Bert’s Horseracing Blog

More pictures have come in, so without further delay;

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I’m getting a lot of photos in at the moment from all sorts of different places. Here are a few that have just come in;

First up, and after a long absence recovering from a broken bone in his foot is Bouguereau;
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Bougie hasn’t been on the course since July 2008, when …

I’m betting very little at the moment - most days I don’t look at the card, and when I do I don’t have any great inspiration. My life is busier than ever - lots of business interests, a busy family life, a major development rolling along at my farm, everything bubbling away at Manor House, all my horse interests and …

It was busy last week with a combination of strategy meetings for Betfair and Swindon along with half term.

On Tuesday I packed the family in the car and we headed west. First stop Manton, and we got there just before 10. They do a nice cooked breakfast there, which was welcome. Brian came round and we went …

I played in a big charity poker event on Tuesday at Les Ambassadeurs just off Park Lane - it’s an annual event that I always play in. It was a good boost for my celebrity count.

Terry Wogan was the compere, and he put up an raffle prize for someone to appear as a guest on his new radio …

An up and down week.

On Tuesday I went to the County Ground to watch Swindon play Leeds - I sat next to Mick Channon who comes along to Swindon matches from time to time. Mick said from the start that he thought we would win - Leeds are flying high in the Cup but seem to be struggling to …

Time for my annual blog on the investment year in view. It’s a bit late, but then I’m late on everything at the moment.

Last year’s recommendations worked out well. Gold, recommended at $875, rose throughout the year. As I write it is at $1,100, up around 26%. I gave three stock tips; Sportingbet are up …

It’s a general philosophy of mine that you don’t look back in life - you only look forward. I used to be good at doing this, but with four small children now it’s difficult not to become nostalgic occasionally. As I lay in bed this morning I had one of those memory moments when I thought back to …

First post for a long time again, having had no internet for nearly a month.

Just before Christmas we moved back to our old house to get out of the way of some fairly heavy building work at the farm. We ordered broadband from the day we arrived, but it was delayed until after Christmas. We rang …

No internet at the moment and Im having to update the blog from Jane’s Iphone, which is extremely fiddly, so I’m keeping it short.

Quaker Parrot goes at Wolverhampton and she may have found a good opportunity to score.  In the King George I’ll oppose the principals with Deep Purple, who should give a decent account of himself.

The nap goes to …