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The King George
Well, I certainly didn't expect that. Sometimes these horses can make monkeys of us all!
I certainly didn't expect to see Kauto Star trailing home in third on Saturday. And without a doubt, I didn't expect Long Run to be the one to lower his colours. And yet Long Run won convincingly and I wouldn't want to take anything away from him. He would likely have won even if Kauto hadn't tried to take the second last out by it's roots.
To say I was perplexed by the result would be an unde…
King George VI - In January?
Welcome one and all!
It does seem strange to be looking forward to the King George VI in mid January - but I guess it's just been that kind of winter. The way things are going we'll be enjoying the Cheltenham Festival, on very firm ground, in the lead up to the Guineas weekend and the National will be going head to head with the Derby!
My thoughts on the King George.....
Kauto Star is much, much better than the rest of these and should win comfortably even at the ripe old age of 11. If he jumps rou…
It does seem strange to be looking forward to the King George VI in mid January - but I guess it's just been that kind of winter. The way things are going we'll be enjoying the Cheltenham Festival, on very firm ground, in the lead up to the Guineas weekend and the National will be going head to head with the Derby!
My thoughts on the King George.....
Kauto Star is much, much better than the rest of these and should win comfortably even at the ripe old age of 11. If he jumps rou…
Welsh National Strategy in Disarray
I had hoped today to give you my detailed analysis and reasons for backing Summery Justice for the Welsh National at Chepstow tomorrow. I had a very handsome antepost ticket at 25/1 on this horse and now my entire strategy has been thrown into disarray by his withdrawal due to injury this morning!
I personally felt this one should be no bigger than 8/1 and that he represented a healthy dose of value at the 20/1 available just yesterday.
So, I won't bother with my carefully reasoned analysis. I wi…
I personally felt this one should be no bigger than 8/1 and that he represented a healthy dose of value at the 20/1 available just yesterday.
So, I won't bother with my carefully reasoned analysis. I wi…
Finally, Some Jumps Racing
Welcome again dear readers
At last we have some National Hunt racing to get our teeth into - thanks to the foresight of the ground staff at Cheltenham who have had the covers on the track since the start of this cold snap. I'm guessing it's quite an expensive thing to do but surely some of the other courses could have done the same and spared me the unpleasant experience of launching the Jump Jockey Profits service on 1 st December to have only one jumps meeting go ahead in the following 9 days!
I…
At last we have some National Hunt racing to get our teeth into - thanks to the foresight of the ground staff at Cheltenham who have had the covers on the track since the start of this cold snap. I'm guessing it's quite an expensive thing to do but surely some of the other courses could have done the same and spared me the unpleasant experience of launching the Jump Jockey Profits service on 1 st December to have only one jumps meeting go ahead in the following 9 days!
I…
A Warm Welcome to All the New Readers
Hi all
This is the first proper post in a while and I’d like to wish a warm welcome and give a big thank you to all the new readers who have come on board in the last couple of weeks.
It’s probably a good time to restate what this blog is all about and give new readers an idea of what to expect from it.
I will be posting up here at least twice a week (Tuesdays and Fridays are good days for me – so long as I can keep ‘on task’) giving my thoughts on everything betting and sports related. Sometimes …
This is the first proper post in a while and I’d like to wish a warm welcome and give a big thank you to all the new readers who have come on board in the last couple of weeks.
It’s probably a good time to restate what this blog is all about and give new readers an idea of what to expect from it.
I will be posting up here at least twice a week (Tuesdays and Fridays are good days for me – so long as I can keep ‘on task’) giving my thoughts on everything betting and sports related. Sometimes …
Hey Everybody, It's Been a Long Time
Apologies to you all for the 6 month hiatus in the posts.
There have been several reasons for this but no real excuses.
I have spent the last 6 months or so with my nose buried in an extremely expensive private racing database, burning the midnight oil working on something very exciting which will finally be unveiled in the next week or so!
I can't really tell you much more than that at present. All will be revealed and I think you will all be very impressed by some great freebies I have developed.…
There have been several reasons for this but no real excuses.
I have spent the last 6 months or so with my nose buried in an extremely expensive private racing database, burning the midnight oil working on something very exciting which will finally be unveiled in the next week or so!
I can't really tell you much more than that at present. All will be revealed and I think you will all be very impressed by some great freebies I have developed.…
Crucible Analysis Final Part
Good Morning Dear Readers!
In today's post I complete my look at the runners and riders I feel have a chance in The World Snooker Championships. Over the last couple of days we have examined the chances of Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, Ding Junhui, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Mark J Williams. Today is the turn of Shaun Murphy, Mark Allen and Ali Carter. I had intended to look at Ryan Day as well but he somehow managed to lose his 1st round match to Mark Davis, who registered only his 2nd wi…
In today's post I complete my look at the runners and riders I feel have a chance in The World Snooker Championships. Over the last couple of days we have examined the chances of Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, Ding Junhui, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Mark J Williams. Today is the turn of Shaun Murphy, Mark Allen and Ali Carter. I had intended to look at Ryan Day as well but he somehow managed to lose his 1st round match to Mark Davis, who registered only his 2nd wi…
Crucible Analysis Part 2
Back again dear readers!
Apologies for not posting last night - I didn't get back from Wolverhampton until gone 8pm and by the time I'd had my dinner I was way too tired to do anything other than slump in front of the television.
Continuing with the analysis of the top chances at The Crucible this year, lets have a look at:
Ding Junhui
Another one of the contenders who on ability is more than capable of winning this. I do, however, have some doubts about his temperament particularly here at the Cruc…
Apologies for not posting last night - I didn't get back from Wolverhampton until gone 8pm and by the time I'd had my dinner I was way too tired to do anything other than slump in front of the television.
Continuing with the analysis of the top chances at The Crucible this year, lets have a look at:
Ding Junhui
Another one of the contenders who on ability is more than capable of winning this. I do, however, have some doubts about his temperament particularly here at the Cruc…
Crucible Analysis
Things at The Crucible are warming up nicelywith no major shocks so far - though Martin Gould's 10-9 defeat of Marco Fu was a bit of a surprise. To be honest Fu is a strange kind of player. Sometimes I watch him when he is amongst the balls and cueing well and I think - How has this man not won more than he has? He is sublime when playing well and capable of beating anybody on his day. I didn't see much of this match but he clearly wasn't reaching those heights.
Lets look at the chances of the …
Lets look at the chances of the …
Let Battle Commence!
I realise, dear readers, that this blog is largely devoted to the Sport of Kings - and rightly so. After all, it's what pays the bills. However, just occasionally, I will be giving you my thoughts on other sporting events which I find of interest. Today, I'm going to look at the Kings of the Green Baize as they kick off the most important event of their season - Snooker's World Championship from the crucible sponsored by our old friends Betfred (the cowardly lion of the bookmaking fraternity)
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