An easy to follow guide on how to lose €50

Derek! · 29-11-2011 3:52pm #1

Straight to the point this will be a horse log which will hopefully help me improve my selections.

I'd like to be able to pick more of my own winners instead of relyin on Mr. P aka Pyro the great.
It's not that I dont appreciate his fantastic picks, it's just nothin beats the feelin of pickin the winners yourself, anyone who's ever picked their own winner will know what I mean!

It will be 50 €1 bets on 50 different horses with the sole aim of tryin to improve my picks.

I wouldn't be one bit surprised to end up with 0 from 50 but with €1 bets it wont leave me broke anyway

And I might even enjoy it!

29-11-2011 4:29pm

Derek! wrote: »

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And I might even enjoy it!

That's the main thing

Derek! · 29-11-2011 5:02pm

Exactly

I should add that I like to be brave/stupid and take on favourites sometimes.
Like in the aftertimin thread, I think the favourite was about evens but the 25/1 shot won.

Derek! · 29-11-2011 10:54pm

Kempton 18:30 Sugar Beet @ 6/1
Kempton 19:30 Custom House @ 6/1
Uttoxeter 14:10 Illysantachristina @ 5/1

These may turn out to be donkeys but it's all about tryin to learn!
And it should make the racin even better to watch

Derek! · 30-11-2011 2:20pm

The perfect start

restingpilgrim · 30-11-2011 4:00pm

Not really I thought you were trying to lose 50 !! Backing winners is surely against the spirit of the thread lol:D

Derek! · 30-11-2011 4:17pm

lol, yea the thread title is very misleadin

but there's probably plenty of losers i'll have

Derek! · 30-11-2011 6:12pm

Custom House musn't have a chance, it's out @ 12/1 now

Derek! · 30-11-2011 8:02pm

As expected I've still got a lot to learn

A profitable start is nice though even though it's just €3

Derek! · 02-12-2011 10:53pm

14:30 Sandown, backin 2 in this race Alasi 12/1 and Ubi Ace 8/1
15:40 Sandown, Meanus Dandy 9/2

Derek! · 03-12-2011 2:41pm

Ubi Ace wins @ 8/1 but the bet returned less than it should have

SP was 7/1

03-12-2011 3:09pm

Derek! wrote: »

Ubi Ace wins @ 8/1 but the bet returned less than it should have SP was 7/1

RUle 4 should only be 5c if you took the 8s

Derek! · 03-12-2011 3:10pm

RoverJames wrote: »

RUle 4 should only be 5c if you took the 8s

Thanks, I was wonderin what was goin on there, what should the return be?

Derek! · 03-12-2011 4:24pm

The return was €8.60 for Ubi Ace, that meant a profit of €6.60 for the day.

At the moment the log is +€9.60, but more importantly I'm enjoyin it so far

x PyRo · 03-12-2011 4:28pm

Nice work Derek. Keep her up. :-)

Derek! · 03-12-2011 4:36pm

Thanks, if only I could have half the success that you have :P

03-12-2011 5:23pm

Derek! wrote: »

Thanks, I was wonderin what was goin on there, what should the return be?

Derek! wrote: »

The return was €8.60 for Ubi Ace, that meant a profit of €6.60 for the day.

At the moment the log is +€9.60, but more importantly I'm enjoyin it so far

€8.60 is bang on, 95% of 8 and your €1 stake back.

Well done on the log so far, very decent return, level stakes bets may well be the way to go

Derek! · 03-12-2011 6:19pm

RoverJames wrote: »

€8.60 is bang on, 95% of 8 and your €1 stake back.

Well done on the log so far, very decent return, level stakes bets may well be the way to go

Cheers, it's makin me think more about my selections anyway which is never a bad thing :cool:

Derek! · 04-12-2011 10:07pm

14:20 Musselburgh Milano Supremo 8/1
gonna have a look for one more in a while

13:40 Plumpton Misstree Dancer 14/1

Phew! just got the 14/1 then it went to 12/1

Derek! · 05-12-2011 2:49pm

Brutal today

-€2 for the day but +€7.60 overall

Derek! · 07-12-2011 11:28pm

Backin my old friend Wild Desert @ 5/2 Kempton 18:00
18:30 Sutton Veny @ 6/1

Derek! · 09-12-2011 1:37pm

Brutal again yesterday, 2nd and nowhere +€5.60 overall

I'm takin a chance on Music Festival today @ 8/1 17:10 Wolverhampton
I read on the racing post and Timeform that it should take to the surface so hopefully I have a chance.

Derek! · 11-12-2011 9:32pm

2.15 Wolverhampton
Justcallmehandsome @ 7/2

3.45 Wolverhampton
Dorothys Dancing @ 7/1

2.30 Fakenham
Monroe Park @ 25/1

The last one could make me look very foolish :pac:
Edit: That's 13 now after these ones.

Derek! · 12-12-2011 3:53pm

Derek! wrote: »

2.15 Wolverhampton
Justcallmehandsome @ 7/2

3.45 Wolverhampton
Dorothys Dancing @ 7/1

2.30 Fakenham
Monroe Park @ 25/1

The last one could make me look very foolish
Edit: That's 13 now after these ones.

Monroe Park was very well backed but finished nowhere!
I thought I was onto somethin when the price shortened so much

That Pyro fella makes it look so easy

-€3 today and +€2.60 overall

Derek! · 13-12-2011 4:10am

2:50 Catterick
Storm Surge @ 9/1
Surf And Turf @ 6/1

Pickin 2 in this race to avoid that "I knew I should of went for the other one" feelin :pac:

The Irish Riddler · 13-12-2011 11:38am

Do you specialise in a certain type of racing?

Derek! · 13-12-2011 12:20pm

Far from it, this log is just to try help me improve on the horses I do pick.
As you can see it's not goin so well but the stakes are tiny so it wont do much damage.

Derek! · 13-12-2011 3:06pm

I was delighted to see Pyro goin for Storm Surge aswell, but it finished 2nd
1 NR aswell
-€1 today +€1.60 overall

Derek! · 13-12-2011 5:07pm

5:50 Kempton (Wednesday)
Right Stuff @ 6/1

12:50 Newbury
Arturo Uno @ 8/1

Derek! · 14-12-2011 1:51pm

I'm a bad man, :pac: I broke the rules of my log by doin the below:

Derek! · 14-12-2011 6:07pm

Cheers to James again, some credit must go to him for that info I asked about

Derek! · 14-12-2011 6:13pm

That horse has the Right Stuff indeed

wins by half a length + €30.60 if I done my sums right

14-12-2011 6:33pm

Well done Derek, the log is in decent profit again now

Derek! · 14-12-2011 7:05pm

Thanks, I hope to keep it that way

but it's never that simple.
Dont worry I wont be challengin you for the title of All weather king anytime soon :pac:

14-12-2011 7:19pm

Derek! wrote: »

............ All weather king ..............

Oh Derek

That's the nicest thing anyone (on boards) has ever said to me :pac:

Derek! · 14-12-2011 7:23pm

RoverJames wrote: »

Oh Derek
That's the nicest thing anyone (on boards) has ever said to me :pac:

lol, glad you liked it

Derek! · 14-12-2011 10:20pm

5:00 Kempton
Woolston Ferry @ 7/2
€5 win

tayto lover · 14-12-2011 10:26pm

Derek! wrote: »

5:00 Kempton
Woolston Ferry @ 7/2
€5 win

Thought you were sticking to 1e bets.

Derek! · 14-12-2011 10:30pm

tayto lover wrote: »

Thought you were sticking to 1e bets.

that was the plan until I thought I should bet accordin to what chance I feel I have instead.

tayto lover · 14-12-2011 10:35pm

Derek! wrote: »

that was the plan until I thought I should bet accordin to what chance I feel I have instead.

I would never change a system that's working. That is the BIG SIN of gambling.

Derek! · 14-12-2011 10:46pm

I appreciate the advice and all but I'm willin to take the risk while stakes are still very low.

I'll need to learn a staking system at some point anyway.

Derek! · 14-12-2011 11:18pm

1:20 Exeter
Drumshambo @ 4/1
€3 win

14-12-2011 11:45pm

Derek! wrote: »

.............

I'll need to learn a staking system at some point anyway.

€5 bet with an €80 bank isn't too bad at all

Not ideal but not too bad.

Derek! · 15-12-2011 12:29am

I agree it's not ideal and after a few losers

I'll most likely back down to smaller stakes again

Derek! · 15-12-2011 1:34pm

Derek! wrote: »

1:20 Exeter
Drumshambo @ 4/1
€3 win

Terrible pick

Derek! · 15-12-2011 5:07pm

Derek! wrote: »

5:00 Kempton
Woolston Ferry @ 7/2
€5 win

No good either only 3rd, -€8 today, +€22.60 overall

Derek! · 16-12-2011 2:25pm

forgot to put this in the log, backed it last night

Derek! · 16-12-2011 2:43pm

nowhere, it's a tough game to get right but I love it anyway and I'm not losin what I'd lose on the football at least

Derek! · 17-12-2011 2:15pm

Derek! wrote: »

2:50 Catterick
Storm Surge @ 9/1

**** sake, they always win next time out :mad:

Derek! · 18-12-2011 12:13am

I backed Emmas gift @ 10/3 for tomorrow but after a few drinks made a bollocks of the stake and put on much more than I meant to

Photo-Sniper · 18-12-2011 12:17am

Good Luck Derek.

Enjoying the log.

Whats ur bank atm?

An easy to follow guide on how to lose €50

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