Wednesday, January 31, 2007

no disasters BUT ...................

today just about sums up my month as i will explain in my personal trading update , 3 small losers from isiris but just pleased to see the back of january .

ISIRIS

insiders
2.10 leices A £50 ew @ 22/1 unpld -£100
2.40 leices B £50 ew @ 22/1 unpld -£100
3.50 newc C £50 ew @ 16/1 unpld -£100

main account +£1556.15
insiders -£1518.86
overall +£37.29

MARK HOLDER

no bets advised -£32oo

OPTIMUM RACING

no bets advised -£4083.91

PERSONAL TRADING

a frustrating day that ended in a small loss of £102.49 but when i look at my notes from the start of the day i cant believe i lost money , i have lays against jimmy bond & go johnny in the 3.20 newc and im spatacus 3.10 leices these are all down to the price being too short and i have positives for sherwoods folly ew (2.40leices) , jimmys duky (2.50newc) , sole agent (3.10leices) , cool cossack & star time (3.20newc) englishtown (3.40leices) and master sebastian (3.50newc) , so the 3 lays got beat and 3/7 selections winning . well i did lay the 3 losers for small money and backed jimmys duky ew @ 5/1 , sole agent @ 14/1 , cool cossack @ 12/1 and star time 25/1 but passed over the 3 winners due to sherwoods folly missing the 5/1 , englishtown too short and master sebastian although he had the best form there were stamina doubts , my biggest frustration though was in the race master sebastian won as isiris had a ew selection in almire du lia as we had a n/r meaning only 7 run places down to first2 so i backed almire du lia in the place mkt at 3.8-4.1 and layed part off at 3.0 so i ended up having £75 @ 4.6 .................. in running almire du lia touched 2.02 but faded into fourth to end a perfect month ......................... NOT !!!!

+£356.84

THE30KCHALLENGE........................... -£6889.78


ROLL ON FEBRUARY ................................................................... CMON YOU SPURS !!!!!!!

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

just one day to go !!!!

to get this poxy month out of the way ...................... another expensive day , with all 3 services losing . had a look back at last years p/l record jan was a poor month then aswell , next jan im definately taking a holiday ! in fact mh had 10 consecutive losing bets in jan 2006 and over jan/feb only 2/20 bets were successful .

ISIRIS

main account 1.50 folk A £200 ew @ 3/1 2nd -£80
insiders 2.00 south B £50 ew @ 11/1 3rd +£60
4.10 taun C £100 ew @ 9/1 unpld -£200

main account +£1556.15
insiders -£1218.86
overall +£337.29

MARK HOLDER

3.40 taun needle prick £400 ew @ 7/1 unpld -£800

frustrating as i got the price in the bag as the selection started a well supported 7/2 chance

cum p/l - £3200

OPTIMUM RACING

3.50 folk adecco £300 @ 9/2 3rd -£300
3.50 folk ishka baha £300 @ 9/2 unpld -£300

cum p/l -£4083.91

PERSONAL TRADING

a decent enough day but cant get to over excited with such a continued disappointing start of the year from mh & optimum but i played on 2 chases on the thoughts of andrew @ optimum which provided a profit of £ 356.18 on the day . i was fortunate to collect in the 2.20 folk where i had £50 ew on hibernian who sneaked into 3rd after a rival fell at the last and i then backed two in the 4.10 taun £25 ew on wild power & malaga boy withthe latter proving successful .

cumm p/l +£459.33

THE30KCHALLENGE .................................... -£6487.29

Monday, January 29, 2007

january can not end soon enough ..............

the figures dont lie and this has been my worst month ever p/l wise , ok my stakes are at their highest ever but no hiding behind a £5k deficit lets hope feb brings a turnaround , today produced a small loss of £60.79 .

ISIRIS

insiders 4.20 ling love A £100 @ 2/1 WON +£200
4.20 ling B £100 @ 7/2 unpld -£100

insiders -£1078.86

overall + £557.29

MARK HOLDER

no bet advised
-£2400

OPTIMUM RACING

no bet advised
-£3483.91

PERSONAL TRADING

my efforts really just centred around the first at ludlow where i strongly fancied the mccoy ridden scotland yard i was reliably informed it was well regarded by the yard and expected to step up on a promising last effort and that there would be money for it , so i backed the horse heavily ew @ 9/4 and layed it back on betfair @ 3.0 and 1.26 in the respective markets giving me a £100 ew @ 4/1 (win) and 7/4 (place) as the horse went off a well supported 15/8 chance , but ap went off like a scalded cat , im no jockey and he is the greatest but i thought he went off too quick , yes in hindsight i should have produced a all green book but i couldn,t for the life of me see it out the first three ................... how wrong you can be as it faded to finish 4th , i clawed a small sum back arbing the isiris winner to produce a loss of £160.79 on the day .

cum p/l +£103.15

THE30KCHALLENGE .............................. -£5223.47

if only i had gone to somewhere ...............

without a internet connection !!! a enjoyable trip to wexford visting greyhound breeders and seeing my pups then a trip yesterday to the irish champion hurdle but some enjoyment was taken away with the continued poor run from the services i follow resulting in a loss £2750.55 making a total deficit of £5162.68 , not looking good THE30KCHALLENGE but i didn,t say it was gonna be a profit !!!!! my figures are below , isiris followers will note some bets are not included but as i stated if i cant get internet access i dont play as i cant get on via the phones .

ISIRIS

MAIN ACCOUNT 25/1 1.20 font A £200 ew @ 5/2 2nd -£100

INSIDERS 25/1 1.50 font B £150 @ 9/2 unpld -£150
26/1 3.50 here C £50 ew @ 14/1 unpld -£100
27/1 1.15 south D £200 @ 15/8 unpld -£200
2.25 south E £50 ew @ 14/1 unpld - £100
2.25 south F £50 ew @ 20/1 3rd +£150
3.40 uttox G £50 ew @ 14/1 2nd +£90

main account +£1636.15
insiders -£1178.86
overall +£457.29

MARK HOLDER

26/1 win a rose £200 ew @ 13/2 unpld -£400
27/1 osana £200 ew @ 12/1 unpld - £400
27/1 pancake £200 ew @ 10/1 unpld - £400

cum p/l -£ 2400

OPTIMUM RACING

25/1 brigadier du bois £600 @ 7/2 unpld -£600
27/1 launde £450 ew @ 5/1 unpld -£900

cum p/l -£3483.91

PERSONAL TRADING

very quiet as i have been away but a profit of £238.82 to be taken into account regarding the spurs match on wednesday night and i also layed the draw in the south africa/pakistan test at cape town for £125 @ 3.2 making a profit of £358.63 .

cum p/l +£263.94

THE30KCHALLENGE .............................. -£5162.68

Thursday, January 25, 2007

why do we have to half time .....................

2 nil up and all going well , then HT did wenger slip some rohipnol into our ht cuppa i ask !!!!! although a succesful night punting wise would have easily taken a loss and a 2 nil victory but made £238.82 on the match consisting of a lay of under 2.5 goals £100 @ 1.82 bought total goals for £115 @ 2.56 and a small loss of £15 with a £2.5 buy of shirts @ 42 . i shall update my p/l accordingly later on .


well this is my challenge , understandably i will have holidays , days when for some reason i wont be able to get my bets on , without a pc connection its useless for me to try and get isiris selections, on the phone im only offered sp the other 2 services i can get on but to limited sums . the reason i mention this is that its thursday 12.45pm and im off to wexford , ireland on greyhound related business as me and some mates have saplings , pups & greyhounds based in the area so for today i have done what i could , that is back the optimum selection and one isiris insider . i will try and get on to the best of my ability until i return on sunday evening but i know from past experience it could be a shambles and bloody hard work !!!!

be lucky all , see ya later !!!

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

a 64.7/1 double gets me out of jail .............

after three losing insiders from isiris and a 5 point loser from optimum .

ISIRIS +£1167.29

insiders -£568.86
3.10 catt A £100 @ 3.65 3rd -£100
3.40 catt B £50 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£100
3.50 ling C £50 ew @ 15/1 unpld -£100

main account +£1736.15
insiders -£868.86
overall +£867.29

personal view on 3 insiders i wish he would give two out and say the other will be given out in 10 mins as i always struggle to get on 3 selections at the advertised prices on one message .

MARK HOLDER -£1200

no bet advised

OPTIMUM RACING -£1233.91

3.00 hunt dream alliance £750 @ 15/8 unpld -£750

cum p/l - £1983.91

PERSONAL TRADING -£1860.58

today for me illustrated why i have followed the service of mh since about 1998 , even on a day when he advises no bet his message is worth its weight in gold , he gave positive marks for both our jasper 2.10 catt and basic fact 4.00 hunt i backed our jasper £50 ew @ 8/1 and had a £30 ew double (8/1 & 7/1 r410p) producing a successful 64.7/1 double , i laid back in running £400 @ 3.14 . optimum racing had a strong bet on dream alliance as andrew wanted to be against the douman trained favourite moncadou his reasoning was correct but his selection was the first beat and trailed in a well beaten last ,i backed dream alliance against moncadou in a match bet to compound my losses on the race , the max make up in match bets is 15l for nh racing and the ceiling was hit with a loss of 14 x £25 . a personal profit on the day of £1765.07 but i have a interest in tonights carling cup 1st leg where i expect there to be goals spurs defence is not the same without king and i was not too impressed the way the young arsenal team defended against liverpool , so far i have laid under 2.5 goals @ 1.86 for £175 and i may top up with a buy on the spreads @ 2.6 or shirt numbers @ 42 but i will carry fwd this p/l thru to tomorrows figures .

cum p/l -£95.51


THE30KCHALLENGE ................................ -£2412.13

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

hughie morrison has a winner at southwell .........

isiris tip up a hughie morrison runner at southwell .................. hughie has 2 runners at southwell , one is the easiest winner of a race you will ever see winning hard held by 14 lengths the other drifts like a barge and is tailed off beaten by over 40 lengths ..................... guess which one we were on !!!!

ISIRIS

insiders 3.10 south K £100 win @ 9/2 unsighted -£100

main account +1736.15
insiders -£568.86
overall +£1167.29

MARK HOLDER -£1200

no bet advised

OPTIMUM RACING -£1233.91

no bet advised

PERSONAL TRADING -£1580.94

i played in two races at southwell backing mind alert in the 2.40 for £150 at a average of 3.30and then i tried to arb the isiris selection kylkenny ............... not the greatest idea in hindsight as he drifted from 5.4 to 12.0 a deficit of £129.64 on the race .

p/l -£1860.58

THE30KCHALLENGE .................................. -£3127.20

Monday, January 22, 2007

will i never learn ......................

mixing my alcohol just doesn,t agree with me and my powers of recovery these days about zilch so consequently today has been spent curled up on the sofa but a great night was had by all at the bgrb awards ceremony but £4.50 for a bottle of bud !!!! thankfully today was quiet with no nh meetings so only isiris to deal with and the intended bet deadline was a n/r , so no p/l figures for today but yesterday was successful with a main account winner from isiris .

sunday 21/1/07

ISIRIS
main account 1.40 tow A £173 ew@ 3/1 £27 ew@ 11/4 WON +£711.90
insiders 4.10 tow B £50 ew@ 25/1 unpld -£100

main account +£1736.15
insiders -£468.86
overall +£1267.29

THE30KCHALLENGE........................... -£2747.56

Sunday, January 21, 2007

the end of week 2 .......................

and its now THE33.6KCHALLENGE.................... a poor week with a loss of £1660.34 , yes i admit id prefer it to be the other way round but im not too down hearted , could do with some decent weather and consistency in going then i personally feel the results will improve , saturday produced a loss of £811 from .............

ISIRIS

insiders
1.25 hay A £150 @ 11/8 WON +£206.25
3.20 win B £50 ew @ 7/2 & 4/1 3rd -£6.25

main account +£1024.25
insiders -£ 368.86
overall +£ 655.39

MARK HOLDER

3.20 win ingres £200 ew @ 33/1 unpld -£400
3.20 win methodical £200 ew @ 16/1 unpld -£400

overall -£1200

OPTIMUM RACING

no bet advised -£1233.91

PERSONAL TRADING

no negatives were given out although mh thought bens turn was underpriced @ 7/2 feeling on what he had achieved so far he should be double those odds , i was going to take a few quid out of him but then isiris gave him out as a insider so i decided to hold fire , my only 2 trades concerned the 3.20 win where i bought ingres and methodical cheaply on the spreads after mh gave them as selections , ingres £17.5 @ 6 and methodical £13.25 @ 8 unfortunately both were out of the first four so a loss of £211 on the trades and a loss of £211 on the day .

overall -£1580.94

So a deficit of £3359.46 so far , not good but just want to put that into perspective MH is down 6 points and OPTIMUM is down just over 8 points , im more concerned with my own performance but as this largely mirrors my services its hardly surprising im down as well , it will be a quiet couple of days with no messages from MH & OPTIMUM over the next couple of days which suits as im away sunday for the annual greyound bash/awards ceremony at the royal lancaster hotel and monday i doubt i will be fit for anything !!

THE30KCHALLENGE...................... -£3359.46

Saturday, January 20, 2007

friday 19th jan .............

whilst down the gym this morning i pinpointed two potential bets for my own account both at muss they were 12.40 knockara luck ew @ 5/2 and half an hour later modicum ew @ 5/1 + i really liked this one but i dont like backing this riders mounts , but hand on heart i will never complain/moan if i back one of her mounts and the assistance the horse gets from the saddle is less than inspired , my view is that you should take her ability into account when placing your bet but saying that she has improved this season and good luck to her . isiris came up with 2 account bets today guess what they were ...................

ISIRIS +£800.39

main account +£1169.25
12.40 muss A £300 ew @ 9/4 2nd A LOSING BET KB !!!! -£165
1.10 muss B £200 ew @ 11/2 2nd +£20

insiders -£368.86
1.20 wolv C £50 ew @ 12/1 unpld -£100
2.20 muss D £50 ew @ 20/1 unpld -£100

main account +£1024.25
insiders -£568.86
overall +£455.39

MARK HOLDER -£400

no bet advised

OPTIMUM RACING -£783.91

3.25 muss leithem air £450 @ 4.85 unpld -£450

PERSONAL TRADING -£1228.44

with isiris going with my potential personal bets i changed tact slightly going for a couple of ew doubles £50 knockara lass/modicum (+47) £100 knockara lass/leithem air (-200) in the 3.25 muss i laid barracat for £100 @ 5.8 and on the spreads i bought leithem air for £5 @ 17 as i thought the price was cheap i made it 18/21 unfortunately he was out of the frame so a loss of £85 on that trade . a loss of £141.50 personally on the day .

THE30KCHALLENGE ............................ -£2548.46

Friday, January 19, 2007

batten down the hatches ..............

the wind was causing havoc in my part of north london , once racing was called off i ventured out into the garden as i have a ongoing project and a skip to fill but after one of the fence panels blew out i made a hasty retreat indoors , spent the rest of the afternoon reading , going through some books that i read some 15 years to freshen up some ideas on spread betting and pricing spread markets from the fixed odds markets . no action at all today looking fwd to friday and hopefully jades eviction ...................

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

should i take a break from laying .................

although profitable last year , so far this year it has been a achilles heel of mine and so it proved again today ............ start of play -£979.43

ISIRIS +£1000.39

insiders 2.35 newbury A £100 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£200

main account +£1169.25
insiders -£ 368.86
overall +£ 800.39

MARK HOLDER -£400

mh wanted to play in the 3.40 newbury PROVIDING 16 run due to the ew terms , his preference was for sir bathwick and it would have been a £200 ew bet , as it turned out thankfully there was a late n/r leaving a 15 runner field so no bet .

OPTIMUM RACING -£783.91

no bet advised

PERSONAL TRADING -£795.91

a loss of £432.53 on the day consisting of three bets the first was a £25 ew double consisting of 1.10 newc fastaffaran 2nd @ 14/1 and 2.05 newb dancing dasi 7/1 unpld , i that race i wanted to take on the fav oceanos des obeaux due to stamina concerns in the testing conditions and longer trip ................. these were unfounded in the end as a emphatic win for the fav took place i laid £150 @ 2.55 and then in the 3.40 newbury i played the mh preference sir bathwick i managed to back in the place mkt (settled first 4 places ) @ 2.14 for £75 and in the win mkt @ 6.82 for £75 as th race got under way i was pleased with the bet as he was a well supported 4/1 chance but to me it looked like he did not get home so a loss of £150 . a disappointing day especially after yesterday , no bets on the football but i will be down the lane cheering the spurs on !!!

THE 30KCHALLENGE ........................ -£1611.96

a welcome change of fortune ....................

with a success of £1858.88 registered on the day and a welcome winner for OPTIMUM RACING .

ISIRIS +£737.89

insiders
2.40 wolv B £150 @ 7/4 WON +£262.50

main account +£1169.25
insiders -£ 168.86
overall -£1000.39

MARK HOLDER -£400

no bets advised

OPTIMUM RACING -£1800

1.50 folk gerrard £300 @ 5.41 unpld -£300
1.50 folk lescars lad £300 @ 5.39 (after comm) won +£1316.09

overall - £783.91

PERSONAL TRADING -£1376.20

Only one trade in the afternoon as i concentrated on the evenings fa cup action . in the first at folk i laid the mccoy ridden khazar as started to drift for £45 @ 3.2 for a small profit . in the football i made plymouth argyle my banker against a out of form and managerless peterboro and i wanted to oppose barnsley against a improving southend and a lacking in confidence & weakened coventry against highflying bristol city so i made the following bets ;
plymouth 1/2 southend 11/5 - plymouth 1/2 draw (barnsley v sufc) 11/5
2 x £50 doubles +£190 on 2 bets
plymouth 1/2 bristol city 11/4 - plymouth 1/2 draw (ccfc v bcfc) 9/4
2 x £75 doubles +£346.87
profit on the day +£580.29

THE 30KCHALLENGE ..................................... -£979.43

Monday, January 15, 2007

unsuccessful ew doubles at the double ..............

from both isiris and mark holder making this a day to forget .

ISIRIS +£1237.89

insiders
1.30 plum A 2/1 won 1.50 fak marine life 7/1 unpld -£300
3.00 plum B £50 ew @ 16/1 unpld -£100
5.10 wolv C £50 ew @ 8/1 unpld -£100

main account +£1169.25
insiders -£431.36
overall +£737.89

MARK HOLDER p/l nil

1.20 fak killard point 9/2 unpld 1.30 plum santando 2/1 won £200 ew double -£400

p/l -£400

OPTIMUM RACING -£1800

no bets advised

PERSONAL TRADING -£1237.01

My only trade concerned the 2.oo plum where i thought ring back was worth taking on in the place market i laid £200 at a average of 1.695 , leaving the back straight i was more than confident of collecting high life was coasting and had company with just poppytee who was being driven clear of the toiling ring back , but then turning into the uphill finish high life started to struggle and ring back was staying on , ring on swept past high life to finish second although high life did stay on one paced , so a deficit on the day of £139.19.

p/l -£1376.20

THE30KCHALLENGE ........................... -£2838.31

Sunday, January 14, 2007

a frustrating day down the lane ................

suppose i should be used to it after so many years following the spurs but at least i could content myself of having made a few quid backing the overs @ 2.2 , i logged onto betfair just as i was to leave for the match over 2.5 goals was 2.18/2.22 £4k by £1.5k i place a order to back over 2.5 goals @ 2.2 for £200 ................... youve guessed it i wasn,t matched !!! my fault looking for that extra £4 what compounds the misery was 1 we got beat 2 my thinking on our defence without ledley was correct and 3 im a crap football judge usually , well crap as soon as i put my money down that is , go to the pub with my mates and im a judge but then at home i have a punt and im useless , so irarely collect , this sums my football betting up !!! a quiet day with only isiris in action .

ISIRIS

insiders
£50 ew double 1.35 kemp B 2/1 unpld 2.05 kemp E 5/2 3rd -£100

main account +£1169.25
insiders +£ 68.64

THE 30KCHALLENGE ............................... -£1799.12

Saturday, January 13, 2007

a mighty get out of jail card ..................

3.59 today and the bleak run looked like continuing just over £1000 down on the day and a call back for 4.00 from isiris , gonna take something special to get me out of this hole today !! kb goes max ew on mighty in the 4.05 ling managed to get my £300 ew and a little more on before the price collapsed , then a n/r as a rag refuses to load , so now we have the place part of the bet at 1/4 odds first two , for once the n/r worked in our favour as mighty won impressively , if the withdrawal had taken place at 3.55 i would bet 1.01 that kb would have scratched the bet so perhaps jupiter and uranus are correctly alligned at present ............... optimum racings poor run continues and mh thankfully cancels his proposed bet on racing demon he was looking for a minimum price of 4/1 and at the time of his message (noon) 7/2 was the best price on offer , so a quiet week from him . start of play -£2007.12

ISIRIS overall +£375.39

main account 4.05 ling K £300 ew @ 7/2 +1312.50

insiders
1.05 kemp N £150 @ 7/4 2nd -£150
2.20 weth O £50ew @ 20/1 unpld -£100
3.00 war B £100 @ 7/2 2nd -£100

main account +£1169.25
insiders +£ 168.64
overall +£1337.89

MARK HOLDER

no bet advised p/l nil

OPTIMUM RACING -£1200

3.50 kemp kenzo £600 @ 4/1 unpld -£600

overall -£1800

PERSONAL TRADING - 1182.51

A small loss on the day of £54.05 , this consisted of losses on pouvoir in the 12.30 kemp a lay of £100 @2.6 and £100 ew on racing demon @ 4.8 & 1.94 respectively the positives were from £100 on shrewd investor at 2.3 and arbing £120 ew on the isiris main account winner mighty.

overall p/l -£1237.01

the end of a largely unsuccessful week , but i really have gained confidence in the weeks performance from isiris , mh will produce profits and optimum are 12 points down that can and will be easily turned around im sure of that , my laying has not been too successful this week but last year it was a decent income stream for me . A quiet start of the week is envisaged tomorrow no messages from mh or optimum and isiris are always quiet after a succeful main account so i,ll be off to the lane early to have a pint before the match ....................... be lucky all !#

THE 30KCHALLENGE ................................. P/L -£1699.12

has isiris turned the corner ???

lets hope so , as a long term member i have not been too concerned at the lack of progress since the arc as year in year out they produce me a profit , its not easy and you have to be quick and learn to take what kb waffles on about on his messages with a pinch of salt ! BUT december was a all time low he seemed to have lost the plot in my opinion but hopefully the betfair forum on which he was a regular contributor has given him a kick up the khyber , not a fan of the horse racing forum to be honest too much aggression and inflated egos !!! if i wanted that i,d go back to the city for a night out .......... but the recent threads on isiris was most constructive , pertinent and valid . start of play -£1607.12

ISIRIS overall +£125.39

2.00 wolv A £150 @ 3.15 unpld -£150
4.00 wolv B £100 @ 4/1 WON +£400

main account -£143.25
insiders +£518.64

overall +£375.39

MARK HOLDER p/l nil

no bet advised

OPTIMUM RACING -£600

3.20 hunt broken reed £600 (4 pts) @ 3.6 unpld -£600

overall -£1200

yes a disappointing start from optimum but lets put this into context , its only 8 points .

PERSONAL TRADING -£1132.51

Quiet day personally as i had some jobs that needed attending to , with the testing conditions at both NH venues i was quite happy to sit this afternoon out , so i placed the above bets and shut up shop . Kilpine Champ a very fast dog was running in a open at Romford in the 10.08 he is owned and trained by some good friends of mine , he was trained by peter rich but recently went to "long bob" pattinson , the champ once the fastest dog in the country over sprint distances has been dogged with injuries throughout his career but last week after a slow start in the sprint he showed good pace to get up on the line , he looks in good heart at present so i wanted a small interest on him tonight . he ran well but not well enough to finish second @ 5/2 so -£50 on the day .

overall -£1182.51

THE 30K CHALLENGE ................... -£2007.12

Thursday, January 11, 2007

not a good start ............

personally that is , hear from the mrs that the car has failed the MOT on numerous problems , then during near hurricane weather conditions i start to hear a dripping sound , thought that it must be from outside the house , the drips got more frequent and realised they were coming from the bathroom went to investigate and immediately got a wet foot and a drip on the head !!! for christs sake who have i crossed ? after the amaryllis incident i dont need this .............. Got myself organised but after the morning i have decided to tread easily today .

ISIRIS no main account
insiders 4 x £25 ew cross doubles 1.00 here A 6/1 & B 8/11 2.30 C 5/2 & D 5/4
XYZ & ABC , the other two were placed +£181.14

main account -£143.25
insiders +£268.64

overall +£125.39

MARK HOLDER

no account bets
p/l nil

OPTIMUM RACING

no account bets
p/l -£600

PERSONAL TRADING

Started the day off by placing two £50 ew doubles 1.10 here little rocker 6/1 & trigger the light 9/2 coupled 3.00 here you do the math 9/4 all were placed producing a profit of £133.18 , in the second race i wanted to lay acknowledgement over concerns of the horse seeing out the 3m2f trip in testing conditions £75 @ 3.1 was layed . I do not usually go along with the "buying money" strategy but couldn,t believe a stewards was called after mccoy and buena vista made the most of a less than inspired ride from sam thomas on chief yeoman i layed the second for £20 @ 20 . My only reverse on a quiet day was the trade of laying the front two in the market for the here 3.30 falkenauge was pulled up but a gutsy milton des bieffes was successful causing a loss of £128 .

daily p/l +£95.19

cum p/l -£1132.51

THE 30K CHALLENGE ..................... P/L -£1607.12

The horse i was interested tomorrow at huntingdon has not been declared thats the sixth time it has been pulled from a entry , the horse is owned by a high profile owner who likes a bet so im confident that im onto a live runner when it reappears .

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

wednesday 10th january

started the day in good spirits although the bottom line of -£1985.25 did not look too healthy .

no bets from mh or optimum

ISIRIS insiders

2.30 ling A £100 @ 3/1 unpld -£100
2.40 win A £100 @ 11/4 won +£275

main account -£143.25
insiders +£87.50
overall -£55.75

MARK HOLDER

p/l nil

OPTIMUM RACING

p/l -£600

PERSONAL TRADING

Concentrated on a decent card from wincanton , in the 1.10 i wanted to take on the first two in the market hoping that one of the newcomers could prevail, on the face of it they are not going to have to be anything special to beat fredensborg or i,m lovin it , the two coupled are about 11/10 so i lay for £200 . Lead on looked likely to collect coming to the last but unfortunately he fell leaving the race to fredensborg costing me £232.80 , thankfully Lead on got straight up and looked none the worse for the fall . The 2.10 was a 16 runner handicap hurdle with a few runners not proven over the 2m6f trip i wanted to have a interest i backed Flying Forme £50 ew @ 14/1 (bog) and laid three horses in the place market canopus (75@1.71) , cool society (25@3.05) and another burden (25@2.92) whilst in the win market i laid canopus for £50 @ 4.6 , canopus finished 2nd all other mentioned runners were unplaced so a small loss on the race . I arbed the isiris winner aztec warrior backing it at 11/4 and laying it in return @ 3.6 and took £75 out of opera de couer as andrew at optimum felt that he had the weakest claims of the front three in the market but was in fact favourite , this time the fall worked in my favour as aztec warrior prevailed . A lop sided market in the last with closed shop and portland bill supported to the exclusion of everything else i concentrated on portland bill as money came in for it i had £100 ew @5/1 and £150 ew @ 4/1 , laying back on betfair £265 @4.99 in the win and £260 @ 1.62 in the place markets producing a profit of £101.45 on the race .

daily p/l -£73.20
cum p/l -£1227.70

so on the day +£101.80 making a running total of -£1883.45

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

tuesday 9th january daily p/l -£

not the start i had been looking for but saying that last year i was not in profit till mid feb , wont go into too much detail on todays debacle , but i was unprfessional and i paid for it , end of , nothing i can do will change it and at the end of the day the error cost a monkey and a new tv .

ISIRIS daily p/l -£93.25

MAX main account bet 1.05 sedge G £300 ew (135 @11/4 165 @5/2) 2nd -£143.25
note to kb thats a loss not a profit so a unsuccessful account bet !!!

insiders
3.35 sedge D £50 ew @ 20/1 unpld -£100
3.50 sedge Z £50 ew @ 20/1 2nd +£150

P/L
account bets -£143.25
insiders -£87.50

overall -£230.75

MARK HOLDER

No bets advised

OPTIMUM RACING

No bets advised

p/l -£600

PERSONAL TRADING daily p/l -£1206.77

apart from the nebraska city race my other race i traded was the last at sedgefield where although a worthy fav it was thought that cloudmor was too short @ 6/4 i managed to trade the fav so i had a position of laying £2oo at 2.05 to end the perfect day it got up in the closing stages to cost me £211.26 ..............

daily p/l -£1206.77
cum p/l -£1154.50

overall p/l at the end of tuesday 9th january 2007 -£1985.25

off to currys to buy a new tv .....................

WHAT A DISASTER ....................

Mark gave a negative for Nebraska City in the sedge 1.35 citing his thoughts that he is more of a speed horse who takes a keen hold in his races and suggested that he doubted he would see the trip out in such testing conditions ,my favoured play on the race was to take £100 out of him in the win market and £50 in the place market this would give me a liability of just over £500 , i started to trade the horse laying & backing it at between 5.4/5.9 everything was going swimmingly as i had layed the horse for £200 at a average of 5.3 in the win mkt and £130 at 2.18 in the place mkt and the horse was on the drift , happy days then it all went pearshaped, downstairs there was a commotion and had a mini disaster involving a plant , water and the tv . Wont go into the boring details i had it in my head that the race was off at 1.40 so when i returned at 1.38 nebraska was leading and trading at 2.12 , so i had a liability of £500 greater than i wanted trading at 2.12 and i need a new tv .................. it won , gonna need a miracle to turn today round .

Monday, January 08, 2007

monday 8th jan days p/l

a unprofitable day with a loss of £485.23 , the breakdown is as follows :

ISIRIS insiders
12.50 taunton P £100 ew @ 8/1 unpld -£200
2.40 wolver N £150 @ 7/4 WON +£262.50
daily p/l +£62.5o
cum p/l -£137.50

Isiris members were asked to call the line at 2.15pm , maybe a account bet for the 2.20 taunton with a short fav in the form of predateur a normal ew account bet looked the call but apparently mr booth has spotted a very good opportunity for an account bet tomorrow at sedgefield , so to protect his recent record on account bets (does that include de soto ?) he pulled it , especially as he wants to get the main account bets off to a good start in 2007 . We await tomorrows message at 12.35pm with baited breath .

MARK HOLDER

No account bets advised

OPTIMUM RACING

2.30 ludlow Dearson £600 win (4 pts) adv @ 7/2 wh unpld -£600
managed to get £100 @ 7/2 advised the rest at 10/3
Andrew was keen to get involved in the race as he wanted to oppose Harringay

daily p/l -£600
cum p/l - £600

PERSONAL TRADING

The day started off successfully with Altihar under a powerpacked ride from jamie moore winning the 1.00 ludlow with £25ew on @ 16/1 i laid £75 @ 4.2 which produced a profit of £240 on the race , Altihar touched 100 in running . Predateur was most impressive in the taunton 2.20 winning easily under a most confident ride, due to stamina concerns i layed the well backed fav to the tune of £200 at a average of 1.885 this produced a loss of £177.05 . As mentioned Andrew at optimum was keen to oppose harringey in the ludlow 2.30 i laid £150 @ 3.8 and backed it for £100 @ 10/3 ,with harringay running unplaced this play won me £45.12 . I arbed the isiris selection news of the day in the wolv 2.40 having £530 @ 7/4 then laying her for £580 at an average of 2.51 producing in effect an all green book , she won cosily this play won me £49.20 . I lost £85 on the 2.50 taunton via manawanui i wanted £50 ew on befair my £50 was matched in the place mkt @ 3.6 but only £35 @ 12.5 was matched in the win mkt . My last bet of the day was on the dogs at walthamsow in the 5.17 trap 2 ,murtz keano was bred by a friend in wexford and i saw him win in a decent time just before christmas at romford, in graded company today i do not want to see him run unbacked , i place two £50 bets on betfair at 4.3 & 4.7 i get £26.05 matched at 4.3 but then the price contracts to 3.5 as the opening show of 2/1 is relayed , i lay £6.05 back at 3.5 i basically have £20 @ 7/2 on a 2/1 chance ............... unfortunately for me he runs like a 33/1 rag finishing out of the frame losing me a score .

daily trading p/l +£52.27
cum trading p/l +£52.27


P/L -£685.23

Sedgefield on a tuesday for isiris followers in the past has been profitable but with the service currently in the doldrums , you cant be too confident , but nice to see a small profit from them today . Later on in the week i have spotted a entry for a horse i noted from his last run , thats at huntingdon so hopefuly something to look forward to on friday .

Sunday, January 07, 2007

sunday 7th january - the start .............

of my £30k challenge from today until 31st december 2007 - with the aid of the three tipping services that i subscribe to i aim to make a net profit of £30,000 , this will be my sole source of income . The services are as follows isiris i stake £50 per 1/4 point , mark holder £200 per point and optimum racing £150 per point , i shall also aim to provide a fourth income stream from personal trading this will take the form of mainly aritrage and laying horses via the betting exchanges on comments from mh and optimum .