Monday, October 29, 2007

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

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

monday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £250 ew @ 15/8 WON +£585.93

a no hoper was withdrawn at the stalls so we even got 1/4 odds , every little helps !

PERSONAL TRADING

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

Sunday, October 28, 2007

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

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

sunday

MARK HOLDER

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

OPTIMUM

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

PERSONAL TRAING

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

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

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

saturday

OPTIMUM

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

PERSONAL TRADING

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

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

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

Friday, October 26, 2007

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

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

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

friday

PERSONAL TRADING

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

Thursday, October 25, 2007

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

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

thursday

MARK HOLDER

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

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

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

tuesday

PERSONAL TRADING

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

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

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

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

Sunday, October 21, 2007

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

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

sunday

MARK HOLDER

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

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

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

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

Saturday, October 20, 2007

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

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

saturday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £250 ew @ 11/4 unpld -£500

Friday, October 19, 2007

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

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

friday

PERSONAL TRADING

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

Thursday, October 18, 2007

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

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

thursday

OPTIMUM RACING

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

MARK HOLDER

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

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

PERSONAL BETTING

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

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

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

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

wednesday

PERSONAL TRADING

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

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

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

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

tuesday

PERSONAL TRADING

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

Sunday, October 14, 2007

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

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

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

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

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

saturday
ISIRIS

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

OPTIMUM RACING

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

Friday, October 12, 2007

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

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

friday

MARK HOLDER

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

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

PERSONAL TRADING

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

Thursday, October 11, 2007

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

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

thursday

MARK HOLDER

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

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

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

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

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

ISIRIS SUPER SUNDAY WITH MAIN ACCOUNT DOUBLE !!!!

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

sunday
ISIRIS

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

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

Monday, October 08, 2007

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

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

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

Saturday, October 06, 2007

GAMBLE LANDED FOR OPTIMUM @ 6/1 ..........

this bet was mentioned on the optimum line last weekend , an the tim vaughan trained pauls plain won easily in the 5.10 fontwell , optimum have been successful in their own colours this summer with the same jockey/trainer combination through city affair , and these riding arrangements may prove profitable to follow in the winter months ........... credit where credits due , many congratulations to optimum .

saturday

OPTIMUM RACING

4.30 newm rosaleen £150 ew @ 13/2 unpld -£300
5.10 font pauls plain £225 ew @ 6/1 WON +£1687.50

PERSONAL TRADING

a minor setback for me today , i took note of the strong finishing debonnaire trained by mark johnston on his debut , he was out today in the first at redcar , he ran well enough but i was left a little disappointed as he finished 5th beaten a hd and shd for 3rd , a bet of £100 ew @ 8/1 went astray . my only other bet was £100 @ 4/1 on my bitch gregorys girl in the 8.32 romford and again i was left a little disappointed as she got herself into a decent position only to run a poor 3 rd bend , as she dead heated for 3rd , so a loss of £300 on the day.

Friday, October 05, 2007

no account bet for me today

so pretty quiet , but optimum was on the ball with his thoughts on the newmarket card , andrew was keen to oppose sir gerry who was never sighted in the middle park and to top that he gave a mention to dark angel who he felt was the value in the race , double figure odds were available on the game winner dark angel via the exchanges who was returned the 8/1 winner , his strongest advice was to follow in the 5.00 ......................

friday

PERSONAL TRADING

one bet ............ one winner , just the way i like it , wish i could take the credit but optimum were keen on habalwatan who they felt was too big a price and the value in the race , well i had a small bet £37.50 ew @ 12/1 but with that successful it gave me a nice profit of £540 on the day .

Thursday, October 04, 2007

double carpet an aptly named isiris insider winner .......

after winning @ double carpet (33/1 !) , i wasnt on it as i dont back the insiders but i hope many isiris insider followers cleaned up today . another quiet day overall but thats to be expected with no jump racing as both mh and optimum have finished on the flat for 2007 , hopefully something from hexham tomorrow .

thursday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £250 ew @ 4/1 2nd -£50

to my eyes spinning lucy looked the unlucky horse in the race , but our selection kept on really well he was under pressure before his rivals but stuck on well and showed a nice attitude .

PERSONAL BETTING

well i started the day in deficit from last night after chelsea s come from behind win , i was in arrears to the tune of £131.99 , my only bet was on the cricket , i was in a betting shop for an afternoon isiris call back @ 3.50 , the shop had both the football and cricket on sri lanka were trying to mount a recovery and were 87/4 the paddy power shop were 11/10 sl 4/6 eng , i thought 4/6 was a decent price england as batting second looked to me a disadvantage and i thought englands score of 234 was above par , i had £180 to win £120 , just as the bet was struck england in the form of swann took a wicket 90/5 , were immediately 1/5 and never looked in danger from that point , to reduce my loss personally to £11.99 on the day .

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

more of the same ..............

with no national hunt racing , a quiet day was expected and this was the case .

wednesday

PERSONAL TRADING

well a decent day yesterday with my bet on the under 2.5 goals in the arsenal match proving a success £100 @ 1.85 , so a profit of £81.60 to add to the £675 from the bet on atticus boy .
i have decided to oppose chelsea tonight and the position im left with is valencia +£91.19 draw +£25 and chelsea -£131.99 .

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

a quiet but successful day ...............

its not the quantity im worried about just the quality !!! in all honesty i would be happy with 4/5 decent bets a week and combine this with some trading on the exchanges in an ideal world and hopefully this personal betting utopia is close to becoming reality .


tuesday


PERSONAL TRADING


only one bet 3.00 sedge atticus boy £75 ew @ 15/2 , nothing officially from mh , but todays message highlights why i find his service invaluable and one of the best around , in his message he states that although not strong enough for the account he is keen on the recent seller winner atticus boy and would be surprised to see him out of the first three , mh is keen to oppose the wylie owned tsaroxy who went to the sales but was unsold and there is breeding concerns being by xaar , if you were to have one bet today i would advise atticus boy , tsaroxy is a negative .

well tsaroxy was all the rage supported from 8/1 into half those odds but he could never land a blow finishing out of the frame into 4th while atticus boy was an easy 21 length winner , and a profit of £675 on the race . my step son is a arsenal fan sadly so tonight i will have to endure 90 mins of the gooners to make it half bearable i have decided to have an interest in the match i have backed under 2.5 goals £100 @ 1.85 .

it could only happen down the lane !!!!

as suppose over many seasons of watching/support spurs last nights events should come as no surprise , defending has always been the achilles heel , i believe we had a period in the 1980,s when richard gough and graham roberts formed a pretty formidable pairing in the heart of the defense , last nights defending display was up there with the worst i have seen over the years and there have been many to remember !!! in the end a most exciting evening but that cant hide the flaws in defense .
on the gambling front a blank day , nothing to report .

Monday, October 01, 2007

SUNDAY CURSE STRIKES AGAIN .................

regular followers of my blog (and im told and delighted that they do exist !) will be aware of my aversion to the ever increasing sunday fixture list and it so happens that sundays in 2007 have been a loss leader , i have considered a mon/sat work scenario for 2008 but im sure sods law would intervene with a raft of bumper sunday paydays !!!
i like to walk my greyhound on a sunday morning then for a spot of sunday lunch at friends or family and that can cause me hassle at getting on at anywhere near the recommended prices .
any new readers of the blog , i would like to make it clear that i dont usually moan about jockeys and their efforts on horses i have backed , but this week has been unbelievable with spencer in particular giving a couple of stinking efforts , i do also highlight decent rides !

sunday

MARK HOLDER

2.45 mr black rainbow £50 ew @ 16/1 £50 ew @ 14/1 £50 ew @ 12/1 unpld -£300
3.55 mr gallant hero £150 ew @ 17/2 £150 win @ 10.25 unpld -£450