Saturday Punt 11/01/2020

[Togo]

Morning from a very windy N.Wales. What a night again. Trees down just a little distance away and an assortment of kamikaze wheely bins and trampolines aloft. Hope my horses fly as well today.
Burrows Park 12/1 2.40 Kempton
Le Breuil 6/1 3.00 Warwick
On The Blind Side 2/1 3.15 Kempton
Stoney Mountain 13/2 3.35 Warwick.

£1.00 E/W Acca. 30p E.W Trebles. 30p Win Doubles.

ITV7, those 4 and, Highest Sun 1.50 Warwick, Keen On 2.40 Warwick, & Big Bad Bear 2.50 Wetherby. Small 6 & 7 timers done E/W . Good Luck if you are having a little flutter.

[Ken4155]

Afternoon, Togo, and good luck, as per. Today's racing hardly sets the old taste buds a-dancing. Still, if I didn't have a punt, I could be walking around lucky and not even know.

1.30 Kem; Mercian Prince @ 11/2 (going for a 3rd win in this)
2.40 Kem; Burrows Edge @ 9/2 (Rev f/c with t'other Burrows)
3.00 War; Petite Power @ 12/1
3.35 War; Silver Sheen @ 9/1

Win singles, 20p Lucky 15, £1 e.w. acca. 4 placed = £41, 4 winners = £4,429.

ITV7 + £1 e.w. acca; The last 3 above plus Highest Sun, Keen On, Big Bad Bear and On The Blind Side - the first 3 of those in a Trixie/treble which could realise £110.

[TonyV]

of to bookies ken

[Ken4155]

Not been inside a bookies for a number of years, TonyV. Do all my gambling on line from the comfort of my armchair :-)

[TonyV]

bets on thanks Ken

[TonyV]

doesn't take me out of my way, can get pint of milk on the way back.

[Togo]

Same here. Not stepped into a bookies.....not even when in Cornwall or Devon on my jollies, for years. Got fed up of the offhand staff and the racket from the bleedin slot machines. The places were more like end of pier arcades. Missed the lads down there for a while but most of them now use on line sites on their mobile phones as well. There is a point Ken. Remember when it was a real no no to gamble in a pub. Liable to get you barred and the licencee hauled up in front of the beak. How do they go on these days with live football or racing on and half the pub placing bets as they sup and watch? Looks like that "offence" has fallen by the wayside.

[Ken4155]

Believe it or not, Togo, we actually had our very own 'on premises bookie'. Old guy called Bob who would call in all the local pubs in the area (about 7 or 8) on Saturdays, taking bets, before settling down in the club I frequented and watching the racing on tv. Paid out any winnings on Sundays. This was in the early 90s.

[TonyV]

Thing I hate are gambling machines and watching people losing so much money, seen people lose their weeks earnings in a couple of hours.

[TonyV]

Yes ken guy in one of my old locals would do similar, but ran his own book and odds.

[Togo]

Same here Ken. The landlord of one of our locals used to take bets from the punters in the bar. Paid sp only. He did it so that the boozers did not drift out to the bookies and not come back. I even backed Desert Orchid there when he won the first of his King Georges. If plod had caught us though it was taken pretty seriously at the time. Thee law even prohibited 3 card brag and poker. But we still played them if the landlord turned a blind eye.

[Ken4155]

A couple of winners and a 3rd (pity my first selection ran out of steam at the finish) yielding a return of £95.20 from a total stake of £34. Profit is profit.

[Togo]

Good result for you Ken, well done. Not firing at all here. Can't get a handle on the NH season so far. I am second guessing myself almost every time I pick a runner. It will all come good.

[Ken4155]

Luck soon changed for the worse, Togo, with a couple of VAR decisions in the first half of the Chelski v Clarets match. Definitely affected the way the game panned out. Ironically Sean Dyche was 100% for VAR though I dare say he didn't expect it to be used the way it is being done. They do say these things have an habit of evening themselves out over a full season. If that's to be the case, we're gonna be in for a bagful of decisions going our way for the rest of the season:-//

[Khandro]

What about this Togo, is it worth a pound? ;
Ladbrokes has slashed the odds on American former TV star Meghan Markle running for U.S. president from 500-1 to 100-1 .'

[Togo]

Yeah why not Khandro. The Hildabeast and her are quite close and the yanks will fall for it all day long. Chuck a tenner on and have a damned good laugh every time events take place that make it possible. Ken and I both like a punt but we really do it for the fun only. I can afford to place a very modest bet and it has no bearing on my life in general. If I get a win(and I had 2 or 3 good ones last year) it just means that I enjoy it even more.

[Ken4155]

Someone must already had a few quid on her for the odds to be slashed so dramatically. Watch out for reported sightings of Harry exiting a Ladbrokes shop :-)