Now, Now, Temper, Temper Lad!
Frustration, dear reader, that is the only word for it.
After getting the Cambridgeshire woefully, hopelessly, embarrassingly, expensively wrong, I then backed the best value horse in the race in the Arc (Getaway at 130 win, 10 a place) only for it to finish a short nose fourth.
As if my luck couldn't get any worse, today's TrainerTrackStats kicked me squarely in my already heavily bruised plums.
After suffering just the one painful 16/1 (and therefore non-qualifying) TTS 'winner' last season, we have now had two in the space of EIGHT DAYS!
Opened 14/1, returned 16/1, was the Sporting Life betting summary. I can only hope that some of the TTS followers backed that pesky Temper Lad today.
They knew that Jimmy Frost is a chip off the old Frost block, and has picked up where his dad left off at Haldon Hill, Exeter.
As if that wasn't enough to make my gooseberries go soggy, Emma Lavelle banged in an 11/4 winner in a non-qualifying race, and then had a 12/1 horse finish 2nd in the qualifying race.
Further insult was added to multiple injuries over at Towcester, where Another Jewel ran creditably though not lucratively when finishing 3rd at 5/1. The other runner there did win, albeit at the piffling return of 2/5.
The horses are running very well, and indeed peppering the target, but today was not a lucky day.
We return to the fray at Lingfield tomorrow, with our hopes replenished if not our wallets.
In the Land of the Layers, October has started brightly, with seven out of eight beaten at odds no greater than 11/4 (the winner was a 2/1 shot), for a profit to level £100 stakes of £433, after the usual betfair deductions.
We've managed to get three from three beaten this week at 1/4 (!!), 6/5 and 11/4 (today, Racing Post's nap, Pantherus, crawled in 8th!).
As well as recouping a few lost punting pounds as a bookmaker, I also copped a few quid from laying NZ against France.
And, I'm delighted to report, that I have a ticket for the game in Paris on Saturday. I shall be flying to Orly on Friday night and getting royally drunk. Then Saturday will be a matter of trying to find a boozer (or is that boozeur) with the England footy on, before heading to Saint Denis and le Stade de France.
Now I must concede to not being a huge fan of the egg chasers, but as sporting occasions go, this is special.
80,000 screaming fans, likely 65,000 of them passionate Frenchies, being matched breath for breath by the minority of English 'Charioteers'. Whoever wins, the roof will come off the stadium. And, though I won't be measuring the decibels, I am confident that there will not be a rugby match for many a year to rival this one.
[Not even anything in the Tri-Nations, all you Southern Hemisphere readers!]
From then, I'll have a little break next weekend (when I'll be getting fall down drunk in London bars to celebrate surviving Mother Earth and all her human challenges for 36 complete years), before heading off to New Jersey for the Breeders Cup at the end of the month.
I'll be bringing you a full on review of BC action nearer the time, and we always manage to find a few winners. This year, I am confident, will be no exception...
Some links for you before I close:
TrainerTrackStats: www.TrainerTrackStats.com
Laying System: www.Laying-System.com
Ciao for now
Matt
After getting the Cambridgeshire woefully, hopelessly, embarrassingly, expensively wrong, I then backed the best value horse in the race in the Arc (Getaway at 130 win, 10 a place) only for it to finish a short nose fourth.
As if my luck couldn't get any worse, today's TrainerTrackStats kicked me squarely in my already heavily bruised plums.
After suffering just the one painful 16/1 (and therefore non-qualifying) TTS 'winner' last season, we have now had two in the space of EIGHT DAYS!
Opened 14/1, returned 16/1, was the Sporting Life betting summary. I can only hope that some of the TTS followers backed that pesky Temper Lad today.
They knew that Jimmy Frost is a chip off the old Frost block, and has picked up where his dad left off at Haldon Hill, Exeter.
As if that wasn't enough to make my gooseberries go soggy, Emma Lavelle banged in an 11/4 winner in a non-qualifying race, and then had a 12/1 horse finish 2nd in the qualifying race.
Further insult was added to multiple injuries over at Towcester, where Another Jewel ran creditably though not lucratively when finishing 3rd at 5/1. The other runner there did win, albeit at the piffling return of 2/5.
The horses are running very well, and indeed peppering the target, but today was not a lucky day.
We return to the fray at Lingfield tomorrow, with our hopes replenished if not our wallets.
In the Land of the Layers, October has started brightly, with seven out of eight beaten at odds no greater than 11/4 (the winner was a 2/1 shot), for a profit to level £100 stakes of £433, after the usual betfair deductions.
We've managed to get three from three beaten this week at 1/4 (!!), 6/5 and 11/4 (today, Racing Post's nap, Pantherus, crawled in 8th!).
As well as recouping a few lost punting pounds as a bookmaker, I also copped a few quid from laying NZ against France.
And, I'm delighted to report, that I have a ticket for the game in Paris on Saturday. I shall be flying to Orly on Friday night and getting royally drunk. Then Saturday will be a matter of trying to find a boozer (or is that boozeur) with the England footy on, before heading to Saint Denis and le Stade de France.
Now I must concede to not being a huge fan of the egg chasers, but as sporting occasions go, this is special.
80,000 screaming fans, likely 65,000 of them passionate Frenchies, being matched breath for breath by the minority of English 'Charioteers'. Whoever wins, the roof will come off the stadium. And, though I won't be measuring the decibels, I am confident that there will not be a rugby match for many a year to rival this one.
[Not even anything in the Tri-Nations, all you Southern Hemisphere readers!]
From then, I'll have a little break next weekend (when I'll be getting fall down drunk in London bars to celebrate surviving Mother Earth and all her human challenges for 36 complete years), before heading off to New Jersey for the Breeders Cup at the end of the month.
I'll be bringing you a full on review of BC action nearer the time, and we always manage to find a few winners. This year, I am confident, will be no exception...
Some links for you before I close:
TrainerTrackStats: www.TrainerTrackStats.com
Laying System: www.Laying-System.com
Ciao for now
Matt
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