Ok so it wasn't all bad yesterday. Best Trip won as i had predicted. I had this on my pick on the sun monthly game so i was pleased with the selection and the odds were pretty good. Another winner was Maurisca and Glencree managed to get placed. Unfortunatly Thanks for coming was a wasted selection and i wasn't thanking him after the race.

The two high odd risks didn't manage to pull through but it's always a bigger gamble when you start risking money on anything over 14/1.

Well not overly impressive racing today, well not for the punter anyway.

My EW lucky 15 for the day is going on

Best Trip 19:20 Kempton (Irish improving 4 year old who has won in Kempton early this year and the previous year. Has a good record for coming placed and the ground should suit.)
Maurisca 14:10 Haydock (Hasn't yet had a win at Haydock,managed a win earlier this month and going on last years outings does well at coming placed.)
Thanks For Coming 15:50 Haydock (Has done well with A P McCoy so this will be an interesting one and is a five year old i am keen to watch in the future if he can pull this off today with a different jockey)
Glencree 14:40 Haydock (Not tested at Haydock yet but holds some decent wins. Managed a third at the start of the month and i'm hoping he is ready to win today)

and a small ew double on two high odds horses go to

Katapult @ 40/1 17:00 Haydock (I'm hoping this 8 year old is an improver and will at least get placed but his last win was in 2008 so he has a lot to prove today if i am ever to back him again)

Little Rocker @ 50/1 17:20 Hereford (Irish have done well lately so i'm hopeful for Little Rocker the 10 year old which has won at Hereford in the past. His odds make it unlikely that a win is forthcoming but i'm hoping he can bring out his "09" form and perhaps improve on that.)

Ok well i tried to log in earlier to give an update but the website was having none of it. So i'm having to copy and paste what i put on my sun blog earlier to give you some idea of my thoughts before the days racing went underway.

"Well yesterday was a poor day for me. Out of the three main picks only one raced home for victory. That one being Quotica De Poyans

I did however manage four wins on the sun daily pick but it wasn't enough to get me higher than the 40's on the leaderboard (boo!)

Today i don't really have much confidence, probably due to the fact my over confidence yesterday got knocked by big price winners.

For a lucky 15 (ew to be a bit safer!) i would opt for...

After an awful Mondays betting i am hoping that Tuesday shall prove a bit more worthwhile.

I don't pretend to be able to forecast winners every day nor do i think i am a top tipster or a good one for that matter, but i do like horse racing and my grandparents used to always have the newspaper out on the table ready to select their bets for the day and i have had a few nice priced winners over the years. Probably the most memorable winner i have had was one Frankie Dettori rode many years back that came in at 66/1. I won't pretend it was anything other than a fluke. I liked Frankie Dettori and knew he was a decent experienced jockey and it was nothing more than that. I didn't look at form,ground,trainer or weight at that point in time and horse racing was just a hobby that wasn't even mine. Just something friends and family did yet even as a child i used to like selecting the horses and waiting for the results to see if i had been lucky. No money involved..just the fun of finding out if i was right or not...