an 11/2 optimum winner missed ....................

on friday , was the lowlight of the day for me , sods law , you forget one call back in a blue moon an you miss a 11/2 winner victorian bounty !!! felt like a kick in the teeth i can tell you , friday was hectic as i took a trip up the M1/M6 to stafford .............. my girlfriends daughter is a top gear fast car junkie and would be able to discuss the spec on any ferrari , aston martin , lambourghni etc etc with clarkson and his mob , and for her 21st birthday we bought her a driving experience so she could take a spin in a ferrari and lambourghni , this was saturday , but as we had to be their for 8.30 in the morning we travelled up friday evening , journey was not too bad but the evening call back was forgotten and the winner missed !!!!



i have decided not to quote my services individual p/l figures from now on , just my bottom line , many reasons for this but i want my blog to be a fair reflection of the services and the individual p/l figures just fail to do this , take isiris they are showing a p/l profit of just over £1500 but through trading my profit gained from the service is nearer £4500 ,optimums figure would be close to break even or profit if i had carried on with my initial staking and including fridays winner , my personal profit stands at £7500 but this is 90% down to isiris,mh & optimum through trading and interpretation of the daily message .



then there are holidays and missed messages it is unrealistic to expect that you will be able to make every message although friday was a mistake on my part i accept , but you have to realise that call backs will occassionaly be missed so this distorts the figure but this can work for or against , just happens friday worked against me ! but then this afternoon my discipline saved me £150 , optimum sport put up two bets on the cricket glamorgan v yorkshire on the top bat markets ryan watkins 2 points @ 14/1 or 12/1 well i was unable to get either price as extrabet had cut to 8/1 and boylesports have closed my various accounts , the next best for me was 8/1 aprice i refused to take as i couldnt get on at an acceptable price so i kept my powder dry so to speak and i felt uneasy leaving one part of the bet and backing the other election , so rightly or wrongly i decided to hold back and not take the 5/1 on craig white to top score for yorks , this proved the correct decision as they made 1 & 0 respectively and saved me £150 in total



so i will continue to keep my own personal diary/record of bets and i will continue to mention the individual bets of my blog , but there will be no individual figs on here , if anyone wants my figs then please feel free to email me .



PERSONAL TRADING



i arbed biased opinion in the 2.45 wolv i had £50 ew @ 16/1 & 14/1 laying back @ 12.25/2.86 respectively giving me a potential profit of £375 in the win mkt £114 in the place market and a comm loss of £9 if out the frame , the £9 loss was the result but i will take those outcomes any day of the week , year , decade etc etc !

a trip to romford in the evening to see my girlfriends pup gregorys girl run in the 7.42 , after last weeks success in an a6 race she had been raised to a5 , we were hopeful as she has improvement in her to cope with the raise but not for the first time her trapping was less than perfect but she did show decent track craft and good pace to finish 2nd , but a bet of £150 @ 5/2 was left in the traps so a loss of £159 on the day .

a disappointing end to the week .......................

BUT a week that shows a profit of just over £900 so cant complain , im writing this monday afternoon and unfortunately it does not look good for punters owed money by premierbet and heathorns , as the holding company had their shares suspended on friday and today both sites are "down" due to maintenance work with lines not being answered at both companies im told , especially sad if this is the end of heathorns who were once a well run and respected family run firm , i still think that its nothing short of fraud and bang out of order that these companies have been allowed to freely trade and tempt new customers with bonus offers during the last few months when they have been blaming a new processing system on the failure to deliver withdrawals which is clearly a lie , they have had a "cash flow" problem ............ no id go further than that they are skint . i had accounts with both companies i managed to get my money back from heathorns some time ago they did blame a processing problem for a delay but i have a ante post cricket bet thats like to kop so probably another non payment to add to my roll of dishonour joining luvbet and riobet .

friday

PERSONAL TRADING

nothing doing from my "services" but i got involved in 2 races the 2.40 newbury were i backed starlit sands £175 @ 2.20 beaten into 4 th , the pundits on racing uk suggested that a faster strip of ground down the middle of the course was to blame for the defeat , im not so sure , id be wary of starlit sounds as i think she may of peaked form wise and may be regressive after this showing . i got too heavily involved in my next play but thanfully no damage was done , the 4.10 don i made a 2 horse affair the fav broomielaw and alpes maritme , the latter being a knocking ew bet but i missed the little bit of 4/1 that was available , 4.5 was under pressure on the exchanges so i decided to try and arb this , in the win mkt he was trading 4.6/4.7 and place 1.51/1.52 so i had £250 ew @ 7/2 and i put some orders in to lay in the win mkt @ 4.1/4.3 but the support from 5.6 to 4.6 dried up and the price rebounded drifting to 5/1 at one stage so i was left with £250 ew @ 7/2 i relieved to scrap a 3rd place and small loss of £75 on the race , making a £250 loss on the day .


saturday

ISIRIS
HORSE A £250 ew @ 3/1 unpld -£500

OPTIMUM SPORT
wigan to beat sunderland £125 @ 11/8 WON +£171.87


nothing from me on saturday so i finished the weekin profit by £926.65 which gives me a total of £9548.86

THE30KCHALLENGE ....................................... +£9548.86

a 9/2 double today ..............

which was successful was the main feature of a relatively quiet day , but as long as improfitable thats all im concerned with , i have never cared for quantity .

thursday

PERSONAL TRADING

a £65 win double on jedediah 2.50 san @ 11/10 & colwyn bay 4.50 sal @ 13/8 , why £65 ? i just had that in an account but now i have £358.31 as it was successful , and in the 4.25 bev jilly why £150 ew @ 6/1 , done no favours at the start , on another day seb could have been catapulted out of the saddle , but 2nd and a £75 profit making £368.31 on the day .

raceform notebook and the timeform blackbook ......

were my preferred form analysis in my younger days pre isiris/mh , my dad suggested i should find a niche and concentrate on a certain field so i studied two yearolds and my only bets were in two year races , i made some money not huge but i enjoyed it and i regarded it as a hobby more than a money making tool , but then i found other hobbies ............. women and drink !!! and the form study went to the back of the queue as i have a tendency for a "all or nothing" mentality so the formbooks went into the loft ! , thesedays my own personal bets are reserved for horses that i note inrunning mainly green 2 yearold debutants , i may only have half a dozen bets per year but the success rate is pretty high , the reason i mention this is that today i was alerted to one such horse that i had noted in my easyodds horsealert stable , a briliant innovation by the way and that horse was mccartney in the 6.20 hamilton .


wednesday


PERSONAL TRADING


a quiet day with my first interest in the 4.00 salisbury but it got off to a decent start , isiris had put up promising lead in this race and i had £150 @ 7/2 , the price held steady , actually on the exchanges i noticed it trading at 4.9 15 mins or so before the off , but support emerged and it was sent off a strong 5/2 second fav i layed £150 @ 4.0 and another winner for the bang in form isiris team and a £75 profit for myself . my selection mccartney was running in the 6.20 hamilton and it had been relatively weak all day the bookies put it in as a 8/11-4/5 shot but the smaller internet firms followed the drift on the exchanges to quote evens , i dont have enough confidence in myself and doubts started to creep in , i need not have worried as mccartney was the easiest winner of the day scooting up by 7lengths and i had invested £200 @ 2.32 on the returned 6/4 fav , a nice day with a profit of £327.12 .

14/1 winner .............

for the isiris insiders on tuesday , backed into a sp of 6/1 2nd fav always travelling well and easily accounted for the fav maree hall , i won on the race as i arbed the selection but after the race i was obviously wishing id kept some of the bet , talk about aftertimimg !!
what was i saying about spurs resembling a pub side ............ relegation battle on saturday versus derby a real 6 pointer !!!! i love my sport , enjoy playing cricket and watching that aswell as football , but this evening on my way to the lane left a sour taste in my mouth and to put it bluntly pissed me off big time , walking to the ground past a pub a hundred or so spurs supporters and 3 everton supporters a girl and 2 blokes , im on the other side of the road and i see a bloke in a spurs shirt go past her and throw the contents of his bottle over her and went back into the pub presumeably to get another round in to a chorus of applause n cheers , well i have recently been to the cricket 20/20 finals and the last day of the test at the oval on both occasions plenty of banter between rival supporters and all good natured without a whiff of trouble , first home game of the season and i see this , pathetic ! and thats the supporter i saw and those who cheered plus the team as well ..........................

tuesday

OPTIMUM

6.30 muss style award £250 @ 4/1 2nd -£250

PERSONAL TRADING

as already mentioned i arbed ardent sauvage i had £50 ew @ 14/1 laying the £50 back at 11.66 and 2.486 , the victory earnt me £232.70 . optimum played in the 6.30 muss and andrew mentioned that on his tissue he had the 15/8 - 2/1 fav choisette as a 7/2 chance , my bookmaking upbringing has instilled the belief that if you constantly lay 2/1 a 7/2 chance you will win in the long run , of course there will be losses along the way , i placed an order to lay choisette @ 2.90 but he drifted out to the tissue price that andrew mentioned , actually touching 4/1 at one stage so thankfully my order was unfilled as choisette bolted up .

at just after 9pm last night ...................

i flicked over to sky sports news , and my immediate thought was ............. "can we start this football season again !" on saturday my beloved spurs played as if they were a pub side devoid of invention or ideas and got beat by a goal in the 90th minute, the 2 saturday football bets had gone down the pan and on monday evening both the backed teams were a goal behind .......... i didnt dwell much on the football went back to the tv programme i was watching , flicked back to sky sports at ten and ................ oi oi happy days !! kilmarnock had scored in the 87th min to record a 2-1 victory and provide a winning isiris main account bet .
had a most enjoyable day @ the oval watching the last day of test cricket in england for 2007 , india were good value for their series win , although england can count themselves unfortunate to lose the last 2 crucial tosses and the weather scuppered certain victory @ lords , but india did well as a unit especially the seam bowlers who complimented each other well , with very little cricket played in the warm up matches and in conditions so different to back home , the indians did brilliantly to adapt and compete in the 3 match series .

monday
ISIRIS

kilmarnock £500 @ 2.26 to beat dundee utd WON +£601.65

OPTIMUM SPORT

india to beat england in test series £200 @ 11/4 WON +£550
sachin tendulkar top indian bat in test series £125 @ 4/1 lost -£125
southampton to beat peterboro £200 @ 2.36 lost -£200

gregorys girl first win yesterday ...............

in the romford 12.33 , this is the bitch i bought last year for my girlfriend ........... well there was no chance of her letting me buy one for myself !!! she is still young and improving and will hopefully remain injury free and progress through the grades . sorry for the sporadic updating of the blog but im pretty quiet at present and i refuse to fill my blog with any bullshit , yes i have days when i dont bet !!!

saturday

OPTIMUM SPORT

tottenham £125 @ 7/5 lost -£125
west ham £125 @ 11/10 lost -£125
rory sabatini £25 ew @ 80/1 uspga -£50
rory sabatini £25 ew @ 45/1 w/o tigerwoods uspga -£50

PERSONAL TRADING

just the one bet in the 12.33 romford where i supported our bitch gregorys girl £250 @ 2/1 , she led all the way winning in 24.98 by a length and wasreturned the 6/4 fav .

THE 30K CHALLENGE ...............................+£8622.21

this week has shown a profit of £816 made up with decent contributions from my personal trading of £500 from the greyhound bet plus a winning double on thursday which was from isiris , so the credit should go to them really as they had a treble on the day , but the figure stands at £8622.21 this is made up of :

ISIRIS +£1540.31
OPTIMUM -£3312.04
PERSONAL +£7179.27
MH +£3219.94
OPT SPORT -£5.27

a nice belated birthday present from isiris !!!!

it was my birthday yesterday , had a lovely evening and was spoilt rotten and it seemed to carry on today with a nice present from isiris ................ i stopped the insiders early june and have no worries with that decision , it has made my life a lot easier as i was struggling to get on at the advertised prices , i will try to trade them if and when i can get the prices to reasonable sums of money , today was a quiet day i returned from the betting shop and had a look at the isiris insiders for today and for some reason i had a £25 ew double on ernie owl @ 10/3 and sforzando @ s/p , i would have taken the 4/1 but the price changed as i tried to place the bet ................... well happy days on all counts as both won with sforzando @ a sp of 6/1 !!! and a return of £862.50 to produce a profit of £812.50 .
ALL 3 ISIRIS INSIDERS WON so hopefully a few members inculded them in a multiple bet advised prices of 7/2 - 9/4 - 4/1 a treble of in excess of 72/1 or at sp it was 59/1 either way a brilliant day for isiris insider followes ........................ 100 renewals by the end of the week !!!

PERSONAL TRADING

£25 ew double 2.20 yar ernie owl 10/3 4.40 sforzando 6/1 WON/WON +£812.50

no isiris , ..............

oh well i can always use claude duval in the sun , perhaps bob rothman is he still about or maybe i,ll follow the fairs forum no one ever backs a loser on there !!
my main observation is this , 2008 has been a difficult year for punters the weather unsettled and i dont care what anyone says this has had an adverse effect on the advisory services as mh has freely admitted he is enduring his poorest spell in many a year , so isiris are certainly not alone in admitting the p/l figs for the year are disappointing , the service offered by isiris is not everyones cup of tea , i can accept that with various call backs , difficulty of getting on , cancelled bets , and kevins eccentric ways etc etc but i feel the betting/tipping world would be a poorer and duller place without mr booth and isiris , i havnt as yet subscribed for 2008 but i will in due course , perhaps tonights message was meant as a kick up the arse for the likes of me .

i am genuinely looking forward to 2008 with isiris with the new proposals , selectivity is the ONLY way to go if you want sustained profits and i feel fairly confident that we shall see the new format of isiris in 2008 , my cheque will be in the post by the end of the month .............. only another 46 to go !!!!!!!!

a busy afternoon ................

but ultimately unsuccessful , but no worries we are not going to win every battle , the first isiris main account bet looked home for all money but in the end a 16/1 winner (won easily) beat us but it was right to oppose the well supported fav who was beaten some way out again it was the case that the selection from isiris drifted on the exchanges trading around 9/2 and 4/5 win n place , the second main account bet never looked like being profitable and it was a relief in my neck of the woods to scrap into 3rd .





monday


ISIRIS

HORSE A £250 ew @ 3/1 2nd -£100
HORSE K £125 ew @ 8/1 3rd +£ 75
HORSE O £125 ew @ 7/1 unpld -£250



PERSONAL TRADING



a busy afternoon with isiris main account bets so i was out n about in the shops for most of it , but in the first @ windsor i had £100 ew @ 12/1 agilete praying there would be no n/rs as 16 were declared , i laid the £100 ew on the fair @ 11/2.67 win/place giving me a nice win if successful and only a small comm loss if not , agilete was held up after slowly away but made steady headway to finish a profitable 3rd giving me a profit of £128.50 .

mark holder ............. 2+2=5 ?????????

it appears that some people have jumped to the conclusion that the reason for me not recording the bets from mark holder is due to the recent results of the service and that mark asked me to stop reporting his bets due to this , thats understandable but totally wrong . mark would be totally happy for me to record his bets on my blog if i was member/subscriber of his service but due to my change in working enviroment this month that is no longer the case , nothing more nothing less .

20/20 finals day ............................

a marvellous day out , just returned from birmingham , left on friday afternoon and i really cant fault the day , yes a few lads get a little over boisterous but thats only a couple out of many thousand , the game may not supported by cricket purists but i just love my cricket in any form . i went to the 20/20 finals day last year as a supporter of essex but we decided that we would attend this years final whoever was present . we arrived at our hotel friday evening at 6.30 had a quick shower and down to the hotel bar only to see the players from 2 of the finalists kent and gloucestershire spirits were friendly and had a chat to a few of the players who even offered us some spare tickets . this trip caused a few problems though as i was travelling along the m1/m6 on friday evening at the time of the isiris main account bet , i knew that with the phone as my only way of placing bets i would face difficulty in getting on and would not get the advertised price and this was the case but my only other option was to pass over the bet , i decided to take my luck with the phone ..................
a fine couple of days for optimum racing with winners at sps of 3/1 & 7/2 , the 3/1 winner city affair won in the colours of optimum members and hearty congratulations to them on their cosy victory , well done to all connections .
a brilliant w/e p/l wise with a healthy profit of £2400 recorded , i shall update all my figs tomorrow .

friday/saturday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £125 ew @ 7/2 & 10/3 WON +£1025

OPTIMUM

friday CITY AFFAIR £125 @ 7/2 WON +£437.50
saturday LOOK BUSY £250 @ 11/4 WON +£687.50

OPTIMUM SPORT

20/20 cricket NOTTS £200 @ 12/1 lost -£200
20/20 cricket KENT £50 @ 9/1 WON +£450

premierbet & bet365 ..................

it is perhaps unfair to mention these two "bookmakers" in the same breath but i wish to comment on the two , the most serious and worrying situation currenty for some online punters is the continued non payment of withdrawal requests by premierbet , they are constantly blaming a payment processing problem but surely this line is wearing a little thin and it is time for someone associated with the company or interactive gaming holdings to be straight with their customers , just imagine the uproar if your bank refused your withdrawal , would they be allowed to continue trading ? i doubt it but there is no warning on the premierbet website of withdrawal processing problems , they are quite happy to show a £250 bonus to new customers though !!!! so worrytimes for premierbet customers , personally i think its a disgrace that they are allowed to freely take money off any unsuspecting customers even enticing new people with a bonus but try getting your money withdrawn ........... the betting industry is not shown in a good light here and there should be a bold warning on their site explaining the withdrawal problems , lets hope for the customers that these "withdrawal processing problems" are just that , otherwise punters could see their money disappear just as in previous instances with riobet , luvbet and burns ...................
now on to bet365 , the online firm who everyday seem to have a advert in the post .......... BEST ODDS GUARANTEED EVERY RACE ........... i have tried over the course of the last month or so to place some bets with this company without much luck im restricted to a take out of £20 so im allowed £4 @ 5/1 or £10 @ 2/1 , so yesterday i decided to try and bypass this problem by phoning the "callcentre" i asked for £130 @ 8/11 on rio de la plata as i was restricted to £27.50 on the net , i was told by the phone operator that my account is internet only , i said thats all well n good but im out and dont have access to a pc , sorry sir but your account is flagged internet only ........................................... absolutely pathetic !!!

thursday

no betting action at all today .

had a struggle .............

to get the jeremy bet on , had to walk to my betfred shop to place it as they wouldnt take it over the phone , they offered me £50 ew , i asked them was it being cut they said no but they were just being fair to everyone , had a walk wrote the slip out asked for the price of 5/1 then had to wait for the obligatory phone call and acceptance , its as if you should be grateful and thanking them !! its ok to do yer cods on the roulette but asking for a price on a horse bet and they make you feel like ronnie biggs !!!


wednesday
OPTIMUM
3.30 good jeremy £125 ew @ 5/1 3rd p/l nil

OPTIMUM SPORT
hants v notts s fleming top notts bat £200 @ 7/2 lost -£200

PERSONAL TRADING
i did not have a lot of time today but i did have one small interest , not a great lover of backing odds on , but i just could not see the godolphin hot pot rio de la plata getting turned over , i invested £130 @ 8/11 to record a minor profit of £94.54 on the day .

monday/tusday , a quiet couple of days ..........

nothing at all on monday a total blank day , a little bit of action today none of which was profitable though , nice to see a settled weather forcast this week and hopefully business will pick up in terms of activity and profit as we go thru the week .

this blog is at something of a crossroads , it could be going up a dead end that would mean it ceasing , im entering a new venture in respect of my gambling that will be coming into effect within the next 10 days or so , mark holder has requested that i no longer include his results in my blog , this will of course be adhered to .
my p/l will still show my full daily betting activity and will continue to be a true and honest reflection - but i will not be showing any bets under the mh banner .

tuesday

OPTIMUM

3.25 good assertive £62.50 ew @ 25/1 unpld -£125

PERSONAL TRADING

a loss of £250 on the day , £150 during the day £100 in the evening at goodwood and peterborough respectively a slight difference in the venues ! i had received positive news of arabian gleam in the betfair cup ........... wished it was for the noseda runner in the next but arabian gleam it was i had £75 ew @ 12/1 and although out of the frame he ran a race full of promise and was definately a horse that was unlucky today and one to keep on the right side of in future . in the evening my mates the conkers had 3 runners at hove and peterborough , kilpine champ at hove on the sky card and litter brothers slug city and conker all in the /eterbrough derby , out of the 3 we had a 7/1 winner in conker all were we on ,nope ! we were on slug city ............................. £100 @ 7/2 .

not a super saturday ... but a super sunday !!!

sundays for some reason have not been too successful in 2007 , well i suppose i could probably include monday , tuesday ,wednesday etc etc this year , but today one bet one winner thanks to a maximum account winner from isiris , strange betting activity on the exchanges as it drifted appreciably i didnt see the 4.3 mentioned but i saw 3.9/4.0 and was surprised by the opposition , but given a good positive ride the 9/4 advised winner won well , which after yesterday and last week in general was well received .

sunday
ISIRIS

HORSE C £350 ew @ 9/4 WON +£945

not a super saturday .................

in my neck of the woods , for a variety of reasons number one was another poor day p/l wise , there is nothing to report from friday , but the evening was spent at romford dogs it was the annual fund raising night for the retired greyhound association who do a brilliant job in rehoming them after their racing careers , sadly in the past i have not been in a position to take mine home as i have previously lived in flats or rented accomodation and it was not possible to take them home , this has now changed and i look forward to the day when i can bring my greyhound home after a hopefully long and successful career , so i have benefitted from the association and have supported them in many events , but i heard last night that two of my rehomed greyhounds including my first ever had died ,due to cancer and the other was hit by a car , so not a nice start to the night and it didnt get any better , as my girlfriends dog failed to improve on the promise shown on her debut , but she is so young and she was giving in excess of 5 months to over a year in age to all the other dogs and my mates dogs both ran disappointingly so a poor day all round ......................

saturday
ISIRIS

HORSE A £125 ew @ 16/1 unpld -£250
HORSE B £125 ew @ 16/1 unpld -£250

OPTIMUM RACING

5.25 ascot sparkling eyes £125 ew @ 12/1 unpld -£250

PERSONAL TRADING

a loss of £200 from this evenings trip to romford , as i invested £200 on get a grip in the 7.45 romford , missed a beat at the traps and round the tight 400m circuit that means 9/10 that you know your fate by the first bend , and a loss of £200 for me .

the weather .................

now im not looking for excuses but to me this is a factor in my poor returns from the services i use , today i got soaked as well as a losing day , i said earlier this month i would be happy with a £20,000 profit this year well the ways things are at present how about level after expenses !

OPTIMUM RACING
5.10 bath miss marvellous £375 (3pts) @ 2/1 unpld -£375

PERSONAL TRADING
my day and frustration was set in a 15 minute period 5.00/5.15 pm and again i was left cursing my fortune at present ........... i had received a good word for horseford hill in the 5.00 san and i invested £125 ew @ 7/1 he seemed to me to become outpaced rounding the bottom bend entering the straight and although he stayed on one pace he was never going to make the frame , my second bet was in the 5.10 bath where andrew was keen and backed miss marvellous , well isiris had a selection in the race and i had a saver on sweet request £75 ew @ 15/2 r4 who led inside the last furlong only to be pipped on or very near the lollypop , just about summimg up life "workwise" at present a profit of £65.62 on the race , but a loss of £184.38 on the day ................... oh and to top things up i got a £50 parking ticket this afternoon , what the hell have i done to upset him upstairs !!!!

trying times ...................

nope this is hammer house of horrors .............. im writing this on wednesday afternoon after a disasterous couple of days , im not long in the face or down more numb really , im philosophical about my "occupation" and what i do , if it doesnt eventually work out i,ll do something else i could always upsticks and move to say poland as lets face it the country must be empty with the majority of them over here ! i take a look on the betfair forum from time to time usually for comments on tipping services , i lost my posting rights some time back so i will use my blog to answer cdh - this time last year well 1st august actually i was £16,316 in profit that works out at £2,330 profit per month now i dont lead a extravagant lifestyle my girlfriend works so thats more than sufficient and also which is most important i enjoy what i do , i made in 2006 £32,000 and thats taking into account the expense of the services themselves , if i got a job in the "real world" of say £50,000 which is pretty decent i would not after tax earnt as much as i did in 2006 , so thats why i subscribe to these services . Now unfortunately im experiencing the other side of the coin , please remember i have been doing this since june 2002 as my sole stream of income , and this without doubt has been the worst and most trying of times , its just sods law that i didnt have a blog in the 2002-2006 years , this year has taught me the importance of a betting bank seperate from my daily finances and over the past 5 years it has built up to a decent figure it has come under pressure recently as i take a monthly wage from it ,so my bank is a fair bit lower than say the start of 2007 .
after the disasters of the last couple of days im in PROFIT of £5900 for 2007 , but then when i take into account my expenses which i will do come dec 31st the fig would be approx £3000 so far this year .
i have had a few emails of support today and yesterday and these are very much appreciated , i realise im not alone as we charter through these choppy waters at present ! i actually feel in good spirits i was far worse early 2007 when i started off jan with a near £8000 loss so i know from past experience that the p/l can turn around pretty quickly , a lot of it is down to confidence or should i say the confidence i have in isiris and mark holder to turn the tide back in my favour , this confidence is gained from years of experience of the service they provide , i can imagine if you joined mh on june the 1st your experience and thoughts on his service would not be positive as i have seen my p/l fall from £9,300 to £3200 but i strongly believe that my confidence in mark or kevin is not misplaced and followers will recoup these losses in time , if you persevere , but for new members i realise thats a big call and you may already be saying enough is enough , and i could not blame you for that if honest .
i shall give the p/l figs for tuesday/wednesday now , i realise there is a isiris call back later but im sure it wont be a third account bet .

tuesday
ISIRIS
HORSE Z 2 x £125 ew @ 7/2 & 3/1 unpld -£500

MARK HOLDER
6.30 bangor dads elect £250 ew @ 6/1 unpld -£500

wednesday
ISIRIS
HORSE X £350 ew @ 9/4 - 5/2 unpld -£700
HORSE Y £250 ew @ 11/2 - 6/1 unpld -£500

this afternoon ..................

was magnificent sporting tv watching the british open , totally dispelling the notion that you need a financial interest in a sporting event to gain full enjoyment in it as some mates of mine have always insisted , i sat enthralled by the excitement of the ups n downs of romero , garcia and harrington a unfortgettable and most enjoyable couple of hours .


sunday
OPTIMUM SPORT

zacj johnson £50 ew @ 125/1 lost -£100
david toms £25 ew @ 80/1 lost -£50
jj henry £25 ew @ 80/1 lost -£50

on the road to recovery ?

i dont want to put the kibosh on optimum racing but they are showing a definite upswing in fortunes over the recent month or so , long may it continue obviously from a personal point of view but also for andrew , a decent genuine bloke highly approachable , and although i realise this doesnt pay the mortgage during his time with mark holder he proved highly profitable , the first 5 1/2 months of this year were nothing short of a disaster but since the end of june his selective approach has paid decent dividends , i was thankful for the optimum winner today with main account losers from isiris and mark holder , on the latter service yes results recently have been disappointing but those of you who were members in january thru to march will know how quickly these losses can be wiped out to show decent profits within a short space of time .



congrats to the scoop6 winner , i have nothing at all against the large staking "findlay" syndicates but chuffed to see a decent small staking punter take the pot today , well done !!



saturday

ISIRIS
HORSE A £250 ew @ 11/2 unpld -£500


MARK HOLDER


2.05 mr caracciola £250 ew @ 20/1 unpld -£500
2.05 mr dhehdaah £250 ew @ 7/1 unpld -£500


OPTIMUM RACING


2.00 new medicea sidera £250 @ 10/3 WON +£833.33


PERSONAL TRADING


just the one bet this afternoon , i liked the look of prescotts improving filly bee eater in the 6f newmarket sprint , i had £50 @ 5/2 to show a profit of £125 on the day .

gregorys girl made a most encouraging debut last night , 2nd in a decent time 24.88 beaten by a more experienced and older rival , so well pleased with that , now the serious training will start , her diet will change and she will have weekly gallops opposed to just walking , hopefully her next run will be next saturday .

isiris plans 2008 ..................

as today was such a quiet one gambling wise , i thought id mention the plans outlined by isiris for 2008 ,whilst i was away every isiris member should have received the newsletter which contained this news ,i have received quite a few emails asking for my thoughts and whether i,ll be renewing for 2008 . as regular readers of the blog will appreciate the isiris 2008 proposals , are recieved most positively and with open arms so to speak ! i would say pre newsletter i was probably going to renew this has now changed to a definite , infact without going overboard i cant wait for the new system to start and im actually excited about isiris in 2008 , ok i realise that kevin has to still deliver the goods but in this respect i have faith . i really can see no downside and i just hope that the proposals are to be followed with the end of the 15-20 insiders per week , with these replaced by 1-2 special insiders .

on a personal note , saturday evening will see the debut of my girlfriends pup @ romford , in the 8.32 trap 3 gregorys girl (that was definately not my choice btw !!!) in A5 grade she is regarded as a decent prospect by trainer dave mullins who as yet has done little with her other than school who and get her qualified , so hopefully there should be plenty of improvement to come over the coming weeks .

friday
OPTIMUM SPORT
jj henry to win 3 ball £75 @ 9/5 WON +£135
r beem to win 3 ball £50 @ 11/4 WON +£137.50

PERSONAL TRADING
i was kicking myself and this will be the case whatever the result by not getting involved in the 1st test @ lords by laying the draw around the 1.35 level today , i have made decent profits in the past laying the draw on weather concerns but for some reason i held back in this match .
my only action today was in the 7.05 ponte , a dead 8 field and i had the value of 15/2 against a sp of 5/1 on music review £50 ew but like all brilliant ew bets he finished 4th !!!

what did i say about being refreshed .........

well thats gone !!! only kidding you take the rough with the smooth and if you cant handle these ups n downs youre in the wrong game , its not gonna be profit after profit , you learn that very early on . today was the first test of my gambling via the betting shop with the second isiris account bet , it was a struggle but i reckon i fared better in a shop than at home but in the end it didnt really matter but thats not the point , it was also less stressful and saved me £100 on this occassion but that was not through choice as it was obviously a race the bookies were wary of ew bets so i split between 2 shops and just got my second £50 ew on as they left the stalls , i could have tried higher stakes but i was mindful of the make up of the race and didnt want phone calls to head office that would delay me .



thursday

ISIRIS

HORSE A £250 ew @ 3/1 2nd -£100
HORSE B £75 ew @ 6/1 & 5/1 £50 ew @ 11/2 -£400



OPTIMUM SPORT

3 ball badderly to win £125 @ 10/11 lost -£125
3 ball chad campbell £75 @ 3.65 lost -£75

back refreshed and ready to rock n roll .................

had an extended stay in france due to the poor quality fare on offer over here racing wise , and returned to the uk tuesday afternoon , batteries recharged and looking forward to the rest of 2007 , one decision i made whilst i was away is that im no longer using the laying service , it has produced a small profit for me so confounding the cries of doom from many people (or was it just the 1 person?) who said i was on the road to the poor house even contemplating getting involved with it , but with me now betting via the shop route it would involve me phoning betfair/betmate up for my orders yes this can be done but i feel this service is best utilsed via your laptop/pc also the message comes on line at a busy time for me where i will be placing bets so thats the end of that , many thanks for the trial paul .
the poor racing quality wise continued today and there were no racing activity , but some successful bets from optimum sport on the 20/20 matches .
on a personal note , i hadsome good news tuesday regarding my greyhound pup , called gregorys girl .................... that was not my choice !!! she won her trial on tuesday @ romford by 6 1/2 lengths in a time of 24.96 which was way too fast !!! out of the window goes my touch in bottom grade .................

OPTIMUM SPORT

top batsman market 20/20
s fleming notts v kent £125 @ 4/1 WON +£500
a hall notts v kent £100 @ 11/2 lost -£100
m goodwin sussex v yorks £50 @ 7/2 WON +£175
g brophy sussex v yorks 50 @ 6/1 lost -£50

a nice day to end on ..............

off for sun in the south west of france tomorrow until sunday and today paid for the spending money ! two nice winners especially the 15/2 shot runswick bay from optimum and then the 3/1 main account winner from isiris , today was a sample of how life will be for me on my return with a couple of trots up to the betting shop for possible main account bets , so this new way of life betting will at least have the advantage of shedding a few pounds !!! good luck to all over the next few days , see you tuesday !


tuesday
ISIRIS

RED RUM £250 ew @ 3/1 WON +£900

MARK HOLDER

8.40 utt ingres £125 ew @ 16/1 £125 ew @ 14/1 unpld -£500
8.40 utt canopus £250 ew @ 7/1 4th +£187.50
9.10 utt go classic £100 ew @ 8/1 £150 ew @ 7/1 unpld -£500

OPTIMUM RACING

2.45 pon runswick bay £125 ew @ 15/2 WON +£1171.87

just a quick update of the p/l ............

have been pretty quiet but as im all over the place at present and away on wednesday for a few days it suits but it has been a pretty successful few days mainly down to the tennis but also a successful optimum bet today so my betting activity has been light since my update and the bets are as follows :

ISIRIS
leyton hewitt £100 ew @ 20/1 lost -£200
venus williams £100 ew @ 16/1 WON +£2400

OPTIMUM RACING
4.00 muss apollo shark £250 @ 9/4 r4-25p WON +£421.87

OPTIMUM SPORT
raphael nadal £200 ew @ 13/2 2nd +£450

p/l @ 9th july 2007

ISIRIS +£2145.31
OPTIMUM -£6067.24
OPTIMUM SPORT -£ 102.77
MARK HOLDER +£5532.44
LAYING SERVICE +£ 128.83
PERSONAL +£5940.40


THE30KCHALLENGE ............................... +£7576.97

friday 6th july ....................

have spent some time in devon , portwinkle to be exact not too far from torpoint or plymouth one of the highlights of the time spent here was that my mobile phone had no coverage , it was bliss , did some decorating and other bits on a house my mate has bought and had a couple of rounds of golf , have done a lot of thinking with regard my current situation and where i go from here .

i have ruled out getting to £30,000 this year , but am looking to reach £20,000 by year end to salvage something from 2007 , in doing that i will be making a few changes , in previous years i have relied on mark holder , isiris main account bets and my personal trading/interpretation to reach my figure , this year i spread my wings to include optimum(andrew had previously worked with mh) , isiris insiders , laying serice from tbc and now optimum sport , the latter two have so far had a negligble effect on my pl although i have been too agressive on my staking plan with optimum sport £50/pt is too much , this will be halved on my return , the laying service is showing a small profit and does not resemble the nightmare service that i was warned it would turn out to be as yet .

optimum racing has had a torrid time of it , i have a s/l of £10,000 with this service if that is breached then i will stop using them .

isiris insiders , these will be stopped for a variety of reasons , but number 1 is due to the difficulty of "getting on"in general , on my return i will be using the shops to get my bets on for mh & the isiris main account , to have any chance of making a profit from these insider bets you need access to the likes of the smaller independent internet operations as i will be in the shops for main account bets when the message from isiris is released i will not be in aposition toaccess the prices in a swift & prompt manner from the likes of sporting odds , neville porter , stan james etc etc- i am fighting a losing battle of using the net/phones to get my isiris main account or mark holder bets on , i rely heavily on stan james who are most accomodating take them away and i would struggle , i have 6 shops in a 1 mile radius of my home so the shop route will be used from now on , im not a believer of 3/4/5 bets in a day i prefer the selective approach of the main account from isiris , thats why i joined isiris , if i am in the position i will use the insider bets as a trading/arbing opportunity thats what i shall do in future .



it has been a quiet week so far ;

OPTIMUM RACING

monday lady nova 8.00 good £125 ew @ 10/1 unpld -£250

OPTIMUM SPORT

mauresmo £250 ew @ 8/1 lost -£500

so happy ....................

to see the back of june 2007 , hopefully life will get easier and my p/l improve from this time onwards but whatever happens i will always remember june2007 as a truly awful month and if improvement is forthcoming and good days outnumber the bad i will think this month above any other will serve as a remainder of what may lie around the next corner and act as a buffer against me letting my enthusuiasm run away with me .
i had friday, saturday and sunday off , from the emails i received i was fortunate in my timing as the services had a poor three days , someone suggested i should feel ecstatic at missing the losing bets , but i honestly dont , i realise it will work the other way at some stage its impossible to follow and back every selection , i like to have a break/holiday and there is every chance that fortunes will be reversed at some stage during the year , secondly i prefer to see my services perform well as with most things in life success breeds confidence , and im a great believer that confidence plays a huge part in gambling and the outcome of life in general and lastly over the course of me starting the blog i have come into contact via the blog of some genuine and likeable folk who use these services and i dont like to think of them doing their dough .

july2nd - july 16th
im taking my main holiday in september but next week im going over to france to stay with some family , so i will be out of action then , this week i have offered to help out a mate , normally i would have only offered my services perhaps today and sunday , but with the weather still unsettled , i really do think this is a major factor in the awful month of june i have decided to help him , i will not be in a position to back the isiris insiders but i hope to back the main account bets , its not an ideal situation but im happy to take the risk , so until the 16th july there will not be a update from me everyday , all bets will be recorded but i may batch 2/3 days together .

all the best DD.

off to windsor .................

tomorrow so this is my last full day , me & mrs d are escaping the taxi runs , babysitting duties and general everyday hum drum of life by having a weekend break in windsor ........... surprise surprise there is racing on , yes mrsd has spotted that !!! but looks like we could not have picked a worst weekend weather wise , saturday looks horrendous with a low pressure rain ladened system moving in from the west , anyway a breaks a break and im looking fwd to it .
now these odds on tennis bets are not for me and from the correspondance i have received the majority of subscribers feel the same , but credit where credits due with the 5/2 winner today , i backed wayne athurs as thats the type of bet that appeals to me , 1/50 or 1/16 or 1/7 do not , but thats me and im sure to some these buying money bets is utopia .

so thats it from me , until monday , the way my luck is all services will kick in for a marvellous weekend of profit , but i need a break from this , havnt had one since last september , good luck to all enjoy the weekend , see you monday !

thursday
ISIRIS
insider
arhurs to beat robredo £75 @ 5/2 WON +£187.50

LAYING SERVICE-thebetcollection

2.20 war a wish for you lay £50 @ 2.78 2nd +£48.50
4.00 new 3 x £1/3 point on balyan/priarie sun/double deputy lost -£50
5.20 war trafalger day lay £50 @ 2.25 won -£62.75
9.00 ham home sweet home lay £50 @ 2.15 2nd +£48.50

OPTIMUM SPORT

chris gayle top wi batsman £150 @ 4/1 lost -£150
matt prior top eng batsman £100 @ 11/2 lost -£100

maybe fortunate ...................

but i,ll take any winner at present and although i made a hash of the price in hindsight as he was available at 4.7/4.8 at the off , im relieved to show a decent profit on the day , otherwise a very quiet day , isiris are concentrating the tennis at present but the odds on shots are not me , although all have won so far although venus williams gave punters a scare yesterday .


wednesday
OPTIMUM RACING

2.30 car brixworth scribe £375 @ 3.90 WON +£1062

LAYING SERVICE

2.00 car nawaaf lay £50 @ 2.46 2nd +£48.50
2.40 sal fondled lay £50 @ 3.10 2nd +£48.50
4.10 sal ordenance lay £50 @ 3.00 won -£100