Posted in Berts Horses, Winker Watson on Aug 11th, 2008 4 Comments »
Skid Solo comes out today trying to break his duck in the first at Wolver. We thought a lot of him at the start of the season but he’s been disappointing thus far. To be fair most of Pete’s 2yos that have come out have been disappointing this year, but he had a nice winner yesterday and maybe [...]
Posted in Horse Racing on Aug 9th, 2008 2 Comments »
I had an amazing days betting yesterday. I had a bit of spare time and I decided to have a bet on the next race. The horse won at slightly better than 5/1 - I carried on to the next race. I ended up backing five successive winners including Darksideofthemoon which I averaged in to [...]
Posted in Horse Racing on Aug 8th, 2008 5 Comments »
Swindon’s season proper kicks off on Saturday and I’m a little nervous but also excited. It’s been a while since I’ve supported a team properly and I’ve never been as close to the action as I am now.
I think the early matches are extremely important, as we’ve done a lot to try and get attendances [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Bouguereau, Winker Watson on Aug 7th, 2008 2 Comments »
The weather is currently scuppering my racing plans.
We made the decision this morning not to supplement Winker at Deauville - the ground there is on the soft side and there is heavy rain forecast on Sunday. These forecasts are extremely unreliable and it’s perfectly possible that Sunday could turn out to be a glorious summer’s [...]
Posted in Horse Racing on Aug 5th, 2008 9 Comments »
Back in Blighty, and welcomed in by a staggeringly good performance by Marine Boy, who may turn out to be the superstar we have seen on the gallops.
I had two weeks in the Forte Village in Sardinia with the family. It’s a fantastic family resort - loads to do, extremely clean and well run, great [...]
Posted in Horse Racing on Aug 3rd, 2008 15 Comments »
Bert is due back today but is scheduled to land just too late to get to Newbury in time to see his debutant two year old Marine Boy (2:10). I will be going in the hope of having a trophy to collect. Marine Boy has shown he has ability at home, as his Gimcrack entry [...]
