Only two qualifiers yesterday in the end, and both lost. Despite finding eight losers from nine selections to date, the one winner at 7/1 means we’re £10 down, laying to win a notional £20 per horse.

Easy Laying System doesn’t make selections on weekends, so there’ll be more on this on Monday.

Today’s racing action looks very soggy, and I suspect there’ll be plenty of shock results.

After being a shade unlucky yesterday when laying Itsmyboy at 4/9, when Oniztoes clouted the penultimate fence and gifted the race to his opponent, I’m going to row in again with a short one.

The nag in question is my dear old friend, ahem, Munsef. He did win last time in one of those “No, no, after you” type affairs between professional losers, and I reckon he’s a bit more on his plate today.

Around evens limits the liabilities and I’m happy to oppose.

I’m also against Lady Friend at Chester. One slow turf run and some unexposed contenders mean she’s underpriced and may struggle to get home in front.

After also just missing out yesterday with my selections finishing 2nd, 3rd and 5th in the Gosforth Cup (winner drawn low, next five home drawn high), I’m going to try again at Newcastle today, where the going is heavy.

Fullandby and Zomerlust both love to get their hooves stuck in the mud and are distance specialists, so I reckon they’ll have it between them. I’ll be having a decent poke at both, and possibly even a small reverse exacta.

At Chester, I’m going with box 1 again in the sprint handicap. Efistorm was a winner last time and I reckon will track the Coconut Moon, before pulling past her in the dash to the lolly.

I like my chances today - let’s hope that’s not a bock!

Happy Soggy Saturday, Matt