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

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 .

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

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 !!!!

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 .

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 .

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

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 .

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

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

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 !!!

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 .

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 .

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 !!!!!

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 .

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

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 ....................

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 ..............

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

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 !

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 .