Today its tricky, as I can’t find any obvious lay opportunities. (I try to only nominate opposable horses at shorter than 2/1 on the Racing Post forecast prices).
However, I will row in with these two:
Newmarket 4.25 Transcend
Fontwell 5.45 Rathcor
After a winner and a loser yesterday, the latest position is as follows:
| Date | Course | Horse | Odds | Result | P/L to £20 | P/L |
| 23-May | Sedgefield | Cannon Fire | 1.5 | 2 | £20 | £20 |
| 23-May | Ayr | Fitzroy Crossing | 0.8 | 7 | £20 | £40 |
| 24-May | Goodwood | Bicoastal | 2.5 | 5 | £20 | £60 |
| 24-May | Southwell | Gold Flame | 1.25 | 1 | -£25 | £35 |
| 25-May | Stratford | Ingratitude | 0.91 | 2 | £20 | £55 |
| 25-May | Pontefract | Grand Fleet | 0.91 | 3 | £20 | £75 |
| 26-May | Newmarket | Right To Play | 2 | 1 | -£40 | £35 |
| 26-May | Stratford | Helvetio | 3.5 | 9 | £20 | "right">£55 |
| 27-May | Newmarket | Transcend | ||||
| 27-May | Fontwell | Rathcor |
As you can see, Helvetio drifted badly in the betting before tailing off and being pulled after just four flights! Right To Play did win, however. Despite me thinking there were plenty in the race to go by him, none of them did.
On the footy front, well done if you followed the strong 10 point nap on Bristol Rovers. Although I got out before yesterday’s game for my stake, I still had a nice 2/1 free bet (11/4 into 4/6).
Today, Blackpool take on Yeovil and the five point next best was the Tangerines if you remember. So we may well be sitting pretty come 5pm. That said, I liked the look of Yeovil when they turned Forest over, and they will give Blackpool a lot to think about. If Kiegan Parker has another of his misfiring days then the West Country may well be celebrating another promotion.
My advice is to trade out for for stakes and profit at the current 1.64 on betfair (about 8/13) Having got in at 9/4 and 5/2, I’m happy to take my profits now on this one.
Until tomorrow…
Matt