Monday 15th January 2007

A poor start to the week here,. I only traded in 9 races and managed to lose money on 5 of them. It was just one of those days where things go against me, thankfully it doesn't happen too often.

My first two trades where very small with one losing a few pence. So my first significant trade was in the 14:30 at Plumpton.  I backed High Life for £139 @ 1.17 just before she took the lead about 3 fences out and fully expected to be able to lay off a few seconds later. She was headed at the next fence and I had done my dough for a loss of £139. In the 14:40 at Wolverhampton I laid Lady Hopeful for £11 @ 7.40 for a profit of £11.

The next race for me was the 15:20 at Fakenham. Here I backed Beau Torero for £200 @ 1.30 and again for £57 @ 1.10 before laying off £%8 @ 1.06 to leave me with a profit of £62. Next was the 15:30 at Plumpton where I laid Levallois for £28 @ 8.00 and also backed the winner, Strolling Vagabond, on the run in for £200 @ 1.05, to give me a profit of £38.

The day only gets worse from here on in. My next race was the 15:50 at Fakenham where at about half distance I started laying Thenford Star for £5 @ 12.00 and then again for £7 @ 2.00 only to see her pull to the front and win by a head to cost me £62. My next trade was in the 16:00 at Plumpton where I had backed Haggle Twins for £138 @ 1.42 whilst in the lead and looking good, only to see him overhauled by the eventual winner Brendar. I did manage to limit my loss by backing the winner for £82 @ 1.30 on the run in. The net result was a loss of £114.

My final race of the day was the 16:40 at Wolverhampton where I laid Players Please for £6 @ 6.00 and backed Six Day War for £6 @ 12.50 to give me another loss of £36. So I ended the day with a loss of £240 but I am determined to have a good week this week.

I decided to leave the football alone tonight, mainly due to family commitments. However I did just catch the last few minutes of the Kilmarnock v Hibs game and had a small trade on the unders for £100 @ 1.15 and for £70 @ 1.04. Then I backed Hibs to win for £14 @ 1.10. This resulted in a profit of £19 to leave todays loss at £221.

Comments

[humble]

am sure you you will have a good week ray.have you any idea how i would find a bookmakers with sis and one click betting.i know there is one on stockton on tees which is 20 mins from me but i have searched the phone books rang betfair/googled it lol any ideas would be great where i start.thanks ray

[Ray]

Hi Humble,
I don't think there is another exchange shop nearer to you. I would ask the question on the Betfair forum. Good Luck.
Ray