Author Archives: The General
…but he talks like a gentlemen. Well, sings like a woman. Imagine my surprise when I sat down to watch the Eurovision last night, only to be confronted with what I thought was an episode of Lady Boys of Bangkok. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Or my ears. Whatever happened to the days of Cliff Richard, Sandy Shaw… Read More »
It’s Eurovision time again. Oh how I enjoy the madness, the variety and most of all the alcohol that goes along with watching it! It is a highlight of the television year and we always try to find a speculative punt. So to help you, I’ll give you 3 bits of advice. 1. Bet on something that sings… Read More »
Howdy partners. It’s Yeeha time. I’m talking about a rooting tooting bookie shooting time. We’re gonna round up the wagons and head on over the prairie and find ourselves some varmints to take care of. Oh yes, I’m shooting with both barrels today and you can believe that we are taking aim at the big boys. YEEHA! The… Read More »
You gotta love the WWE. So much fun and entertaiment isn’t it? Storylines repeated year on year, bad guys versus good guys, good looking women and so much stereotyping it’s untrue! And it gets played out to packed houses all over the good old US of A. And now we have a new anti-hero in the form of… Read More »
Lady Luck seems to have gone missing in the past couple of weeks and we have had to grin and bear it. But we live to fight another day and today we should get back on track. Firstly, the Spring Mile, 3.30 at Newbury. Now once again, we have a massive field and we will have no idea… Read More »
We had 40 to choose from. We used Age, Ratings, Weight, Runs, Form and Handicap marks. We chopped runners down like trees. We dispelled the myths about the favourites. We took it to the bookies. And now the day of reckoning is upon us. Ladies and gentlemen it is Grand National Day 2014. Our final 5 were Balthazar… Read More »
The Shortlist Finalised To make the final shortlist, our remaining competitors must now pass 5 tests. Firstly, they must have won over 3m. Secondly they must have won a handicap. Thirdly they must have won a race worth 30K. Fourthly, they must now be racing off a handicap mark within 10lbs of their last winning mark. Lastly, experience… Read More »
Don’t overdo it We start today with 31 of the top 40 in the handicap left in with a chance if we look at the race through a stats eye. Now obviously, this is very subjective to your own point of view and not everyone buys in to the stats angle. I think they have a tale to… Read More »
Stats run through for 6 day declarations The big day is drawing closer and closer, so I thought it would be apt to look at the stats to whittle down the remaining contenders. Over the next few days I’ll introduce different stats to help us end up with a shortlist on Saturday. We’ll start today with 2 stats… Read More »
Strewth, can you Adam and Eve it? The Clerk of the course at Doncaster is incapable of reading the weather forecast! I mean, seriously, even though the Met Office had rainfall forecast for 4 days this week, he insisted that the ground would be on the fast side of good. Really? Really? Really? I’m not complaining mind as… Read More »
