Tuesdays Selections & Updates - 31 January

There's some very decent racing for a Tuesday today with the best of it at Taunton.  Ruby Walsh has a 48% strike rate over hurdles and a 38% strike rate over fences  - with four rides today (Dildar, Sanctuaire, Ted Spread, Frankie Figg), it might be worth putting an ew Lucky 15 on - you'd have to think you'd surely get your money back at the very least !?


A 1pt win Lucky 15 (15pts!) returned 28.85 pts - profit of +13.85

Not too bad today.  Profits of +1.67 if you count the Southwell placepot picks as single bets as well (if not then it's +11.67) and this takes no account of the Ruby L15.
(January profits totalled +53.41)

	Taunton	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	13:40	That’s Some Milan UP	Sendinpost (EW) 3rd
2	14:10	Dildar 1st	Constant Contact(EW)  UP
3	14:40	Sanctuaire 1st
4	15:10	Ted Spread 1st
5	16:10	Nomecheki 3rd	Frankie Figg (EW) UP

	Folkstone	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	14:20	The Black Baron (EW) 1st
2	14:50	Fourth Estate 1st
3	15:20	Just Josie 1st

...and in time for the placepot???  Foiled at the fifth.

	Southwell	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	13:30	Brunello 3rd	Turjuman (EW) UP
2	14:00	Overrule 2nd
3	14:30	Pick A Little 1st
4	15:00	Cape Safari 2nd
5	15:30	Fantasy Fry UP
6	16:00	Greenhead High 2nd
7	16:30	Bird Dog (EW) UP

Taunton Smash & Grab?

Since it's Tuesday, I will bore you with my progress with the 'weighing of the food' plan.
X - 13lbs

Smuggy McSmug from Smugshire here...!

Monday's "No More Sore Heads" 02 January Selections & Updates

It was a fantastic start to 2012 with the first selection (Barbatos) a winner and a nice 104.7% profit turned from yesterday's two winners.  The blog has made profits for three days running so I'll do my best to make it four today.

It's not that often that Cheltenham has a meeting without a Ruby Walsh ridden winner and he did so well to stay aboard Sonofvic as the horse swerved to avoid the back of a blundering Saint Are.   Sonofvic's jumping wasn't at all fluent and it's questionable whether he had a chance of winning at this point anyway but I did get the impression that he would have learned something if he'd been able to complete the course without hindrance.  


Oscargo!  Well, what can you say - he took a liking to the orange plastic top of the hurdle and tried to take it with him (his foot caught in it)....Ruby didn't manage to stay aboard that time so he got the taste of Cheltenham turf that he did so well to avoid three races earlier!  

Three winners today and one of those situations where I made a profit (getting on early not SPs  and putting more on my nap) but the blog at level stakes and SP didn't  -3.96

	Plumpton	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	12:40	Balder Succes 1st	Super Ken (EW)
2	15:20	Goring Two (EW) 3rd
3	15:50	Drawn Free F

	Folkstone	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	13:35	Ceannline UP
2	15:40	Langley 1st

	Ayr	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	13:55	Bene Lad 1st
2	15:00	Nowurhurlin (EW) UP

	Southwell	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	12:50	Bring It On Home (EW)	Delorain (EW) 3rd
2	14:20	William Morgan (EW) WD

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Nightly nap is a sod to think of a hint too so this is the most tenuous ever but a quick look over  the card will shed some light! :

AYR 13:55
Bene Lad 1st 

Tuesday's "OMG It's Only 12 Days Til Xmas" Selections & Updates - 13 December

Chez Sandi has become Chez Stressy over the past 2-3 days!  Christmas and birthdays happen every year at this time (??!)  but new for 2011 are the auditions for university drama courses in various far flung parts of the country for progeny #3 (who has promised to pay me back ten-fold when he makes his first Hollywood blockbuster) and a last minute realisation that he needs to have three (as in one more than two) pieces prepared for 4 days time.  


Throw in unexpected house-guests, aggressive skinhead monologues being rehearsed in the background, no Xmas tree yet up (I'll be much more chilled when this is done by the way), the usual overspending on Xmas gifts and we have another "challenging" period!  Right moaning over and down to business! 


Guess who's Christmas list this is:

Sam Whaley-Cohen's list - that's right!

	Southwell	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	12:30	Allegri UP
2	13:00	Hits Only Jude 2nd	Miereveld (EW) 3rd
3	13:30	Global Village 1st
4	14:00	Bianca Medici 2nd
5	15:00	Gorgeous Goblin 2nd
6	15:30	Cyflymdor 3rd

	Folkestone	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	12:40	Double Ross 1st
2	15:10	Ballyoliver UP

	Catterick	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	13:20	Crowning Jewel 3rd
2	14:50	Primrose Time UP

-2.21 today - plenty pretty colours again!!

NAP:  12:40 Folkstone
1st