving my p/l to one side for a sec the week will be remembered by many as the week when isiris closed their doors to new members , no more adverts , i really enjoy the new isiris format and am looking fwd to 2008 with them , although the last week has been unsuccessful with them the trading opportunities have been amazing and i hope to avail myself of these in months to come , alot of the times i have been in the wrong shop but this wont always be the case . im moving areas next week trying to stay away from wood green , the area is not the most desirable and sadly this is reflected by some of the occupants and staff in the shops , this game is hard enough and i dont need regular rows with rude punters or staff , i refuse to be intimidated or pushed around by either and some of the attitudes encountered this week are not something i want to be around , i try to treat people in a amicable manner this has not been recipricated this week so im moving areas !

so the week produced a small profit of £456.89 , decent profits from optimum and myself , a tiny loss from mh and isiris having a poor week that moves me a few quid shy of £26k .

THE30KCHALLENGE .......................... +£25,979.09

if you feel this game is frustrating .........

then start supporting spurs as well .............not going to say anymore BUT there cannot be a more frustrating side in the land , the transfer window cant come soon enough bring back dave mackay , mike england , graham roberts , richard gough even paul miller would be an improvement to the current shambles of a defense !!



sunday


MARK HOLDER


1.20 don andorran £150 ew @ 7/1 unpld -£300

wow that was breathtaking ...............

i think it was the challow hurdle on new years day at cheltenham last year when the mighty denman beat thecoolguy by 21lengths that had mh eulogising over him , the sectionals were apparently remarkable and this was a horse to follow since that challow victory he has only been beaten once in a further 8 outings by nicanor a couple of months later at the festival in the rsa nov hurdle , i remember that defeat well as i was in egypt of all places yes for the festival its a long story .......... and secondly due to the fact i had for my standards a lumpy ante post bet on him , thankfully it was ew as was a £100 double on voy por ustedes successful in the previous days arkle @ 8/1 (put up by andrew who was working with mh) with denman , the one that got away !!!
today it was denmans day again , and what a joy to watch how easily did he travel , i will be praying for a wet early march as optimum advised denman for the gold cup @ 5/1 a month or so ago and i think on softish going he will have the beating of kauto star over a truly run gold cup trip .

saturday

ISIRIS
main account
HORSE A £250 ew @ 3/1 2nd -£100
insider
HORSE B £150 ew @ 15/2 unpld @ 7/2 -£300

MARK HOLDER

2.05 newb special envoy £300 ew @ 5/1 r4 2nd level
3.30 newc blythe knight £150 ew @ 5/1 unpld -£300
3.45 newb european dream £300 ew @ 9/1 3rd +£375

obvious i know but the hurdles as connections of special envoy know to their cost have to be jumped , today again the last hurdle nearly cost the ew backers of special envoy and from where i was watching the mistake by european dream 2 out cost his backers dearly , a clean jump and he would have won i feel , this game can be frustrating !!

top dressing another winner ................

for the bang in form service of optimum racing , flying at present i realise it cant continue forever in this vein but lets ride the wave !!! apoligies for not updating over the last couple of days , i do try to keep up to date and on a day to day basis but i have been all over the place last few days and its nice to be finally home .

friday

ISIRIS
insider

HORSE A £100 ew @ 5/1 unpld-£200

OPTIMUM RACING

2.55 muss top dressing £200 @ 5/2 £100 @ 4.10 WON +£796.67

PERSONAL TRADING

i was half expecting the race i played in today to be an "isiris" race , it was a 9 runner maiden hurdle but to my eyes there were only 4 at most who had a squeak the betting went 4/6 7/2 11/2 16/1 bar , the horse i was interested in was the david pipe trained the package , a stoutly bred son of kayf tara but he had enough speed to win a 2m bumper although it was at towcester, from the genius bloodstock agent that is tom costello in ireland he came with a pretty tall reputation, apparently on the gallops the trainer has been most impressed and is showing all the right credentials and is a horse to follow . my only reservation today was the trip as i felt 2m may be on the sharp side but brennan made plenty of use of him , riding him agressively from the start and from a long way out he could be called the winner , although a couple of mistakes when looking tired at the last 2 flights gave backers a slight scare , £75 ew @ 11/2 made a nice profit of £495

Thursday, November 29, 2007

although a profitable year so far ....................

it has been my most frustrating and least productive since i left the city 5 years ago to make a living from gambling on the advice of the services i use , but saying that after the slow start this year im happy with where i am p/l wise but still im looking forward to starting with a fresh diary and p/l ledger come january 1st , there has been little continuity in my p/l in comparision with previous years , today was one of those frustrating days that seem to typify 2007 from a gambling perspective .

mh put a bet up in the 1.10 taunton the 8 runner seller , got my bet on then strolled along to a internet cafe that i use , by this time the fied had been reduced by 2 to a 6 runner affair , nullyfying any value in the raceand leaving me with a bet i didnt want !! yes i could have layed the win part on betfair but i was stuffed on the place side as i was on 1-2 and betfair pay out on 1-2-3 , well in the end the selection ran creditably enough beaten a shd & 1 1/2 l into of course third place !!!

we also had a isiris main account bet , andrew @ optimum covered our runner on his line and he was concerned over the soft going , feeling that he was a better horse on good ground , our bet travelled well in the race but weakened on the run in and i feel andrew was correct in his opinion with regard the ground as we finished 4th ............................ bring on tomorrow !

thursday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £250 ew @ 9/2 unpld -£500

MARK HOLDER

1.10 taun mujamead £150 ew @ 11/2 r4 unpld -£300

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

totally amazed but what i witnessed today .............

in a hills shop , wood green to be precise not the the most inviting of areas but one with a plentiful supply of betting shops , some better than others (a hint there !) and with the staff in some if there were olympic games for attitude and agression would be 1.01 shoo ins for gold medals . went in this morning and was having a chat with one of the managers and spotted a couple of blokes getting a laptop out , i didnt say anything and was waiting for the manager to go over but ntg happened , it was close to the first at wetherby and i watched from behind them , they had betfair up n running with what looked like a bot interface plus oddschecker and a selection of bookies sites , i was in there for half an hour it was obvious they were arbing and playing the i/r off the sis feed , i left as the manager who i know was leaving to take a fag break so i had a chat and mentioned the lap top , he has no problems at all with laptops in shops ................ i was amazed , gobsmacked and to be honest i thought he must be taking a bung from the lads ! i returned home to log on , posted a thread on the betfair forum and aparrently this is not a uncommon sight ................. any internet bods please get in touch as im the mr bean of the it world , i have a lap top but how do i get a broadband connection in a betting shop ? any ideas on what i need ?
i really cant believe that this is in the shops interest i realise they will get the arbing money but it will be on horses shortening and they are providing a free sis link to play betfair i/r without the £34 daily charge .

wednesday

PERSONAL TRADING

a quiet day with nothing from my three services but mh was keen on the short fav lady pilot in the lingfield 1.00 , given a supremely confident and perfectly timed ride by robert lucey-butler to continue the superb current form of the jim best yard , i invested £80 @ 2.30 to produce a small profit of £99.52 on the day .

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

a small reversal ...................

in terms of p/l and lady luck , with the isiris selection being brought down before any real questions had been asked , these things happen as supporters and connections of special envoy know all too well !!! the optimum selection drifted like the kon-tiki but ran respectfully enough but although the sp was still somewhat short of what was available on the exhanges at the off it did emphasise the important bonus currently on offer by bet3.65 and sid james of best odds guaranteed , also obviously no comm involved either , in the end it didnt matter whether i received 5/2 or 4/1 but in the long run it will count .


tuesday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £100 ew @ 14/1 unpld -£200

OPTIMUM RACING

2.10 sedge malt de vergy £450 @ 4/1 3rd -£450

Monday, November 26, 2007

consolidation on a quiet day .............

after yesterdays decent profit i was happy to have a quiet day with a tiny profit courtesy of a isiris placed ew selection , 7/1 was available but not for me as i was on the pc , best i could avail myself of was 13/2 plus 6/1 guaranteed , but even those prices were better than the sp of 11/2 .

monday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £50 ew @ 13/2 & 6/1 3RD +£25

PERSONAL TRADING

optimum had some views on the 1.20 ludlow , a few plays were considered laying commander vic in the place market , the same trade on ferimon and ew bets on theocritus and boardroom dancer .............. only the first of these would have been profitable but at odds on , with the other three losers in the end i decided against getting involved as i was happy to have a minimal interest on the day .

that was worth missing the football for .................

missed one of my favourite games of the season today west ham v spurs , always a lively encounter with a brilliant atmosphere but a 1.30 kickoff time made my attendance difficult , so i gave my ticket away , and with defoe missing a last minute penalty and optimum coming up trumps again i was more than happy with my decision .

sunday

OPTIMUM RACING

2.40 plum fine by me £300 @ 11/4 WON +£825

the fine run continues well over 35 pts profit in the last month , even better if you nabbed the 10/1 l,antartique !

PERSONAL TRADING

a couple of bets providing a profit of £190.70 on the day , a couple of horses mh mentioned bremen in the first at aintree and teamgeist who may drift in the wake of strong support for the fav gansey , i had a £50 ew double 8/1 & 5/2 , bremen was second , beaten by a 66/1 shot and for a time it looked like the second leg was going to let me down but teamgeist stayed on to nab third place , a profit of £95 on the bet . optimum were negative over najca de thaix in the 3.00 tow on stamina concerns , well these were untested as he unseated barry fenton at the first to give me a profit of £95.70 , to round off a most profitable day ................. if only robbie keane was on the pitch at the time of the penalty !!!!

Saturday, November 24, 2007

weekending sat 24th nov .................

shows a profit of £158.67 , a pretty quiet week overall ,with the loss of mh basically wiped out by the 10/1 isiris insider winner tiny profits by myself and optimum . all my services are well in profit for the year , so i was surprised by a forum thread this week criticising one of the services i use stating that they have lost a considerable sum from their selections , i dont normally get involved in these threads but i popped my head above the parapet to give a counter view only to have my honesty and integrity questioned ................ all the services i use will have unprofitable spells but over the long run they will prove profitable , yes it will be hard work and sometimes inconvenient as the bookmakers dont like losing and will try to restrict you , i notice a small upcoming internet bookie has started to quote 1/5 odds on 16 runner hcaps . the guys i use will bet in uncompetitive races and each way when the fav is odds on , it is always a sign that you are on the right lines if the bookies dont like taking your bets or say to you "sorry , win only " , there are so many outlets out there , so you should be able to get on , although i admit for people in full time work it can prove to be a pain .

THE30KCHALLENGE ................................... +£25,522.20

its been a funny old week ..............

p/l wise and saturdays bets eventually maintained a profitable week , the p/l figs this week have been +£75 -£600 +£650 +£88.62 -£54.95 and today nil !!! making a profit of £158.67 .
today isiris came up trumps in the 1.50 ascot , last night the split bet was given and from some way out the two advised had it between them , the bigger of the two won so that was pleasing , what wasnt was the sad demise of detroit city for the second week running a nice win was marred by a fatality , detroit city will be fondly remembered especially for his festival win in the 2006 triumph hurdle .

saturday

ISIRIS
main account
HORSE A £250 @ 9/4 2nd -£250
HORSE B £250 @ 3/1 WON +£750
insider
HORSE C £100 ew @ 25/1 unpld -£200

MARK HOLDER

12.45 ascot isle de maurice £150 ew @ 33/1 -£300

OPTIMUM RACING

1.20 ascot fier normand £150 ew @ 5/1 2nd p/l nil

a small profit yesterday followed by ..........

a tiny loss today , not much to get overly excited on to be honest . i like everyone else wanted to oppose berings express in the first at ascot but i was not prepared to pay the price quoted when i called betfair , it was drifting on course but the exchange drift was magnified somewhat . i considered laying in the place market but decided to sit the heat out .

friday

MARK HOLDER

3.55 exeter thenameescapesme £150 ew @ 12/1 unpld -£300
3.55 exeter equilibria £100 ew @ 15/2 £50 ew @ 8/1 3rd +£137.50

PERSONAL TRADING

played in just one race the 3.45 ascot , close with a second and a small profit of £107.55 courtesy of amour multiple , i had £50 ew @ 5/1 and pre race he initially was drifting on the exchanges so i had £75 @ 2.50 in the place market , travelling well in the race i was at one stage expecting a nice win , but the winner missis potts stayed on well so i collected just on the place bet .

Thursday, November 22, 2007

a blank day ...................

from my three services , and on days like these i prefer to tread carefully , if they cant find anything then i happy enough to pull stumps on the day and wait , but i played in a couple of races making a small profit .

thursday

PERSONAL TRADING

in the first at market rasen i had £50 ew @ 7/2 on desert inferno sent off the well supported 9/4 second fav , never travelling with conviction the selection was a well beaten 4th , so a loss of £100 . the other race i played in was the 16 runner handicap hurdle at hereford (2.50) i had a small interest on craft lady £25 ew @ 12/1 who stayed on without eve looking like to win for third and i layed a couple of well supported runners rudinero £50 @ 2.00 and lorikeet £95 @ 3.00 both were out of the frame so a decent race for me yielding £188.62 making a small profit of £88.62 on the day .

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

well done isiris & kevin ..............

i was going to comment on the isiris message from last night but i think todays action says all that needs to be said with a 10/1 winner , but i would like to add that the new isiris more selective approach in this day and age with the ever expanding fixture list is the way forward , without doubt and i was pleased by kevins response last night to a client questioning the "new" isiris . in the old days perhaps we would have had 3 insiders with todays winner being the last mentioned and by the time you have backed the first couple only 7/1 or 8/1 would be available , but only one bet and i obtained the 10/1 no problem , under the old system i would not have backed the horse as i was a non insider backer , so at least these days i can join in celebrating these new super insider winners .
carry on kevin is the call from me !!!
the winner was most welcome as i had a loss yesterday and mh advised 2pts ew on aston lad in the 2.40 hexham today that was unplaced so the 10/1 winner takes me to £50 up on the week .

wednesday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £100 ew @ 10/1 WON +£1250

MARK HOLDER

2.40 hex aston lad £300 ew @ 7/1 unpld -£600

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

the other side of the coin today ..........

just to show this game is not as easy as shelling peas as a loss of £600 was todays bottom line , off to walthamstow tonight for the greyhound festival night , no punting just gonna watch some marvellous racing . i have been asked to appear on wbut radio , always game for most things , had a look at the site and listened to one of the interviews so lets see if it comes off , but i like the site and seems like a decent bloke , he lives in malta , so i might delay it till the summer and he can put me up in a nice hotel somewhere nice .............. ive never been to malta !!!! lol only kidding john , have a look at the blog and tune into the radio show http://manofmystery.lastminuteliving.com

tuesday

ISIRIS

MAIN ACCOUNT HORSE A £500 @ 6/4 2nd -£500

PERSONAL TRADING

just the one bet , £50 ew on the emma lavelle trained regal quote in the folkes 1.10 , but this failed to build on the promise of its debut run , perhaps the ground was to blame , will be interested to see its next run on better ground .

Monday, November 19, 2007

that was the worst weather ...........

i have ever experienced on a racecourse , at least i could find some shelter i did pity the tatts bookies at least these days the clerks dont have to write the bets in the ledger books , yesterday reminded me of my on course working days , i was my dads clerk or floorman , one day at the open wet n windy newmarket rowley course i was clerking, by the third race due to the biting cold wind i had lost all feeling in my red raw hands and then due to the rain the clerking book became wet and the pencil or pen would just tear the paper , i was only a kid and close to tears i dont mind admitting , getting into the car that day was heaven !
after the successes and celebrations of saturday , today was understandably taking into account the weather a quiet day , i spent most of it in the shopping tented village getting the mrs a little pressie to keep her sweet and the centaur as my my left foot was wet n cold as i soon found out my shoe had a leak .............

sunday

spirit calling £150 ew @ 6/1 3rd +£75

Sunday, November 18, 2007

THANK YOU OPTIMUM RACING !!!!!

what a week , capped off in fine style by l'antartique in the paddy power on saturday , yes i admit the gloss was taken off the win by the sad demise of granit jack but it has been a superb week with decent winners on monday and thursday bringing the overall profit from the service to £4200 on the week .
i now realise my party days are long gone and the three days at cheltenham no longer involve clubbing the night away but a most enjoyable trip with the lads from my local cricket club athough i must admit sunday with the weather not the most enjoyable , especially when i stepped out this morning only to discover a hole in the sole of my shoes !!! i can at least afford a new pair after the latest week .

friday

ISIRIS insider
HORSE A £150 ew @ 5/2 unpld -£300

MARK HOLDER

moon melody £150 ew @ 9/1 unpld -£300

OPTIMUM RACING

big al £300 @ 2/1 unpld -£300

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saturday

ISIRIS insider
HORSE A £100 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£200

MARK HOLDER

lemon silk £150 ew @ 16/1 3rd +£330

OPTIMUM RACING

l'antartique £300 @ 8/1 WON +£2400
bob hall £150 @ 10/1 unpld -£150

so ends a most profitable week the bottom line is £3998.65 , optimum weighed in with £4200 small profits from myself & mh and a rare losing week from isiris thats only lent though !

THE30KCHALLENGE ........................... £25,363.53

Thursday, November 15, 2007

got the cheltenham expenses .............

and more courtesy of the optimum advised the easy 18l winner of the taunton 3.40 and what a bonus the price was , i had an appointment at the dr's for 3.30 so i backed the horse @ 11/4 guaranteed with sid james well chuffed with the 7/2 , also had a bit of fortune with the mh account bet with cresswell willow all over the winner crashing out at the last , taking a nasty fall hopefully no injury was sustained , this left our bet lyster to plug on for 3rd . i had the choice of three shops to visit this morning lads/hills & betfred the first 2 are virtually nextdoor neighbours so i was frustrated when mh said the best price 9/1 was with betfred !!! again my sprinting was called into action , i am certainly no linford christie in the sprinting department , i got to betfred the price was 8/1 , i wrote the slip out asked for the price and was informed that it was now 7/1 ............. balls or words to that effect was uttered under my breath !!! the only consolation and it was minor , was that the cashier stated it was 7/1 guaranteed but mh's selections very rarely drift , in the end the 1pt difference made little effect to a decent days p/l but i admit i do get frustrated by not getting a decent price , lets face it the 7/1 i acquired was the worst on offer at noon .
nothing from isiris but im frustrated by there being no change in the 1pm message from the night before and i dont like it , i realise kb has stated that he has only been late with the message twice since stegosauras and tyrannosaurus roamed the earth but there have been faults with the line due to the telecoms provider in the past , and a little no bet today i do not feel would go amiss .

roll on cheltenham , i love the next three days , spent with good company on my favourite course , good luck all .

thursday

MARK HOLDER

2.30 lud lyster £300 ew @ 7/1 3rd +£225

OPTIMUM RACING

3.40 taun dun drinan £300 @ 7/2 WON +£1050

PERSONAL TRADING

this centred on the optimum race @ taunton the 3.40 , i layed a couple in the place market , one on the thoughts of andrew @ optimum and one on my say so , andrew was keen to oppose coolers quest i layed £200 @ 1.80 and i wanted to take £200 out of couer d'alene this was done @ 2.22 i remembered this ones last run @ wincanton when an optimum selection , a complete rogue it looked to me with its own ideas on the game and one not to be trusted but opposed till showing a change in attitude .
so a pleasant surprise on leaving the docs , dun drinan won @ 7/2 and the two bismarks out of the frame ............. happy days , all i have to do now is lose some weight and get my blood pressure down eh doc !!!

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

i will be totally honest ..............

that when i opened the post and noticed the race that isiris were planning to have a main account bet in , i was not looking fwd to getting on and i said as much to a few other members that i keep in contact with ........... 4/5 -4/1-4/1-20/1 bar the three , im a shop player thesedays and i realised id have to tread carefully . i was in a hills shop 7/2 was the "show" i had £100 ew @ 7/2 , the other bet was 40/1 i had £50 ew @ 4/1 no questions asked got on happy days !!! , i chanced my arm and wrote out 2 identical slips but the cashier refered them to the manager who took my first bet and i was told i could have full win/half place , i declined and ran 4 doors along to laddies . i asked for £100 ew @ 7/2 , the £100 ew was refered to liabilities , i noticed on the screen warning cashiers to watch out for bets in the 12.45 and to refer all bets over £100 ew .............. liabilities said i could have £100 win £50 place i declined , i ran back to the hills shop , i heard there had been a false start in the race so i wrote out £75 ew @ sp the horse was now showing @ 10/3 this was accepted .
neither of these were showing the race so i ran to a pp shop and they were showing a race from downpatrick , the cashier was most unhelpful and would not change the screen set up until the irish race had finished although they have the option of showing both sis & racing uk .
in the end the 40/1 shot was unplaced but the other just lasted out for 3rd , then i had a little bonus , the horse was returned @ 4/1 from 10/3 on the screens as the last show and the hills shop as its in a high street location in competition with lads n powers they are offering enhanced place terms of 1/4 odds !!
no wonder im losing weight thesedays running from shop to shop ..........

wednesday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £50 ew @ 40/1 unpld -£100
HORSE B £100 ew @ 7/2 £75 ew @ 4/1 3rd -£12.50 due to enhanced place terms .

PERSONAL TRADING

up until this time last year i was involved with charlies double trained by john best , this had been the 5th horse i had been involved with syndicate wise at the yard, we all worked up in the city , we were spoilt with our first horse i mentioned him earlier this week second helping who was well placed and won numerous times , charlie won 4 races in 2005 but by this time only 2 other original syndicate members remained and for me the fun had gone so i sold up , since then his racecourse appearances have been rare but after a long lay off he reappeared today , the ground was spot on as was the distance and any strength in the market would be a good sign , he was well supported this morning , so i had £100 ew @ 9/2 . to my eyes he was never travelling with fluency and was pulled up someway from home so a loss of £200 on the day .

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

the p/l ledger will show a £30 loss ..............

on the 2.20 kempton from the mh advice , but with turtle soup advised ew @ 40/1 trading i/r @ the basement price of 1.01 in the place market it goes to show how thin the line is between success and failure , mh followers this year have not been blessed with the best of fortune , mark takes it in his stride stating over the long run the ups n downs level out but we are surely due a bit of fortune our way .............. so far in 2007 the gambling gods have certainly not favoured us !!! ..........would have been nice if micky fitz eased up a bit earlier ..........


tuesday

ISIRIS

insider £150 ew @ 11/2 2nd +£56.25

MARK HOLDER

2.20 kemp cool roxy £150 ew @ 14/1 2nd +£270
2.20 kemp turtle soup £150 ew @ 40/1 unpld -£300

PERSONAL TRADING

a quiet day , just a paltry £25 ew on kerry blade @ 10/1 , needs 2 1/2 m i feel but hoping the front runners cut there own throats (horrible saying , but you know what i mean !) and kerry comes from the clouds to take the money , well kerry stayed on but never looked like troubling the front pair .

Monday, November 12, 2007

super monday ..........super road train !!!

following on from the £7.50 profit yesterday , it was the turn of optimum again on a monday to provide a decent winner after lake imperials success seven days ago , isiris were placed with a main account bet @ 5/1 .
i realise im out of line with my staking on the new isiris system , i playing to £25/pt stake on the new super insiders and £250 ew on normal account bets this equates to £62.50/pt . i have decided to up my stakes on the new insiders to £50/pt from tomorrow .

monday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £150 ew @ 5/1 £100 ew @ 9/2 2nd -£10

OPTIMUM RACING

3.00 car super road train £30 @ 4/1 WON +£1200


JUST A THOUGHT ................. i,ll be at cheltenham for the 3 days of the pp meeting with a few mates from my local cricket club on our annual pilgrimage to the great place , if anyone wants to meet up for a beer or 3 please feel free to email me .

relieved and chuffed with my profit today ..............

the princely sum of £7.50p !!! just about able to buy myself a couple of pints and a packet of crisps with that . i was keen to get involved today as time is ticking by and im a fair sum adrift of my £30k target so although not a fan of sundays betting wise i thought as i free up until 2pm ish i would get stuck into a couple of betting opportunities .
unfortunately there was nothing from my 3 betting services , but mh had fairly strong opinions on a couple of races from hereford and the opener from market rasen .

sunday

PERSONAL TRADING .

a lucky escape today and if i was a layer i could have come a serious cropper , market rasen a course i have visited a few times but holds sad memories for me as i had a decent little horse a few years back called second helping owned in a syndicate with a few mates trained by john best , went on a winning spree over hurdles in the summer well placed by the trainer , then got handicapped to the hilt ,as he wasnt the biggest horse around carrying weight would prove a disadvantage but i thought his size would prove a hinderance to jumping a fence and i wanted to stay over hurdles carrying less weight in better class races , well we had a vote and my opinion was out voted , sadly my view was to prove sadly correct with dire consequences as he fell at market rasen breaking his neck in the process , i have never been back and that will forever remain the case . well mh was keen to oppose osaka d'airy in the first citing that the horse may have a physical problem but he was struggling to oppose him with anything solid , in days gone by i would have taken a few quid out of osaka d'airy but not these days and a let off for me , what i did notice though was that in my humble opinion the runner up did not get much assistance from the jockey the presentation at the hurdles was poor and if this was improved i feel the runner up would have obliged as there was no momentum from leaving the hurdle especially at the final couple of obstacles .
onto a couple of races at hereford , mh said the fav had a stone in hand on his rivals usually such comments hypnotise me into a bet but he put up a few reservations and im not a great fan of betting in sellers especially 13/8 shots and as he had failed to complete the course on his last two runs i held back , make that the last three runs now as he fell .
the 2.10 could have been a main account race , mh was negative on melvino again in days gone by this would have been a lay , the horse mh was interested in was the cayterers i had £75 ew @ 11/2 and £50 ew @ 5/1 an eventful race with the fav leaving the contest after being hampered at the first and unseating the jockey , melvino was a handful for his jockey but came home a 7l winner with the cayterers second , so i was relieved that my days of laying were behind me and off i went was to the spurs with a handy £7.50 in my pocket !!!!!

Saturday, November 10, 2007

weekending sat 10th nov ....................

im not going to dwell too much on the week just gone , as my daily posts have informed you of my lack of enthusisum over the last 7 days , but a trip on the horizon to cheltenham with the cricket lads this friday is definately something to look fwd to !
my bottom line is a loss of £333.44 small losses from all concerned apart from optimum who supplied an easy winning 10/3 shot in the form of lake imperial on monday , this takes me to ........................ THE30KCHALLENGE £21,364.88

an apt end to the flat season ............

well done to both seb & jamie , cant believe seb is riding tonight at wolver , a titantic tussle between the two personally i wanted seb to win it but sharing the title in the circumstances seems to me appropriate .
pleased to see the back of this week totally forgetable and uninspiring , small loss but with a lot of uncompetitive small fields only minimal activity , i have no problem with that as i prefer to be selective but the week to me struggled to get off the ground for some reason , but something to look fwd to nextweek with the cheltenham paddy power meeting .
a loss of just over a monkey on the day from my three bets that were ................

saturday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £75 ew @ 8/1 3rd +£45

OPTIMUM RACING

3.25 win bowleaze £150 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£300

PERSONAL TRADING

optimum was interested in joe lively @ 2/1 i put up an order to back him £100 @ 3.00 , this was matched second and no excuses beaten fair n square , before this though i had a frustrating race at sandown to endure , mh was interested in lemon silk in the 1.55 not strong enough for the account the horse was available at 7/1 but when i looked it was a touch higher on the exchanges so i decided to wait ................ mistake , next time i looked 7/1 was a distant dream , so i sat on my hands and watched the race , only to see lemon silk win cosily .......... ouch !!!
my next bet was in the optimum account race , opt were keen to oppose abragante , i no longer lay in the win mkt but i layed £250 @ 1.6 in the place , an easy winner and a loss of £250 on the day .

Friday, November 09, 2007

so far this week ..................

has been about as exciting as watching paint dry , today was no different , my lack of diy prowess reared it his this afternoon when i fell off my step ladders with paint pot and brush in hand ............ i have done worse and after 2 uneventful days painting it was to be expected , thankfully it was in the kitchen and most of the paint went over me not the floor so that kept the mrs happy and in fits of laughter , no sympathy or enquiring into my health just a shout to the kids so they could all share in my misfortune and take the piss !!!
last day of the flat tomorrow and i will be hoping that seb can win the championship , no financial interest just would be great to see him win , nothing against jamie with a mrs like emma i know where id prefer to be tonight at wolverhampton or .................... lets not go there !!!

friday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £50 ew @ 14/1 unpld -£100

Thursday, November 08, 2007

small losing day .................

nothing to get excited at all , a blank day from mh & optimum (congrats andrew!) but a main account bet rom isiris which was placed , got stuck into the book from dave nevison before the spurs match , the book was more entertaining than watching spurs , berbatov looks a pale shadow of the player from last season totally uninterested he must surely be on his way in january .

thursday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £250 ew @ 7/2 3rd -£75

PERSONAL TRADING

mh preferred the chances of butterfly rose over katess in the 2.40 towcester i backed buttefly rose in a matchbet on betfair £125 @ 2.10 well unfortunately it turned out to be a losing bet , i should have started to read nevison's book earlier ....................

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

frank on the diy trail ...................

let me explain , tuesday & wednesday was devoid of any action from my services , yes i could have tried to grind out a small profit arbing but i have so much difficulty getting on via the net it just is not worth the hassle , so my thinking is that if my 3 services that i pay decent money for are not playing that is good enough reason for me to take some time out , im a diy disaster hold my hands up that n cars are nightmare areas with a large catalogue of bodge ups , cock ups call em what you like and im widely known by frds and family as "frank" after the tv character played by michael crawford in the 1970's comedy sitcom some mothers do av em frank spencer !!!
surely though i cant go wrong with a spot of painting , filling in and general maintainance ..............

Monday, November 05, 2007

back home , in the groove and in profit ............

had a brilliant weekend but back to reality and full time work , and had the bonus to return to a profit courtesy of optimum and lake imperial . mh played with an ew double against two short favs , neither of these won but our bet went belly up when the second leg ran no sort of race , looking at the bare p/l figs mh at present is treading water but his reasoning behind the bets has been spot on and personally i feel its just a matter of time before the profits accumulate .
first isiris insider since the new system was introduced , no joy a poor run in fact but i would have been gutted if i was on the eventual second ........................

monday

ISIRIS

horse a £125 @ 11/8 unpld -£125

OPTIMUM RACING

1.40 war lake imperial £300 @ 4.22 WON +£921.56

MARK HOLDER

1.10 war stagehand 7/2 2nd 1.30 plum hansomelle 7/2 unpld £150 ew double lost -£300

PERSONAL TRADING

due to arriving home @ 11.45 am i was pushed for time so i concentrated on the main account action today .

weekending sat 3rd november ..............

produced a profit of £1083.96 , mainly on the back of two successful isiris main account bets and my personal profit from successful interpretation of the messages received from opt & mh , but still i feel a little hard done by as to my eyes mr crystal on friday would have collected but for tipping up two out , early days on the isiris new system but its hardly a shock to say that im fully behind the new system and feel its a vast improvement .

THE30KCHALLENGE ......................... £21,698.32

beach cricket , football and a few pints .......

were the oder of the day as i was on the norfolk coast on a lovely day at hunstanton with family , thanks to the people who placed my bets for me , sadly it was a unprofitable day but at least i did not have to worry about my mobile signal which is scratchy at best .

saturday

MARK HOLDER

1.40 ascot altihar £150 ew @ 8/1 3rd +£150
1.40 ascot orpen wide £150 ew @ 20/1 unpld -£300

OPTIMUM RACING

2.10 ascot boychuk £300 @ 9/2 unpld -£300

Friday, November 02, 2007

a profitable day BUT .................

im left feeling frustrated , off to the upper reaches of norfolk later on for a family weekend break celebrating my fathers well deserved retirement and 65th birthday so this will be my last update till monday .

friday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £150 ew @ 7/2 £100 ew @ 3/1 WON (R4 40p) +£594

first frustration of the day , the fav bolts off down the rowley mile to be w/d , of course it could have won but knowing that it came from the gosden stable i would be confident that our selection would still have prevailed , worse was come though in the frustration stakes !!

MARK HOLDER

1.10 weth moon melody £300 ew @ 12/1 2nd +£420

2.50 weth mr crystal £300 @ 10/3 unpld -£300
2.50 weth cornell precedent £300 @ 9/4 2nd -£300

on the first bet , no complaints winner won fair n square , only comment is how many big priced seconds are we going to continue to back !!
mh wanted to oppose the fav smugglers bay in the 2.50 weth , and he was spot on . mr crystal was leading and going easily when he tipped up two out , the hurdles are there to be jumped but how frustrating !!! im well up over 2007 with the service from mh , but the gambling gods have not been on our side , mh says it evens up over time , well i dont think come 31st dec 2007 that will be the case .

have a enjoyable and profitable weekend all , c ya monday !

Thursday, November 01, 2007

lucky im not a commission agent !!!

going by this mornings effort on the mh main account bet , pretty pathetic effort on my part to back the selection advised but apart from not snaffling the 11/2 on offer from betfred not much i could do in all honesty , this was what happened . mh had an early call back @ 11am , on it he advised 2pts ew(£300 ew) on starbougg in the 1.00 newc , he said 13/2 & 6/1 was freely available but for proofing services it would be advised at the 2nd show . i know from experience that 9/10 it is best to bag a price for at least half my wager , i was in a ladbrokes shop , asked for a price .......... none were available , so galloped over to hills ............the same no prices yet , so i ran to betfred up the road , wheezing away i asked for a price 11/2 from 13/2 was the reply , i should have taken a little but i thought id wait to the others priced up , sweating and red faced from my exercise exertions i got on the tube to wood green , by the time i got to my usual internet cafe most of the firms had priced up it was about 11.15 am and the best price was 9/2 !!!! and the betfair price was 5.6/5.8 this was not my greatest hour ................. as it turned out the p/l difference in the end was negligble .

today was the start of the more user friendly isiris system , a couple of points , i have been asked whether i shall now be backing the new super insiders , yes i will , with there now being 3/4 insiders a week i shall be backing all the selections where possible .
i rang at 1pm , and received the message from last night so no bet for today , i rang back @ 1.05 just to make sure ! i feel it would be better to have a change of message from isiris , all it has to be is , confirm no betting activuity from isiris .
this afternoon i had a couple of emails also suggesting this , so anychance kevin ?

thursday

MARK HOLDER

1.00 newc starbougg £300 ew @ 9/2 2nd -£30

opened up 4/1 .......... went to 7/2, at this stage i still had nothing on , my mood at this point was less than happy , thankfully support came in for a few others and the selection started to drift , and i placed 3 x £100 ew bets @ sp .

OPTIMUM RACING

4.00 newc general hardi £150 ew @ 8/1 3rd +£90

PERSONAL TRADING

again the message from optimum was beneficial , focusing on the 3.20 strat andrew was keen on o'toole with the danger being waterspray , they finished in that order , i profited from place laying scribano eile £250 @ 1.80 , this never looked like being a loser as he was never jumping or travelling , so a profit of £240.

steady as she goes ............

with decent but not spectacular profits ,not complaining at all , prefer it in all honesty as the larger p/l swings do nothing for my blood pressure !!
tuesday was a dead day so zilch to report , today was built around the service from optimum as i shall describe .

wednesday

OPTIMUM
3.10 hunt l'oiseau £150 ew @ 15/2 3rd +£75

PERSONAL TRADING

i only had positions in the one race , detailed quite precisely by optimum , that was the 3.10 huntingdon where l'oiseau was a main account bet and the two others mentioned were otantique the winner and own line runner up with a negative to the well supported fav new time . i had the bet on l'oiseau featured above and £25 ew @ 16/1 on own line , i no longer lay in the win market but i layed new time in the place market £130 @ 1.96 , this gave me a personal profit of £179.02 .

Monday, October 29, 2007

got that wrong ...............

thought monday n tuesday would be a case of nothing doing , no updates from me , have a couple of days off then restart wednesday ................ nope ! with only flat racing today my only call was isiris , insiders and a main account call back . not sure how the insiders fared today as i was out when i made the call and only took notice of the call back time .

monday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £250 ew @ 15/8 WON +£585.93

a no hoper was withdrawn at the stalls so we even got 1/4 odds , every little helps !

PERSONAL TRADING

now that i spend a fair amount of time in betting shops i get to see a lot of the bags greyhound racing , most of the time i dont take any notice but if there is racing at walthamstow or romford i usually pay attention , and today it paid off . a few fridays ago on the 19th i noticed a runner in bottom grade called fyfield prince he missed the break but showed some pace got checked and finished 4th beaten 2 lengths , i made a note and hace been on the look out ever since , he turned up today in the 3.58 i placed some orders on betfair at 4.3 and higher , unfortunately none of these were matched but i had £80 @ 9/4 , opening price 5/2 , he cracked out and was never in danger thereafter winning by 7 1/4 lengths !!! so ended a very profitable 10 minutes ...........

Sunday, October 28, 2007

trying to be more professional ................

i even sacrificed my spurs season ticket today ( no jokes please !!) to concentrate on the days racing and possible isiris main account bet ...................... that was cancelled , but no complaints from me ! the day was a losing one but i live to fight another day ................

sunday

MARK HOLDER

1.20 winc kempley green 7/2 unpld 4.00 winc hills of arran 2/1 WON £150 ew double -£300

OPTIMUM

1.50 winc couer d'alene £150 @ 7/2 2nd -£150

PERSONAL TRAING

well i managed to salvage £250 but with a risky trading policy that i dont recommend , i had £400 @ 9/4 on monets garden a strong isiris insider i left arbing orders at and below 3 ....... none were matched i layed £200 @ 3.25 ande as the tapes went up i was left with a £200 exposure , i placed an order to lay £200 @ 2.00 hoping the fav may make a blunder or something along those lines and leave me with a nice position , but some way out after ashley brook had fell i was matched , i thought kauto star ran brilliantly considering the stone difference and the pre race comments by his trainer , the commentators on racing uk were less than complimentary but its obvious that his target is in march not october and he would be trained accordingley , but saying that im not sure that we saw the 2008 gold cup winner today ........ he does come from the same stable though .............
a profit from me of £250 on the day .

a losing day to end a winning week ..........

i,ll combine everything on this report ! saturday was a non event really .........if you can call losing a monkey a non event , i dont so i will rephrase , it was a day that i was looking fwd to but delivered less than nothing !! but a winning week that takes me back over the £20k level , next weekend im away celebrating my dads 65th birthday and retirement , and the place where we are staying has no pc and little mobile coverage .............. lets hope there is no 20/1 account winners !!!

saturday

OPTIMUM

4.35 chep try £150 ew @ 7/2 unpld -£300

PERSONAL TRADING

a loss of £200 from a £100 ew double on pigeon island just placed @ 7/2 in the first at chepstow this was couple with try in the 4.35 chepstow who ran no sort of race , so ended a losing day personally and overall .

weekending sat 27th oct ................... a profit of £716 , considering i made £990 last sunday on the mh advised star of canterbury the rest of the week was a non event , isiris have been quiet on the main account utilising the last full week of insiders and they have been in cracking form , i have arbed a few where possible but looking fwd to the new system.

THE30KCHALLENGE ........................... £20,614.36

Friday, October 26, 2007

and so ends .............

a most undignified and sad chapter in the club history of the team i have supported from an early age , most of them as a season ticket holder , many thanks martin jol and all the best for the future , you deserved much better ...............

right got that off my chest ! not much in the way of business but a profitable day using the isiris insider info , the insiders are in decent form at present just hope though that the powers that be are not having second thoughts on their imminent demise !!!!

friday

PERSONAL TRADING

two plays on the back of the isiris message , the first was in the 3.00 fakenham , mh had already given me a good message for red sun and isiris advised it ew , i managed to get 10/1 with an independent and had £100 ew at the price , i laid £100 @ 7.6 in the win market that effectively gave me £100 @ 2/1 for a place and an extra £340 if red sun was successful , the latter did not happen but we bagged second so a profit of £196 on the race . my only other trade was in the 4.55 ayr isiris were strong on morristown music i had £200 @ 5/2 , cut back from £400 and layed £200 @ 3.00 , an easy winner so i collected £100 on the race and a healthy £296 on the day .

Thursday, October 25, 2007

its a funny old game ..............

this morning whilst i was perusing the post on my bike , one horse took my eye , all for the wrong reasons and that was seattle robber , i remember the horse on the flat trained i think by gaye kelleway a complete dodge and ungenuine horse in my humble opinion and if i layed horses this would be the one ........................... one bet on the day , detailed below :

thursday

MARK HOLDER

3.55 lud seattle robber £300 ew @ 8/1 !!! 2nd +£180

i just could not believe it , i actually rang off immediately and redialed to see if it was a wind up !!! amazing , just goes to show you why i use these services ............. what do i know !!!

CMON YOU SPURS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

not much going on ................

for me at present . i nearly got involved with one at folkestone but my discipline held and it saved me my dough , mh was keen on onefourfun in the 4.20 folk but the field was reduced by one close to the message and although he still felt the horse offered marginal value , it was only marginal so no account bet was the call but if he was going to advise one bet today , this would be it , i just cant back ew in a 15 runner hcap so i watched the card without investing .

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

a small loss that could have been a lot worse ......

nothing from my services on the main account , so a quiet day .

tuesday

PERSONAL TRADING

mh was non too keen on the fav warsaw pact at the prices in the 2.40 exeter , preferring the chances of master wells , in a good race to have an ew bet i invested £75 ew @ 9/2 , with isiris also opposing the fav with qualify i decided to back the sheena west trained gelding £50 ew @ 11/2 . well qualify lost any chance with a bad hurdling blunder but master wells was always in the front rank ................until close home that is where he lost 3rd !! so a loss of £250 . i was going to oppose felinious but a few points meant that i thankfully resisted , i am trying to cut out laying after listening to advice from someone much shrewder than i can hope to be , i certainly have never had much joy laying anything ridden by ap the bloke is a genius head and shoulders above his weighing room colleagues and lastly i was £250 in arrears and for a quiet nondescript day thats enough , i,ll raise the white flag on the day and recommence the battle tomorrow !

what a wise decision , as i say the bloke is different gravy .....................

a sad day personally ...................

on monday as i attended the funeral of a good mates mother , who died last week after a short illness . it was a quiet day and there was no business for me but im thankful to the isiris member who was going to place any bets from the service if they were going to have activity on the main account .
my mood did not brighten in the evening watching spurs , i think jol has been treated deplorably by the spurs board , from my sources at the club im led to believe that berbatov wants away in the summer man utd wanted to talk to him/his agent but the spurs board refused permission , berbatov was apparently furious and has had the hump since then he does look a pale shadow of the player i witnessed last season and why did we buy darren bent let alone pay £16.5 mil for him , well from what im told it was the decision of our "sporting director" (what the heck is one of those !!) damien comoli to purchase bent and jol was against the purchase .
well martin jol has been undermined by the board , its obvious that he is no longer their number one choice , as they have already made other approaches .
and although i stated above that jol has been treated in an deplorable manner i regretfully feel that he may be losing the players , certainly berbatov and i feel the club should do the decent thing pay up his contact and let the man go , so that the club can progress , it never should have come to this as the bloke has done wonders 2 consecutive top five finishes but i feel the situation has gone beyond retreiving , no one person is bigger than the club , and although i dont like the situation and circumstances , i now sadly feel martin jol should go .

Sunday, October 21, 2007

another super sunday ...............

courtesy of the mh advised star of canterbury at hereford . as per usual with it being a sunday i struggled to get anywhere near the suggested price , i believe 7/1 was freely available with it being a point longer at a couple of smaller shops . but i was out with family down the kennels walking dogs and got chucked into a paddock with eight 3 month old pups that absolutely tore me to pieces , or my tracksuit bottoms to be precise , had a lovely morning early afternoon in wonderful weather . i got the message pretty promptly but as sid james are my only outlet worthy of calling i was limited to say the least but they do at least offer guaranteed odds now on every race , i asked for £150 ew @ 6/1 gtd , they cut me down to £75 ew ........... i got the other 1/2 point ew on at 5/1 , a convincing winner @ 4/1 made it a most profitable day .
no main account bet from isiris so nothing for me , but they were spot on with mahogany blaze in the kempton novice chase , a confident insider bet was the call .

sunday

MARK HOLDER

3.00 here star of canterbury £75 ew @ 6/1 & 5/1 WON +£990

weekending sat 20th october .....................

overall as told this week it has been pretty quiet , although i dont expect this continue , aswell as quiet it has been a losing unsuccessful week , bringing to end a nice run of profitable weeks but i still remain positive and look forward to the rest of 2007 , if rashida had popped up @ 10/1 this week it would have been a blinding week , but the horse finished lame so the week could have been a lost worse if the injury occurred earlier on in the race or was more severe , thankfully from what im told its not and through rest and treatment he should return , it just goes to show you this game we play is bulit upon fine margins .
my only profit on the week was from the rashida bet £300 with my total loss being £868 for the last seven days .

THE30KCHALLENGE .......................£19,898.36

Saturday, October 20, 2007

a day and week lacking in distinction ................

im sure isiris members get the drift and agree , roll on next week . although this week has provided some top class sport my services have been pretty quiet , and today only one bet , an ew 4th . but im sure opportunities will increase as the jumps season hots up over the next month , really looking fwd to the rest of the year and intoduction on the 1st nov of the more selective isiris betting approach .
not much to report so i wont waffle !

saturday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £250 ew @ 11/4 unpld -£500

Friday, October 19, 2007

nothing doing .............

on a good days sport with cards from cheltenham and newmarket , but if the value aint there you cant force it , plenty of racing over the weekend , hopefully some decent opportunities .

friday

PERSONAL TRADING

a frustrating day , the information i received was correct but perhaps the way i acted on it was not ! mh was keen to oppose hot zone in the 3.30 chelt , at the time i looked he was 9/2 on the fair , im trying to steer clear of laying in the win market especially 9/2 shots , so i looked at the place market , the price was 2.36/2.44 with liquidity thin , i placed some orders lower down to lay hot zone in the place , i was matched £300 @ 2.24 , hot zone was under pressure some way out but ap kept punching away on top and the horse sadly for me was third . my only other bet was in 4.40 chelt on silmi i had £75 ew @ 12/1 the horse a debut runner for mrs leech who ran with great credit to fill the runner up spot and claw back £105 , but the day produced a deficit of £267 .

Thursday, October 18, 2007

hit the crossbar today ................

or mh did , with rashida in the 2.20 ludlow , at one stage after the last i thought we were going to hit the jackpot , but the oddson fav kept on well in the end , but the market on this race gave me a dilemma and this will be explained below .
roll on tomorrow and cheltenhams first day of the new season , i love the place , seriously considering to tell the missus that i want my ashes scattered there when i depart this world ! im a regular at the mackeson (paddy power) meeting go with the lads from the cricket club this november will be my twelth consecutive year , first thing i do is have a butchers at the course looking up at cleeve hill its a truly inspiring view , my favourite course by a country mile .

thursday

OPTIMUM RACING

3.20 lud lusako de pembo £300 @ 5/2 unpld -£300

MARK HOLDER

2.20 lud rashida £300 ew @ 10/1 2nd +£300

the advised stake here was 3pts ew this equates to £450 ew , mh said for proofing purposes the 2nd sis show would be used , i always try to bag some of the price ,i managed to get £300 ew on with lads/wh @ 10/1 , i returned to the lads shop asking for £94 ew (no reason why £94!) who said "you have already had one bet on this " i said yes thats correct but my mate wants to back it , and is there a restriction to only one bet per customer on this ? , she said that she will have to call liabilities , the response was that 8/1 was now the price , i said no its alright and returned to hills , the price their was now 15/2 . so i decided to wait for the shows . 6/1 was the opening price , i would have taken 7/1 , then the next show was 11/2 nearly half the early bird price and then 5/1 now exactly half the 10/1 , well im vm value orientated , and i just could not bring myself to back it at 5/1 , so win or lose i was happy with my stance on the race thinking id done well to get £300 on @ 10/1 .
at one stage i thought we could be in trouble to finish in the three and then for a sec or two i thought we could win it , but we had to settle for second and me not placing the other point ew did not matter p/l wise , but i was happy either way .

PERSONAL BETTING

well in the 3.20 ludlow i laid three in the place market , coeur d'alene £100 @ 1.90 , return home £75 @ 3.15 and vibe £25 @ 5.3 all at one stage looked as if they could be in the shake up , but thankfully none were , so a profit of £200 less comm . my bitch gregorys girl ran in the 3.48 romford , we were hopeful , but unfortunately she did not ping the lids and took a bump at the first , this put paid to her chances and i lost the £50 i had invested @ 4.5 ............. perhaps im giving her too many treats on our sunday walks !!! but a profit personally of £142 on the day .

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

not a day to dwell on ...................

with a small loss and england losing a 1-0 lead against russia , so roll on tomorrow , the european championships could well be devoid of any interest from the british isles as the scots are losing 2-0 at the time of this post .

wednesday

PERSONAL TRADING

all my efforts were centred on the 4.50 wetherby , isiris who do well in the novice chase scene were keen on the sue smith trained like a lord , making it a very strong insider , 3/1 was available with a few independents and would be available for 30 seconds at most before it disappeared , 11/4 was freely available on the street , i called betfair and the price was nearer 5/2 ....................... 3.55/3.60 to be precise , could see this trading lower , i had a total of £800 @ 11/4 , i waited as the price was static trading 3.60/3.70 most of the time , i placed 2 orders to lay £325 @ 3.30 & 3.40 , these were matched so i was left with £150 @ 9/2 !!! (4.48) but in the end although i had the value as he started @ 2/1 , it counted for nothing as the selection fell , giving me a loss of £176 on the day .................. roll on thursday !!!!

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

a small loss on the day ................

nothing from my services but i did get involved in a couple of races ................

tuesday

PERSONAL TRADING

i took the isiris message in a ladbrokes betting shop , one insider and the price was available with ladbrokes , it was a strong insider , the race lacked strength in depth and governor elliot must be in the three so i took the 7/2 to the tune of £200 ew . the selection ran poorly , one to avoid i feel , so £400 in arrears . there was a call back for a main account bet @ 5.00 for the 5.10 this was cancelled due to the selection being a non runner , but i had noted prime exhibit on his debut , travelled like a dream until stamina gave way in the last furlong , that was over 1m on soft so 7f over softish ground should not be a problem , the only danger surely had to be plavius a $9,200,000 yearling ........... YES 9.2 MILLION running in a leicester maiden with just over £4,000 to the winner !!! i had £500 @ 4/6 when the price was in danger of going looking at the exchanges , a lumpy bet for me especially as i was £400 down but thankfully prime exhibit cantered to an easy victory and my loss on the day was reduced to £67 .............. as for plavius 9th out of 10 .................. OUCH !!!

Sunday, October 14, 2007

weekending sat 13th october .....................

shows a healthy profit of just under £1500 ................ £1490.11 to be precise , it could have been more or less depending on the way you look at things but its not a perfect world and although this is my job and i do try to be as professional as possible , i even passed up a piss up down the pub for the football yesterday afternoon !! i do have a life outside of gambling and i respect and think a lot of my girlfriend and family and sometimes i have to make sacrifices in my work , to put that into perpective i have been married twice and was engaged for quite a while to another girl , i have finally found the girl for me who i adore (ok get the bucket !) and im not gonna let my work get in the way of us and the relationship as has happened in the past , you have to remember that racing is happening 7 days a week day and often nightly and you would lead a pretty sad and unfulfilled life in my opinion if you let the services totally rule the way you lead your life , this is the main reason why im so looking forward to the new isiris system as the night before you will know where you stand in regard to the next days betting the other reason is my selective approach to gambling .
so the isiris main account and optimum continue to be in a rich vein of form , i have now broken the £20,000 barrier (b4 ex,s) and im enjoying work looking forward to every day and excited about the coming months , yes a poor week for mh but still in healthy profit over the year as a whole .

THE30KCHALLENGE ............................. +£20,766.36

tonight was a perfect example ...................

of why i can no longer rely on the internet as my method of "getting on" and that my decision to go on the shop route was the correct one . we had an isiris callback for 7.40 i was correct in assuming the bet would be in the kempton maiden rather than the rugby , i had 8 internet accounts up and ready to use , called on the dot got the bet i asked for £80 ew @ 7/1 ............. got offered £15 ew ! asked for £75 ew @ 7/1 ................ got offered £12.50 ew !! asked for £50 ew @ 7/1 got offered £6.50 ew !!! so i had £34 ew @ 7/1 my next port of call had the selection ........ suspended , so i tried betfair but that was a non starter as i was concerned 6.6/6.8 in the win market but just 1.60/1.62 in the place market . so just £34 was my stake but my discipline saved me a few quid as the selection was second but had a massive r4 of 45p .
optimum kept up the good work of recent times following on from last saturdays coup on pauls plain with the winning drifter lord of the run who just held on after a brilliant tactical ride from the often maligned andrew thornton .
so a blank couple of days jumps wise , next couple of days should be quiet but you never know with isiris , but i for one am hoping sunday will be quiet as im out for lunch and getting on will not be easy ! but it never is thesedays ..................... unless you wanna play roulette in one of the shops !!!!

saturday
ISIRIS

HORSE A £34 ew @ 7/1 2nd r4 45p -£7.82

OPTIMUM RACING

5.00 hex lord of the run £150 @ 10/3 £150 @ 10/3 gtd = 4/1 ! WON +£1100

Friday, October 12, 2007

a disappointing couple of days ...........

but you come to accept them over time as a minor irritation , well i do anyway !! especially with mh as i fully know that over time we will win , we played today in a race that offered brilliant ew and win value as the fav in his opinion was vulnerable , this was correct but unfortunately we could not capitalise as our selection ran poorly .
had a decent morning in the better shop for their official opening , got my carpet ew @ 13/2 on without any fuss , the bet lost so hopefully they will welcome me with open arms next time !!!

friday

MARK HOLDER

3.00 car rocknest island £300 ew @ 13/2 unpld -£600

whereas yesterday we could deem ourselves unlucky for not picking up the place money , todays bet simply ran a stinker , nothing more nothing less , never really looked like getting in a blow , unfortunate as i bagged the price , with the selection starting a well supported 4/1 shot , mark was correct in taking the fav but on THIS occassion it did not work .

PERSONAL TRADING

just played in the 4.45 carlise laying two in the place market high cotton £75 @3.15 and tomillielou £75 @ 3.15 thankfully somedo somedont stayed on really well in the run in to deny high cotton 3rd , so i recouped £150 less the £6 comm on the race .

Thursday, October 11, 2007

first knockback for a while ...............

in a hills shop today , asked for £300 ew @ 11/2 on sturberry , but after the mandatory call to trading i was offered £100 ew , had no bearing on my p/l , but last saturday £200 ew @ 6/1 was accepted without question in the same office , so perhaps i,ll keep to that sum in future .
on the subject of betting shops i have three better shops within a 10 mile radius enfield/wood green/finchley and the staff are different class especially the women ............. seriously they are ! i had the other £200 ew of my bet with them @ 5/1 (guaranteed) no questions accepted , a breath of fresh air , of course i realise that a decent winner and all this could change .
off to the enfield better shop tomorrow for their "official" opening in the company of graham roberts and paul merson , free bets and other freebies on offer so may be worth a visit .

thursday

MARK HOLDER

5.05 winc sturberry £100 ew @ 11/2 £200 ew @5/1 unpld -£600

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

nothing to report ............

with monday & tuesday concerned with the flat neither mh or optimum had anything and hopeful of some business today but nothing stood out so a blank 3 days , no worries from me , i only wish to play when we have an edge and if none is about then im quite happy to wait . isiris have been quiet aswell but thats understandable after the success of sunday , but im sure with a superb weekend coming up under both codes the quiet spell will not continue for long .

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

ISIRIS SUPER SUNDAY WITH MAIN ACCOUNT DOUBLE !!!!

second year running kevin and his isiris team were successful in the arc , rail link was followed up with dylan thomas in this years renewal , i was oblivious to all this as i was at a family christening in north norfolk with no mobile phone coverage ........... and then in the evening this was suplemented with scotland @ 13.5 on the handicap against argentina in the rugby
makes a nice change as sundays in 2007 have not been too successful for me .
sunday did not go smoothly though as i had a christening to attend @ 1.30pm this wasnt the only problem , i knew the area and mobile coverage is limited to say the least if i went up to the bell tower i would be ok but i dont think my family would appreciate this !!
this was a special day and a family get together and i did not want it spoilt with me calling lines and trying to get reception . we were staying in a hotel and left @ 12.45 by that time i knew that there were no selections from optimum or mh , only isiris to go , so i liased with a fellow member who plays to smaller stakes than me and asked him to back any main account bet to half my usual stakes this would be £125 ew , then if they did have a winner i would still be on it . why only half my usual stakes ,well i very close to pulling the plug on the day from a gambling point of view ,as a family unit we dont see eachother much and i wanted to enjoy the day to the full and this did not include me calling my services which i feel is understandable , but something made me go down a new route for me , i didnt want to impose too much upon the person who helped me out also i suppose im a bit of a control freak with my betting , this is the first time i have gone down this avenue , in days gone by i would say "right , if i cant listen to the message and place the bet myself , then i wont call" so this i feel is a step in the right direction !!! i was happy with my decision beforehand and on my way back to the hotel when i got the result (minus the goings on with the stewards enquiry ) i was still happy as in previous times i would not have had a bet at all .
so many thanks to the person who helped me , i owe you a beer or three !!!

sunday
ISIRIS

DYLAN THOMAS £125 win @ 7.6 £125 place @ 2.04 WON +£926.35
SCOTLAND +13.5 £500 win @ 2.0878 WON +£527.58

scotland were 1.94/1.96 but i traded a little on the exchanges to get my price near to 2.09 .

Monday, October 08, 2007

weekending sat 6th october ...............

the bottom line on the week was a profit of £1572.11 making a grand total before ex,s of £19,276.25 . my main profits were from my own personal account from friday (courtesy of optimum) and on tuesday (courtesy of mh) and then pauls plain on saturday from optimum .
with the nh season about to kick in proper and the new isiris system about to start in nov , im at present excited and looking forward to the rest of 2007 , and ok i realise it must be odds against but the £30k could be reached to make it 5 in a row , but 2007 has for a large part been a tough old slog i will never forget the early days of this year or the wet summer that played havoc im positive with my services .

THE30KCHALLENGE ........................ £19,276.25