18/03/2011
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On March 18, 2011
Unfortunately we couldn’t go out with a bang on the last day of the Festival. Our only bet, Shoreacres, found things happening too quickly. We backed Shoreacres on Friday at 9/1 after a solid word from the trainer. With the rain that was due in the forecast it all looked good. Our bet was heavily backed on Friday and sent off at an SP of 6/1 after hitting fives during the day. Unfortunately the rain missed Cheltenham, as it often does, and along with a face that was run too quickly for our selection, a few errors put pain to any potential winner.
We’re delighted with our Cheltenham results. Though we haven’t finalized our numbers yet, we believe that the profit stands at around 30pts. Making any profit at the Festival is always great and this keeps our 100% profitable record at the meeting.
Our Cheltenham preview document also included ‘Just Info’ horses. Sir Des Champs was one of these and won yesterday at 9/2 after being backed in from 7/1 when mentioned. As for the other horses listed, yesterday Captain Knock got done in a very tight photo at 7/1. It’s also a big shame that Imperial Commander went lame during the Gold Cup after breaking a blood vessel. He was going really well on the outside and we believe that it would have been a great finish seeing all four come up the hill, but unfortunately fate had a different idea.
Thanks for all the kind words we have received by both email and phone. We hope you had a great Cheltenham and enjoyed been part of our service.
29/01/2011
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On January 29, 2011
Today was a really good day for us; with just the one account bet placed on The Giant Bolster who won well for us. The 8/1 which the horse was advised at disappeared very shortly after the email was sent out, so for purposes of transparency of our account bets we’re recording the price at 7/1. The horse was backed heavily just before the off and hit a low of 9/2 at one stage before returning 5/1.
We’ve had some tough luck of late and, as we all know, we so nearly had it again at the first fence where The Giant Bolster came rather close to being brought down. Thankfully though, despite losing a few lengths, we were ok.
From then on we crept into the race. Turning for home our class eventually through and jockey Rodi Green produced The Giant Bolster at the last to win, going away in the end. After the race there was a good interview with David Bridgewater who thinks in couple of year’s time this horse will be a Gold Cup contender. He also said the horse would improve greatly by March and needs three miles.
Regardless of the race, if the horse starts off of level weights he must hold a fair chance of victory. Today that was the main advantage for us. So after all the tough luck and near misses we’ve had, we finish January around 10pts in profit. We stuck to our guns and rules today and, as they will for the long run, we have done well.
Will have news on Bensalem this Sunday once we have spoke with our connections, I was very pleased with the recent run where the horse travelled like the second best in the race, that is until two out where he blew up. Choc Thornton never got stuck into him at any point and eventually Bensalem was only a few lengths from being placed.
15/01/2011
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On January 15, 2011
First up was Khyber Kim, a long time favourite of ours, who, in all fairness, ran a shocker. We spoke with connections last night who said he was beaten after two hurdles and never got going at any point in the race. After the race the jockey commented that even prior to the start something didn’t feel correct.
I wish there was an explanation other than it just looks like the horse had an off day (as we all do at times). Ultimately we had a poor start to the day.
Finally we got around to our antepost bet on Riverside Theatre who ran in the rearranged King George at Kempton Park. I received quite a few emails and texts during the day when the horse hit 16/1 with all the major bookies and even 20/1 on Betfair with just under 5/1 available for the place.
We expressed our opinion that despite the small drift, that was still a big price and it seems quite a few of you went in again, especially on the Betfair place market. Riverside Theatre ran a good race, although that wasn’t the focus of events for 99% of the general betting public, finishing second at 10/1 after receiving another wave of support prior to the start of the race. We achieved an antepost price of 12/1.
The horse lost quite a bit of ground on the turn for home when approaching the lake. It appears that the ground was very soft at this point and as a result he seemed to be wasting energy going nowhere for a few strides, losing 5-6 lengths in the process. On the home straight he stayed on really well, passing the heavily odds-on favourite Kauto Star and finishing a clear second.
The winner, Long Run, was without doubt very impressive. I feel slightly frustrated that despite beating Kauto Star we did not win the race. The jockey, Sam Cohan, who gave Long Run a great winning ride, deserves all the praise. Nevertheless I will still not be backing him in the Gold Cup with Sam on board. The Gold Cup is a rough race where the fences are much tougher and come at you very quickly.
A decent profit was made on the antepost bet and congratulations to those clients that made decent money on the place.
19/03/2010
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On March 19, 2010
I am finding it difficult to sum up the final day of the Cheltenham Festival. We had two more ante-post bets run yesterday. Could things really get any better?
Kauto Star vs Denman, Denman Vs Kauto Star; that’s all we have heard during the build up to the Gold Cup. In all honesty I was little fed up of it all. Nothing else seemed to be given a chance. Well, we gave something else a chance, and we knew it would take a massive amount of beating. Members backed the horse weeks ago at 10/1. Our selection was the new kid on-the-block, Imperial Commander. This was a very confident selection, we were clearly told the horse was at it’s peak performance and was running extremely well at home. We were informed many weeks before the race that this ride would not be swapped for any other horse.
Paddy turns to the crowd as he wins the Gold cup and also grants us a whacking big payout. No need to say anymore.
Our last ante-post bet of the festival ran in the Foxhunters. The horse was Kilty Storm, and it was advised at 16/1 E/W a few weeks ago. It is needless to say that the horse didn’t run less than 3rd all the way around the track. At two out, still on-the-bit, the horse looked like another massive winner. Unfortunately he just tired towards then end, finishing a clear 2nd. It was a brilliant way to end the festival and another addition to the great information we received throughout.
So, how to sum it all up? I am being modest when saying it was quite an amazing 4 days with fantastic profits. We had a total of six Cheltenham winners from the eight advised ante-post bets. The two that let us down were Poquelin, who finished 2nd, and Bensalem who fell when cantering two out.
To a £10 E/W stake on all of our selections, one would have returned just over £800 in profits. That’s not bad since only three favourites won at the entire meeting (correct me if wrong). What’s more is that all of our ante-post selections were sent out to a leading authority in betting tipster and systems reviews; the ‘WhatReallyWins?’ newsletter.
I will update tomorrow with some statistics on the service since we commenced online almost a year ago. Until then, take care and have a good weekend.
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