Horses4Punters.com Blog

8th-14th Review and Week Ahead Preview

2010-03-14T13:39:00.000-07:00

A rather quiet week on the all weather to be honest and all the buzz of the Cheltenham Festival taking over! As far as eye catchers this week they have been few and far between. Tuesday at Southwell saw a decent class 4 handicap over a mile which saw the rapid improver Transonic take the honours rather easily and would suggest he can win again, second place Xpres Maite also deserves credit plugging on for second and probably ran his best race for a while and maybe worth watching over the coming weeks. On Wednesday in the 8.30 we saw the potentially very well handicapped runner Sworn Tigress run under a penalty and win ultimately very easily and if anything followed up the next night in the 7.00 at Wolverhampton even easier under a double penalty, is sure to get hammered by the handicapper when he can catchup but she currently holds a couple of entries for next week and is likely to prove very hard to beat. On the same card at 6.00 was a decent class 2 handicap which was won by the heavily backed Orchard Supreme who hadn’t won for sometime and had subsequently dropped rapidly in the weights he won well enough but not enough to suggest he would follow up but the second place is of far more interest clearly improving lately and is sure to pick up a race again soon off this sort of mark especially if getting the front which is where he does his best work. Tartan Gunna was the favourite for the race at the start of the day but drifted dramatically throughout the day and would suggest he wasn’t fully wound up and there is another day for this useful sort. Friday night saw a decent class 4 handicap over the extended mile at Wolverhampton at 7.50 and resulted in a potentially controversial finish with the favourite Mosqueras Romance only managing 2^nd after Atzeni appeared to be slightly cocky and not ride out as well as he should have when he appeared to have plenty of horse under him. Where as the winner Cheers For Thea continues to improve around Dunstall Park and is one to look out for under a penalty.

On Saturday we saw an extremely good looking card at Wolverhampton, the listed event was won by a gutsy Dunelight who just held on from Mias Boy who is sure to pick up a race soon. Then we had the Lincoln Handicap Trial which was won very easily by Vitznau and he remain on quite a good mark looking back over his form but doesn’t look the sort that is likely to be suited to a straight mile and is probably worth taking on in a few weeks. The second has clearly frustrated many of us, Fanunaltar has run many creditable races but does not look an easy horse to win with and appeared to idle in front today when looking the winner all over but again he should be able to pick up a decent pot at some point in the near future. Then at 4.35 we saw a decent looking class 2 6f handicap which was won in the dying strides by the ever improving Tiddliwinks, quite how much more he has got is yet to be seen but since getting on the aw he has improved 26lb in the handicap and set to go up another fair amount again this time after the first two were well clear of third. It will be interesting to see where they go next with him as he is yet to prove himself anywhere near as good on turf and with AW sprint races few and far between for horses rated in the 100’s he could prove hard to place from now on.

Onto the week ahead, well its sure to be dominated by The Cheltenham Festival of course now unfortunately that isn’t what this article is about so we shall concentrate on the flat racing which doesn’t get started till Tuesday as there is no All Weather racing on Monday.

Tuesday racing doesn’t have anything that jumps out of the page at you at Southwell. Wednesday sees a slightly better card at Southwell and if Veloso stands his ground in the 4.25 he may prove a little bit better than a 6lb penalty if come on for his first race for over 400+ days he won by some 8 lengths over 1m4f round here last week and a step up in trip should prove little problem, the ever consistent Calculating is the most likely forecast. Extremely decent looking card at Kempton on Wednesday night including a listed affair at 7.50 where Spruce is entered and he looks well ahead of the handicapper even off a mark of 90 and may not have to find too much to mix it with some 100+ rated horses, the other interesting entry is Buxted who again looks unexposed and ahead of the handicapper and in what looks like it could be a weakfish affair they could both prove popular. Before that there is a decent class 4 handicap over 7f which at the moment has the shape of being very competitive with many inform sorts set to lineup including Sutton Veny, Divine Force, Last Soveriegn and most interesting of them all Lucky Redback who made a winning comeback last week beating the useful yard stick Secret Witness up 3lb for that effort and is lightly raced for age and sure to strip fitter for first run for over 16 months.

Thursday sees yet another day on the fibresand at Southwell and a useful looking class 3 handicap over the flying 5f at 4.25 which has several useful sorts entered including Thebes, Onceaponatime, Wotashirtful and Wheres Reiley takes a marked step up in class but shouldn’t have any problem aquitting himself at this grade with the way he has been running of late. There is also another class 3 handicap at Wolverhampton at 6.45 and Thunderstruck ran extremely well in a similar race a week ago and if getting to the front again may prove a little too much as he is clearly in good heart.

Friday finally sees a trip to Lingfield and Lady Kent currently holds an entry in a 1 mile race at 3.45, she was last seen winning quite nicely over 7f but does have some good form over a mile and only up 2lb for that win and still looks well in on some of her Irish form. Wolverhampton hosts a potentially interesting class 4 staying handicap which looks as though it might produce a small field and if that is so and Calculating stands his ground again he most hold a solid chance as he can handle a muddling pace which is often a problem in these small fields, will be interesting to see how this race shapes as the week goes on.

Have a good week and enjoy the Festival if you’re playing, check out FREE daily tips at http://horses4punters.com

Weekend Preview 13th-14th March

2010-03-12T11:38:00.000-08:00

This week seems to have flown by and to be honest the All-Weather racing has been lacking slightly this week whether it’s all this Cheltenham hype or just that were getting itchy feet over the turf season starting in 2 weeks times.

There is just the one meeting on the sand over the weekend and that is at Wolverhampton on Saturday. It has the look of a decent card about it and here is the low down on 3 of the main races.

The 2.15 Wolverhampton is a decent enough listed event and although several of these a running off marks in 100+ but most of them not really running to their mark at the moment where as completely different can be said about the inform Mahadee for the in form Brittian yard. He won a handicap in good style on penultimate start and was seen last time out finishing all to late to force a dead heat and showed that he can handle a sharper 7f, Callan takes the ride again and should be well up for this on the back of these latest efforts. Mias boy could pose the biggest threat barely ever running a bad race, effective on the aw and goes well fresh.

The 3.25 Wolverhampton The Lincoln Trial Handicap. 2 weeks until the start of the flat season and this warm up trial to the curtain raiser for the season. Flipando bounced right back to his best last time out when easy winner over an unusual 6f for him, be interesting to see how he goes back over this trip again today off a 10lb higher mark, but did win this race last year off a 4lb lower mark. Collateral Damage was in fine form last year up another 4lb and un proven on the aw surface, but has gone reasonably well when fresh. Autumn Blades has been in cracking form this winter and always appears to give his running at the moment and his last run can be forgiven pushed so wide around the bend and he is better than that right now only concern is this marked step up in trip. Another useful sorts to come out of the wood work this winter is Black Dahlia she has run 2 solid races in listed company but a big concern has to be she is now 19lb higher than last win in handicap because of those 2 runs and surely they arent gonna want a penalty on top of that for the Lincoln.

And finally the 4.35 Wolverhampton has the shape of a useful class 2 handicap, with 3 good inform sprinters lining up that interest me the most. Tiddliwinks was progressing very nicely over the winter up a total of 21lb since first handicap win, and last win came off a 8lb lower mark and probably best forgetting his last run she might prove better over 6f than 7f and has a smart turn of foot. Thebes is a useful performer but does tend to be a bit hit and miss but did get back to winning ways last time out up just 2lb for that effort and 2nd has gone on to win since and would suggest the form could be quite useful but perhaps worth taking on consistency stakes. Bajan Tryst has been in good form recently but was well held by Flipando last time out off new mark and unlikely to get own way upfront.

1st-7th Review & Week Ahead Preview

2010-03-07T09:50:00.001-08:00

Pegasus Again was been a consistent sort on the all weather and ran a solid race on Sunday in the 4.55 at Kempton interestingly most of his races have come with a fair gap between runs, where as this run came after 5 days after a good looking win last time out. This run is therefore probably worth forgetting about and is one to look out for again in the coming weeks especially if it looks like he could get an uncontested lead.

On Tuesday we saw an interesting comeback runner in Lingfield’s 3.40, Lucky Redback sent off joint favourite with the useful and inform Secret Witness, he didn’t look like a winner in running having to be pushed along from a long way out but nonetheless he eventually knuckled down and got the job done well and may be open to a bit of improvement having not been seen for over a year and making his all weather debut.

The other eye catcher of the week has to be the ever improving Spruce who ran in the 4.10 at Southwell on Thursday, it isn’t very often we see a front runner with such a smart turn of foot and he proved far too good for two unexposed rivals. Reports are he is gonna be aimed at either a listed event or valuable handicap on Winter Derby Day at Lingfield.

Now onto the week ahead after a rather quiet weekend with no all weather racing things start to step up with some better horses starting to appear ready for the start of the flat season at the end of this month.

Clive Brittain has brought his out of the winter hibernation in fantastic form and all his runnings throughout this week warrant the upmost respect no matter what theyre form figures might suggest as we have seen some of his 3 yr old’s improve out of recognition recently. He has just 2 runners on what is a poor card at Lingfield on Monday he runs Jawal in the 2.10 Maiden. He steps up in trip after a decent enough effort over 7f running slightly green and if coming on from that should hold a solid claim. His other runner is perhaps of slightly less interest and that is Heading to First who runs in a 5 runner handicap for 3yr old’s over 1m4f. He was well backed before the off last time out but failed from a long way out, should strip fitter for that run but also takes a massive step up in trip which he really didn’t look to be crying out for in all honesty.

On Tuesday we move onto Southwell where there is a very interesting class 4 handicap at 4.40 with several useful sorts contesting the race with several making their seasonal debuts. Top weight Smarty Socks has a good record on the fibresand 3 from 5 although finished last season on rather a low point, Transonic has improved out of recognition on fibresand just recently, and General Tufto is certainly one not to discount on fibresand and his last race can be completely forgiven with his riding taking a hard tug at start and 6 lengths off the field but did stay on well past beaten horses.

Wednesday we have an afternoon meeting at Lingfield, Pha Mai Blue was extremely well backed last week on his seasonal reappearance which would suggest he has been working well at home and although only managed third it was a good run and if he can build on that he is extremely dangerously handicapped and would be of interest in the 4.00 which he currently holds an entry (he also holds and entry for the 4.30 but cant see him lining up for that as that is over 5f, 7f is his optimum trip). The 4.30 at Lingfield could produce a small but competitive field with Boyle yard currently holding 8 of the 10 entries. If Lady Kent lines up she would be of keen interest having finally got off the mark in this country. She was extremely well backed throughout the day and although she was made to work she looked worth more than what the handicapper has put her up by, just the 2lb. She is still extremely well treated on her Irish form. In the evening we have a class 3 handicap at Wolverhampton at 6.30 which is sure to provide some early season winners but Captain Macary is an eye catching entry at this stage having won readily at the end of last year at Kempton over 7f, up 4lb for that effort and may have potentially more improvement in him if fully wound up for seasonal reappearance he is also 3 from 5 on the all weather.

Thursday sees a return to the fibresand for Bel Cantor in the 3.55 at Southwell who strung several good efforts together often running out of the handicap and capatilised on running off his correct mark on penultimate start before being out of depth in a listed event at Lingfield. Up 4lb for that win and should have a shout if getting the uncontested lead he needs. The evening card at Wolverhampton looks a decent card at this stage the 6.00 looks as though it could be another handicap that could provide some winners at this stage its hard to assess but if Tartan Gigha lines up he would be an interesting runner for the in form Johnston yard. He is fit from 2 good runs in Dubai and wouldn’t need to be anywhere near that good to land a prize in this. Nacho Libre holds an entry for the 8.00, he was backed off the boards during the week but was withdrawn at last minute as he had the wrong head gear on, he is a decent horse if breaking on terms. Sanders was booked to ride him last time out and he is 1 from 1 on him and will be interesting to see if he stands his ground and what jockey is booked. Blue Eyed Eloise was another market mover a few weeks back in a handicap at Southwell before being a non runner, she is an interesting runner having not been seen for over 700 days she returns to handicapping off the same mark she won off when last seen, also interesting to see that the same trainer has stuck with her for all this time.

Just the one card on Friday which is the evening card in which Chjimes holds an entry in the opening race would perhaps be of more interest at his beloved Lingfield but even so he has been running just ‘ok’ currently but has dropped to a dangerously low mark (12lb lower than last winning mark) and if able to recapture the forum he was in last spring he would be dangerous.

Have a fantastic week whatever you bet enjoy the fantastic winter sunshine, look out for the Friday update with a preview on all the weekend action on the sand. Also check out our daily tips at http://horses4punters.com

Out Of Winter Hibernation

2010-03-07T09:45:00.000-08:00

Ok apologies for anyone checking back to this blog regularly I havnt always been best at update htis throughout the winter, but anyhow we have enjoyed an AW season just ticking along no real profit no real loss. We are now just a few weeks away from the start of the flat turf season and even the AW meetings step up this week with many turf runners making their seasonal debuts. Wolverhampton also plays host to the Lincoln trial on Saturday which should be very interesting.

As far as where this blog goes from now, it will include regular updates throughout the flat season with eye catchers and also a preview of the week ahead updated every Sunday and Friday evening (hopefully). It will actually be an article I am writing for another site which I shall post up here so should be more regular than not!!

Anyhow good luck with the week ahead

Chris

End Of Season/Breeders Cup

2009-11-08T07:29:00.000-08:00

So here we are November and we have had the final flat meeting of the season at Doncaster yesterday and is was a tough looking card but we successfully managed to finish in profit with Collateral Damage winning at 11/1ADV and The Galloping Shoe finishing 4th at 20/1!

We had a reasonably successful season and hopefully we can only do one thing next year and that is improve!

Breeders cup!

What a fantastic couple of nights of racing we had on friday and saturday, we saw conduit romp past his rivals in good style and goldikova stamping her authority aswell.

Sadly us Europeans didnt come out on top they beat us 6-8 this year, mastercraftsman, lillie langtry and rip van winkle all disappointed but we did see something amazing in the classic and something I wont ever forget Zenyatta beating the boys in the classic unbelievable! She is basically americas version of Sea The Stars!

If you didnt get a chance to watch this make sure you watch all the replays on AtTheRaces.com website because they were some of the best races u'l ever watch and well worth half an hour of your time.

All-Weather

The all weather now kicks into full swing with a meeting nearly everyday and 2 some days and it looks like there could be some useful sorts coming through the ranks and certainly I have on my watch list is La Gifted, Weet A Surprise, Lesleys Choice and many more. I feel we are in for a good season but for me the countdown to The Lincoln Meeting starts today!

Good luck

Chris

Little Upate

2009-11-01T12:33:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates again its just been mad, but the racing starts to calm down for the winter now and work also calms down this time of year.

Mainly just spend the time making fresh beds for the turkeys and fencing fields for sheep along with feeding and check them daily otherwise its fairly quiet until last week of november where it is full steam ahead with getting sheds ready for kiling starting normally second week of december then its mad until christmas eve!

As far as racing the flat turf really has got my struggling at the end of the season with several disappointing efforts and this week will see the season wrap up at doncaster on saturday with 1 or 2 meetings this week in what will be testing conditions looking at the weather.

The jump season is well under way now but personally it doesnt excite me much and tend to struggle to find too many bets so its all down to the all weather which recently has seen a turn of fortune this week after a massively disappointing week previously and with the turf finishing we should see a bit more consistency etc over the winter months from here on in so fingers crossed plenty of betting opportunities.

Have good week, good luck!

Chirs

Weekly Update

2009-10-12T12:46:00.000-07:00

So another week has gone by and the summer draws further away and the flat season really is coming to a close sadly.

As for work spent most of last week fiddling around with the turkeys, de beaking them and setting up the automatice feeders, also had to get up at 5am friday morning to go to marsh to wean the lambs and bring them back home to fatten up, long while since had to get up at that time!

As for this week well it could be an entertaining one with the boss decided to re-plough most of what i have alreayd ploughed simply because its got so dry we cant get a seed bed so beans are being ploughed in bit crazy if you ask me and complete waste of fuel etc. but its and easy job for me and it what he wants i guess and it pays the bills!

As for the horse racing been a tough week, reasonably holding level on the all weather with having a cracking day on friday. The turf has turned into a bit of a nightmare with all sorts of funny results and un predictable ground conditions.

So I have started to look at the NH scene for my first serious scene over the sticks and things are not going to bad I am still hoping to get excited about it like I do the flat so we shall see of course the AW scene will be my main interest over winter months but the jumps gives me other area to look at!

Anyway have a good week

Chirs

Larger than normal update

2009-10-04T10:22:00.000-07:00

Apologies for the lack of updates recently I have just been so busy with work aswell as quite a lot of racing again!

Mainly just been ploughing and cultivating and continueing to pray for rain its getting bad now we have lambs dropping like flies because of the lack of food available as much as we try to supplement them we cant give them 100% of their diet in the situations we have, along with that our bull has got rather a sore dick after falling off a cow during sexy time and has knocked it and swelled up and he cant get it to go back in so we had to have a rather gorgeous fresh out of uni vet come and clean him up and hopefully swelling will go down and he will be ok! Rather him than me!

As for racing, its been a fantastic week of racing with some classy races at newmarket all be it with disappointing small fields, then the cambridgeshire yesterday again we failed to find the winner! Then to day the Arc and what an amazing horse any normal horse we would have all been laying him at the start not settling pulling hard and boxed in everything looked wrong but yet when asked to stretch on and take the race he did it with ease!

As for my personal betting week it hasnt been a too bad one, again struggled with saturdays racing something I need to look at in the last couple of weeks of the season, also very little return on the turf especially betting on some hot favs who then go and get turned over normally in stakes and listed affairs and just more proof handicaps are more my forte, all weather is going extremely well except again in claimers and sellers again really should stick to handicaps only!

Anyway enjoy the last couple of weeks of the season, will prob post again next weekend its easier to do a weekly review at the moment while so busy!

Good Luck

Chris

Sunday

2009-09-27T12:34:00.001-07:00

Finally got a day off not exactly the day off I was hoping for lol!!

Started last night watching match of the day was then gonna watch Harpers Island and fell asleep sometime during match of the day and missed Harpers Island so watched that in bed on the iplayer this morning then got upto look at the days racing got ready to go out do weekly shop and go to bookies to watch some races to find when I go outside the few sheep I have where I live have escaped and one is rather ill so then had to spend a hour so fuckin about with them!! RAAAA theyre not in my good books!

Anyway after that was all sorted it was just a quiet day down the bookies with the usual crowd and banter theres nothing better on a sunday afternoon than a laugh with the boys down there!

As far as the racing has gone past few days had a few big bets go down the swanny and more proof that I really should avoid claimers/sellers even if it looks like a horse has got in at a low weight eg Diamond Laura on saturday night kempton massive shock!

STICK TO HANDICAPS!!!

Anyway a few nice bets tomorrow hopefully

Good luck

Chris

Tues/Wed/Thurs

2009-09-24T13:53:00.000-07:00

Sorry again been a mad week with work dictacting little time in front of the pc with feet up, still ploughin and pull land apart and still praying for some rain!

As for betting turfs bets are going extremely well considering the time of year when things usually start to decline. As for the all weather things are quite so rosy and it may just be that form lines are stretched and weak at the moment and maybe more to come in the months to come!

An added bonus ive had this week is that I can now get on early prices rather than SP as now have a rather smart phone with speedy internet on it which should improve our profit margins!

Good luck with a nice few days of racing from Ascot this weekend!

Chris

Monday

2009-09-21T13:29:00.000-07:00

Another dry day and the need for rain is getting pretty desperate now and I shouldnt think the scottish are saying the opposite!

Spent the day ploughing with a press which has to be the most annoying bit of kit ever if it happens to drop off in wrong place you cant pick it up next time and becomes extremely frustrating and I had to keep the pace on as boss has decided to drill straight behind the plough as we have let out other fields get far to dry and cannot get them down into a seed bed now!

As far as bets went today was bit hit and miss but luckily the hits were 1 big and 1 small the biggy was shy glance at hamilton who won nicely at 33/1 which looks a huge price for a horse running of its last winning mark only 4-5 starts ago and since been running on unsuitable conditions but anyway at 33/1 I dont mind if it was over priced lol!

Also milton of campsie also won nicely at 13/8 which was handy to just boost up the few losses.

Good luck

Chris

Short Update

2009-09-20T13:40:00.000-07:00

Apologies for the lack of updates this week but my phone line went down at start of week and was fixed quickly but for some reason it messed my internet connection up for 5 days making dial up fast and was extremely hard work doing my research so updates were unlikely.

In brief I have struggled with the all weather this week especially at Wolverhampton until last night where things did pick up a bit. As far as turf goes I have had a brilliant run of things this week and hope that can continue to the end of the season. I had a quick work out of my ROI since starting my website and it stands at an impressive 19% which I am more than happy with and long may that continue and just shows hard work does pay off.

As far as personal life goes little to report this week just extremely busy at work ploughing and cultivating although desperate now for some rain to freshen our grass up for the autmun and also give the stubble turnips a much needed drink.

As far as social life done very little was able to spend an evening down the pub on wednesday catching up with a few friends who havnt seen for a long while and watch the footy, and as for women and love life well you know those ones that mess with ya head well I certainly seem to be picking them lately but thats a story for another day!!

Good luck

Chris

Wednesday/Thursday

2009-09-10T14:06:00.000-07:00

Wednesday started fairly well got out of the yard after feeding to finish ploughing my field only to get a call hour or so later saying that the mechanics were coming to put new oil seals in the wheels fair enough. Trouble was when they started taking the wheel apart they found a lot more problems so she was out of action for the day so then had to get on boss's newer tractor and finish his job trouble is its suppose to be the newest most comfiest tractor but its is so fuckin uncomfortable its unreal!! But atleast we finished early and home to watch the footy and were going to SA come on boys!!

As far as horses did well on turf with Akhenthan winning at 10/1 and funday at 4/1 and the tatling ran his usual solid race at 5/1 for 3rd!

All weather in the evening went well as well with Miss minnies sticking out most and could be interesting on Sat night if she remains entered for 1 of the 2 she is entered in!

Today was much the same my tractor stil sitting in workshop in pieces so back on boss's just cultivating rather boring mundane day to be honest when 6 oclock hit home and hit a corner I called it a day!

Its gotta be said Radio 1 playlist really can be very repetetive!! Come on guys lets play Esmee Denters!! Flippin love that song!!

As for bets quieter day with Five cents winning on promise I noticed last time out otherwise other turf bets were disappointing Sesenta just looked totally out classed sadly and Theatre street just couldnt cope with the rise in handicap.

All weather went well again, with come on buckers and Rose row both winning well for us.

Chris

Tuesday

2009-09-08T13:47:00.001-07:00

Nice day at work to be honest didnt pick up a single dead turkey which was pleasing and then just had to pull my breast back round on me plough and put a new shear bolt in. Then off to plough for the day didnt quite go to plan with something wobbling loose over night making the plough dig rather deep going up the field and shallow going back down so had to call boss to help assisst in getting it level btu we got there and he buggered off and I cracked on for the day doing nearly 20 acres!

As for racing today was little disappointing on turf with general tufto looking a little tired and pegasus again ran ok but could only manage 4th.

As for the one race I played on the all weather was ok with Regeneration a non runner just left me playing with Santefisio who looked to piss his opportunity up when breaking badly but showed great turn of foot to finish strongly and could still be well treated in coming weeks, as for buxton was heavily backed but just never got into it!

But luckily scrapped back some losses tonight on a nice double on greyhounds which I had recieved tips for earlier in the day, connections do pay off nicely sometimes!

Chris

Sunday/Monday

2009-09-07T13:21:00.000-07:00

Sunday was a rather quiet day really just had a quick flick through the form of York and had a couple of bets but nothing returned, just then did some housework and went down the bookies to watch the races.

As for today spent the morning waiting about for alorry to unload, then went to plough which was something a bit different for me was going extremely well till i sheared a bolt so now gotta spend tomorrow morning putting a new one in rubbish!!

As for bets had a much better day, Sendali was backed off the boards into 9/2 and went on to win, as far as micks dancer ran a cracker behind what looks a useful sort to claim 2nd at 6/1 for us, and mayoman won nicely for us at 7/1. Pinball probably needs 6f to see him to his best he ran on well.

Chris

Saturday- RIP Jamie Kyne & Jan Wilson

2009-09-05T12:24:00.000-07:00

A extremely somber affair at all the races today as it felt the shock of the news of the death of Jamie Kyne and Jan Wilson in a fire in the early hours, Jamie Kyne was a very impressive young jockey with a lot of talent, I dont know much about Jan Wilson but my thoughts go out to all those connected and families awful news and I hope when they get the person that done this is burnt alive aswell sick bastard!! Its unbelievable we live in a world where things like this happen. RIP!

From a betting point of view was an extremely busy day and just about broke even with the last race at Wolverhampton to go. Again my best wins have come on the AW and the 5 bets on the turf just Tom Tower ran into 2nd place @ 16/1.

And to just bring more sad news on racing community a favourite among Cumani's yard Curtain Cal had to be destroyed after suffering an injury there was also a nasty incident involving Harleston Snake and really brings home the risk these amazing animals go through to bring us enjoyment!

Chris

Friday

2009-09-04T13:31:00.000-07:00

So the day of reckoning for Keiran Fallon, could he be as good as he once was?? I dunno before my time in horse racing so hard to judge but he failed to get the winner he was desperate for but does hold some good rides tomorrow so dont write him off just yet!

As for my day well it was yet another frustrating day (really do need to find a new job) spent the day moving the sheep we moved yesterday because boss got fed up with the ol boy where weve got em moaning about them getting out! They dont go far its just a couple of lambs that have worked out how not to get a bite off the electric fence they just potter about in hedge but anyway boss throwed toys out of pram so all work we did yesterday was a waste of time!

By the time we done that it was 3.3o and way past my lunchtime so had quick lunch and just washed the trailer and put plough on back of tractor to be re-metaled over weekend and day was over thank god lol!!

As for horse racing what an awesome day for me!

Turf saw 2 out of 3 bets coming in with puy d'arnac winning well at 9/4 aswell as promise maker at 9/2. Bonnie prince blue was well beaten do happen to think this horse is hit n miss and seems to need a strong ride!

Then onto the all weather at lingfield where jaconet got us off to a cracking start winning at 8/1 then fitz went on to win at 10/3 then bab al salam went in aswel at 2/1 adv. Then brief look won well at 10/11 general ting seemed to need a run and may be better next time out, then drew a blank in last at lingfield with six diamond only managing 3rd.

Candyfloss girl drifted badly and fate was sealed before off, struggling in nursery's at the moment and maybe something I need to leave alone for now. Rock anthem travelled well but lacked when came to finish but bomber command won well for us at 8/1 and spirit of a nation ran well at 7/1 3rd and could be much better next time out after stripping fitter!

Sounds of jupiter was just totally outclassed and jabal tariq went much better but went up front with jupiter and the race was in a very fast time and would suggest maybe went off to fast in front!

But all in all showed a massive profit of 8.52pts after staking just 11.25pts!!

Brilliant card at Kempton again tomorrow and wolverhamton in the evening aswell as a couple cards on turf so make sure you check Horses4Punters.com for my tips!

Chris

Thursday

2009-09-03T13:11:00.000-07:00

What a totally miserable day, now we were desperate for the rain but still say it should only rain at night lol, but add the wind and I fucking hate it!

Was just one of those days trying to catch up on those 'rainy day jobs' mmmm didnt get too far as per normal when boss is involved most things take far too long so successfully just moved 1 lot of sheep to a new field and washed some turkey drinkers up, the 'rainy day' list is growing not shrinking one day we'l finish it!

As for the racing today:

Only had 2 bets on the turf and both were disappointing, so then it was on to Wolverhampton tonight and was much better.

Lithaam was going well but just faded in last furlong could just be held on current mark on the AW, Admiral bond was given an awful ride never getting on terms. Bertie southstreet won nicely making all from the front and was given a strong ride by holland in the closing stages, could be held next time. Dear mr Fantasy was just out paced and then never got into the race. Leahurst won comfortably and impressively comng from mid division to win well and just maybe capable of a lot better, more time tim also kept his good record on aw going coming 3rd behind Leahurst

All in all the day showed a nice profit so happy that finally getting somewhere with the AW

Onto Kempton and Lingfield tomorrow for all weather action

Chris

Wednesday

2009-09-02T12:43:00.000-07:00

Yet another frustrating day, I really do have to wonder why I bother getting up so early every morning to piss about like this, get going on me cultivator after feeding the turkeys get to the field do a few acres and the oil seal which had been leaking for months and boss been told needs replacing for months completely goes and dumps all the oil!! Tractor off the road now until someone can fix it!! Why on earth didnt he get it fixed before it went completely wrong I will never know so then spent the rest of day cleaning all the oil of me ol besser!!

As for racing tough on the all weather racing today but only had one bet on turf and that was a winner, so pleased with that @ 6/4.

Flamsteed ran a solid enough race and should be capable of a win but perhaps the 7f was a little too far.
Baby josr ran a stonker and just seems to lack the spark to run a race, but the winner did have aw form good enough on the day.
Desert streak ran awful race probably racing to keen for own good and maybe take the cheekpieces off again next time out would help.
Supernoverre ran a fantastic race but just struggled to carry forward the effort to the line and haafhd time was disappointing being well backed before the off.
Six penny was never on terms and you need to be, and yawary maybe found a mile just a little too far.
Cool hand jake was backed off the boards and came a good enough second for us at 14/1 and striding edge drifted slightly and came 3rd for us at 14/1 aswell so happy with that would have preferred the winner aswell lol!!

Anyway on to tomorrow with couple goodish cards on turf and evening meeting at Wolverhampton

Chris

Tuesday

2009-09-01T13:05:00.000-07:00

Got to be one of the most frustrating days at work ever, started with just changing a few points on me cultivator and getting out onto the field but then boss wife comes back and says we have a cow calving!

So of we trundle to catch it and bring it home easy peasy I had been luring them into the pen for a few weeks as we knew she was close, got there only to find they had been moved onto the other field where the pen wasnt so we had to stir them up to get em near the pen so just a nightmare finally got her and had the vet out to get to bugger out alive and well!

Then back to me cultivator and struggled and argued the fucking toss with the boss who will insist on re using rusty old bolts to save 1 penny but what he dont realise the time we struggle un doing them next time or doing up this time costs about 40p in labour grrrrr frustrating!

As for the racing extremely frustrating:

Norcroft travelled well but slowly faded and may just need a rest or a trip on to the all weather, also not to concerned as this was a step up in class and ran ok for that. General tufto ran a solid enough racing finishing 3rd for us but left his run maybe far to late and may need a strong ride.

Wingplay disappointed badly just never getting on terms, and mystified ran his usual good race coming 4th but not good enough for us and may just need a 1lb or 2!

All weather starts tomorrow so fingers crossed for a good winter!

Monday

2009-08-31T11:47:00.000-07:00

Nice to have an extra day off work this week and was just a quiet one with music on and working through the form for the days races, not really sure why I bothered should have known better for bank holiday racing!

Todays racing:

Billy beetroot wasnt given the best of rides not sure he would have got there but maybe needs putting away for a while looks tired! Cheap streat was travelling well until weakening rapidly not sure where you would go with this out of sort type!

Lucy brown drifted badly in market and fate was sealed before start never really got on terms and never got into it should be capable of more!

Firebet got the run of the race he needed and won quite comfortably in the end to show our own profitable return. Epsom salts made his move far too late and was coming very quickly back at the leader which the field let slip and looks capable off a mark similar to this. Bold cross never got into really maybe needs a little more pace and bigger field may help. Fortunate bid made a bold account from front but showed little in finish and faded rapidly. Shesinthemoney was out the back the whole way and gaps never appeared and was given an awful ride to get on the outside when full of running, sure to go well again!

Sea salt travelled well but just never quickened and may need a shorter trip, flipando was awful i felt never got a decent gap maybe a break now and back on to AW maybe would suit better! Itsalreadythursday looked to be travelling well again and was given a bit of a wet ride by Detori in my opinion never really asked him a question, and new christmas did his usual trick of pissing about in the stalls to end an awful day!

Chris

Sunday

2009-08-31T04:47:00.000-07:00

Well woke up feeling a lot more refreshed after friday night lol, fairly quiet relaxing day spent catching up on replays and form researching whilst watching paris hilton simple life in back ground lol! Sad i know but it is so funny lol!

Anyway bets went much better today!

Duchess dora won comfortably even though she was a significant drifter in the market, would be slightly wary next time out if handicapper goes to harsh, Sky high kid was extremely disappointing never on terms and finished practically last lot to prove next time out. Regal lyric was massively disappointing out the rear as last time but made no impression and tailed off disappointingly, valid point went on to win comfortably and another I usually back who has been out of form Screaming brave bounced back to be second, watch out for valid point, goes for hatrick under penalty on thursday typical prescott job! As for rose of coma ran a good enough race but may be worth a try at a shorter trip again! Ocean countess was just a messy race not sure he would have got there had he got a better start or better run. Choisharp was backed heavily and went on to prove why and looks capable of more with a few more pounds yet in the right race.

Rafta refused to race yet AGAIN, Just sat in the stalls like a plum cant believe they havnt worked on it and would be one to steer clear of I think maybe put away for a while would do her some good. Kaolak finished our day of nicely winning at a drifting price of 8/1 running exactly as expected making a bold bid from the front!

Hope for same luck tomorrow but dont hold a lot of hope with it being Bank holiday monday racing!!

Chris

Friday/Saturday

2009-08-30T04:04:00.000-07:00

Woah what a couple of mad days, spent day at work on friday on me arse cultivating 35 acres on some rough land so was glad when it was all done dont do ya back or neck any good lol! Anyhow now got 3 days off so cant complain!

Went out Friday night for first time into city and ended up in some foam party and apart from that remember very little but hey was quality night, woke up round me mates house about 8.30 watched the morning line before he changed it saying it was crap lol, then went home for shower and felt shattered so went back to bed and got up about 12.30 to look at the racing for saturday!

Then last night went to the dog races at Yarmouth although failed to pick a winner was a quality night for other reasons lol!

As far as the 2 days betting go Friday was a little disappointing although 2 more successful lays were landed, saturday was much better especially with delegator showing he really is class and a good purchase for Godolphin!

As far as todays racing goes its a cracking day for a Sunday so good luck guys and enjoy it!

Chris

Thursday

2009-08-27T12:14:00.000-07:00

Another normal day at work finally finished straw carting and succesfully took plenty of chunks out of my hands changing point on a cultivator then managed to get 3 blocks of concrete in bloody thing and kept getting bunged up! Anyway the day was soon over home to look at the days racing and getting my head into tomorrows!

Review from todays bets:

Prince ryddarch is extremely disappointing back on an attrictive mark but it looks as though handicapper has nipped him in the bud, usually likes the softer ground but looked to suffer today!

Casino night struggled to get on terms when held off a little too much maybe a better ride next time out would see him go better. Nimmys special defenetily showed a likeable attitude again today and could be one to watch out for again, lack of finishing gear though needs to be noted! 3rd @ 20/1 though!

Stellite was a non runner as expected, Inquisitress was a big price so knew the fate was sealed, last time out looks to be a one off on todays race needs to find something a lot easier.

Whiskey junction tried to make all, and is very difficult on AW at lingfield so think you can discount that race and should do better at some point. Figaro flyer proved that he really is a course specialist and could do better under a stronger ride in the finish would be happy to back on southwell again, Miss glitters looks well handicapped now even back on southwell surface needs a hand from handicapper.

Today showed a disappointing -3.5pt loss!

Chris

Wednesday

2009-08-26T12:42:00.000-07:00

Quiet day at work just the usual pissing about with the turkeys moving them yet again and then on to yet more straw carting, one more day of that left thank goodness!

As for my bets:

Northside prince showed plenty of promise again in a slog of a race conditions were awful today at Ayr and maybe slightly faster ground would see him go in front again but did come 2nd for us at 6/1. Downhillskier was never on terms in the race and really seemed to struggle may need a hand from handicapper, could be more interesting on the AW again. Tom tower drifted massively from the night market and did make the running until getting tired in final furlong but came 3rd at 12/1 for us. Similar could be said about shaloo diamond who was second for us at 7/1 and step down in trip did see her put a much improved effort but again on that effort you would think a step up in trip would suit again she is a complicated sort and not sure which way I would go for the win again, maybe at this trip again but may need a hand from handicap of a 1lb or 2!

Cheyenne red was well backed fav today and was disappointing when staying very one paced at the finish!

Spiders star had to contend with slightly worse conditions than expected but coped well winning nicely yet again although not a lot left up sleeve maybe??

Select committee was a just weak in the finish and looks one to steer clear of at the moment and bold cross was never really in the race when it boiled up and flattened far to easily

Biggest win came from Bonnie prince blue who proved she was extremely well handicapped today and amazingly drifted out to 8/1 to win for us!

So all in all a reasonable day with a nice profit, especially in conditions that wouldnt normally suit my style of betting, quite often find in these conditions you can chuck the form book out, bit better tomorrow with racing on AW at Lingfield & Southwell! Check out my tips at http://horses4punters.com/backing.php

Chris