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14:40 Newbury 1pt Win Heltenham @6/4 They had been knocking on the door for a while and finally got the win they deserved last time out. A 6lb rise is probably fair and another bold show is likely for the inform Skelton yard. 13:20 Doncaster 1pt win Astral Beau Won this race last year comfortably and ran fairly well for the rest of the season, we know they love the ground and the track and another bold show is expected in what is a much more competitive renewal this year 14:25 Doncaster Harswell Duke 1pt E/W @11/2 (5 places) Winner of this last year and are 8lbs better of here today, another good draw has been given to them and any more rain would only enhance their winning chances as they love the ground and love the track. 15:35 Doncaster Spirit Genie 0.5pts E/W @16/1 (6 places) They love the ground and their last run can be left behind them back on turf after a break. There form on soft or worse ground is 4 runs 2 seconds and a first which is pretty impressive and have a definite chance here.

7.15 Wolverhampton - ALFRED COVE 17/2 eway bet365 . 2nd , got pipped in last half furlong . 3.35 Doncaster - VETIVER 20/1 eway bet365 ( Thursday price , now 15p rule 4 with Awaal a n/r . 👎 never really featured , probably better over 7f & with the headwind 8f probably felt like 9f today .

2024 Running total -£4 Bet 3 (singles) Following trainers in form.

Zambezi magic last at don is very well handicapped and has the ground if ready

Wayfinder N/R Lilting Verse 3 15 Neb/ 1/40th of a pt ew 22/1 - 5th Expressionless 2 25 2 25/ 1/40th of a pt ew 18/1 P/L + 176.15 pt

'Navagio' ran a fine race for ew sheckles

AW selection Newcastle 8.00 MOON FLIGHT

Hi all, well small stakes this afternoon along with 1 account now restricted also 😨......... Don 1.20 Charyn 2/1 WON ......a nice winning start from class horse Newb 1.40 Cannock Park 10/11 Newb 2.10 Kartoon and Co 3/1 ( Daily Nap ) Cannock Park & Kartoon and Co win double @ 9/2 Bangor 2.00 The Famous Five EVS WON Don 2.25 Harswell Duke 7/1 EW Maysong 14/1 EW He's a Gentleman 25/1 EW 6 places Bangor 2.30 Montgomery / Ballycamus F/cast @ 5/2 WON Don 3.00 Orazio 3/1 Montassib 4/1 WON Don 3.35 Blues Emperor 10/1 EW Lattam 12/1 EW 2ND 16/1 Farhh to Shy 25/1 EW 6 places

2-25 don maysong decent mark acts on soft and 16/1

Liberty Lane is drifting in the market. Pretty sure it was 4/1 last night but now out to 13/2 in places and is still on my short list with seemingly everything in it's favour - CD winner, won on soft, goes well after a break, yard in tremendous form, lightly raced 4 year old EW shots ...... Thunderball 12/1 The Gatekeeper 14/1 I see that Chazzesmee is the new favourite having won the Irish Lincoln 5 days ago but at 9/4 he's not for me !. The time of the Irish race was not good and 5 days isn't much time to recover from a competitive handicap on heavy ground, plus the travelling ...... I'd be happy to take him on (and watch him scoot home by 5 lengths !). His price has collapsed overnight so somebody fancies him ! Win - Liberty Lane EW - Thunderball, The Gatekeeper Lay - Chazzesmee

Il stick with thunder ball backed earlier in the week @25/1 . I could probably select 4 more it’s a tough start as always proper puzzle

Not done one of these for a while so here goes nothing - Doncaster 2.25 Dirtyoldtown 10/1ew 5pl Doncaster 3.35 Vetiver 9/1ew 6pl Newbury 3.15 Drumlee Spud 14/1ew 5pl Newbury 3.50 Gwennie May Jem 17/2ew 4pl Returns £2,244.40 W Hill

Day 85 +78

3.35 Doncaster: Mr Professor @ 25/1 E/W (Bet365)

Doncaster 1.20 The 2024 turf flat season kicks off with a seven runner renewal of the listed Doncaster Mile. The ground is likely to be pretty sticky here and that may play into the hands of last year’s winner Astral Beau who although having a few pounds to find with a few of these on official ratings has form figures of 3111 on soft or heavy ground and has won first time out for the last two seasons including a 4L victory in this race a year ago. Pam Sly is a more than capable trainer and may have most to fear here from the Roger Varian trained Charyn who kept better company than this last year and is the highest rated of the seven runners. Knight is another who relishes the mud but its the only mare in the race that can beat the boys here under Shane Kelly under her ideal ground conditions. ASTRAL BEAU 1 point win @ 5/1 bet365 Bangor 1.30 A rare visit for the ITV cameras to Bangor-On-Dee for this class 2 2M 3 1/2F handicap hurdle which has attracted eight runners. It may chiefly concern Dan Skelton’s veteran West To The Bridge who’s fallen down to a winning mark, Olly Murphy’s hat trick seeking Pickanumber and last year’s winner Jungle Jack. Preference is for Skelton's West To The Bridge who has the assistance of Tristan Durrell here with main stable jockey Harry Skelton required at Newbury. WEST TO THE BRIDGE 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 Doncaster 1.50 The first two year old turf race of the season is the historic Brocklesby Stakes run over the minimum trip of 5F and has attracted a field of fifteen this year. Obviously the market will tell us the ones that are expected to run well but I can pass on a good mark for the Amo Racing newcomer Mystical Elegance trained in Lambourn by Dominic Ffrench Davis. The owners are already off the mark with the first juvenile race of the Irish flat turf season last Monday and the trainer was on the Nick Luck podcast on Thursday stating that the son of Zoustar will love the prevailing ground and is very forward with a good willing attitude. He was the pick from three entries from the yard and without the benefit of any market clues is worth a speculative interest. MYSTICAL ELEGANCE 1 point win 5/2 bet365 Newbury 2.10 A field of nine face the judge for this 2M 3F class 3 novices’ handicap hurdle. Phillip Hoobs & Johnson White’s Into The Park and Nigel Twiston-Davies’s Spirits Bay head the weights and the market and come here both chasing hat tricks although both are up in the weights. As a four year old the Dan Skelton trained Kartoon And Co gets a healthy age allowance of 12lb and off of just 10 stone 2lb here, a weight which is jockey Harry Skelton’s bare minimum (he may well have to put up a pound overweight). He ran well at Sandown a fortnight ago when runner up in a handicap hurdle when well backed and with the extra 3F likely to suit looks the pick although I can’t resist a small each way saver on Nicky Henderson’s only runner of the day in handicap debutant Break My Soul, who’s recent second spot at Warwick has been boosted by the winner placing in graded company since and the third winning a handicap. We all know Henderson’s stable has been under a cloud but his only runner since Cheltenham was a winner at Kempton a week ago. KARTOON AND CO 1 point each way @ 8/1 BetVictor 1/5th 123 BREAK MY SOUL 1/2 point each way @ 16/1 bet365 1/5th 123 Doncaster 2.25 The Lincoln consolation race the Spring Mile Handicap has attracted eighteen runners and is run over the straight mile. Last year’s winner Harswell Duke is back to defend his title with the runner up Titian, third Maysong, seventh Arthur’s Realm and a few others all back as well. Harswell Duke did us a favour that day and can race here off of a 8lb lower mark mainly due to the fact that he lost his form after last year’s win. Although he’s 6lb worse off now I would prefer Julie Camacho’s Titian from last years race to come out best here. The one I want to be with though is the Tony Coyle & Caine Wood trained Thunder Roar with the booking of Jamie Spencer an eye caching one. He obviously adores the mud with form figures on soft or heavy reading 11213 which include a a heavy ground victory of a 7f race here in October. He teed up for this with an eye catching third at Southwell a fortnight ago and even though he has to prove he stays a mile looks the bet as long as stall number 1 is not a negative. THUNDER ROAR 1 point each way @ 8/1 bet365 1/5th 12345 Newbury 2.40 Just the seven have declared for this class 2 2M 4F handicap chase where last year’s winner Heltenham heads the market following another win here at the beginning of the month. He’s up 6lb for that win and 13lb in total from last years win. His best form appears to be on testing ground so drying conditions may not suit and I’ll take him on with Kerry Lee’s bottom weight Eaton Collina. He arrives in top form having won two handicaps at Wetherby in February rising 12lb for those success’s under today’s jockey Richard Patrick. He maybe the value bet against the favourite. EATON COLLINA 1 point each way @ 5/1 William Hill 1/5th 123 Doncaster 3.00 Seven line up for this 6F listed Cammidge Trophy. Bar the rank outsider Glorious Angel a case can be made for all with Karl Burke’s Marshman (first time tongue tie) and William Haggas’s Montassib jointly the best horses in the field although neither would want a real mud bath. The same could be said about Charlie Hills’s Orazio and with Baradar dropping down from a mile to 6F it maybe worth taking a swing with the only three year old in the field Adaay in Devon trained by Rod Millman who has his dual purpose stable in fine form currently winning with three of his last 8 runners at time of writing. She was a big improver through last summer and autumn winning four times, all on soft ground, before ending the season finishing 1 3/4L runner up in the listed Bosra Sham Stakes at Newmarket on heavy ground won by a well touted Godolphin filly. She gets not only a 5lb fillies allowance but also a hefty 13lb age allowance and could be the value play on ground she likes under Silvestre De Sousa. Back her each way with the firms paying three places in the seven runner field. ADAAY IN DEVON 1 point each way @ 14/1 William Hill 1/5th 123 Newbury 3.15 A wide open renewal of the EBF mares novices handicap hurdle run over 2M 4 1/2F with seventeen runners going to post. The race has a wide open look about it with many of the mares making their handicap debuts here. An interesting runner is the Dan Skelton trained Lindy Reilly who’s got in here off of a nice low mark following there starts and is worth watching closely. Barbury Castle trainer Alan King took his mare Kay Tara Tara up to Kelso to get qualified for this event 15 days ago on ground that was too soft for her but she ran well in defeat finishing 2 1/4L second to the re-opposing El Elefante and it will be no surprise if on 11lb better terms and on significantly better ground she turned that form around and runs a big race. KAY TARA TARA 1 point each way @ 12/1 888sport 1/5th 12345 Doncaster 3.35 The first big flat turf handicap of the season is the William Hill Lincoln run over the straight mile of Town Moor with a maximum field of twenty two gong to post. The front two in the market Awaal, who ran second in this last year to Migration and Liberty Lane,a course and distance winner at the St Leger meeting both hold decent claims with preference just for the latter who is trained by the in form Karl Burke and could be well drawn in stall 20 if last year’s renewal has anything to do with it especially now he’s been gelded. Both have been well found in the market mind as has last Monday’s Irish Lincoln winner Chazzesmee who if none the worse for that victory can be in the shake up. The most interesting runner to my eyes however is Lattam who’s joined Julie Camacho’s Yorkshire stable having been bought for a cheap looking 50,000 guineas. A winner first time out the last two seasons he loves soft ground and took the Irish equivalent first time out last season when in the care of William Haggas. Ryan Sexton is a good booking and from a draw in the middle means he can go either side if there appears an advantage earlier in the meeting. A tough call and whilst I wouldn’t put anyone off Liberty Lane it’s Lattam that appeals each way with the firms paying extra places. LATTAM 1 point each way @ 10/1 bet365 1/5th 123456

winning double - today + 1.00 month + 373.86

£3 profit yesterday Total profit £ 1,367.21 Doncaster 1.20 CHARYN 27/10 £20 20% boost Doncaster 4.45 AT LIBERTY 27/5 £20 20% boost Newbury 2.40 HELTENHAM 27/20 £20 10% boost Newbury 4.25 RATH GAUL HILL 49/20 £20 10% boost ENGLAND 10/11 £5

Doncaster 1.20 CHARYN 27/10 £20 win BETMGM 20% price boost

2024 Running total -£29.46 Bet 15

Thanks guys for all the comments! Hopefully the rain delay changes the momentum! Yulia Putintseva to beat Greetje Minnen at 1.73 with William Hill Putintseva has certainly improved a lot since last year, she's leaner and moving better, also less mental demons it seems to me. She even troubled Swiatek a little bit in Indian Wells, though it really wasn't close in the end. Minnen tends to have issues against good defenders, and Putintseva is a first-class one right now, and beating Samsonova in the previous round must've prepared her for this well.

E. Arango to beat L. Fernandez - 4.8 Betfair Fernandez has lost 4 of her last 5 matches, only beating the horrendously bad Pera recently. She retired in San Diego, on her vlog she was having trouble with her shoulder in Dubai I think it was so that could be the issue with her recent form because shoulders are important in tennis and if it's hurting, you can't play your game. Arango on the other hand came through qualifying here with three underdog wins and can move well getting lots of balls back. If Leylah is mostly fit she should come through but I think 1.25 is a bit short so going for Arango at this price.

I think Elina Avanesyan has a very good shot at beating Ons Javeur. Jabuer right off form losing in straight sets to Volynets, Tsurenko and Haddad Maia. In between she won a couple of matches against Starodubtseva, Bronzettie and Krueger, but she was an overwhelming favorite for all 3 of those. Avanesyan demolished Andreeva. It was a proper spanking after being iced 2nd set (6-0 3-6 6-1) 1st set was literally 18 minutes. Andreeva then went for a bathroom break of 6 minutes which is a joke (impossible to be tired after 18 minutes of tennis). Avanesyan then squashed her in the 3rd (6-1). Avanesyan is very good. Physically fit and strong, and mentally tough, with confidence and a level of calmness. For me Jabeur looks the opposite. Unfit and at odds with her game, having lost 1st match in Qatar and Indian Wells. Taking the straight win for Avanesyan here but may even go whole hog and go for 2-0 in sets which is 4.5 I don't think Murray beats Etcheverry. Etcheverry beat him convincingly at the Aussie open, and Murray just does not have the physical capacity to play the grinding game, like he did in the past. He used to be the "Grinder" and now he is the "Grindee". OK, he beat Berrettini but Berrettini served poorly (64% 1st serve in). I watched Berrettini at the Aussie open v Kevin Anderson a few years back and he made 15 first serves in a row, so he is some way from his best. If his 1st serve is off, he struggles ... when it's on he gets endless freebee's. Murray should be figuring out how to shorten matches, volley and be more aggressive. The older he gets, the more his physical ability diminishes. Quicker matches helps him, and grinding 3 setters don't. But he refuses to try andything different, and the old way will not deliver any more.

Congratulations to @Johnrobertson, well done to runner up @bymatrix

No time constraints, it can wait until the resumption of top level domestic action if need be.

So i was at a conference yesterday, held be a friend of mine, where an ambassador was present. I was kind of bored and picked up my phone, at the very moment i was was checking out the horses for this race the ambassador calls my friend "mister professor" in italian, and on the same instance i see the horse "Mr professor" and tell my brother, we both have a little laugh and put 5 pound ew on it. Later at night he had had one drink too many and as we recall this he goes and tries to put a silly ammount of money on it, i stopped him... Today the horse goes and wins in style. My goodness

Think I could have backed 10 horses easy before even thinking about the winner. I had Johan as main bet and had used a free inplay bet on lattam.

Lucky15Ref: 341477471 4 Selections 4. What A Johnny - 15/2Winner - 14:00 Bangor-on-Dee 5. Party Vibes - 5/1Winner - 15:15 Newbury 1. Regent's Stroll - 11/4Winner - 15:50 Newbury 6. Fantomas - 5/2Winner - 16:15 Bangor-on-Dee Stake£ 3.00 Potential Returns£ 284.09 Keep bets in betslip? Total Stake£ 3.00 Total Potential Returns£ 284.09

Cannock lazy we got screwed

Yep, International Break

6.30 new rasmah 40/1 £10 e/w bet365

1535 Doncaster - The Lincoln The Gatekeeper - £10 e/w at 12/1 w/Betfair.

+372.86 Might try and use the rest of this month in an attempt to get 3 winners in a Trixie, regardless of odds ! 2.30 Bang - Montgomery 10/11 2.40 Newb - Heltenham 6/5 7.00 Newc - Ziggy's Missile 4/9 prices skybet £5 Trixie

4.10 Doncaster Moon Over Miami 28/1 Bet365 EW

Yeah, go on, for what it's worth.

Donc 335 One Night Thunder 50/1 £10 ew skybet 7pl

I haven't had the chance to keep up to date with the Snooker in the last month but looking to get back into it after the weekend. I did hear that he lost to Vafaei though. I just think Ronnie hasn't got the determination tbh. If that talent was in another person then maybe they would have achieved so much more.

I don't know how you do it. I struggle to pick 4 on a Saturday.😆

Newbury 4.08 - Hermino Aa (ew @ 12/1 with Bet365) Ken

This is also Sloane's home tournament so to speak, so she has the advantage there. Against Kerber it's more her style of play that causes Kerber problems. Kerber feeds off of pace and counter punches, redirecting fast balls to move her opponent around, but Sloane hits with more top spin and this prevents Kerber from generating pace off the ball as it comes to her. She's always had trouble against top spin hitters and Sloane made it 6-2 I think in the h2h for that reason.

Have not posted for a while. I think the Stephems Cirstea match is really 50-50. Stephens won at Indian wells but Cirstea beat her at the Qatar Open 6-2 6-3. I thought Kerber was quite poor in her match with Stephens. Slow on the court and quite a way from top level fitness ... hitting everything at one pace, with a really poor 2nd serve. Made Stephens look way better than she is. I would be interesting to Know when Cirstea got into the West Coast (how many days before match), but she has probably been in Miami for at least a week getting ready. I expect much more from her this time. Her year has really been defined by a terrible start losing 1st round at Brisbane, Adelaide and the Aussie. Cirstea is based in Dubai, and may just be a poor traveller. Australia quite a long flisght - poor results. USA West Coast the same.

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Blues Emperor 3 35 Don/ 1/40th of a pt ew 20/1 Navagio 3 35 Don/ 1/40th of a pt ew 40/1 - 3rd

No sadly not - I'll message you. Just to clarify, I have actually suspended him from the PokerStars Club so he cannot play the league now until he makes contact with me.

Spring mile Titian. 8.7 58 58. 13/2 Arthur's realm. 8.5 28 30 12/1 Magic memories. 8.5. 41 37 14/1 These three are clear of rest ....on class ratings you can see Titian is stand out but it's an open race and draw plays a part so I'll try 5pt wins all 3

Forster (Crawley) brace at 100/1. Will be a career first but, with goals in 4 of his 12 starts, the 15/2 anytime looks decent and the brace looks worth a pop in here at 100/1.

Hi @barney9386, It's kind of a collaborative effort with @The Brigadier and @Tumbleweed King posting the horse racing tips and @Fader posting the football tips. @MCLARKE also posts horse racing tips on the forum whilst @Darran is our non-league football expert who also dabbles in horse racing. Really pleased to hear you enjoy reading them. Thank you for the kind words. The guys do some excellent work here.

Those odds look familiar from last week and Bournemouth don't have a game scheduled this weekend so I guess you've somehow clicked on last weeks odds. I'll disregard the bet stake