Mar 16th, 2010 by Bert
Day 1 coming up, and I’m off early tomorrow for the full four days as usual. My impression of the card;
Supreme Novices
I’m going to sit this one out. Dunguib is a fantastic prospect but his jumping might let him down. I don’t want to back him at short odds and I don’t want to be betting that …
Mar 15th, 2010 by Bert
… they probably will in games without frontiers…
This is a line from a Peter Gabriel song. Many years ago I had an argument with my brother in law about this that ran for several days. I said the line was grammatically incorrect - it should be “if looks could kill they probably would”. He said …
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 …
Feb 25th, 2010 by Bert
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 …
Feb 24th, 2010 by Bert
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 …
Feb 6th, 2010 by Bert
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 …
Jan 31st, 2010 by Bert
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 …
Jan 25th, 2010 by Bert
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 …
Jan 21st, 2010 by Bert
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 …
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