As the old saying goes – “pride comes before a fall”.
For the first time since I started this system back at the beginning of May, two successive selections have failed with KOM TU VOUDRAS finishing only tenth.
Having viewed the coverage of the race, I would not be surprised if the mare suffered a minor injury, as she weakened so quickly after losing the lead, but perhaps I am just clutching at straws, when in reality it was a case of poor judgement on my behalf as I decided at the last moment to ‘play safe’ on the favourite rather than betting on my intended selection TWO PAIR.
Still a loser is a loser for whatever reason and at least BANDE ORGANISE finished third for a 0.8 pt return on investment, resulting in a loss for the day of 10.2 pts.
Without further soul searching I will draw a line under today and start the necessary processes to hopefully claw back the profits that have been lent back to the bookmakers over the past couple of days.
It has taken a lot of time and effort to develop this system, with plenty of failures on the way, plus some courage to continue when informed opinion tends to suggest that you cannot make a profit betting at short odds.
Today’s selections are:
12.00 Fairyhouse – KOM TU VOUDRAS – 11 pts for 8 places @ 1/9
Another day that was going to plan with DIVABORIVA finishing second and BIRTHDAY ANGEL winning, prior to MINELLA EMPEROR being pulled up after being badly hampered at the first hurdle, resulting in a loss of 2.3 pts.
Still these things happen and the overall performance of the system remains on target at the end of week 3 despite suffering 2 losing bets this week.
Everything was going to plan with the top 5 selections doing enough to provide a positive return, but then MR WONKA could only finish fifth, which reduced today’s profit to just 1.8 pts.
Law of averages suggested that the system was due a loser before long, so not a major issue.
