GL George, I've backed Miss Tiki as well so hopefully I don't jinx it

VWD George

Truly outstanding

very well done George great stuff

Top Bombing George

Very well done

any idea how the BSP would compare? otherwise 100 points clear in 6 months if you're getting decent stakes on , top work George.

At Betfair SP after commission (and settled at standard place terms for the each-way bets), the current profit is +161.

But as Hugh Taylor once famously said:

if you'd backed every horse in GB handicaps with 14 or more runners over the last 5 years you'd have made a loss of over 4,000 points at SP - and a profit of over 80 points at BFSP! BFSP can randomly turn moderate tipsters into apparently good ones. It's no guide at all.

Are you selective enough that you only back these? That's the problem with 30-odd races a day. Stronger fancies only pay for the weaker losers.

Wd George gl ...

what a man, well done george

£125 win @ 2-1 on 2nd fav(Chinky) in mens 100m breaststroke tonight. I think Peaty might tie up 10m out. Happy with 2-1 in a 2 'horse' race.

7th in a 2 horse race   Knew I was in trouble when StewartyB tipped it up!

Will stick to horses!

* Lir not Air

Back to normality with three losers.

Slow times at Southwell and it looked tough going for some, well at least for my two there anyway.

Ormolulu seemed to be well enough placed but could make no impression up the home straight. Inner Temple was caught a bit wide from his wide draw but doubt it would have mattered where he was drawn as he was beaten 2f out.

Prince Of Bel Lir managed to end up in the centre of the track at Windsor, but still looked to be getting on terms with the leader inside the final furlong, however, her effort soon came to nothing.

2024 Running P/L: +126.03 pts

Thank you Cobs. Good luck today.

Wolf Of Badenoch, 1pt EW @ 10-1, 2.25 Goodwood

Wolf Of Badenoch is markedly up in class for his second start having won just a steadily-run maiden on his debut at Doncaster (7f, g-s), the form of which could be working out better, but there was plenty to like about how he made up the ground from an unpromising position whilst looking green, only having to be held together and nudged out to score.

There is plenty of stamina on his dam's side of his pedigree so perhaps a stiffer test in time will suit better, but interesting that he's being pitched in here for a yard that also house the recent 7f Group 2 runner-up Seagulls Eleven.

Suicide Blonde, 1pt EW @ 15-2, 8.00 Lingfield (3 PLACES)

Suicide Blonde is still a maiden after seven starts but has shown enough to suggest there should be a win in her, notably when she was last seen on turf at Carlisle (6f, g-f) last August when finishing runner-up to Gutsy Girl, and although no match for that rival, she's a filly who held a Commonwealth Cup entry at one point and is now rated 90 after recently winning an all-weather handicap.

The selection doesn't look short of speed so whether 7f is her optimum trip is a query, but on the plus side she is well-drawn if the field crosses to the stands-side rail, and while this is a belated reappearance, her trainer can have them ready first-time-out.

Binadham, 1pt EW @ 40-1, 3.00 Goodwood (4 PLACES)

A very competitive renewal of the Molecomb Stakes and I'm going to have a speculative each-way pick on Binadham at a big price. He's a late foal who had just turned two when running out a decisive winner at Yarmouth in April, and whilst he might not have beaten anything of note, this 85.000 gns brother to three useful performers with RPRs in the hundreds, created a good impression having been plenty keen enough through the early stages.

Binadham was then absent for two months before being pitched into the Norfolk Stakes, where he wasn't disgraced in finishing 6th of the 13 runners (and one place behind Aesterius, who raced nearside) where he again showed good speed to lead overall in the far side group of five (which included the winner) until around 1.5f furlongs out and remained close-up overall until only dropping out of the places inside the last half-furlong. The selection has since finished a well-held third of 7 in a Listed race at Deaville on ground described as "soft" where he again raced prominently.

Binadham has enough to find on the figures with a few of these but this sharp 5f on quick ground promises to suit, while hopefully his double-figure won't be a hindrance with yesterday's winner of the closing sprint having raced close to the stands-side rail, albeit the other principals were drawn in the three lowest stalls.

Elinor Dashwood, 1pt EW @ 10-1, 7.45 Galway (4 PLACES)

Elinor Dashwood perhaps didn't go on as might have been hoped as a juvenile when trained by Kevin Ryan and racing in the Shiekh Obaid colours, but she's generally been running well since switching to Ireland and appears to be improving judging from RPRs in the 80s the last twice, having recorded a career-best when winning comfortably at Gowran (7f, good) two starts back, and last time at Naas might not have been seen to best effect in trying to close from off the pace but did keep on well to be nearest at the finish and that effort suggested she's worth a try over this evening's trip of 8.5f.

The selection has a tricky draw to overcome but hopefully will be finishing her race off well if finding this run to suit, for a yard which has already had a couple run well in big field handicaps here this week.

Secret Bid, 1pt EW @ 22-1, 6.15 Wolverhampton (4 PLACES)

Secret Bid looked set for a good season when overcoming the outside stall to win over 7f on Lingfield's turf course in May when one of three pull clear, albeit the form could have worked out better. His two turf runs after were disappointing but his latest fourth at Kempton when dropped in trip to 6f didn't look a bad effort behind three who still look open to improvement, and with three previous Kempton course winners finishing behind him.

Secret Bid might not be the most straightforward as he does seem to carry his head a bit high and unusually for one from this stable has worn a noseband, but this course may suit his prominent tactics better and he's well drawn in 4 if the plan is to go forward again, with Paul Mulrennan taking over in the plate.

Both his career wins have come at 7f (including one here on his sole previous course start) so he does have to prove sprinting is his game, but he clearly isn't short of early speed and hopefully can get into a good rhythm and at least hang on for a place.

Diamond Bay, 1pt EW @ 16-1, 8.15 Wolverhampton (4 PLACES)

It looked a big effort from Diamond Bay when winning a Racing League handicap over C/D last September off the same mark he runs off this evening, but the big question is whether he's in the same form this time around having finished a well-held 8th of 13 on his latest start at Ascot when returning from a 76-day break. However, he hadn't seemed in much form earlier this year before finishing a good second in the All-Weather Vase Marathon handicap on Lingfield's Good Friday card when wearing cheekpieces for the first time, and they are reapplied this evening having been left off last time out.

It could be Diamond Bay is going to need another run or two to reach peak fitness following his break, but he looks worth chancing at the odds to make it 3-3 at Dunstall Park.

Unfortunately, Cobs, my theory that Secret Bid might get to the front from stall four proved well wide off the mark, as he was soon behind and stayed there.

Diamond Bay had won what was actually the equivalent Racing League race last season and was off the same mark here, but there was a query about his current form, and the answer to that query as it turned out was that he wasn't in any form at all, finishing tailed off, as the betfair graph predicted.

2024 Running P/L: +118.28 pts

Specsavers for me...Balzarini's race is 6f not 5f

Oh well, he needs to settle better but he still makes a little each-way appeal at the prices and is actually a pound well in, which will count for plenty if he wins a by a pixel

Good luck DG

Ghost Run, 1pt EW @ 12-1, 2.05 Newmarket (4 PLACES)

Ghost Run shaped encouragingly on her debut at Goodwood (6f, good) in May when keeping on to be a never-nearer 5th of 12 with her jockey reporting that she had run green, and might have had an excuse on account of the draw when failing to progress from this at Thirsk (6f, g-s). However, she put that effort behind her with a much improved performance under a change of tactics at Newbury (6f, good) on her latest start when allowed to stride on, finding plenty to see off challengers in the final furlong in what was the quicker of the two divisions. The second and fourth have since run well in defeat.

This is likely to be the quickest ground she has encountered but if handling it she looks open to improvement as she appears to have a bit of size about her and is a half-sister to the useful Nymphadora (also trained by Anrew Balding) who got slightly better with age.

Baileys Polka Dot, 1pt EW @ 16-1, 2.50 Doncaster

There was a query about quick ground for Baileys Polka Dot prior to running on good to firm at Thirsk (6f) in June, but she gave it a good shot from the front, admittedly on a day when there was a tailwind, finding only Alfa Kellenic too good, who has won twice since including a class 2 handicap at York.

Of the selection's two runs since, she appears to have run well in a French handicap, finishing a close-up 4th of 14 at Chantilly (6f), but was poor last time at Sandown when dropped to 5f and finishing last of 8 when wearing a reapplied tongue-tie, which is left off today.

That latest effort has to be a concern with it being just nine days ago, but she's dropped in grade here and can race off the same mark as for the Thirsk run, with blinkers are given a try, and while she is likely to face pressure for the lead in this, hopefully Lewis Edmunds, who rides her for the first time, will avoid getting into a destructive battle for the lead.