17/2

Well, yet again, there is no such thing as a sure thing and you can always rely on Liverpool to balls it up! Luckily I selected a neutral bet rather than get involved in taking sides and how frustrating that Dirk Kuyt scored in the 31st minute when I'd covered the 11th to the 30th minute.!

Elsewhere Monets Garden placed which enhanced the win odds on Kauto Star who was mighty impressive. That 10/11 for the Champion hurdle looks very enticing although Denman is close at 15/8

Elusive dream won as did Gold award . Well Kicking King and Justified were undone by the outsider, and at Gowran, the talking horse, Apt Approach won at a tasty(relatively speaking)5/2.

No luck in the Wichita Lineman race where we're reminded these are horses we're dealing with and nothing can be taken for granted (much like Liverpool!)

Alnwick placed in the 920 at KEmpton, and I was right to oppose Basalt - wish I'd been more confident adn laid him, but I guess I had Rapidity on my mind! Song of songs won.

It was always going to be difficult for Nicholls/Heard to win 2 consecutive races - Arturio was the one who lost.

Overs in Werder's game went down by one goal. Overs came in the Chelsea game but Huddersfield managed a goal. I must remember this is the FA Cup in future. Overs came in the Liverpool match, albeit in a slightly surprising manner! Overs came in the Gretna match as they continued their "scoring at home"

Man Utd v Arsenal- well I couldn't get an angle in and left well alone - the winning margin bets were thrown out the water as Arsenal decided to field the Arsenal ladies side yesterday.

Yet again, on a Saturday there's actually too many opportunities!

300 Southwell
BETTING FORECAST: 11/8 Cape Of Storms, 7/4 Not Another Cat, 4/1 Daniel O´Donnell, 16/1 Frisbee, 25/1 Easily Naimd, 33/1 Ducal Regancy Red, Raihanah, Walragnek ,

SPOTLIGHT VERDICT: Although backing longstanding maidens is a very dubious policy, CAPE OF STORMS is the one in-form runner that is proven over this C&D and he ought to go close, at least, in this weak event.

Looks an ideal race to level stakes dutch the first 2 with break even on Cape of storms

NAVAN
210
Place only on Scotsirish looks good with Ruby on board in what may be a match up with Clopf

410
BETTING FORECAST: 4/7 Pomme Tiepy, 6/1 Kilcrea Castle, 8/1 The Halfway Bar, 10/1 Charlie Yardbird, 14/1 Badgerlaw, Be My Leader, 16/1 Sandhurst, Whatever You Think, 20/1 Tardenois, 50/1 Summer Seeds, 100/1 Misty´s Express.

Didn't quite go to script with Candy Girl, but J'y Vole did the business and Pomme Tiepy, another Mullins mare ,looks worthy of support for me here to continue Willie Mullins fine run with his mares. Those aware that the horse has already notched a few wins may like the place only market, as winning sequences always end eventually.

FOOTY
RAngers have taken 3 of the last 4 relevant head to heads ,scoring 2 or more on 3 occasions.They've won twice away in 2007 meetings .Killie are on a 6 match sequence without a win. Rangers have won their last 6. Half time/full time Rangers/Rangers and Draw/Rangers looks worthy of support.Using £15 on Rangers/Rangers and £5 on Draw/Rangers I am loading the former result with potential profit. You can always alter stakes to suit -eg balance profit or load the draw /Rangers

With the FA Cup continuing to surprise. perhaps Boro would be worth laying at 2.42 to trade off a bit later on, although i must say here that I will probably leave the FA Cup games alone from a betting perspective - too many surprises.

A quiet day all in all