A warm Wednesday welcome dear reader, for it is the middle of the week. 
Yesterday, the Bank Vault Report managed to get a whopping five out of six lay selections beaten! Alas, we’re only supposed to nominate five horses, so we’ll exclude the last one and just claim four out of five. 
Importantly, from a progression perspective, the first horse yesterday, La Guancha, was a loser, which means - for the second day - there was no staking increment required to cover previous losses on the day.
So after Day Two, we are showing £40 profit and a maximum liability of £27 (what we’d have lost if La Guancha had won, it being a bigger price than the previous day’s first selection).
Today’s choices are:
15.00 Brig BIRKSIDE @2.0
16.10 Nott THINKING POSITIVE @2.2
16.50 Bev TRIVIA @2.7
19.20 Kemp DOUBLE BILL @2.7
21.00 Leop WESTLAKE @2.3
On the backing front, I managed to get Amanda Carter beaten at Redcar, but my e/w shout High Five Society could only manage 5th at 20/1. Interestingly, the winner (Sir Duke) was having his first handicap run after the obligatory three maiden efforts. These types are always worth noting, as they pop up pretty frequently. The Duke was a tidy 12/1. In fairness, though, I’ve rarely seen a poorer race.
Up at Chester, and the draw continues to confound me. Trap 8 won the sprint, meaning my box one and two theory went west again.
However, I did call H Harrison’s race to the letter, with the horse sitting in behind the speed and quickening in the last furlong to win all out. 7/2 was a surprisingly fat return too.
Today there is racing at Beverley, and one of the strongest draw biases in the country will again be on parade. High numbers are paramount at this track, almost regardless of the distance of the race.
In the 2.50 Flying Bantam has a lot going for him from cage 14 (of 14), and will be tough to beat.
For a fun bet, in the 4.20 (a 5 furlong fillies’ handicap - not normally my idea of fun!), I will perm the top four stalls (14-17) in combination exactas and straight forecasts (half stake on each). That’s Minimum Fuss (16/1), Violet’s Pride (16/1), Muara (6/1) and Princess Cleo (7/1).
Will be nice if it comes off! Small stakes fun wager only though, for sure.
That’s all for now.
Matt