With Cheltenham now over I now have to honour my promise to my wife and give up smoking. I've been smoking solidly for 25 years so this may not be easy - still there's nothing like a good challenge. Fortunately there are two others in Betfair who are giving up - Josh Apiafi and Martin Cruddace. Josh and Martin will be excellent soulmates in my quest, and they are such reliable guys that I know they will see it through - this is a good thing as since giving up I have become incredibly short tempered and I wouldn't be able to forgive them if they went back to smoking again.
My terrible run of punting has continued - I didn't lose much on Thunderbolt Jaxon as the price was too short, but I've had a couple of largeish losing bets since. I can see myself becoming reckless without the fags to slow me down - either that or I'm going to get fat again.
With the weather clearing up I ought to get a few more runners out. I have a whole host of entries for the next couple of weeks, and there should be some action at some point. Prince Ary, Master of the Race and Mon Michel should all be out soon, and all should be better on the better ground. King's Head will debut soon, and he really needs it Good to Firm - he has an entry on Sunday. I have 1/3 of a new horse with Nick Gifford - a French bred recruit from the Irish point to point circuit called Ours - and he may debut for us soon. The 2yos are warming up and some will be out early.
I've been reading about Jim Devine, the Scottish MP who is claiming in Parliament that Betfair is a disreputable business. Devine, who succeeded Robin Cook, appears inexpert and has made statements that I am extremely uncomfortable with. His predecessor was fully expert and was a man I had come to know and respect. I would comment further but it is a company matter and not really appropriate for my blog.
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My racehorses
- TRAINED BY DAVID PIPE
- Prince Ary
- TRAINED BY NICK GIFFORD
- Theophrastus
- Big Paddy
- Better Together
- Ours
- TRAINED BY GARY MOORE
- Kings Head - 4yo
- Mon Michel - 4yo
- TRAINED BY TOM DASCOMBE
- Conservation - 4yo
- Master of the Race
- Baldovina
- Shawhill
- TRAINED BY BARRY HILLS
- Effingham
- TRAINED BY PAUL COLE
- Ollie Fliptrik
- TRAINED BY BRIAN MEEHAN
- Adam Eterno
- Lord Peter Flint
- Major Eazy
- Captain Hurricane
- TRAINED BY PETER CHAPPLE-HYAM
- Bouguereau
- Winker Watson
- Lord Snooty
- Thunderbolt Jaxon
- Johnny Alpha
- TRAINED BY WALTER SWINBURN
- (unnamed) by Kings Best
5 comments:
Do you have a link for the article about Jim Devine?
To echo the other comment, is there any more information available on the comments made by Jim Devine? I'd be interested to know exactly what he means by disreputible, it seems to me to be open to a wide range of interpretation.
There are various places where his speech can be read - here is the page from Hansard;
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070314/halltext/70314h0002.htm
So it seems to me he's basing his argument on the fact that some people can have an advantage over others if they use SIS or bet from the race track etc etc. Surely this is merely common knowledge/common sense. I rarely bet in-running but when I do I know what the situation is regarding delays as should everyone else who's choosing to do that. No one is forcing anyone to bet in-running.
It also seems that he's taken it upon himself to dictate exactly what constitutes proper betting on horse racing and that's that. And, surprise surprise, it's a bookmaker constituent that is kicking up a fuss.
I feel embarrassed for him.
Cheers Bert.
Do you have any thoughts on the ATR/ATR Xtra debate?
Or is that a "wait and see" situation?
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