Here Comes The Summer

A small loss this week is all we have to report for our efforts. Last night our fate was sealed within seconds of the race starting as our selection missed the break. That may sound daft bearing in mind it was a race over in excess of a mile and a half but the horse really needed to be raced prominently, preferably just behind the early pace setters, to be seen to best effect. I know lots of people (especially on a well known racing forum) thought the jockey gave the horse a terrible ride and it didn't look pretty with him continually poking his head up the rail with a ton of horse under him. It was obvious to everyone, apart from possibly the jockey, that there wasn't a gap there. In the end he finished in 4th place without ever having put the horse in to the race. In truth he would certainly have finished no worse than 2nd with a clear run. If things had panned out differently, well who knows? It doesn't really matter, it's all part and parcel of racing, that's possibly why they call it "the glorious uncertainty". So we've reached the end of May. A quiet month in which we clawed back the small losses incurred the previous month. The summaries are detailed below:-


WEEKLY SUMMARY
2 BETS
0 WINNERS (0%)
0 PLACED (0%)
PROFIT / LOSS -4 POINTS


YEAR TO DATE SUMMARY
97 BETS
17 WINNERS (17.52%)
34 PLACED (35.05%)
PROFIT / LOSS +56.76 POINTS
RETURN ON INVESTMENT 25.34%


BLOG BETS (POSTED ON HERE IN ADVANCE OF RACING) YEAR TO DATE SUMMARY
48 BETS
6 WINNERS (12.50%)
16 PLACED (33.33%)
PROFIT / LOSS +24.95 POINTS
RETURN ON INVESTMENT 20.12%


Overall the year to date position is still very healthy and we now move in to what should (hopefully) be the most profitable part of the year. Like many punters I have historically found the next three months to be the most profitable of the year, at least I have when the weather has remained constant. It makes sense as the form stands up more often and there are numerous meetings to choose from. Of course that also means the bookies have to price up lots of races which inevitably means they'll make a few more mistakes. We just need to be in position to take advantage.

Here's to a hot summer!