Wednesday 25th April 2007

The Sports Trader has managed to repair much of the damage done earlier in the month with a really good performance today. I had no Au pair again today due to her rat having surgery to remove a tumour but my day started with a visit from my eldest daughter, Jenny and my son Oliver which put me into a really good frame of mind for the rest of the day. I traded in 10 horse races and 1 football match with no losing trades.

My first trade was a small winning one. In the 14:30 at Perth I laid Pigeon Island for £20 @ 12.00 to result in a profit of £20.

Next was the 14:45 at Catterick where I laid Bajeel for £10 @ 4.90 to give me another £10 profit. My next trade was another small winning one.

Then came my best result for a long time in the 16:05 Guinness Gold Cup at Punchestown. I had been watching this race closely and fully expected In Compliance to win. He had been held up by Barry Geraghty to track the leaders and when clearing the 4th last fence came under increasing pressure to close on the leaders. At this point there were some very large sums of money still wanting to back him for a win. I delayed for a short while making sure that I had got everything correct and then I laid In Compliance for £2633 @ 2.90. I put up backs and got matched for £48 @ an average of 10.60 before I cancelled my remaining backs as I was now satisfied that he would not be winning. Good old Ruby Walsh went on to win with Neptune Collonges to land me a profit of £2585.

Neptune Collonges is clear at the last in the Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup

I followed up with 2 small winning trades. Then in the 17:30 at Catterick I laid Compton Plume for £33 @ 18.00 to result in a profit of £33.

In the 19:50 at Kempton I laid Over To You Bert for £97 @ 5.00 when weakening with two furlongs of the race left to result in a profit of £97. My last race trade of the day was another small winning trade.

My race trading day had therefore finished with a very solid profit of £2759 and of course with no commission paid due to the continuing 0% commission offer for all in-running bets on Betdaq.

I had given preference to the racing and had therefore missed the first half of the Chelsea v Liverpool football match. I watched the second half and decided to back Chelsea to win with about 6 minutes to play for £156 @ 1.29, I laid this off at 1.27 for £88 and £68 @ 1.23. Well into injury time I backed Chelsea to win for £500 @ 1.03 and didn't lay this off which left me with a profit of £21.

My day had finished with a profit of £2780.

Comments

[Dub Goat]

Great result Ray - Im sure you slept well last night after that! You can always rely on Ruby when you need him. Congratulations. I hope you stick to your rules today and consolidate. Good luck.

GOAT

[Ray]

Hi DG,

Thanks, I do feel a lot better now and you can rest assured I will take things easy and just wait for that next good opportunity to come along. Good Luck.

Ray

[humble]

well done ray a great lay for a great profit.great to see you back on track.

[Ray]

Hi Humble,

Thanks for your comments. It feels good to be back. Good Luck.

Ray

[Mark Iverson]

Excellent result Ray!

Well done.

Mark

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