Who’d Have Believed it?
England beat Sri Lanka last night in a nervy match. But I suppose it was easy in that it was by six wickets!
I’m just looking at yesterday’s Racing Post. It had headlines like “Sri Banka” and “Punters abandon wounded England”, with England quoted at 85-40 to win.
So did I have a small wager?
No!
A Bad Bet
Camelot are in trouble for selling lottery tickets to people abroad, who because of the rules won’t win.
I thought that the whole point of lotteries was to remove money from mugs, so it surely doesn’t make any difference. They’ll lose anyway.
My Money’s on a Draw
Well it isn’t as I’m not betting. But it’s raining in Birmingham now and it looks like it will rain most of the day today and then again on Monday.
No wonder the Draw is now 10/3 on with Paddy Power.
Outsiders – Al Muheer and Terimon
On Saturday, Clive Brittain won one of the televised races at Ascot with Al Muheer.
The horse was at a price of 40-1, so the bookies were very happy, as at those odds few would have backed it, although there was some support in the forums on the web.
But I didn’t back it!
Unlike in 1989, when Terimon was second in the Derby at 500-1. I had ten pounds each way! So I trousered over £1000.
So if nothing else the trainer has form.
I actually saw Terimon perform his last piece of work before that Derby on Newmarket Heath. Everybody thought it was good and that horse was in good form. But did he really have the form to do well in the Derby. The owner, Lady Beaverbrook, wanted a horse in England’s most famous race and Clive had promised her that he’d beat more than beat him. I think it is true to say, that the jockey, Michael Roberts, rode him intelligently to get the best place possible and in the end he was a fairly easy second, without troubling the great Nashwan.
Terimon went on to win several races in the highest classes and looking back he was just beaten in his first race of 1989 by Braiswick, who was probably the best filly that year.
20/20 hindsight is a great thing!
As an aside to this one, my son was working in the city at the time and managed to persuade a bookie to give him 1,000-1 each-way. He bought a new suit on the proceeds. It was also the first bet of one of the secretaries where he worked.
Newmarket July Meeting – Day 3
Perhaps we might have better luck today.
- 13:30 – Crackdown, Montashem
- 14:00 – Big Audio, Emperor Claudius
- 14:35 – Al Khaleej, Captain Brilliance
- 15:10 – J J The Jet Plane, Paco Boy, Scenic Blast
- 15:45 – Bella Swan, Larehaan, Silent Secret
- 16:20 – Rock of Love, Master of Dance
I lost again.
This time two legs failed.
Newmarket July Meeting – Day 2
Today is the second day of the Newmarket July Meeting. I’m not going, but I’m still doing the PlacePot.
- 13:30 – Kite Wood, Free Agent
- 14:00 – Arcano, Orpen Grey
- 14:35 – Class is Class, Firebet, Aqwaal
- 15:10 – Duncan, Campanogist
- 15:45 – Sabii Sands, Swilly Ferry, Farmer Giles
- 16:20 – Cloudy Start, Loch Linnie
Let’s hope I do better than yesterday.
I didn’t!
I only got the 15:10 wrong, but that was spectacularly wrong in that my selections filled the last two places.
Newmarket July Meeting – Day 1
Today is the first day of the Newmarket July Meeting. The weather won’t be as nice as it has been, but I think I’ll take the Lotus.
Here’s my PlacePot for the day.
- 13:30 – Cumana Bay, Balaagha
- 14:00 – Shamwari Lodge, Run for the Hill
- 14:35 – Capercaillie, Habaayib
- 15:10 – Goldikova, Spacious, Rainbow View
- 15:45 – Emerald Commander, Liquid Asset
- 16:20 – Beauchamp Xerxes, Manifest, Reportage
My late wife was a dab hand at PlacePots! Over a year she always won something.
I’ll post the honest results later.
- 13:30 – 1 place
- 14:00 – Nothing
- 14:35 – Nothing
- 15:10 – 2 places
- 15:45 – Nothing
- 16:20 – 1 place
A complete disaster.
But then if I’d got it right I’d have won £1965.20 for a pound stake. As I only bet at 10 pence a line, this would mean I’d have won £196.52 for each one. These are very high dividends as a lot of the placed horses were outsiders.
I’ll try again tomorrow.
The Anonymous Widower 