Thursday 8th March 2007

It was good to have two National Hunt meetings today although the going was described as soft at Wincanton and heavy at Thurles. I ended up trading in 11 horse races and 2 Premier League darts matches, with just one losing trade on the day.

I started with the 14:10 at Wincanton where I had a small but profitable trade. My next was in the14:25 at Thurles where I backed Kazal for £143 @ 2.20 but laid off @ 2.05 as, although that was his 5th straight win, he just did not seem to want to win the race. I ended the race with a £22 profit.

My only loss on the day was in the 14:40 at Wincanton where I had laid Wild Tonto for £5 @ 2.04 to lose me £5. In the 15:15 at Wincanton I laid Trading Up for £15 @ 10.00, at the third last fence when making a mistake, to result in a £15 profit.

My next trade was in the 15:30 at Thurles where I laid Rossback for £60 @ 12.00 when falling back through the field with 5 fences to go, to result in a profit of £60.

My best racing result of the day was in the 15:50 at Wincanton. I had started with a small back on Jericho of £7 @ 3.40 and laid off @ 2.83. A little later I backed him for £107 @ 2.20 and laid all off @ 1.90. Then going over the last fence  I backed him again for £753 @ 1.30, with no challenger for the lead I held on with out laying off to result in a profit of £262.

I finished my horse race trading with 5 more small winning trades and this resulted in a profit on the day of £367.

I always look forward to the Premier League Darts matches on a Thursday evening as I find this to be one of the best trading events, so I missed all the Football matches.

I watched the first match between Dennis Priestly and Peter Manley with no trades. The next game was the one I was most looking forward to with Phil 'The Power' Taylor facing Adrian Lewis. I didn't trade in the early part of the match as I felt Phil was looking tired and quite old compared to last week. He had just won the UK open at the weekend so that must have taken it's toll on him. With the score sitting at 3 -2 and Phil now starting to play like we all know he can the odds started to look more value. Phil was at the oche throwing for the 6th leg when I backed him for £1840 @ 1.41. Within minutes I was able to lay off £500 @ 1.30. Now Phil was 5 -2 up and I laid him for £500 @ 1.21, £300 @ 1.20 and £100 @ 1.18. With The Power well in control I waited a little longer and laid him for another £120 @ 1.12 and then greened up @ 1.05 to leave me with a profit of £375 whatever the result. On Phil's final throw to secure the win I laid the draw for £10 @ 510.00 to give me a profit on the match of £385.

I didn't trade in the Raymond van Barneveld v Roland Scholten match. The final match of the night was between Colin Lloyd and Terry Jenkins. I started with a back on Jenkins for £35 @ 1.57 and laid off @ 1.23. Later I backed him again for £100 @ 1.15 before laying this off @ 1.10. I ended this match with a profit of £17.

My day had finished with a profit of £768.

Comments

[Gavin]

Some good trades there Ray, nice and green!

[Ray]

Hi Gavin,
Yes, thanks for your comments. It has been a good day after a few very slow days. The key is not to get impatient as a good trade will always come along. Good Luck.
Ray

[Westernflyer]

Hi Ray,
Very good trades, I read your daily moves with interest.

[Ray]

Hi Westernflyer,
Thanks for your comments. I am pleased my blog is of interest. Good Luck.
Ray

[Sean]

Ray ,

What is the time delay between Satellite ATR and SIS ?

Have you investigated all the available options ?

Appreciate your inputs ,

Thanks,

Sean

[Ray]

Hi Sean,

If you use sky the ATR & RUK delay is around 3 secs. If you use cable you can atleast double the delays. These delay's can vary from time to time. SIS is about 1 sec delayed. I am still looking into the best way to get the fastest pictures but I will tell you when I have anything more on the subject.
Ray

[Brian]

Hi Ray & Sean

Ray has kindly asked that Russ Wiseman of Betdaq raise the issue of why ATR Extra has been pulled. ATR Extra was actually ahead of SIS which gave us stay at home punters a fighting chance. We are waiting for Russ to let us know what he knows.

In the meantime betting IR on ATr is widely believed to be the fast lane to the poorhouse as there are professionals in exchange shops watching SIS who are 2 secs ahead of us all.

Brian