1MillionChallengeMan

Ah the ups and downs of horse racing! Had SILENT CLICHE in a Win Double with CHARMINSTER yesterday. Charminster won nicely but Silent Cliche fell after the Irish horse RADHARC NA MARA impeded him. And how many of us gasped in amazement when Robert Thornton unshipped off INVICTUS in the 1.40 at Leicester when he had the race in the bag? Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory! I don't blame Choc Thornton for losing his stirrup - done it myself - but it was just one of those jaw-dropping moments you watch in disbelief. - As the commentator said "well there's another way to lose your money."

I had TORNADO BOB and GEORGIO QUERCUS providing some consolation for me and consequently I only made a very small net loss of 0.22% overall on the day due to the 'surprises'. I need to make £25.20 profit before 12 midnight on Sunday to be on target this week.

Today I have backed ARALDUR and RADUIS BLEU in the 1.15 and 3.45 at HUNTINGDON in Place bets and also had Win bets on SILVERLORD and KAOLAK in the 1.05 at MUSSELBURGH and on AUGHALOOR in the 1.10 at LIMERICK.

I have also backed LIVERPOOL, CELTIC and RANGERS to win their matches tonight. All the bets are at 1% of the bank except for the Place bet on ARALDUR which is at 2%. Total invested today is 9% and as I said yesterday, I don't expect every bet to win, although it would be nice, but I am hoping to make an overall profit on the day.

Fingers crossed!