Day 1 was spectacular as expected but also tragic with the sad death of Our Conor.  The Liquidator ran well for a long way but faded at the top of the hill in the opener.  However, no one would have beaten the ultra-impressive Vautour, not even Pegasus.  Champagne Fever ran a cracker and was pipped on the run-in but at least my stake was returned.  Like a scripted comedy, Vintage Star and King Massini both fell in the 3 mile Chase, very early on as well!  Jezki left me with egg on my face as he …

What with running multiple tipping services and making my own living from betting, it's been a long. long time since I was able to devote any time to this blog. I promise I will be giving it more attention in future and, thankfully, I have one of my all time favourite MYBP writers, Nick Hardman, willing to lend a hand for the biggest jumps meeting in the world

Nick will be casting his eye over every race at the festival and letting us know both where his money will be going and what happened to i…

The final day of the competition is here and the Welsh National is the final obstacle.

In the race to the prizes NickH and Ritz74 have pulled slightly clear of a bunch in 2nd but there really is everything to play for with just just 13 points covering the top 23 entrants. Literally, anyone could win this.

Good luck to all

NickH	5.75	Well Refreshed
Ritz74	5.75	Well Refreshed
JumpingMIck	3.5	Highland Lodge
Mhoughton	3.5	Gooneyella
Tricky Dicky	3.5	Highland Lodge
PhotoFinish	2.25	We…

An exciting start to the competition last saturday with the spoils going to Reve de Sivola - as predicted by the majority of competition entrants. As a result we have a jostling throng at the head of affairs with a bunching group in behind.

Good luck to everybody! …

Nickname	Points	King George Tip
PhotoFinish	2.25	Dynaste
towny254	2.25	Al Ferof
Devon Donkeys	2.25	No Selection
Rugbymoon	2.25	Cue Card
brendanelson	2.25	Dynaste
NickH	2.25	Silviniaco Conti
The Major	2.25	Al Ferof

The day has finally arrived and the first leg of The MYBP Xmas Tipping Competition is the Long Walk Hurdle at 2.25pm at Ascot this afternoon.

At Fishers Cross is the very warm favourite for the race at 8/11 but, interestingly the overwhelming majority of entrants have gone for last years winner, the Nick Williams trained Reve de Sivola.  We shall see. very good luck to all!

All entries are below:

seanier	No selection
Topman	At Fishers Cross
PhotoFinish	Reve de Sivola
jediknight	At Fis…

Hello to all and particularly to the new readers that have registered over the last few weeks.

The sheer volume of work involved in setting up, launching and running  my new tipping service has meant that I've neglected this site over the last couple of months and for that  you have my sincere apologies.

Here and now, I'm undertaking to devote a good bit more time to the site and  I think given some hard work and some tweaks it can become a much more valuable resource for all things betting and ho…

I'd really have liked to concentrate on the St Leger today but it's a viciously competitive renewal and you could make a good case for any one of half a dozen of them to be honest. For what it's worth, I think Excess Knowledge is a reasonable favourite and a reasonable price at 7/2 generally, Galileo Rock has strong claims if he takes his chance and of the rest I think Cap O' Rushes offers a chunk of value at 20/1

With that out of the way, let's look instead in a little more detail at the big han…

By popular demand or otherwise, my £100 to £1000 challenge has now become a “live” event.  I am more than happy to share my selections with you but please remember this is a bit of fun and I am not a professional!  I just hope you enjoy the ride and we get to the other side with a few quid in our pockets.

As I write this, we are 3 days in and the bank stands at £108.35.  The highlight for me so far has been Gifu from the Japanese J2 League who did not let us down even when reduced to 10 men.  Wel…

Friday has arrived again and it's time to take a look at one of the big Saturday handicaps. I've plumped for the Old Borough cup at Haydock rather than one of the classier races, simply because I like the shape of this one better!

Old Borough Cup, 3.15pm Haydock 07-09-13

Killer trend 1:

All of the last 10 winners have previously won at 1m4f to 1m6f. This allows us to exclude:

ORIENTAL FOX, TROPICAL BEAT and CLOWANCE ESTATE

( I was tempted to leave Tropical Beat in despite him failing this trend but h…

Firstly, a big apology for my absence these last few weeks.  Unfortunately my punting activities were put on hold for a while but I’m now back and more eager than ever!

Before I crack on with the highs and lows of my punting weekend I just have to share this with you.

John, my boss and good friend, is a very shrewd punter.  He has an opinion on everything but only really bets on horse racing.  He actually winds a lot of people up as most of his opinions are on other people’s bets after they have l…