Posts Tagged newmarket
So you think
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on May 3rd, 2011
Despite the long weekend I couldn’t help but be tempted to dip in to the Curragh yesterday to take a look at ‘So You Think‘. I’ve seen this horse progress in Australia so my ears pricked up when I heard it was running in Ireland yesterday. It didn’t disappoint and despite it’s short price I managed to get a decent position on it, netting just short of £127. This could be a good summer for the flat season after Frankel hosed up in the 1000 Guineas.
I didn’t beat my total of last year on the Guineas, as predicted, but did OK on the weekend. The only thing that was very noticeable was the lack of money. Both feature races at Newmarket were well down on previous years on Betfair, 20% or so and when a group 3 race only attracts just over £500k you know things are running half empty. No real explanation on why volumes were so weak this weekend but if you have any, feel free to express them in the forum as I’m surprised to see such, relatively speaking, weak markets. Let’s hope its a bit more buoyant this week.
Guineas
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on April 30th, 2011
I had a fantastic result on the Guineas last year, when just about everything fell into place nicely. This year already looks a bit tougher so I can’t assure myself of a similar result, but will try my best to make something happen. The much vaunted ‘Frankel’ is currently trading at 1.59 which should generate a lot of volume today, but whether it does much else is another question! I’ll be reviewing the Guineas trade, amongst others, in my next course.
I’ve had a couple of really good moral boosting days this week so I am in good spirits and will enter today with some enthusiasm. As I have stated before I am working in some new, complimentary, areas recently and most have some promise. Some are definitely in the unknown category at the moment, but you don’t make progress by standing still, do you?
Newmarket July meeting
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on July 9th, 2010
I’ve never really put this one in the diary as a meeting that exhibits great characteristics but this year it feels different and is much more positive. Don’t get me wrong its a much better than average meeting, it’s just never stood out in previous years. It’s been a good start to July, so I am hoping the last day of the meeting will bring further rewards. Typically the last day is the best.
1000 Guineas
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on May 1st, 2010
Rather bizarrely I managed to get just over 1000 Guineas in profit on the 2000 Guineas. Does this mean I will get 2000 on the 1000? I doubt it, but it was an excellent day. I just happened to have one of those days where everything just seemed to slot into place. I managed a clean sweep on all 44 races I traded today. It’s so nice to do that, but I think you have to be realistic and accept that a day like that is rare. I had a stinker yesterday, so it was a pleasant surprise because I had set my expectations to a much lower level for today. Tomorrow I will have go at the fillies race and see what I can get from that, I am not expecting a repeat performance!
I am currently looking at the Kentucky Derby. I’ve never traded this successfully in the past and I am currently debating whether I try tonight. I’ve have a rule that even if I think it won’t work out, I should try anyhow. It’s another chance to learn and try to get it right for the future. Good luck if you are having a go, I have a friend at the track and he tells me the weather is horrible!
21 Shillings
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on May 1st, 2010
Or a Guinea, 2000 of them were up for grabs in 1809 when the 2000 Guinea’s was first run at Newmarket. The race should now be called the 380,000 Guinea’s, but that doesn’t have the same ring to it does it?
It will always have a special place in my heart as it was the first race I traded while lounging by a swimming pool! Early on in my trading career I was on my travels, but still wanted to make sure I was active on this high profile race so I set up a VPS and started using my laptop at every convenient location I could along the way. Using a VPS was an accident at first, but I quickly realised that it meant I could ‘carry’ around my trading set up with me where ever I went and have everything perfect and a high speed connection from any location with an Internet connection. It’s very liberating knowing that technology can allow you to trade from anywhere. I traded from roadside bars, hotel lounges, airport terminals and when a friend lent me his condo to trade from, I finally managed to trade next to a swimming pool! I now also use it to trade automatically for me using a spreadsheet when I am unable to trade. I can even use my iPhone to have a quick nose and see how its doing. Ain’t technology a wonderful thing!
Back then I managed to get about £100 out of the race, so I am hoping for a bit more today. But nothing is guaranteed, you never can really be 100% sure what each day will bring. Here’s hoping!
Hopefully we can all earn more than a Guinea today
Welcome back Cheltenham
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on October 16th, 2009
Delighted to see decent cards at Newmarket and Cheltenham today, with the champions meeting underway at Newmarket I am hopeful for a busy weekend. All the racing is on Racing UK today so that is helpful as wel. The coverage on this channel is so much better than on ‘At the adverts’.
There is a good mixture of different types of racing this weekend so you should be able to witness most types of markets over the next two days and this should allow just about everybody to put one strategy or another to use.
Enjoy!