The Sports Trader survived a day where it was best to expect the unsuspected. There were plenty of strange results and few favourites went on to win. There has been a big response to my earlier post where I put up a link to the ATR Survey. It's good to see that so many people are still trying to get live pictures with the minimum delay possible. I ended up trading in 8 horse races and 3 darts matches, with two losing trades early in the day.
My first trade was a little disappointing as I had backed Investment Wings in the 14:10 at Hereford for £250 @ 1.90 and laid off @ 1.30 to leave a potential profit of £150. However McCoy's magic didn't work and he finished third. I did try to lay off more but the price went quickly and I was left with no profit.
The 14:25 at Thurles was my worst result of the day. I managed to lay Shabahar for £86 @ 2.00 to lose me £86. To make matters worse I had my only other loss of the day in the next, the 15:00 at Towcester, where I laid Pro Dancer for £98 @ 2.98 before backing back £78 @ 3.40 and then in the final furlong backed him again for £50 @ 1.20 to lose me £30.
I followed up with a small, profitable trade. I then had my Mother-In-Law and Sister-In-Law come round for afternoon tea and chat about my complicated domestic situation. This went well and put me in a better frame of mind for the rest of the days racing.
So I got back to work in the 16:30 at Towcester where I backed Inherent for £104 @ 1.91, then laid off @ 1.30 and a little later managed to back her for £58 @ 1.86 to leave me with a profit of £113.
My best result of the day was in the 16:40 at Hereford where I laid Viscount Bankes for £138 @ 10.00 soon after being headed for the lead. I also laid Kyper Disco for £23 @ 9.40 before backing back £5 @ 40.00. This all resulted in a profit of £156.
Next I had a small winning trade. My last race trade of the day was in the 17:25 at Thurles where I laid Irish Nation for £28 @ 30.00 just before he unseated his rider to result in a profit of £28.
My race trading today had yielded a profit of £189.
I traded in three of tonight's Premier League darts matches. The first was between Van Barneveld and Lloyd and I started with a small back on Lloyd for £14 @ 1.50 before laying off @ 1.20. Later I backed him again for £78 @ 1.06 and £77 @ 1.03 to result in a profit of £30.
Next I traded the Jenkins v Scholten match and here I just laid the draw for £2 @ 25.00 to result in a profit of £2.
My final match of the day was between Lewis and Manley where I backed Manley early on for £34 @ 3.20 before laying off @ 3.00. Later with the match well in the bag I backed One Dart for £250 @ 1.36 and laid off £204 @ 1.21 to result in a profit of £39.
I finished my day with a good profit of £260.
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