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 .

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