The highs and lows of jump racing demonstrated once again ... Ryan Mania air-lifted to hospital following a fall at Hexham less than 24 hours after winning the Grand National.

Fingers crossed he makes a full and speedy recovery.

just seen about mania... what a turnaround for him! was concious when he was airlifted to hosp so hopefully not too bad after jt mcnamara

dont think i would like to go to grand national day just looks too packed for me and not enjoyable

i prefer the thursday, never been on ladies day so cant comment on that. saturday is good, feels amazing being there, but as said before the place is packed with people just standing about talking.

exactly and they dont have a clue about racing and just get

not my scene!

had a small ew bet on NURPUR.2.40 at wolverhampton, debut for omeara and the awesome tudhope.

maybe do ladies day next year as it is the only one i havent done yet.

national day (if big bucks is running) and world hurdle day (if bb is there) are the two im most anticipating

came in 3rd so money back.

wouldnt mind doing aintree ladies day

gone for HIT THE JACKPOT today at ponte.4.15. but did it lastnight at 9/1 and its only 7/2 now so wont be going in again at that price.. in the same race i have also backed SPANISH DUKE... first time hood and the money is down for ellison.

over at gowran park im following a horse called GOLD BULLET.5.45... seems to be progressing well, handicap debut so will find out if it is well handicapped or not!

no more bets for me til ayr/punchestown/sandows mixed card, whichever comes first.

very little sparking any interest for me regarding the flat so far this year.

solwhit is very short for punchestown, cant understand why quevega isnt fav- it was traffic problems that nearly cost her at chelt, not ability. she would've done what solwhit did had she ran in those races, and will be trained for the race like usual. seems like everything has been a bit of a chance it and see with solwhit, with chelt and aintree both only confirmed for him at the last minute.

as for hurricane fly, he doesnt lose in his own back yard, does he.

punchestown gold cup looks wide open, lots of horses had hard race or two going into it.

Ryan Mania now out of hospital.

spanish duke got the tactics wrong with that one



but gold bullet went in though at 6/1

looking at the 2.50 at catterick today

Polar kite & its a mans world

1st and 3rd..that will do

Homeric.7.30.kempton 13/2 ..small ew as its a good race, but won well last year and been kept for this season again and moore rides.

gone for TETBURY.7.30.wolvs small win. 13/8

got a 4 man acca on the tennis which pays a whisker under evs

wawrinka
gasquet
del potro
almagro

these tournaments are never much value considering a lot use them as practice, but the opposition is nothing hot. can't see them dropping more than a set or two between them all.

well thats wawrinka in fairly comfortably despite his usual sleepy period. hopefully the other three will follow suit.

verdasco has lost NINE games in a row, that is some going!

del potro you useless t0sser! hasn't give a crap at all so far, three double faults in a row in the first set ffs.

dolgo has played well, but potro just hasn't been attacking his second serves whatsoever. a far cry from the player we seen smash completely djokovic at the olympics

says something when dolgo is showing emotion when he's winning points, dp very little


good job dolgo bottled it like an english penalty taker, 50 odd winners n nearly as many U/E's

lady nouf is apparently highly rated by the haggas yard. given to me by the same source who give me the fugue last year at 20/1 for the oaks. had a fiver e/w on lady nouf tomorrow.

gone for WELL ACQUAINTED in the 4.05 new. small ew at 9/1

went for a tennis acca today with more selections and typically one let it down - bloody almagro back to his usual form.

had lady nouf ew like i said and she was a bitter disappointment, but backed whisper and champion court earlier in the day which more than made up for the small loss on lady nouf. the money in the markets was spot on for both winners.

fancied the fabre horse since the decs were out, typically looked to see what fabre had to say and he basically said the horse was being brought over to see how he likes the good ground, as in frrance they're getting nothing but the crap ground which he already has a couple of wins on. ended up putting myself away from it didnt i, ho hum never mind.


cant split the top two in the craven tomorrow.

think hughes is gonna repeat his donny tactics and dictate the pace. james doyle reckons dundonnell is much more settled in his work this year, which is interesting as i was working under the assumption he was still keen and thought the race conditions would play into toronado's hands more than dundonnell's, as it has always seemed like dundonnell wants a decent bit of cover and a strong pace to help him settle. toronado has to carry a penalty tomorrow, whereas last time they met off level weights, but he is the one the hughes and hannon team have been raving about.

4 for me today, lucky 15, acca and ew singles

move in time.newm
dutch courage.newm
sandy lane.ripon
ma filleuile.chelt

had a poor day so far, backed murray as he looked far too nice at the prices. the bookies knew, he didnt give a damn - rancid stuff.

had a tenner on springinherstep at chelts, but the only other id considered in depth was ma filleule, so cant have too many grumbles summat else won.

backed djokovic here in play when he was losing, looks a safe bet.

undecided avout the craven however


edit; went with my gut after watching the donny race again - toronado always looked comfortable that day and confirmed it today. serious guineas horse, IMO. olympic glory on saturday could give them another string.

not having a good week! sandy lane dead heated



hoping for a better weekend.

had a dabble on the challenge cup

batley +32
crusaders +62

thank feck punchestown is next week anyway, been a one step forward, one step back kinda week