Alley Cat Glover

Portsmouth       1.55
Wrexham           1.95
Notts County     1.95
15 point treble
🤞🏻

Good luck with Cracksman / Miranda foal , could be some good breeding there .
Yup , I'm looking forward to seeing how FF gets on up in North Yorkshire albeit too far for a stable visit , his coat has turned a lot whiter over winter & looks in good shape , have plenty of time for Camacho / Brown , FF's in good hands & here's hoping he can become the new Judicial & then I'll have a few good seasons ahead .
 

Yes, I saw those pictures before Xmas, as you say makes you smile, one of the good things about Owners Group you will always get reports even on retired horses although not frequent if re homed but they do continue to make sure they are looked after.  Interestingly looks like they are going to use Samantha Brown to re home a few of there retirees moving forwards.
I think First Folio will enjoy his new home, have had several trained with Julie Camacho and Steve Brown always good reports and videos. Steve does the videos and is great on them.
I still have 10 horses with Owners Group and waiting for my 11th to be foaled, in March I believe, having kept an interest in Miranda (The best horse I have had with them) as a broodmare. She was covered by Cracksman last April. So 3 years until the Derby in 2027! 😀 if all goes well fingers crossed and even makes the racecourse!

Fleetwood v Bolton (2) @ 1.73
Coventry v Swansea (1) @ 1.67
Hull v Blackburn (1) @ 1.85
30pt win treble please

Sutton v Mansfield (2) @ 1.65
QPR v Southampton (2) @ 1.75
Blackpool v Bristol Rovers (1) @ 1.7
35pt win treble please

Brentford v Aston Villa (2) @ 2.05
Birmingham v Leicester (2) @ 1.53
Fleetwood v  Peterborough (2) @ 1.75
30pt win treble please

Eastleigh v Reading (1) @ 3.50
Chesterfield v Leyton Orient (1) @ 2.70
Sassuolo v Roma (2) @ 2.00
10pts win treble please

Colchester odds are 3.30  

Man Utd v Man City (2) @ 1.65
Reading v Portsmouth (2) @ 2.0
Accrington Stanley v Colchester (2) @ 2.05
30pt win Treble please
 

I have been monitoring the situation at Scunthorpe very closely and as much as I wanted to give the bet every chance I do think with the latest update the best advice now has to be to cash out of our bets. Here is a link to the latest update if you want to read it for yourselves https://t.co/F0BXSDv8lf. The fact the owner is not putting anymore money in worries me given the huge wage bill they have and as much as it mentions they don't want the playing staff to be affected I'm not sure how it can't not be. The fact they are moving to Gainsborough to play their games is going to make this worse as crowd numbers are going to drop massively. I also don't like the mention of bringing in an outside company to run the club as that could mean administrators and if that happens they will be docked 10 points straight away. To be honest it just looks like one huge mess and I just can't be certain they will see out the season let alone win the league anymore. Given we can cash out for a profit I would rather do that now than be worrying what is going to happen especially as it is a 4pt bet. We still have the Spennymoor bet and that looks a huge player at this stage. Apart from Scunthorpe's game against Buxton on Saturday there are no more games until the following Saturday so I will give it some thought about who if anyone I want to add to the bets as there is time to do so. This isn't something I like doing, but I just think it has got to the stage where it is the best thing to do.

Wolves (2) 3.10
Ipswich (1) 2.25
Preston (1) 2.60
£10 treble, thanks
 
@Soi Bongkot @Alley Cat Glover great treble last week 👏👏👏

Fulham v Brentford (2) @ 2.62
Tottenham v Man Utd (1) @ 2.75
Crawley v Gillingham (2) @ 2.37
8pts win treble please
 

Team Name. Alley Cats
Manager Name  Adrian Gage

2.30 Shelley
3.05 Olivia Maralda
3.40 Kinross
4.20 Changingoftheguard
5.00 Spangled Mac
5.35 Cuban Dawn
6.10 First Emperor

After Day 1 :

Another 19 points added to the total with Tamworth winning the title today so returns are now 71.25.

1.45
2.25 Mexico
3.00 Letsbeclearaboutit
3.35 Flooring Porter
4.15 Castle Robin
5.15 Mister Coffey
6.20 Dino Bellagio

1.45 Bronn
2.20 Fennor Cross
2.55 Inthepocket
3.30 French Dynamite
4.05 Burrows Saint
4.40 Hurricane Bay
5.15 Blueking Doroux

1.45 Banbridge
2.20 Scriptwriter
2.55 A Plus Tard
3.30 
4.05 It’s on the Line
4.40 Grey Diamond
5.15 Jolie Coeur Allen

1 Colin Morikawa  9100
2 Viktor Hovaland  8500
3. Tony Finau. 8900
4. Matt Fitzpatrick  8000
5. Corey Conners. 7600
6. Tom  Hoge. 6900.   Total  49000
Thanks and all the best to everyone.

I need to hold my hands up and say that I made an error when it came to Premier Magic. As I said in the preview he had the ability to run a big race, but I was so obsessed with how he ran in the race last year that I wasn't prepared to give him another chance to rectify that despite him being a big price. Of course I was happy to forgive Famous Clermont a poor Cheltenham run at a much shorter price so I should really have given Premier Magic another chance as well. Like last year he wasn't even meant to be in the race, but Highway Jewel didn't make it again and at the last moment Bradley decided to give Premier Magic another chance. In last year's race he was on the inside and he hated it so Bradley decided to go on the outside this year and he travelled and jumped superbly for his jockey/trainer. It is important to be always learning in this game and I have learnt a lesson from taking him on, especially as he was such a big price. He was also wearing cheekpieces which he had only worn once before in a point a couple of years ago and they may well have helped him. He continues the run of 11 or 10 year olds winning the race which now goes back to 2015 and he is the 4th 10yo to win on the bounce.   Turning for home I thought at the very least we would have 2nd and 3rd with Rocky's Howya and Famous Clermont, both looking the only challengers to the winner. The loose horses got in the way on the run in though and it allowed Its On The Line and Shantou Flyer to fly home for 2nd and 3rd. Its On The Line never really looked like getting involved and looked to get outpaced after jumping 3 out. At 2 out he doesn't even look like he's going to play a part in the finish as he jumps that quite slowly and only after the last does he really get going. He's only 6 so you would imagine he will be back for more in the upcoming years. He has been entered at Aintree. Shantou Flyer put in another superb effort at the Cheltenham Festival to finish placed in this race for a 3rd time and for a 5th time overall at The Festival. He was always handy and stayed on after getting outpaced. I suspect he was helped by the fact the loose horses got in Rocky's Howya though.    Rocky's Howya certainly showed his improved pointing form back under rules and he gave it a right go from the front. His jumping wasn't always foot perfect and he possibily did a little bit too much in front, but he's run a hell of a race and was unlucky that the loose horses hampered him on the run-in. I think they put him off big time and he probably would have finished 2nd otherwise. He's only 7 and he will surely be back for more. I'd imagine Aintree, Punchestown and Stratford will all be looked at.   I did think Chris's Dream might be the best of the former top-class horses and so it proved. He ran a perfectly good race to finish 5th and wasn't beaten far. I'd imagine he will be considered for Punchestown.   Famous Clermont more than likely didn't stay the trip. I say more than likely because he was put off by the loose horses as well and given his quirks in the past it wouldn't surprise me if they put him off concentration wise. I didn't see him make a mistake and Will gave him a perfect ride as he creeped into contention, but the winner and Rocky's Howya were staying on the better and he didn't have enough to see it out. He's only 8 though and given how this race has been farmed by 10 and 11yos in recent years, it wouldn't surprise me if as he got older he might see the trip out better. On The Fringe didn't look a stayer when he first ran in the race and went onto win it aged 10 and 11. If he goes to Aintree then he clearly will be a leading contender and he does have a month to get over the exertions. They might be tempted by Punchestown instead to give him a bit more time to get over it. He more than proved how good he is though.   Vaucelet was a head behind him in 7th and he looked like the was going to play a part for a long way, but he didn't find too much after coming under a ride after jumping 3 out. Again, like Famous Clermont he is only 8 and he might well end up winning this race at some point. As I pointed out in the preview though I was worried about a lack of a recent run for him and he ran like he was lacking a recent run. Punchestown and Stratford are likely to be on his agenda again although I'd imagine where Ferns Lock goes next season will determine if he runs in this again next year. He has been entered at Aintree, but I suspect that Winged Leader will be the stables horse for that race.   Bob And Co was only just behind them in 8th which is as close as he ever got. He was out the back for a long way and seemed to find things happening all a bit too quickly for him. Based on this he could be one for the 4miler back here on hunter chase night because he looked like he needed 4m last week. I suspect the fact he hadn't run for a year also didn't help him.   Billaway seemed to make more mistakes than usual and eventually he paid the price. I did like Patrick Mullins piece in the Racing Post where he said he eventually did what he has threatened to do for 6 years and fall. He looked like he set off too early as ploughed right through the fence and gave himself no chance. I K Brunel unseated at the same fence and was still travelling well at the time. The Storyteller didn't improve for the return to Cheltenham and ran every bit as badly as his Down Royal run and his last point run suggested he would. Mighty Stowaway never looked like he would repeat his 3rd of last year. Dandy Dan ran well enough for a while, but his jumping went to pieces and he ended up pulling up. The ground might have been too soft for him. Cat Tiger never got involved, but will have a better chance at Aintree and after making the running Go Go Geronimo was outclassed. I thought Myth Buster ran a good race until he was left behind after jumping 3 out. He was out of shot when unseating at the 2nd last.   Usually the time of the Hunter Chase is around 10 seconds slower than the Gold Cup but it was over 14 seconds this year. Clearly the winner of the Gold Cup looks above average, but I asked Simon Rowlands on Twitter what it meant regarding this race and he thought it meant Premier Magic was no more than an average winner which I would agree with.

Today’s attempt
Kem 2.05 Scarface 8/1 4 places
Kem 2.40 Rouge Vif 7/1 4 places
Utt  2.25 Ballygriffin Cottage 8/1 4 places
Utt 3.00 Bushypark 12/1 5 places

The highlight for Cheltenham that I enjoyed the most was seeing Honeysuckle win the Mares Hurdle. Even though I didn’t back the horse, it was still delightful seeing her career end on a high. Better still was Rachael Blackmore taking aim at one or two critics (whose names I’ll refrain from mentioning) after saying that Honeysuckle was better suited for the Champion Hurdle. Something I disagreed with given the star potential surrounding Constitution Hill. 
 
 

Today’s attempt
Kem 2.05 Scarface 8/1 4 places
Kem 2.40 Rouge Vif 7/1 4 places
Utt  2.25 Ballygriffin Cottage 8/1 4 places
Utt 3.00 Bushypark 12/1 5 places

Today’s attempt
Kem 2.05 Scarface 8/1 4 places
Kem 2.40 Rouge Vif 7/1 4 places
Utt  2.25 Ballygriffin Cottage 8/1 4 places
Utt 3.00 Bushypark 12/1 5 places