The Boomtown Rats Had It Right!
"Tell me why I don't like Mondays", squealed Sir Bob Geldof, a few years before he screamed, "Give us your f*cking money!".
But with the latter expression, dear reader, he could have been a bookmaker answering the former question for me.
As of today, slightly after the horse has bolted, I am now closing the stable door at Monday Barn.
I've had it with Mondays from a betting perspective: regular readers will know that I've been wary of them for some time, and now I'm conceding defeat. I've added three new rules to my rules list after a(nother) Black Monday.
1. NEVER BET HORSES ON A MONDAY
2. NEVER BET HORSES ON A MONDAY
3. NEVER BACK OR LAY IN AMATEUR RACES.
There is no question that amateur rider races have had a major impact on the bottom line for Laying System this season, and yesterday's Windsor affair - though brutal in itself - was also a defining moment.
The 9/1 winner was a lay for me, when I don't normally lay at longer than 4/1. I'd reasoned that he couldn't win, being a fully exposed 11 year old in a field of faster younger better ridden horses. Well, long story short, I was wrong, and I paid out one unit for every year old the horse was as a result.
A painful experience, especially on the back of Celtic on Sunday. It's been a tough couple of days.
No matter, for I very rarely go to the odds that Celtic were, and I will now never find myself in the situation I did with Wait For The Will (at this rate, there'll be nothing left in the will!).
I don't know about you, but for me, Monday is now a 'no fly zone'. I will endeavour to fill the space here with some racing related info on the first day of each week, but don't expect a tip.
Enough already...
Back later with some football predictions (Premier League will not be a surprise, and League Two which is a little more interesting I think), and a review of Racing Systems Revolution (just in time for the next product on the Steven Lee Jones conveyor belt to be released: step forward the Racing Members Club, for which you may well have already seen emails).
There's also an update on Paul's Winning Racing Tips, which are getting closer to the bullseye but still struggling to beat the odds on jollies.
Matt
But with the latter expression, dear reader, he could have been a bookmaker answering the former question for me.
As of today, slightly after the horse has bolted, I am now closing the stable door at Monday Barn.
I've had it with Mondays from a betting perspective: regular readers will know that I've been wary of them for some time, and now I'm conceding defeat. I've added three new rules to my rules list after a(nother) Black Monday.
1. NEVER BET HORSES ON A MONDAY
2. NEVER BET HORSES ON A MONDAY
3. NEVER BACK OR LAY IN AMATEUR RACES.
There is no question that amateur rider races have had a major impact on the bottom line for Laying System this season, and yesterday's Windsor affair - though brutal in itself - was also a defining moment.
The 9/1 winner was a lay for me, when I don't normally lay at longer than 4/1. I'd reasoned that he couldn't win, being a fully exposed 11 year old in a field of faster younger better ridden horses. Well, long story short, I was wrong, and I paid out one unit for every year old the horse was as a result.
A painful experience, especially on the back of Celtic on Sunday. It's been a tough couple of days.
No matter, for I very rarely go to the odds that Celtic were, and I will now never find myself in the situation I did with Wait For The Will (at this rate, there'll be nothing left in the will!).
I don't know about you, but for me, Monday is now a 'no fly zone'. I will endeavour to fill the space here with some racing related info on the first day of each week, but don't expect a tip.
Enough already...
Back later with some football predictions (Premier League will not be a surprise, and League Two which is a little more interesting I think), and a review of Racing Systems Revolution (just in time for the next product on the Steven Lee Jones conveyor belt to be released: step forward the Racing Members Club, for which you may well have already seen emails).
There's also an update on Paul's Winning Racing Tips, which are getting closer to the bullseye but still struggling to beat the odds on jollies.
Matt
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