Thursday, March 29, 2007

cmon then own up ............

who made the £35k last night on the cricket !!!! kb informed us today of one shrewdy backing the sri lankans @ 1000 and laying back @ 3.0 for an initial £100 stake ............. well kb i make that £33,300 and you havn,t taken into account the comm .............. not that im jeaulous or anything !!! that would have been my challenge done n dusted by the end of march ............ feet up smoke a cigar or one of those dodgy things from last weekend !!!
racingfirst 5.20 ling 2pts win augustine @ 7/2 lost -2pts
p/l +2.25pts

ISIRIS

insiders
2.30 tow A £50 ew @ 16/1 unpld -£100
3.30 tow B £100 ew @ 14/1 unpld -£200

main account +£3878.35 insiders -£2668.91 overall +£1209.44

MARK HOLDER

3.40 here not a problem £200 ew @ 5/1 2nd +/- nil

p/l +£5226.32

OPTIMUM RACING

4.40 here viscount bankes £200 @ 5.62 2nd -£200

p/l -£4449.85

PERSONAL TRADING

revolved around trading the optimum selection viscount bankes as i missed the 4/1 that was available but 7/2 was freely around so i layed @ 4.6 on the exchanges knowing that i had a safety net @ 7/2 with the bookies it held at the level trading 4.8/4.9 after i had been filled @ 4.6 then happy days non runners the reduction factor kicked in my position at the start of the race was £200 @ just over 9/2 on a 5/2 fav sadly galway had too much pace as the selection finished second . on the advice of the MH message i backed not a problem £50 @ 2.18 in the place market and then sold rebelle @ 2.5 in a match bet with not a problem for £20/length , rebelle failed to complete with not a problem second it produced a profit of £350 and on the day a profit of £406.93 .

p/l +£2780.73

THE3OKCHALLENGE ............................. +£4766.64

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

lets hope tonights better .............

off to peterborough tonight for their puppy derby , a mate has a couple of runners so fingers crossed for a couple of trouble free runs .

racingfirst one bet one winner today , this is a chap who asked for his selections to be proofed on here .
2.45 south blue hills 3pts @ 11/4 WON + 8.25 pts
p/l +4.25 pts

ISIRIS

main account A £400 @ 2.18 lost -£400
2.20 kemp B £58 ew @ 9/1 £142 ew @ 7/1 3rd +£103.20
insider 2.30 tow C £100 ew @ 7/2 unpld -£200

main account +£3878.35 insiders -£2368.91 overall +£1509.44

MARK HOLDER

no bets advised +£5226.32

OPTIMUM RACING

5.05 kemp spring margot £200 @ 3/1 lost -£200

p/l -£4249.85

PERSONAL TRADING

a day to forget personally , my first play was £120 @ 11/8 on enlightenment in the kempton opener my theory was that he was giving 6lb to his rival benetwood official rating had him 13lb ahead and i thought that moloney would play catch me if you can tactics and have too much pace on this ground for benetwood , i dont think it would have mattered what tactics were employed as benetwood easily beat my selection who looked woefully out of touch and faded into 5th . a couple of sml bets (£25 ew) on dizzy future 2.30 tow @ 16/1 and mapilut du moulin 3.35 tow @ 33/1 on the back of messages from MH were unsuccessful as was a lay of £50 @ 2.86 on poppy maroon 3.25 kemp . i managed to claw back £85 in the 4.35 kemp where i backed roznic for £225 @ 8/1 and layed £225 @ 8.62 , roznic was successful and my fight back had started !
so it was a day to forget but a evening to remember ....................... two runners at peterboro there was ante post betting so i took a slight interest with two wagers : conker all £37.50 ew @ 33/1 slug city £75 ew @ 16/1 . a decent run up the A1 slug city was the more fancied of the 2 but conker all was first up had £50 @ 5/2 , he missed his break but showed good early in trap 1 got to the first bend level and moved off the rail knocking other runners out of the way and giving him a clear and winning run . slug city was in the last heat had £150 @ 7/4 unlike conker all he trapped brilliantly for an all the way success , happy days and roll on next wednesday for the semi s !!! giving me a profit on the day of £209.50

p/l +£2373.80


THE30KCHALLENGE ....................+£4859.71

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

back home ...............

and back to reality after a smashing few days p/l wise and personally , slightly unfortunate but cant complain about today , you have to take the rough with the smooth .
a chap on the betfair forum asked me to publish his selections on a daily basis for record purposes and this i shall do , good luck to racingfirst !!!
his selections today were
2.00 wolv only if i laugh unpld 7/2 3.30 wolv came back WON 10/3 1pt ew double -2pts
4.30 wolv lord of dreams 2 pts win @ 4/1 no price advised 3rd -2pts
p/l -4pts


ISIRIS

insiders
4.20 sedge horse a £150 @ 3/1 unpld -£150
4.30 wolv B £100 ew @ 8/1 3rd +£60
4.50 sedge C £200 @ 7/2 2nd -£200
4.50 sedge D £100 @ 9/4 unpld -£100

main account +£4175.15 insiders -£2168.91 overall +£2006.24

MARK HOLDER

no bets advised +£5226.32

OPTIMUM RACING

premium 3.50 sedge jeringa £100 ew @ 8/1 4th -£200

main account -£2736.06 premium -£1313.79 overall -£4049.85

PERSONAL TRADING

nothing to report again personally i didn,t want to get involved at sedgefield as i was expecting mass withdrawals after the first due to ground concerns , this concern was in the end unwarranted but i was happy to concentrate on the above selections for today .

p/l +£2164.30


THE30KCHALLENGE ........................... +£5347.01

monday morning ....................

we're in bournemouth , beautiful clear blue skies every thing looks perfect but the subject of plumpton races has not been mentioned since a week ago when it didn,t get a frosty response more like an icy glare dont you dare response ................ so at brekfast i was summoning up the courage when my french waiter mate pierre dropped 20 or so plates , the fuzzy hangover head of mrs d immediately disappeared and a big smile was visible , here goes ............. "so what are we gonna do today babe ?" her reply was like music to my ears , luckily i was seated "thought we were gonna go to plumpton , gorgeous day for it !!!" COCKLE DOODLE DOO HAPPY DAYS !!!! would have been my response if i was not rendered speechless , so off we went !!!!

ISIRIS

insider eventually got it after being told my lives had been used up ..........

4.30 A £50 @ 8/1 unpld - £50

main account +£4175.15 insiders -£1778.91 overall +£2396.24

MARK HOLDER

3.50 plum young owen £200 ew @ 8/1 WON +£1920

p/l +£5226.32

OPTIMUM RACING

no bet advised -£3849.85

PERSONAL TRADING

nothing to report , had a result with the MH selection if i had been at home with my laptop doubt i would have achieved 8/1 but as i was enroute to plumpton when the selection was given i thought it would be both frustrating and futile trying to get the 7/1 available with a couple on independents so i decided to back it n course , so happy to see the exchanges lead on the drift and the on course books followed .

p/l +£2164.30



THE3OKCHALLENGE ........................... +£5937.01

a recovery day .....................

after last nights exertions perhaps the lads were right im getting too old for all this !!! but a blinding night but today (sunday) didn,t start too well got down for brekkie at 9.55 bloody good effort i thought only to be told by some smug french twerp that it was indeed 10.55 and the clocks went forward went last night , well excuse me pierre whilst you were smoking snails or catching frogs legs last night i was partying away and sadly no they didnt say "righto boys n girls dont forget to put your clocks forward !!" was about to have a coronary on the thought of no brekkie when a delightful danish girl came to the rescue and said we only have bacon , sausage , mushrooms available as all the cereals have been packed away ............... young lady does it look like i have been brought up on a diet of special k & fruit n fibre ........... ok you dont have to answer that one ! so my karma and blood pressure levels returned to normal and we cracked on with our tour of bournemouth .

note to self ; came across spearmint rhino and a most interesting club called wiggle ! bournemouth a possibility for stag party number 3 next year .................

ISIRIS

insiders

2.40 taun A £100 @ 5.2 unpld -£100
3.00 sout B £100 @ 5.7 unpld -£100

p/l to be updated .

the oldest swinger in town ...................

but not that sort of swinger !!!! went down to bournemouth to see faithless in a gig , the journey down from diggler towers was superb especially with alderburn doing the biz was listening to the race with mrs d refusing on a point of order not to turn off insomnia ................ i aint turning this off to listen to some poxy race was her line !!! well decided to celebrate and lighten mrs ds mood by stopping off at costcutter and purchasing a chilled bottle of champers ................... er no !!! asti spumante and a packet of peanuts ................... checked into the hotel , teletext was on the blink but my mood improved even more with a isiris 11/1 insider winner when the result came thru . the timings looked perfect for watching the england match then onto faithless who were on stage @ 9pm , got chatting to some lads n lasses in the bar some friendly banter calling me "the oldest swinger in town !" bloody cheek im only 40 ............ saying that had i got my nights wrong and westliffe were on tomorrow !!!! atmosphere in the pub was lively more than could be said for the game and some interesting smells from morocco , jamaica or wherever those dodgy spliffs come from ...........

ISIRIS

insiders
3.30 newb A £50 ew @ 18/1 unpld -£100
4.10 kemp B £150 @ 2/1 2nd -£150
4.50 ling C £50 ew @ 11/1 WON +£660
4.55 bang D £150 @ 7/2 unpld -£150

main account +£4175.15 insiders -£1528.91 overall +£2646.24

MARK HOLDER

no bet advised +£3306.32

OPTIMUM RACING

2.25 newb alderburn £200 ew @ 11/2 WON +£1375

p/l -£3849.85

PERSONAL TRADING

nothing to report due to going away for the w/e .

p/l +£2164.30


THE30KCHALLENGE ........................... +£4267.01

Friday, March 23, 2007

little winning run ...............

comes to an end , not too much damage done though , most of my eggs in the one basket today !!


ISIRIS

insider 4.25 new A £200 @ 4/1 unpld -£200
4.25 new B £50 @ 5/1 2nd -£50

main account +£4175.15 insiders -£1788.91 overall +£2386.24

MARK HOLDER

3.50 new silver serg £65 ew @ 20/1 £135 ew @ 16/1 3rd +£665

p/l +£3306.32

OPTIMUM

4.25 new coolefind £200 @ 4/1 unpld -£200
4.25 new red brook lad £200 @ 5/1 2nd - £200

p/l -£5224.85

PERSONAL TRADING

all centred on two races near the end of the day the hunter chase 4.25 new where andrew was keen to oppose the fav scots grey , when isiris duplicated the selections i took that as a sign that he also wanted to take the fav on ............... so in for a penny in for a pound i doubled my lay not the greatest idea id had in hindsight as stamina and track concerns were emphatically dispelled and a loss of £430 was administered as £175 was layed @ 3.57 , a little more success in my next play the last couple of runs by rowan warning on the aw gave me the impression he needed a step up in distance he ran in the 5.20 ling i backed him for £200 @ 12/1 and layed back £150 @ 11.5 giving me £50 @ 17.5 and in the place mkt i backed him for £80 @ 3.68 he just managed to hold onto 3rd after just about seeing out the extra distance ................ perhaps he needs 11f !!!
a loss of £266.72 on the day .
im off to bournemouth tomorrow for a few days taking in a concert and plumpton on monday .......... gotta drop that into the conversation to the mrs at some point over the w/e !!!!
so no updates till tuesday and i imagine it may be the usual struggle of knock backs via the phones whilst trying to get on , so hoping for a quiet w/e ................... famous last words !!!!
have a blinding w/e & be lucky !!!!

THE30KCHALLENGE ......................... +£2632.01

Thursday, March 22, 2007

a drifting isiris winner ............

was the highlight of the day , i missed the price as i had pc problems and for once it worked in my favour , overall a pretty quiet and uneventful day but a profit for the third consecutive day so happy on that front .

ISIRIS

insider 3.50 ayr A £200 @ 13/8 2nd -£200
4.30 lud B £200 @ 5/2 WON +£500

main account +£4175.15 insiders -£1538.91 overall +£2636.24

MARK HOLDER

no bet advised +£2641.32

OPTIMUM RACING

premium bet 4.30 lud inaki £60 ew @ 20/1 £40 ew @ 16/1 unpld -£200

p/l -£ 4824.85

PERSONAL TRADING

a quiet day with just the one small trade as i was encountering problems with my broadband i layed £40 golden feather in the 4.00 lud @ 6.2 before my troubles started so a profit of £38.60 on the day .
p/l +£2431.02


THE30KCHALLENGE .............................. +£2883.73

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

a pleasing day ................

but i do wish it would warm up !!! a nice profit on the day all down to the optimum message he was spot on with the 16 runner hcap chase as well , he could not see past the front two in the market , hope we can make inroads into the 23 point deficit over the coming weeks !


ISIRIS

insider 4.50 che A £100 @ 5.2 2nd -£100
5.40 kem B £50 ew @ 16/1 unpld -£100

p/l +£2336.24

MARK HOLDER

no bet advised +£2641.32

OPTIMUM RACING

3.25 lin ballyaahbutt £200 @ 3.383 WON +£460

main account -£3711.06 premium -£913.79 -£4624.85

PERSONAL TRADING

i only traded one race the 4.00 lingfield where i had 6 runners making me money and the two outsiders as losers andrew @ optimum gave a good word for bible lord and i had £75 ew @ 4/1 with pp who were bog , well he was a drifter and went off a 6/1 chance , i layed £75 @ 4.3 i/r . bible lord jumped well and the much maligned mark grant rode a decent race from the front , a pleasing result and a profit of £371.50 on the race and day .
p/l +£2392.42


THE30KCHALLENGE ................................ +£2745.13

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

time to kick on .....................

was my thinking this morning , 2/3 services are performing admirably but the 3rd is really dragging my bottom line down , im confident that optimum will pick up over the course of a year and if juveigneur had a longer nose i probably wouldn,t be saying this !!! this game surely is about fine margins but 3 months in and im just over £2k in profit i could get more working in my local bookies sorry ............ amusement arcade !!! but after being nearly £8k down at one stage im not too down hearted but this time last year my books show me i was in front £11,079 anyway this is my choice and overall i love it and the freedom i have .

ISIRIS

main account 2.40 war A £200 @ 13/8 unpld -£200
2.40 war B £200 @ 4.5325 WON +£706.50
insiders 3.40 war C £150 @ 2.881 WON +£282.15
4.20 exe mighty D £25 ew @ 10/1 £30 ew @ 9/1 £45 ew @ 8/1 unpld
-£200
4.30 sou E £50 ew @ 14/1 unpld -£100

main account +£4175.15 insiders -£1638.91 overall +£2536.24

MARK HOLDER

no bet advised +£2641.32

OPTIMUM RACING

account 3.20 exe maljimar £600 @ 2.875 3rd -£600
premium 3.40 war rowdy yeats £200 @ 2.881 WON +£376.21

account -£3711.06 premium -£1373.79 overall -£5084.85

PERSONAL TRADING


just to clarify some of the bets shown above as a example lets take patman du charmil £200 win @ 4.5325 giving me a PROFIT of £706.50 no commission involved as i back with online bookies and lay on the exchanges my bets were £65 @ 4/1 , £185@ 10/3 and £166 @ 3/1 and on betfair i layed in return £150 @ 4.2 and £66 @ 3.85 giving me a profit of £706.50 . as i was quite busy today my personal trading again took a back seat i had a couple of small losing bets £25 ew @ 25/1 - 14/1 on mister mustard (4.50exe) and trade off (4.20exe) both out of the frame so a loss of £100 on the day . p/l +£2020.92


THE30KCHALLENGE .............................. +£2113.63

Monday, March 19, 2007

not even bob the builder ..................

could fix the day for me today !! he was my last chance saloon on a depressing day all round , the loss i can take its only lent !!!! but with distressing sights both human and equine at wincanton it was not a happy day lets hope the spurs can cheer me up tonight ................

ISIRIS

4.30 win A £30 ew @ 10/1 £30 ew @ 9/1 £40 ew @ 8/1 unpld -£200

main account +£3668.65 insiders -£1621.06 overall +£2047.59

MARK HOLDER

2.00 win compton star £200 ew @ 4/1 unpld -£400
4.00 win norton sapphire £200 ew @ 9/2 2nd +£25

p/l +£2641.32

OPTIMUM RACING

18/3 4.30 font precious bane £200 @ 9/2 unpld -£200
3.30 win ice bucket £200 @ 10/3 2nd -£200

p/l -£4861.06

PERSONAL TRADING

i have been relatively quiet recently on the arbing front, with a fair amount tied up in cheltenham ante post markets, with my balance looking healthy it was my intention to try and arb a card today , i prefer to concentrate on one card but i was needed as a taxi service this morning i was thrown off track and just concentrated on the days selections . i had one small bet in the second at wincanton on femme d'avril who was dropping back in distance after not seeing 2 1/2m on her last outing but in this better company she failed to jump with fluency and was out of the frame so a small loss of £100 on the day.

p/l +2120.92

THE30KCHALLENGE ............................ +1978.77

Saturday, March 17, 2007

F R U S T R A T I O N continues .............

BUT i suppose its nothing compared to being a irish rugby fan !!!! look i take the rough with the smooth and at the end of the day its a winning one but a maximum insider fast forward matched @ 1.02 and MH advised an ew bet in a 18 runner hcap only for 3 to be scratched and we finish 4th , ok sods law but i thought that tom greenall was less than vigourous on the selection after the last and was pipped for 3rd close to the line ............. anyway less of my moaning

ISIRIS

insider 3.50 uttox A £40 ew @ 10/1 £60 ew @ 9/1 2nd +£88

main account +£3668.65 insiders -£1421.26 overall +£2247.39

MARK HOLDER

2.25 new barneys lyric £200 ew @ 16/1 unpld -£400
2.25 new ice tea £200 ew @ 9/2 WON +£1080
3.00 new bright sparky £200 ew @ 11/2 3rd +£75
4.35 new sunday city £200 ew @ 10/1 r4 unpld -£400

p/l +£3016.32

OPTIMUM RACING

3.15 uttox nil desperandum £100 ew @ 7/1 unpld -£200
3.50 uttox geeveem £200 ew @ 5/1 3rd +/- £nil
-£4461.06

PERSONAL TRADING

pretty quiet day personally but i wanted to back sunday city in place market on betfair once i saw that there were 3 non runners i wanted to have £200 @ 2.6 and was matched for £75 giving me a profit of £115.80 .

p/l +£2220.92

THE30KCHALLENGE ................................... +£3023.57

Friday, March 16, 2007

cheltenham 2007 over and out ................

well thats that then !!! taking my punting hat off say from a purists point of view and i would say that cheltenham 2007 was a brilliant meeting and 100 pct success plenty of cracking races with close finishes only one equine fatality that i know of it would be wonderful to report none but after last year, one has to be seen in a positive light . from a punting view one word FRUSTRATION !!!! i forgot to mention nina de sivola yesterday who was staying on in the 4miler but came down 2 or 3 out ,but the fences are there to be jumped but it was a IF ONLY meeting for me . slight anti climatic feeling as i type this but with aintree and the start of the flat season to look fwd to im sure that wont last .....................


ISIRIS
amazing to think that after ALL the call backs /business on the gold cup my p/l with regard to isiris was level !!!
main account 3.15 chelt A £200 ew @ 17/1-9/2 (win/place) unpld -£400
B £25 ew @ 80/1 unpld -£50
C £50 win @ 28/1 unpld -£50
D £50 place @ 9/1 unpld -£50
E £50 place @ 11/1 3rd +£550
insiders 2.15 fak F £150 @ 2/1 WON +£300
2.35 chelt G £100 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£200

main account +£3668.65 insiders -£1509.26 overall +£2159.39

MARK HOLDER

2.00 chelt alqaab £200 ew @ 25/1 unpld -£400
2.00 chelt duty £200 ew @ 11/1 unpld -£400

p/l +£2661.32

OPTIMUM RACING

3.15 chelt state of play £200 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£400
4.40 chelt pablo du charmil £200 ew @ 8/1 unpld -£400
£10 ew yankee 2 placed 10/1 & 5/1 -£141.25
p/l -£4261.06


PERSONAL TRADING

after yesterdays disaster on the distances it was frustrating to see the first couple of races won by a total of 21 lengths , and with fancied runners popping up my irritation increased as i was long £5 @ 256 agg winning sps . i played in the second race i realise you will go skint faster than a sinking titantic backing 6/4 shots at the festival but i really fancied wichita lineman i had £250 @ 2.66 giving me a profit of £300.48 . in the next my only lay of the week kauto star i had the position of laying £320 @ 10/11 , bar the last he jumped brilliantly and stayed on well to the line , hands up i was wrong and in those circumstances i deserve the loss of £290 . the final make up on agg winning sps were 306.4 giving me a profit of £252 and a profit of £362.48 on the day .
p/l +£2105.12

THE 30KCHALLENGE ........................... +£2664.77

Thursday, March 15, 2007

this is becoming a frustrating meeting ...............

juveigneur , twist magic , aces four and today the enigmatic our vic who got going too late , and with the listener looking a doubtful runner it does not look like improving roll on uttoxeter this saturday !!!! the isiris max trading bet was a bit of a farce but no damage was done and i went into the race with a chance of winning £360 for ntg so cant complain a nice 20/1 insider winner but lets keep our fingers crossed for a bit of rain ................

thought id mention that kauto star is 5/2 with betchronicle.com they are huge rails layers backed by dermot desmond so they are not a mickey mouse outfit , the 5/2 is available up to eur200 approx £135 as i speak he is 2.72/2.74 so a bit of value or small arb , its up to you - be lucky all !!!

ISIRIS

main account 3.15 chelt A £400 @ 3/1 layed £400 @ 3.10 unpld
insiders 4.00 chelt B £50 ew @ 12/1 unpld -£100
4.00 chelt C £50 @ 20/1 WON +£1250
5.20 chelt D £100 ew @ 14/1 -£200

main account +£3668.65 insiders -£1609.26 overall +£2059.39

MARK HOLDER

no bets advised +£3461.32

OPTIMUM RACING

2.35 chelt our vic £400 @ 13/2 2nd -£400
4.40 chelt nina de sivola £100 ew @ 12/1 unpld -£200

p/l - £3319.81

PERSONAL TRADING

a bit of a mare on the distances , day 1 a small profit , day 2 a small loss and again went long £30@ 19 the course today looked a bit softer please note mr alner !!! i was hoping for results in races 2 & 3 to leave me in a nice position later on but that didnt occur , im sulking and wont play tomorrow !!!! so you can bet for a couple of wide margin winners tomorrow .......... i played in the first with an investment of £75 ew new little brick in contention until the last where his stamina gave way up the hill wont be the first or last on that score , my only consolation was the winners sp of 20/1 to aid my aggregate winners sp position +£5 @ 256 , had to watch c4 with sound from racing uk in between racing today as lesley graham was getting on charlies dressed up like florence nightingale !! now if it had been emma spencer or venetia even in swim wear ............. lol !! good news sps after day 3 = 254.2 bad news winning distances = 8.3 lengths 8 poxy lengths i tell ya , what a numpty !!! -£471 on the day

p/l +£1742.34

THE30KCHALLENGE .............................. +£3943.24

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

frustration continues for isiris followers ...........

after yesterdays unfortunate demise of the well travelling twist magic , another mistake but a brilliant graham lee recovery left us with surely with a place payout @ 10/1 ............... errrrrrrr no as aces four was pipped for 3rd by 66/1 shot according to john . a relatively quiet day with the following results .................

ISIRIS

main account 3.15 chelt A £50 ew @ 66/1 unpld -£100
3.15 chelt B £100 @ 5/1 WON +£500
3.15 chelt C £200 @ 5.5 unpld -£200
insiders 2.35 chelt D £100 ew @ 40/1 unpld -£200
4.40 chelt E £100 ew @ 18/1 unpld -£200

main account +£3668.65 insiders -£2559.26 overall +£1109.39

MARK HOLDER

no bet advised +£3461.34

OPTIMUM RACING

no bet advised -£2719.81

PERSONAL TRADING

i sold £3 @ 330 of my aggregate cheltenham winning sp position this morning leaving me long £5 @ 256 , today i really fancied getting long of distances as i could see little downside with the possibility of a decent payout i dont see much strength in depth in the champion and denman could be anything these are the two races i hope will make my bet ............. denman did his bit winning by 10lengths but the rest of the day was fought up with close up finishes i had a position of long £40 @ 19.44 a make up of 16.8 made a loss of £105.60 , my only other trade on a quiet day involved the champion chase i backed voy poy ustedes on a place trade @ 5/4 when he was 1.86/1.88 on the betfair place market for £200 , wh were going 5/1 and he was 5.9/6.0 on betfair so i backed him ew @ 5/1 and laid the win part back giving me a profit of £243 . a profit of £137.40 on the day

p/l +£2213.34

THE30KCHALLENGE ............................ +£4064.26

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

hats off to MH on day 1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

only played in one race ................. the lucky last with gaspara and laustra bad , only denied a 1-2 by a staying on altihar , and optimum came within a whisker of landing a 10/1 winner with juveigneur and with my sp bet going well so a highly satisfactory day overall


ISIRIS

main account 3.15 chelt A £200 ew @ 15/2 unpld -£400
insiders 2.00 chelt B £50 ew @ 14/1 4th +£125
2.35 chelt C £100 ew @ 20/1 unpld -£200
4.00 chelt D £50 ew @ 33/1 unpld -£100
4.00 chelt E £50 ew @ 25/1 4th +£262.50
4.40 chelt F £100 ew @ 16/1 unpld -£200

main account +£3468.65
insiders -£2159.26
overall +£1309.39

MARK HOLDER

5.20 chelt gaspara £400 ew @ 4/1 WON +£2000
5.20 chelt laustra bad £200 ew @ 20/1 3rd +£800

p/l +£3461.32


OPTIMUM RACING

4.40 chelt juveigneur £200 ew @ 10/1 2nd +£300

p/l -£2719.81

PERSONAL TRADING

well the day started well i had bought £10 @ 290 aggregate winning sps so if granit jack was not to win i wanted an outsider ............ a 40/1 winner will do !! i had backed granit jack £150 ew @ 20/1 ante post and had a all green position on jack , finishing second made me £304.62 , a win and it would have been over £1000 and out of the frame would have be a profit of £100 . the arkle was frustrating isiris had selected twist magic ew @ 20/1 and i had backed dont push it £50 ew @ 11/2 , disaster struck two out both were travelling well but both came down thankfully both horses looked unscathed . the champion was a frustrating race as i could not believe the price of detroit city ridiculous, but i have decided to take time out laying after a few recent set backs and i stubbornly stuck to my guns , i had backed straw bear ante post £300 ew @ 9/1 & 10/1 ew i layed him for the £300 ew giving me a risk free potential profit sadly the horse was pulled up , my personal fancy was hardy eustace and i had traded this one on betfair leaving me £100 ew @ 8.0/2.8 , hardy was in the first three right up until the last strides when pipped for 3rd spot by afsoun , but if that was frustrating it was nothing compared to the next race with optimums selection juveigneur ........................ i backed altihar ew in the last £100 ew @ 12/1 with pp who were offering places for the first 5 , he split the pipe runners giving me a clean sweep on the last giving me a small personal profit of £204.62 on the day and a nice position on the aggregate sp's i sold mailto:£2@315 so i am long £8 @ 283.75 and after day1 we have a i/r total of 116.5 i may look to sell £3 later tonight .

p/l +£2075.94

a brilliant day thanks to MH well done !

THE30KCHALLENGE ........................ +£4126.84

Monday, March 12, 2007

so isiris towers follow me in ................

on the champion hurdle , my view was purely based on the fact of ladbrokes going 6/1 and the feeling that mccoy would be riding looking to trade it , for what its worth i cant have detroit city @ 9/4 , hardy eustace is my idea of the winner and i have a sneaking suspicion that asian maze could sneak a place , with the cricket world cup starting tomorrow i have the feeling i,ll be getting up with a eagerness tomorrow morning mrs d may even get a cuppa in bed !! i reverted to the £200/pt stakes on the insiders .................. wished id waited till tomorrow though !!!!

ISIRIS

insiders 4.00 plump A £50 ew @ 14/1 unpld -£100
4.40 taun B £150 @ 13/8 2nd -£150

main account +£3868.65 insiders -£2046.76 p/l +£1821.89

no other bets advised


THE3OKCHALLENGE .......................... +£1334.72


will be having a placepot bet everyday over cheltenham and a ew lucky 15 , so today was spent analyzing the form , pleased with my placepot although i need something in the xcountry but so far i have tipperary all star & hide the evidence - dont push it - hardy eustace & asian maze - juveigneur & new alco - ??????? - altihar & silver jaro with my lucky 15 revolving around dont push it - hardy eustace - juveigneur - ano ..................

so good luck all !!!!!!! ........................... let the battle commence !!!!

felt like rosemary the telephone operator .............

today with so many call backs (showing my age there !!!!) , looks a quiet day going by the p/l ledger but that doesn,t tell the full story , unable to divulge further information on the ante post advices . i have made my opinion clear with regard to sunday call backs and i do feel kb could be a little more considerate , but its his game so play along or get out of the kitchen ....................

insider 2.10 war B £50 ew @ 8/1 unpld -£100

p/l to be updated tomorrow .

Saturday, March 10, 2007

nice try ................

an apt and most welcome winner on a 6 nations rugby weekend , got me out of a hole but more of that later on .............

ISIRIS

a couple of things before the daily p/l , apparently they had a strong odds to bet today .......... can anyone confirm ? well if i was a saturday only client id be pretty pi$$ed off win or lose , im a everyday client and im not happy !! i have done my own thing on the listener re the gold cup but boothy was a bit out of order today with his laying off advice today , for starters the market was suspended due to the decs and secondly lay @ 8/1 ............. excuse me the market was 9.8/10 £134/91 so i can understand any members frustration if they struggled to comply with mr booths advice .................

insider 3.10 A £50 ew @ 9/1 unpld -£100

insiders -£1696.76 main account +£3868.65 cum p/l +£2171.89

MARK HOLDER

2.05 san trigger the light £200 ew @ 11/1 unpld -£400

p/l +£661.32

OPTIMUM RACING

4.45 chep nice try £400 @ 9/4 WON +£900

p/l -£3019.81

PERSONAL TRADING

the bottom line at the end of the day is a loss of £386 plus the cost of a bunch of flowers ............ and a decision to steer clear of laying for the time being , my only lay next week will be kauto star in the gold cup , there you go its in b&w NO LAYING NEXT WEEK , it seems to be my achilles heel at present - MH was not overly keen on albertas run in the first at sandown i layed £175 @ 6.0 looking to trade nearer the race, i backed him for £110 @ 7.0 as he drifted , i was pleased with my trading but not the result , perhaps i shud have greened up but i wanted to take a view, i did and a loss of £215 to boot ......... my other trade involved gaspara i backed him with the bookies for £150 @ 7/2 and layed £225 @ 4.09 ............... just as the mccoy ridden gaspara passed the post in front mrs diggler had the audacity to turn the hoover on , sadly my frustration boiled over and the hoover got a kick and a few choice words !!! i called time out and went to the florists .......... i hope the hoover appreciates the flowers !!!

p/l +£1871.32

THE30KCHALLENGE .................... +£1684.72

Friday, March 09, 2007

i am the one and only ................

by chesney hawkes thats my guess for tonights musical interlude from isiris towers , bahamas !!!!! for those only playing the isiris main account it has been a most successful spell and long may it continue . i am annoyed not to show a profit on the day but i have no one to blame exept myself !!!

ISIRIS

main account 5.20 ayr A £300 @ 5/2 WON +£750
5.20 ayr B £100 @ 3.63 unpld -£100
insiders 2.30 ayr C £25 ew @ 9/1 unpld -£50
5.10 leices my D £50 @ evens 2nd -£50
5.10 leices E £50 @ 16/1 unpld -£50

main account +£3868.65
insiders -£1596.76
overall +£2271.89

MARK HOLDER

no bet advised +£1061.32

OPTIMUM RACING

4.35 leices surfboad £200 @ 3/1 2nd -£200

p/l -£3919.81

PERSONAL TRADING

only played in one race (that was one too many !) as i was concentrating on my cheltenham & cricket world cup markets , OPTIMUM were none too keen on dickie lewis and slapped wrist for me as i went above my £200 threshold as i layed the horse for a liabilty of £364 , so i was annoyed with myself on that count after the 4.35 leices , if i had stuck to my guns the day would have been just profitable rather than a smalll loss . activity from isiris on a couple of cheltenham races today . daily p/l -£364 .

p/l +£2257.32

THE30KCHALLENGE ............................ +£1670.72
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Thursday, March 08, 2007

simply the best ...............

better than all the rest by tina turner greeted the successful isiris callers last night ............. to be honest he can play any song he likes and that includes the crazy frog song if he advises a 6/1 winner !!! a rare call back for MH but a unsuccessful one ,overall a disappointing day and annoying not to press on after yesterday but was pleased to see kb hold fire , i like that and credit to the team .

ISIRIS

no bet advised +£1771.89

MARK HOLDER

3.50 win master mahogony £200 ew @ 8/1 unpld -£400
3.50 win so wise so young £200 ew @ 12/1 unpld -£400

p/l +£1061.32

OPTIMUM RACING

4.55 win spring margot £200 @ 9/4 unpld -£200

p/l -£3719.81

PERSONAL TRADING

only one bet for me and that was in the last @ wincanton in the bumper , i noted gansey after its debut run where he was very weak in the mkt but ran green and with promise , this event didn,t look like it would take to much winning so i invested £200 @ 6/5 hoping to salvage something out of the day .................. my eyes and judgement were vindicated to register a profit of £240 on the day .

p/l +£2621.32

THE30KCHALLENGE ............................ +£1734.72

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

im continually amazed .................

by people s greed and naivety when it comes to gambling/investments and sadly today in the post (p19) there was another example with a sum of £25,000 lost to a fraudster involving a promise of doubling/trebling money invested .i am not trying to be clever or smug those who know me could vouch to that ........... i have been there and learnt my lesson as i will describe later and i now live n die by the saying "if it sounds to good to be true it probably is " i would bet 1.01 that it definately is and thats a 1.01 shot that wont be gubbed !! always do you own research on the service you may be thinking of joining , xyz in the post may advise 3 winning bets on the trot but take a step back and ask yourself ............. how easily are the prices attained ? how about before the 3 winning bets ? try and ask current members about the service, this is easily done thesedays with the various forums about, try and get 12 months worth of results , my day revolves around the 3 messages i receive with my laptop loaded up with all my bookies so i stand a decent chance of "getting on" at the best possible prices, the bottom line is all about fine margins ,in the long run its so important to make the effort of getting the best price possible, i can ring the call back times without fail other people cannot due to their employment , this is a important issue to take into account as these services move the markets .
so how did i learn my lesson ................... well it was the early nineties i was a big player of the spreads i had a decent liquid lunch and noticed a snooker market that had reached the semi final stage one player looked like going home he was 71/72 with one firm and 76/77 with another on the tournament indices , i bought at 72 and sold at 76 for my max allowed , this is a piece of pi$$ i thought !! i got home deposited some margin money and "arbed" some more ,i remember a phone call made to a spread company "hoping for a recovery from macmanus sir ?" i just said yes , but was thinking to myself no im just having some "free" money ............... well mcmanus duly lost and i counted my decent profit of 4 x my stake
a week or so went by and i got my statements through one showed a profit the other a larger loss ............. the buy @ 72 made up 70 minus 2 pts and my sell @ 76 made up 75 yes 75 !!!!!! a profit of 1 pt i was not playing on a level playing field , it was not a huge hole but i felt an idiot !!!
two lessons learnt .............. never play whilst drinking and no such thing as "free" money !!!

looking forward to the isiris message tonight .....................

ISIRIS

main account 3.55 catt A £200 @ 5/6 unpld -£200
3.55 catt forty B £ 200 @ 6/1 WON +£1200
insiders 2.00 ling C £50 @ 7/2 unpld -£50

main account +£3218.65
insiders -£1446.76
cum p/l +£1771.89

MARK HOLDER

no bets advised +£1861.32

OPTIMUM RACING

cheltenham bets advised -£3519.81

PERSONAL TRADING

a quiet day personally non too successful either ............. i played in a couple of races place laying silistra in the 4.15 font and diamond vein in the 4.25 catt both on concerns from MH , well silistra won and diamond vein was unplaced , not too much damage and it could have been worse i could have layed them in the win mkt but i try to have a 5/1 cap on laying in the win mkt , silistra cost me £170 laying £80 and i won just over £60 having £62.5 matched on diamond vein @ 3.4 , a loss of £110 on the day .

cum p/l +£2381.32

THE30KCHALLENGE ............................ +£2494.72

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

next tuesday cant come too soon ................

as the poor fare on offer at present just is not inspiring or exciting me , i am usually enthusiastic regardless of the racing on offer but i admit for one reason or another im struggling to stay upbeat over the last day or so ................... perhaps i need a holiday but that wont happen until the bottom line improves , a poor day p/l wise did little to cheer me up , although i have started to read back from the brink by paul mcgrath which much to the annoyance of the mrs im struggling to put down !

ISIRIS

insiders 2.00 newc A 13/8 3.30 newc B 5/2 £50 ew double lost - £100
2.10 south C £50 ew @ 8/1 unpld -£100
4.30 newc D £75 @ 6/1 2nd -£75

main account +£2218.65
insiders -£1396.76
overall + £821.89

MARK HOLDER

no bet advised +£1861.32

OPTIMUM RACING

premium bet 3.00 newc green ideal £200 @ 10/3 unpld -£200

main account -£2969.81
premium -£ 550


PERSONAL TRADING

not much to report MH was keen to oppose oleolat in the seller @ 4.00 but he was 5/1 top price withthe bookies and trading @ 8/1 on betfair so i swerved him although he was beaten into 5th i believe , i have added a trade to my cheltenham portfolio by going long of aggregate winning sp s in the 24 races @ 290 , last year the make up was 349.05 and i feel the downside is very much limited with the ground conditions testing i could see a few surprise results next week .

p/l +£2491.32

THE30KCHALLENGE ................................. +£1654.72

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

a couple of poor all weather cards that i have no interest in ,so i just played the isiris insider and spent the rest of the afternoon pottering about in the garden , well i did place a small cheltenham bet asian maze £50 ew @ 25/1 , realise 2m is not the optimum trip but hopefully the going will bring his stamina into play , i can see asian rattling up the hill to grab a place or even the hurdling crown .

ISIRIS

insider 3.50 wolv A £25 ew @ 25/1 unpld -£50

p/l to be updated tomorrow .

Sunday, March 04, 2007

i will really miss going to upton park ........

next season , always a great atmosphere with chirpy n colourful banter between the supporters and today was brilliant and im not talking about the spurs comeback just a enjoyable exciting match , it was just as lively in the streets after the match !!! a quiet day on the punting front for me , managed to get on the isiris selections although i was at liverpool street at the time , i didn,t need to trade the listener bet as ive personally already done that , i have £200 win @ 15.5/1 and £200 place at 9/2 which im happy with , and i have layed kauto star @ 6/4 approx for £400 but i,ll go into more detail nearer the time .

ISIRIS

insiders 3.20 bang A £50 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£100
5.20 bang B £50 @ 6/1 unpld -£50
5.20 bang C £50 @ 7/2 WON +£175

p/l to be updated tomorrow ................. as the dinners on the table !!!

bombscare @ betfair ..................

caused havoc going by the forum and i sincerely hope not any of you got burnt , if you did or didn,t , and use betfair or betdaq for that matter on a regular basis please make sure you have a back up exchange site , if you havn,t make it a priority next week to have a second exchange account . i use betfair they are quite simply number 1 in terms of liquidity and that is what a exchange lives or dies on but they often have shutdowns due to "upgrades" so thats when i use betdaq who are a more than adequate number 2 , a exchange monopoly is in no ones interest apart from betfair that is !!! so do yourself a favour and get a second account would be my advice .

ISIRIS

main account 4.25 kel A £200 ew @ 3/1 unpld -£400
insiders 3.15 newb B £50 ew @ 12/1 3rd +£100
3.30 kemp C £75 @ 15/8 won +£140.62

main account +£2218.65
insiders -£1096.76
overall +£1121.89

MARK HOLDER

no bets advised +£1861.32

OPTIMUM RACING

3.15 newb flying enterprise £400 @ 7/2 unpld -£400

cum p/l -£3319.81

PERSONAL TRADING

just one trade on the day that resulted in a loss of £202.50 i traded a match bet on the spreads nozic/flying enterprise giving me a purchase of £15 flying enterprice of +1.5 l
, at the off with flying being the fav , i had the value but a awful blunder at the first by flying enterprise knocked the stuffing out of him and i knew my fate early doors . a poor end to the week but another profitable one making it four on the trot .

p/l +£2491.32

THE30KCHALLENGE ........................... +£2154.72

Friday, March 02, 2007

19th feb 2007 ................

isiris gave out one insider lemonette 1/4 pt ew @ 14/1 the horse made a most pleasing uk debut not being put into the race but steadily staying on into 4th , that night i put the horse into my horses to follow stable on easyodds ................ this morning i had received my reminder email from easyodds stating the horse as a runner . a study up at the gym this morning clearly showed it as a 2 runner event and it would be interesting to see if boothy and his team play , this has every appearance of a main account bet .well they did play in the race but with the johnston horse !!! , that puts a spanner in the works especially with him having a handle on the form with the easy first winner soldiers quest ..............

ISIRIS

insiders 2.10 wolv A £100 @ evens 2nd -£100
4.40 ayr B £25 ew @ 12/1 unpld -£50(winner almire di lia adv@16/1 when 4th 31/1)
5.20 newb C £50 ew @ 10/1 2nd +£50

p/l -£1337.38
cum p/l +£1281.27



MARK HOLDER

no bets advised +£1861.32

OPTIMUM RACING

premium bet 3.05 newb launde £200 @ 7/2 unpld -£200

p/l -£350
cum p/l -£2919.81

PERSONAL TRADING

i copped out of a decent bet in the 2.10 wolv much to my disgust after the race !!! just £60 ew lemonette @ 5/2 but a winners a winner , but i must admit it didn,t feel like that after the race . i traded a couple of match bets on the spreads on the back of the messages from optimum i was left buying £10 of launde over jacks craic with launde receiving 5.2 lengths , launde unfortunately was taken on in the lead and was unable to dominant finishing 6th and sustaining a max loss of 15l but taking the 5.2l off my loss was £98 , in the 3.40 optimum was none too keen on the chances of the luder a horse i remember from its previous run at fontwell where he did not look too keen to me i laid £50 in the place mkt @ 2.06 and again traded a match bet opposing the luder with sha bian leaving me with a £10 sell of the luder , with sha bien receiving 2.1 lengths , sha bien 2nd beat the luder by 8 1/2 l and a profit of £106 on the race . overall a profit of £217.51 on the day personally .

p/l +£2693.82

THE30KCHALLENGE ....................... +£2916.60

Thursday, March 01, 2007

spot on MH !!!!!!!!!

pity they wernt the other way round though !!! but thats being greedy MH played in the one race at taunton backing two , who finished 1st & 2nd . i was quite active myself with varying degrees of success and some ante post cheltenham action .

ISIRIS

insider 3.00 ling A £50 @ 7/2 2nd -£50

insiders -£1237.38
cum p/l +£1381.27

MARK HOLDER

2.20 taun lady maranzi £200 ew @ 5/1 WON +£1250
2.20 taun storm prince £200 ew @ 9/1 2nd +£250

cum p/l +£1861.32

OPTIMUM RACING

premium bet 3.40 lud fill the bunker £200 @ 9/2 2nd -£200

prem bets -£150
cum p/l -£2719.81

PERSONAL TRADING

well i started the day £120.62 in credit after last nights fa cup match , i had traded arsenal laying £200 @ 2.16 and then i back them £50 @ 3.05 and £25 @ 6.6 to give me a all green book and a profit with rovers winning of £120.62 . MH was keen on the chances of basic fact in the 3.10 lud i backed the mccoy ridden basic fact @ 4/1 £100 ew and on the spreads i was quite agressive buying £40 of basic fact over pearly star getting 1 1/2 lengths , everything during the race was going to plan with basic fact travelling strongly and pearly star not .............. pearly star was pulled up .................. happy days !!!! thats £660 in the bin .................... NOT !!!!! as basic fact stops as shot and fails to complete the course voiding my bet . my other bet involved the evan williams highland games £75 ew @ 4.9/1.91 MH was keen on this but the trainer form must have been a concern , well all connections must have been relieved as he passed the post in front giving me a profit of £348.12 on the race and £268.74 on the day .
a couple of cheltenham ante post bets - another in the champion hurdle i backed straw bear £200 ew @ 9/1 , my thinking behind this is surely jp is gonna claim ap ............. isnt he ? ap is his retained jockey flying all round the uk at gaff tracks to ride his horses well whats the point in this if he doesnt use the no 1 jump jockey for the champion ? for me its a no brainer and once ap is announced as straw bears mount he wont be a 9/1 shot , i think its significant that the magic sign have straw bear a 6/1 shot .
my second bet is a little speculative , granit jack in the supreme novices hurdle £150 ew @ 20/1 , the going on day 1 im positive will contain the word soft in its description , granit jack will appreciate it , looks like that walsh will choose granit over kicks for free and i can see this going off @ 10/1 .
i will be hoping to trade these on betfair nearer the time .

p/l +£2476.31

THE30KCHALLENGE .......................... +£2999.09