Time for the July review now. This month saw some big meetings with Newmarket, Sandown & Glorious Goodwood all taking place. It was a really tough month that’s for sure with plenty of bizarre results. Horses that shouldn’t have been winning were, but thanks to the draw bias now playing a huge part at the major meetings it makes life very tough for Joe Punter. It seems that nearly all of the big expensive services had significant losses in July. At the end of June we were aiming for 7 out of 7 winning months so far this year; so did we manage it? Lets take a look.

The month started with two E/W bets at Newmarket. The first was on Mijhaar in what turned out to be one of the biggest gambles of the year so far. Clients were instructed that the horse had in upwards of 10lb in hand on his current rating and a solid E/W bet was recommend in a huge field. After members had placed their bets the money really arrived; 4/1 into 13/8 favourite. The horse was totally smashed up in the betting as a result of a country-wide gamble. Mijhaar looked the winner of the race as soon as the stalls opened; travelling on-the-bit until the furlong pole and quickening clear by three lengths. The money was surely won, but, Mijhaar just idled in front and got caught on the line by Fulgar.

The groans at the race track could be heard from the TV and a huge gamble was foiled by a very short margin. Stakes were returned from the E/W part of the bet but this is one big gamble that should have really paid off for a handsome return. We then had another E/W bet at Newmarket again but the horse could only make the place to return our stake money.

A couple of weeks before the meeting we backed Bated Breath antepost for the July Cup at 10/1 E/W. Once again the curse of 2nd place did us as Bated Breath went clear at the furlong pole but got caught late by Dream Ahead. Money was made on the place but we were so close to another huge antepost payout.

A quiet spell then came along with no bets for just over a week but we came back into action with both Sardanapalus & Stormy Weather winning for us at 7/2 by a distance. Two more bets were placed in the following week with Present Your Case landing a nice bet and Dominant a loss only manaing to place 3rd.

We placed just one bet at Goodwood on Beyond Desire at 14/1 E/W. The horse was backed into 9/1 at the off the and we were confident that we’d at least get a place and a good E/W profit. Unfortunately Beyond Desire received a big bump at the two pole and lost 3 lengths in the process. The horse battled back into 3rd but got collared in the last stride for the place money. Beyond Desire was only beaten by 4 lengths in total and I can’t help but feel that if we had a clear run the horse would have gone very close.

The month finished on a high with Bop It, advised at 11/4, winning easily for us at Hamilton. We were informed by connections that the horse is far better than this grade and a win was confidently expected. Bop It did not let us down and a good gamble was landed after our 11/4 was backed into 2/1.

We placed just 12 bets in July; four 1^sts, four E/W places and a total profit of just under 10pts. After a very hard month, where the majority lost. we did it again with a solid profit. This helps maintain our amazing record of producing a profit in every single month this year! We don’t think any of the big tipping services can boast this sort of record.