A deep joy day on Thursday and so very close to the big one with Ermine & Velvet being backed to 151 in running. Even so the Buzzer produced a Bet365 Best Odds Guaranteed return of £275+. In addition the Ali Baba double returned £304. All Hughies won so ‘weve had worse days’ at the office.

It worked out a 26/1 double and special praise to Fran Berry who put another Reminder note on the wall for Mr Oxx.

I have been playing a ‘Stealers Wheel’ bet in ‘bad ew’ races (Bookmakers terminology) for some time – quite successfully so now worth an airing. It will be very good to use in the Winter especially in nicely framed ew Novice Chases where the fav is long odds on and fallible. One today to test the water in a Flat race but always no bet if a NR. We need 2nd & 3rd spots. Good opportunity for laying as well in these races.

Widnes failed to turn up and Barrow gained easy revenge.

Test match at The Oval. Any member out there who can help me with tickets for my daughter & pals for any day bar the last? She needs 5. Would be grateful for any help.

7 meetings today so nigh on 50 races – many bets.

So Two Live Blog Bet’s from me today

Two £8 Hughies. (A bet on the horse to finish placed i.e. 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd and is played via Betfair’s place markets)

£8 place only on Obe Gold 755 Cat (Hope to turn over Tournedos here (pardon the barbeque pun) but the fav is very quirky but a different class if on a going day. Ex Dandy Nicholls horse and very consistent at this level & this yard likes a tilt so watch the market.) pitching at 1.32

AND

£8 place only on Richo 320 Newc (Now demoted to Selliong company after a reasonable effort in a Class 4 at Haydock in June. Obviously regressive but should be near enough today in this company.) pitching at 1.32

Price at the end is price to take or if pitching and if not taken then bet 5 mins pre race at best. Obviously take care & adjust when drifting substantially or if horses taken out.

As always to access my full daily column of bets and trades please visit my main site at www.bigmikebetting.co.uk or to sign up as a free member enabling you to receive the occasional complimentary daily column from me, you can contact my Gal Friday – Luan at luan7677@hotmail.com and she will set this up for you.
Mike

Good afternoon. Bit more of interest today but still very wary.

The results overall across the country yesterday (6 winners of 12/1-20/1 range) showed just how trappy it was and all I can do is to confirm again that statistically August is very difficult – always has been and probably always will be – as apart from the Ebor Meeting there is little quality racing about and some of these Maidens we are seeing have been at it for 5 months.

Add Trainer Plotting into the mix and you can see why its not very simple to craft ones way out of it. The frames are key but the layers are wise to it as was shown with the very late withdrawal yesterday at Newton Abbot. ‘Unsuitable ground’ was given as the lame excuse. However the ground was little different 6 hours earlier and one can only assume that Jimmy Frost went home a very contended & wealthy man. Just think to yourselves how much extra goes into Bookmaker pensions when two are paid out instead of three in a race. We are talking a lot of money indeed and of course nobody
does a thing about it (except Betfair!). A racket which needs News of the World exposure until it gets any better for the punter.

I mentioned that the new Big Mike Season starts 1st September 2009 and from feedback I have decided to offer 3 different columns. One for Sports, One for just the Turbos & Hughies and one which encompasses everything. Annual payers will have built in FREE ensuing columns IF targets are not met. It’s the only way to be fair to everyone. We are set productivity targets at work so I should have to fulfil them as well. Simple as that and I am willing to do so.

Pricing. We are talking currently as follows :-

a) Sports – £29 per month/£290 Annual.
b) Turbos & Hughies – £49 per month/£490 Annual
c) Full Service – £69 per month/£189 quarterly/£690 Annual

Forum/Chatroom – Obviously limited access for those taking option a & b.

The FREE offer applies to all those who take the Annual subscription ONLY and as usual there will be discounts for those who have been with me over 12 months. Paypal available as usual.

More news later re the ‘New Year’.

Just one Live Blog Bet from me today an £8 Hughie (A bet on the horse to finish placed i.e. 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd and is played via Betfair’s place markets)

£8 place only on Moody Tunes 730 Ham (Goes well for this lad and now at the right level. Cant see beyond the front three here and could be a tussle but this one should get first run and again the Turbo method could well be useful if unexpectedly fading. However for the purposes of the blog bet’s we are playing this as a straight backed place bet.) pitching at 1.42

Price at the end is price to take or if pitching and if not taken then bet 5 mins pre race at best. Obviously take care & adjust when drifting substantially or if horses taken out.

As always to access my full daily column of bets and trades please visit my main site at www.bigmikebetting.co.uk or to sign up as a free member enabling you to receive the occasional complimentary daily column from me, you can contact my Gal Friday – Luan at luan7677@hotmail.com and she will set this up for you.

Mike