Apr 25th, 2011 by Bert
I had several runners while I was away. Van Go Go broke her duck nicely at Redcar and goes again today. Monster Munchie won a weak maiden at Wolverhampton. Sunday Bess came out in a strong maiden at Newbury - she came fourth, which was on the face of it a disappointment, but she may step up from that. Nemo …
I’m recently back from a two week family holiday in Brazil. Jane’s brother moved out there at the end of 2009 to take up a position as deputy head of the British school at Rio de Janeiro and he helped us put the holiday together - the party was me and Jane, the children and Jane’s mother. We …
I’ve got a lot of horse action coming up over the next few weeks and I’m in the middle of a busy working time, so time for a good download;
Theophrastus has finally been showing decent form, and he goes again on Tuesday over 3m6f. He’s off a mark of 115 having won back to back handicaps, but he’s in …
Mar 30th, 2011 by Bert
I mnentioned three horses in my last blog post that would run over the next few days - in fact none of them are. Nationalism was pulled out of the Lincoln; Whey Sauce was withdrawn as the feeling was that she is not quite ready.
The worst news regarded Wear em out Wilf - he had worked extremely well for …
Mar 27th, 2011 by Bert
I finished small down at Cheltenham - some real ups and downs. I had a big bet on Alberta’s Run with seconds to go having barely looked at the race - that was the main up. The biggest downer was on the Friday - I was planning to have a big bet on Zarkandar and I had to …
A fair start to the week with Hurricane Fly lining the coffers, but not as good as some. My brother-in-law had five winners including two at 10-1 - that’s a proper day.
The first race comes a little early for me so I’ll start with the 2:05;
2:05 : The top two in the market here could both be serious …
I’m blogging from my Blackberry today so will be brief;
Day 1 has become my favourite day in recent times as I like the Arkle as a betting heat and the Champion is a race that has been good to me in recent times. I’m just covering three races today.
I’ve studied historic Arkle form and from what I could see …
Mar 10th, 2011 by Bert
Monster Munchie ran poorly at Lingfield finishing a well beaten third. It’s often the case with a headstrong horse that they don’t settle on their second run - Marine Boy was a good case in point. He ran a brilliant first race winning a 16 runner Newbury maiden by 7 lengths, but every time he went to the …
On Thursday night I took the girls to a shopping centre in Guildford to prepare for our day out on Friday - we bought a large bag of food and a selection of CDs for the car. We left the house early on Friday to get to Newmarket in time for the second lot at Peter Chapple-Hyam’s - on …
Feb 17th, 2011 by Bert
My flight to Africa leaves Heathrow at 6:35 a.m., so I have a car booked for 3 a.m. I get dressed in my full hiking gear beforehand (including boots) in order to travel on the plane - this is recommended as it’s not unusual to lose luggage in African airports and although you can get shirts and trousers on …
