As I promised in my last post I’ve dug out the photocopy of my greatest punting win which occurred on the Hennessey Card 3 years ago. I’d never backed 5 winners in the same bet before this and I’ve never been able to do it again since either, although it’s not for the want of trying!
5 winners with my old chum Straw Bear the last of the bunch.
15/8 Saintsaire, 15/8 Inglis Drever, 10/1 State of Play, 10/3 Neptune Collonges and Evens Straw Bear for a win of just over £22,000
And the cheque…
One word of advice; If you are ever lucky enough to win a decent amount of money from a bet always take payment by cheque and photocopy it along with a copy of the betting slip. It’s tempting to be paid out in cash but for tax purposes it can be a nightmare. I know this from experience as when I had the betting shops a fair few years ago I won a sizeable amount on a bet and naively took payment in cash. The problems I had from the Tax Office and the investigations they undertook because of this were something I don’t ever want to go through again. A lesson learned the hard way!
Anyway, every year I try to repeat the bet and this year would have been no exception except they ran the race Saintsaire won on yesterday’s card. So I’ll take one from today’s 2.05 to make up the bet…
1.35 Newbury: Big Bucks
2.05 Newbury:Pasco
2.40 Newbury:Killyglen
1.50 Newcastle: Binocular
3.25 Newcastle:Horner Woods
Festival trends….
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After both our last two big race selections finished 2nd we’ll be hoping it’s 3rd time lucky in the Hennessey.
Good luck,
Gavin.
November 28th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Hi Gavin,
Brilliant!
I once went through the card at Cheltenham……not the festival, but the May(is it?) meeting).
From memory I had e/w six fold, five folds etc to small stakes, Im mean 5p-25p.
The bookies, I’m told love people who do accers.
…..and I love doin’ them….
Phil
November 28th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Hi Gavin,
What would be your staking for these 5 selections. 1 Single and 10 Trebles?
November 28th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
went through the card one day at Ascot in the 60s with my dad. We got a txi home and a bottle of champers. Lovely! (Never done it since!) Well done, Gavin; never forgotten eh?
November 29th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Dear Gavin
I like the pithy, down-to-earth style of your self commentary.
You sound somewhat more honest/ less of a swollen head than Matt who can be a bit obtuse with his flowery metaphors.
I do enjoy you both though.
Matt with his involved and articulate constructions and you with your understated achievement with your betting.
Keep it up.
P
November 30th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Have got 5 out of 6 more than once, but all short odds except the occasion of a Pontefract night meeting a few years ago, where full cover from trebles upwards, 10p unit stakes, returned just over £900 for a cost of £4.10. This was when I was religiously covering all my newspaper’s forecast 2nd favs with that bet, every meeting every day for a couple of months. Also had a payout of £100 from Windsor on the same day as Pontefract, so over £1,000 returned that day. There were also innumerable smaller wins over the two months, including £20ers, £30ers. I was well in front overall, but stopped after a bad run in August.
I did calculate that, in theory, the system should make a minimum £5,000 per annum profit, cost per annum approx £5,970, or just over £114 per week. So there’s a free system for you.