Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery

It was Narcissus, dear reader, who stared into still water and fell in love with his own reflection. And it is the rest of us who tend to appreciate our compliments from other people.

So I guess I should have been flattered to learn today that the download link for TrainerFlatStats was being published freely on racing forums on the internet.

This is not the first time I've been ripped off, and I've little doubt it will be the last. Nevertheless, it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth each time.

The flip side of course is that if you're peddling crap, nobody is fussed for the link! :o)
[Rest assured, I've now changed the download link, so the thieves and scumbags will have to try a little harder for their freebie!]

Rant over!

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Onto happier news, and all of you TrainerTrackStats followers are enjoying a pleasant enough swansong to the season, which finishes a week today.

There were three qualifiers today, and they all won. At 7/1, 7/1 and 4/1. As one happy punter put it:

WOW: Matt, Ive just come home to a sh*t load of money in my betfair account, you are almost a god! Many thanks!

Thanks for the kind words, Mr P, and I'm delighted to be of service.

[Please don't try to sign up for TTS: it's now finished for the season to new subscribers.]

In order to balance the books somewhat, I must also tell you that the two TrainerFlatStats runners were both 3rd... in 3 runner races. Nevertheless, we'll be back tomorrow for some more...

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I've received a lot of emails in the last couple of days saying firstly that Cape Colony wasn't a qualifier Monday night, and secondly that they couldn't see Tom Dascombe on the trainers to follow list at Windsor (following my post that evening).

To put the record straight, I mistaken put up Cape Colony on the email service, and he was not a qualifier. Though he did win at 3/1. So, sorry for that. I think!

Regarding Tom Dascombe, longer suffering (!) readers will know that he was one of my six trainers to follow this season. You can see the full list here.

It also includes Ron Harris, who saddled up 10/1 winner Hart of Gold today! ;)

And, from my 'alternative ten to follow' for the season, the two runners so far have finished 3rd (my own Rapid City, at 8/1), and 1st (Dunn'o at 6/4). Check this motley crew out here.

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They race tomorrow at Beverley and this is normally time to punt like men, using the draw to guide us in the sprints. Alas, there is only one sprint and there are only a handful of runners. :o(

I still expect high drawn horses to hold sway at up to 1m, and Cornerstone is a front runner, who could get out and stay out. I'll be having a couple of shekels each way on this one.

That's all for now, so I'll say ciao ciao.

Matt