Summertime – and the winning’s easy

The runaway success of the Evan Williams-trained Buailteoir in a novice chase at Stratford on 29 July proved to be the start of a profitable spell by Insideoutracing. Over a five week period, ending on 28 August, they posted a 32.50 point profit, two points clear of PJA’s National Hunt service, which enjoyed another fruitful month.

    A 12/1 shot at the off, Buailteoir had been available at 16/1 and it was at this price that followers of Insideoutracing were advised to bet. The Sandown juvenile winner Cai Shen, advised at 14/1, was another spectacular punt, while of the four selections on 16 August, three came out on top, including 7/1 advice Arabian Mirage, the winner of a Wolverhampton sprint under Kieren Fallon.

    PJA’s three services all posted healthy profits, with the National Hunt service ending up with a 30.10 point gain. Since the start of 2010, this service has registered a profit in seven out of eight months. This highlight on this occasion was the Bangor handicap hurdle winner, Miss Molly Be Rude, who was earmarked at 10/1 (starting price 11/2). Other stand-out winners included Bermuda Point (7/1), and three 6/1 advices, Barnhill Brownie, Rock Me and Rifleman.

    PJA Flat recorded a 25.60 yield – another impressive performance during the busiest phase of the season. Three successful 9/1 advices – Tyfos, Bramalea and Jeannie Galloway – set the standard. Winners were also posted at 8/1 (twice), 13/2 and 6/1 (three times).

    With so much action on turf during August, all weather racing has taken something of a backseat. Nevertheless, PJA All Weather has again been on the mark with 15/2 Southwell victor, Calculating, leading the way. 

    The Ostler’s Racing Club continues to find winners including Rebel Soldier, winner of Glorious Goodwood’s Gordon Stakes, under Ryan Moore.

   West End Lad, a 9/1 Nottingham winner, and Pacha Hack, a successful 6/1 advice, helped steer Gamblers Reunited into the black, while Gorrie UK also posted a profit, thanks to a number of successful single and double bets.

    Racing on the Flat continues to dominate next month with the St Leger meeting at Doncaster and big meetings at Ayr and Ascot. As for the Besttipping challenge there is still plenty to play for. PJA National Hunt lead narrowly with the other two PJA services close-up, along with Insideoutracing and Personal Info.

L’Hirondelle provides the festive cheer

L’Hirondelle, the wine, was pretty awful, but the horse of the same name helped generate some early festive cheer, when winning by a short-head at Kempton on the Monday of Christmas week.

The success of the Paul Doe-ridden gelding, a 7/1 shot, helped Personal Info to end the year in typical bookie-busting fashion. It came just three days after another 7/1 advice from Personal Info, King of Rhythm, had landed the odds at Southwell. This impressive brace helped push Personal Info’s profit for the last four weeks to almost 26% and the figure for 2009 to a healthy 74.7%.  Personal Info has notched a profit in all but three of the last twenty six months, a period during which they have posted a phenomenal 451% profit – a staggering feat of consistency.

Steve Jones continued his fine recent run. Since 23 August his Daily Bargain service has posted an impressive 50.2% profit. This month’s contributors included Poyle Meg, successful at 8/1, the aforementioned L’Hirondelle (7/1), Gap Princess (11/2) and Thoughtsofstardom (9/2). There were also three tips that finished second; success for any one of this trio would have turned a good month into an outstanding one.

Much the same could be said of Gamblers Reunited, who endured a frustrating run with seven tips finishing second during the period under review. Nevertheless there were plenty of winners, including 5/1 shot Forever’s Girl and 7/2 Lesley’s Choice. The overall result was a 5.5% profit.

Also in the black this month was PJA’s National Hunt service. As ever, the search for value unearthed some gems, none more so than 10/1 Warwick victor, Russian Flag. There was also Hello My Lovely, an 11/1 winner at Southwell on the first day of December, and Comehomequietly, a 20/1 each way advice at Ffos Las on 21 December, who finished second.

Incidentally, PJA’s Flat service has ended the year with a 99.1 point profit. Unless something dramatic happens in the last week of the year, they have also won the accolade of Besttipping’s highest points’ scorer of 2010.    

Returning to the services still active in the final weeks of the year, Bookies Enemy enjoyed a fine run at the start of the period under review with four successive winning tips. They also ended in grand style with a successful each-way treble yielding a 34.5 point haul on Boxing Day.

Mathematician posted a small profit, while Richard Dunwoody and Insideoutracing both suffered narrow losses. Insideoutracing did, however, land a handsome gamble when 14/1 Le Beau Bai scored at Chepstow on 5 December. At the time of writing Insideoutracing’s profit for 2009 stands at a very handsome 59.3%.

As this is my last posting for 2009, I wish all users of this site a very happy, prosperous and peaceful New Year.