Over half way through August and we've already reached the final day of the Ebor meeting. The big handicap is, of course, the Ebor ( named after the Roman name for York - Eboracum). Never an easy puzzle to solve and looking particularly competitive this year, I won't be getting heavily involved.

That being said, I still think there is some value to be had in this race and recent history tells us to look beyond the head of the market  (only one favourite has obliged in the last 10 runnings and in …

Just a short post today dear friends and a very warm welcome to anybody who is here for the first time.  If you are completely new to the blog you can learn a little more about me here.

  It’s nice to (metaphorically) see a few new faces! I hope everybody who has downloaded the AW Favourites System over the last couple of days enjoys it and finds it profitable.

While I’m on the subject of downloading, the Great Betting Giveaway will be closing down tonight. If you haven’t moseyed over there and gr…

Glorious Goodwood is over for another year and, despite it being somewhat of a punting graveyard for myself, it remains my favourite meeting in the Flat calendar.  It’s easily the most beautiful course in the country and the mixture of toffs, spivs, celebs and geezers it attracts is a joy to behold. I’m always half-expecting Prince Monolulu to put in an appearance.

I was there on the Tuesday to see Charlie Cool (a horse I own a small piece of) perform creditably in defeat, running on through tiri…

Howdy Gang,

I don't know if  I'm particularly slow or I just don't keep up with the day to day news as much as I should.

But I had no idea that this Rebekah Brooks creature (she of the flaming red hair and only a very vague recollection of what went on at the newspaper she edited) is married to our old friend "Champagne" Charlie Brooks! I'm not a big fan of Champagne Charlie and his marriage to this person has merely confirmed my opinion.

Charlie, you might remember, was one of the leading campaign…

Just a short post today, lovely people!

I've had a few requests for an occasional post giving simple tips and tricks on making betting life a bit simpler/easier/less time consuming. Anybody who made such a request (you know who you are!), firstly thanks fior giving me the idea and secondly, you can count this as the first in a series of such posts.

Horse Alerts

Back in the dim and distant past, like many a horse racing enthusiast before me, I kept a notebook with me at all times, for the purpose o…

Welcome again, one and all.

As usual, it’s been a little longer than intended since I last posted.

I’ve been running around like a headless chicken for the last couple of weeks  preparing The Morning Value Service for the launch which finally happened last week. Now that’s up and running I have a little more time to get back to the day to day things, like posting on here and finding some  winners!

 

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Kicking things off today I thought I’d take a look at how important it is to…

Good Morning lovely people!

Another slightly piece meal post today as I have a few things I want to cover. For those of you who have sent in requests for certain topics to be covered in future posts, I promise I will produce individual posts addressing all of those areas in the coming weeks.

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On that subject, I thought I'd just throw out a question I've received today that has had me scratching my head a little. I know there are a lot of shrewdies out there who look in on…

I'm back, dear friends, from my mountainside exertions in the luverrly Lake District last week and - much to my own surprise and relief - I'm still in one piece. I have to admit that I wasn't charging across the fells with quite the same speed and abandon as in my youth but these days comfort is rather more of a priority than speed.

Rashly I also made plans to spend a few days in Devon with friends straight after my Lake District sojourn. As a result, what was planned as a relaxing week or so rec…

Just a short post today, dear friends, as I am about to head off on holiday with Mrs MYBP. For my sins, I'm being dragged up and down mountainsides in the beautiful Lake District and any of you who have met me will appreciate that is no easy task for a man of my size and advanced age. Say the odd prayer for me over the next week and a half!

I've had some requests for an occasional "How To" feature on the blog and I thought I'd kick off by dealing with a question I received last week.

How to Place …

In my usual slapdash, tardy fashion, this post is being written considerably later than I had intended. I had hoped to have this up by the middle of last week  but I took my eye off the ball again and before I knew it another week had passed.

Better late than never as they say- at least I hope so.

The Derby Meeting

With Epsom nearly upon us -where do the weeks go? - I thought I'd let you in on a very good word I've had for one in the Oaks. A regular reader of the blog (one who has supplied me with …