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+285.38 going into yesterday. No returns. Cast's Tasha at a fairly tasty 17.5 was 5 lengths clear two out, still two lengths up at the last, and no sign of emptying...and ploughed through the last, probably luckish to stay up. #youonlyneedonewinnerandthatshouldhavebeenit Amo Racing must be in...

Running total for March was +294.38 going into yesterday. It had to happen - a day with no positive returns dropped 9, so now it's on +285.38. Blueking D'Ouroux hurt. A rare heavyish single figures bet, but I couldn't see him beaten at 8.8. Reluctant to line up, Teddy? Why didn't you just run...

Running total for March +294.38 It was an intense week. I'm now well behind on other stuff I should have been doing. There will need to be a catchup. But the races never end. So we go again. Hooray!! :) Today's thoughts... 1.40 Newc Delayed Charm. Outside potential for first 4, but...

Running total for March now +285.38 A little rueful reflection on yesterday - I hadn't realized how close Duke Silver was to that coveted 4th place. So, that fairly inspired ante post Joseph O'Brien EW Trebles/4-folds was actually the mid 4 figures return bet. The Duke in the frame would have...

Running total +173.28 I have two or three of these running in EW trebles with King Rasko Grey. Can't remember who I did with who. And part of the fun is in not knowing. Chances of landing them are perceived as slim. But you never know. Not sure about Matata, will have to take a view just before...

+107.6 carried over into yesterday. A typically tough, exciting, disappointing, and emotional first day in equal measures. No positive returns. But Search For Glory looked way too big for the Ultima and gave a few seconds of "he can't, can he" before the mistake, and the strong run from...

Hands up if you mark the passing of your whole adult life by this day/week. First a quick catch-up on yesterday. Level stakes bets were on +107.6. As is often the case on the pre-Cheltenham Monday, yesterday was like the calm before the storm. Very limited worthwhile bets: The Tom Weston...

Running total for March now +107.6. Only one real chance for a nice win today - hopefully it will come from Chosen Witness in the 4.02 Naas. Taken some of the 75 + 40-1 with the bookies this morning. Heavily green as I type/post. **Edit: Good f$%^ing grief! Should have taken the green! Think...

Total running on to 6th March : +127.6 After yesterday's excitement, it's not easy to see where a winner will come from today. Suspect the best chances might come from Dubai, if it's on, but maybe one of the others can spring a mild surprise. Not hard to see a potential blank day all round, and...

Running total going into 5th March : +109.6 First pass on today's runners. I can name a dead cert today: following this list blindly is extremely unlikely to result in a clean closing line. Many of these will need much deeper consideration race-by-race. Having said that, one or two look...

Running total for March to level stakes +42.8 I don't bet level stakes. Nor percentages, progressives, or anything like that. Stakes vary depending on several/multiple factors, no hard and fast formula. This level stakes tracking is just an interesting exercise to see whether bank size at...

Running P/L for the month - +30 Diamond Kal/Courageous Cleo 1.55 Leopardstown May have enough to get in the places, hard to tell if they'll be big enough to risk Midnight Bella 2.05 Newcastle (unlikely to be big enough) - Snapaudaciashero may be backable if well into the 20s and...

Storminhome 2.45 Southwell 14-1 (couldn't get on to the exchange, had to take the sportsbook odds) Done a short head, not worth a place bet -1 Dragon God 3.07 Kempton 97 No real show, probably a race or two too early. -1 Invictus Machin 4.25 Leop 120...

Well, Chaumi's blog is just over a month old. March 1st. Sun's out. So, let's take stock. The point was to keep some sort of record, given I knew my strengths were in finding the big-priced winners at an average of at least one or two a month, was already avoiding any win bets at the...

No time to list out properly. It's spring!! The garden is calling, still have a fair few plants to move around before they start active growth. Cut the grass yesterday. In February? After it's been near pissing down every day for a month? Crazy, but it was dry enough. Anyway, here's the list...

The adrenaline is pumping, the heartbeat is raised. This is what it's all about. I'd nearly forgotten it. And I live for it. This is what needs the persistence. The resilience. Come on baby, fight for it, fight for it, keep going, keep running, fight, fight, fight. No, get away, he's coming...

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Off to Newbury today, so writing here will be on the sparse side. Can't type on a mobile, so not much to come later. Sadly, with Live Conti not in the big race at Newbury, the afternoon has lost some of its lustre. The adrenaline would have been off the charts. But, Poet Laureate has stepped...

Closing line from yesterday... "That's all for today, might be one in France later but looks dodgy/highly speculative". I was expecting near 100 for it, but the highest available was around the 48 mark. Left it alone, but ran 2nd in a fairly big field. The winner won easily, but gratifying...

Been travelling a bit and now firmly ensconced in deepest Feltham. For anyone who doesn't know it, think of the shittest area near you, multiply by two. You get the idea. I actually finished phase one of the SEO project for the Las Vegas client on Tuesday night and delivered it on a 6am video...