It's been another day full of good sport for The Sports Trader to get stuck into. I managed to trade in 22 horse races and 1 football match. I ended up with just 2 losing trades but one was a very big loss.
I started the day off with 3 small winning trades. My next trade was in the 14:35 at Fakenham and was my best trade of the day. I had laid Plutocrat for £2 @ 8.50 when struggling to keep with the field and then, between the last two fences and whilst trying to fend off the eventual winner, Garnett, I laid Crystal Dance for £885 @ 3.75, to result in a profit of £887 in the race. I followed this up with another small winning trade.
My next trade was in the 15;10 at Fakenham where I laid Major Faux Pas for £50 @ 50.00 when struggling in the rear and just before he was pulled up to result in a profit of £50. Next was another small winning trade.
In the 15:20 at Fairyhouse I laid Powerstation for £62 @ 3.50 before backing back £49 @ 4.22 to leave me with a profit of £13.
Next was my biggest loss for quite a while. It was in the 15:30 at Mussleburgh where I had laid Court Of Appeal for £63 @ 4.60. I was pretty much convinced that he was not travelling well and then laid him again for £117 @ 5.10 but obviously got it well wrong to cost me a loss of £705.
My next race trade was in the 15:40 at Plumpton where I laid Ballyhoo for £45 @ 50.00 when not travelling well and in the closing stages I put up a lay of £100 @ 1.33 and was surprised to get £79 matched which resulted in a profit of £124. Next I had 2 small winning trades.
In the 16:20 at Fakenham I backed Day Du Roy for £100 @ 2.50 before laying all off @ 2.15 and then I backed Dalriath for £10 @ 1.84 to result in a profit of £25.
My next trade was in the 16:25 at Warwick where I backed Northern Desert for £23 @ 2.83 close to the finishing line to give me a profit of £42. My next 2 trades were both small, one resulting in a profit and the other a loss.
My next trade was in the photo finish trading for the 16:45 at Cork where I backed Aleagueoftheirown for £1000 @ 1.04 to result in a profit of £40. Next I had 2 more small winning trades.
In the 17:20 at Yarmouth I laid Tip Toes for £16 @ 5.00 and then I laid Missie Baileys for £3 @ 1.86 before backing back £2 @ 2.67 to result in a profit of £17.
My next trade was in the 17:30 at Fakenham where I laid Marsh Court for £81 @ 2.21 when losing the battle to lead about 2 furlongs from the finish, to result in a profit of £81.
My last race trade of the day was in the 17:55 at Cork where I laid Sutherland Belle for £13 @ 7.80 and then laid Zamona for £9 @ 7.00 before backing back £5 @ 12.00 to result in a profit of £17.
My race trading finished with a profit of £643.
I missed the start of the evening football match and watched a little of the cricket but didn't get involved. 
I then remembered that STV were showing Diamond Geezer, starring two of my favourite TV actors, Davis Jason and George Cole, so I decided to watch this. I did 
flick over to the football in the ad breaks and with the match between Charlton and Reading just into three minutes of injury time I backed the draw for £456 @ 1.21. I laid off £352 @ 1.06 within a minute and sat on the rest of the liability to the end of the match which resulted in a profit of £73. I then watched the rest of the film.
My day had finished with a total profit of £716.
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