Betting diary…

Judging by the response to my latest post it appears you quite enjoyed reading about my betting exploits last week so, to keep you all happy, I’m planning on doing it all again starting this weekend at Cheltenham. Hopefully I should be posting my trials and tribulations around about the 22nd November.

Speaking of Cheltenham this weekend, the free trends should be available shortly for the Paddy Power, Greatwood Handicap and the Juvenile Novices Hurdle. If I get time I’ll also include the 2m novice chase on the Sunday.

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£100 to a grand challenge….

With 6 Euro winners at the Breeders Cup, and over half of you deciding to go lower than 3.5, we’re now down to just 8 readers left after the latest round of the challenge.

I haven’t been doing much betting for the challenge recently due to time restraints and having to announce the bets before I place them but I’ll be back in action this weekend at Cheltenham. Hopefully I’ll also get some free time to resume the poker on the Racing Post site as I’m still some way off being able to release the free cash. But, worst case scenario is that the winner of the challenge will walk away with a couple of hundred pounds instead of a grand which hopefully should ensure someone gets a good Xmas.

It also means we need another challenge….

For the next round it’s simply a case of guessing whether the weight of the Hennessey winner will be ABOVE or BELOW 11 stone 1/2 pound. The 8 of you still left in have until 11am on the 28th November to get your guesses in to the normal email address. Good luck.

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10 to Follow….

Thanks for all the horses you’ve sent in. The list is now on the menu bar to the left under the heading  ‘Readers HTF’. It’s still not too late to have your choice added, just pop it in the comment box at the end of this post.

My own personal list has had 3 runners so far- Mamlook who was 2nd, Straw Bear (least said the better) and Vinmix de Bessy who won yesterday at 6/1.

The one that I’m really excited about though, is I’m So Lucky and he is scheduled to run in Saturday’s Paddy Power Chase. Everytime David Pipe’s is asked for his horses to follow for this season he mentions I’m So Lucky and today in the Racing Post he includes it in his celebrity Tote 10 to Follow entry. I reckon he’s plotting some big handicap win with this horse and given the record his father enjoyed in the Paddy Power (won it 7 times in 10 years 1996-2005) it could well be this Saturday. He looks incredibly well handicapped on his 7 length defeat by Planet of Sound, considering he was trying to give that horse 10lb, and if stablemate Our Vic stays in on Saturday, I’m So Lucky will be able to race off just 10-04.

Of course betting ante-post has it’s pitfalls, as I found out last week after tipping Laterly, but 20/1 (40/1 Betfair) looks great each way value. If David Pipe runs him, and I get the feeling that is the plan, he will definitely be shorter than that. I haven’t done the trends yet but I’m having my first real bet of the week on him. Good luck if you decide to follow me….

Gavin.