Tuesday 20 March 2012

Cheltenham Summary

Thought I would do this briefly.

The Festival was decent to us, and we made it 3 profitable days out of 4, picking 4 winners :)

Day 1

Monday started positively, with Cinders And Ashes locking us in profit from the very first race. Unfortunately that was it, and the day was tinged with sadness over 3 fatalities, including one of out selections, Garde Champetre.

1W - 4L (Win)
0W - 1L (Place)
Win Points = +6pts
Place Points = -1pt
+5pts on the day

Day 2


Tuesday was a really good day, and we nearly came close to recording a hat-trick of winners, but Kazlian couldn't stay on up the hill. Simonsig was a good winner, perhaps a touch fortunate Cotton Mill refused as he looked the only real threat, whilest Finians Rainbow, in some eyes got the fortune with the confusion surrounding whether the last fence was to be jumped.

2W - 1L (Win)
1W - 0L (Place)
Win Points = +6.75pts
Place Points = +1.25pts
+8pts on the day

Day 3

Was the bad one! We had a decent 2pt bet in Holmwood Legend, and 6 other bets, none converting. Oscar Whisky was outclassed by Big Bucks, Buena Vista had strong market support, and that was about it on the positives!

0W - 7L (Win)
0W - 2L (Place)
Win Points = -8pts
Place Points = -2pts
-10pts on the day

Day 4


Again, we were rescued by Synchronised in the feature of the Festival. Sure, some are doubting the quality of the standard of the renewal, but they still are considering the best horses in that class. There was no doubting the excitement of the race, as it looked like a few could triumph. The rest was not great, with a couple not running as expected, as two didn't finish.

1W - 4L (Win)
0W - 0L (Place)
Win Points = +5pts
Place Points = 0
+5pts on the day.

Overall, it was a good Festival to us with 4 Winners, and another selection also converting on the place money. The idea to put up a few selections were simply because of human intervention, and I felt that there was enough reasonably justification to bet some of the bigger priced selections like this - enhanced place terms, or in the case of Finian's Rainbow, a flat 8 runners.

We recorded +8pts over the 4 days, unfortunately the 3rd day did prove to be a blow.

The figures are as such:
24 points staked (win and place)
+8pts profit
Strike rate = 20.83%
Return on investment = 33.33%

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