Author Archives: The General
Well. it had to happen with all of our old friends running against each other didn’t it? Mass Rally popping in at 16s but never mind, we make our choices, support them and then hope for the best. I do think that Baccarat was hampered by his draw and didn’t really give his true running. Our other old… Read More »
Sometimes you are faced with horses that when you bet on them, they lose and when you bet against them, they win, hence they cost you twice! Now there is a race at York today in which the following horses are engaged Spinatrix, Hallelujah, Doc Hay, Mass Rally, Khubala and Baccarat. Now these horses fit into my opening… Read More »
A quick recap on the weekend’s action to start this week. What a performance by Treve in the Arc. Helmet had helped himself to the 9/2 and was sitting pretty throughout the race. The turn of foot this horse showed in the last half mile was simply scintillating and with plans to keep her in training next year,… Read More »
Tony the Bookie likes to think of himself as a Karaoke buff. Anytime we’re out and about, he will pick up the mic and slaughter any number of songs. His favourite tune to massacre is Teenage Kicks by The Undertones. Think of an even more monotone version of it than the original and you get the picture. Now… Read More »
I’ve mentioned this before, but when it keeps happening to you, you start to question yourself and your methods! On Saturday, we saw both Doc Hay and Dungannon win, 2 horses I backed last time out and both whom I didn’t back on Saturday. And yes Mr Hulmes text me to say thanks. It is unbelievable isn’t it?… Read More »
“Let the sun shine, let the sun shine”, are words from a song that must have been sung by all the bookies this week, as the unseasonably warm weather has scuppered lots of well laid plans! Our big hope Chapter Seven needed rain and soft ground and instead got sunshine and firm going! These are the perils of… Read More »
Well, Chapter Seven tuned up perfectly for the Cambridgeshire last Saturday with an excellent second at Newbury. That race will have put him spot on for the big one this week. Now in the words of Tinie Tempah “Let it rain, let it pour.” There’s a guy who’s been coming in to Tony the Bookies’ shop for 5 years now,… Read More »
You gotta love the WWE haven’t you? There is blatant sexism, racism, ageism and every other ism you can think of and yet it is the longest running episodic tv show in history! This week poor Daniel Bryan got stripped of his WWE title as the powers that be don’t like him much as he has a beard… Read More »
“Just a quick one today”said The Good Lady, (as opposed to a marathon session) as we entered the shops! Super, the Kerry National is on in about 10 hours and I’m likely to be stuck here trying on 17 versions of the same top in 10 different shops and then returning to the first shop to buy the… Read More »
Mr Hulmes once told me he had a perfect system for backing horses. Now no-one can have a perfect system I know, but well I’ll explain. According to Mr H. any horse I back, is worth backing next time it runs. See, I don’t like to make excuses for the horses I back if they get beat and… Read More »
