We were 1/100 to have an arse slapped today and we'd have collected. More of a surprise that it was mine and not our dashingly handsome worker we'd employed. We also had a small collection of ladies betting with us because we were the prettiest- we gave them the number of a good cataract surgeon. Then looked around and realised we didn't have the sternest of competition so it was a pyrrhic victory.
I picked wrong with one of the picks- went at the far end on the tarmac but the business was decimated by the 3 new pitches at 90 degrees to us facing onto the lawn we usually get our business from. It's a long, long day when you realise you've made a rick.
1) Top 2 in the market in in unexpected fashion on Ladies Day and, in the CairnBet bottom of the market bingo stakes, we had a full house with the winner that we'd taken 4 quid on. Spectacular start to the day- as regular readers know we're almost as likely to lose on those as win.
2) Can you have half a spectacular win? If so, we got it here with 5 losers dotted liberally throughout the book, a relatively solid winner with Desert Hero with a stunner of a place result with each way bullets dodged like an Arnie B movie. We could be heroes, just for one day.
3) Lumiere Rock nearly gave us the hattrick but was snagged by Warm Heart who was 3rd in the list. At least it wasn't one of the seven losers scattered across the book, but it wasn't much of a winner either.
4) We have the older LED board on our joint and it doesn't show a lot of characters. We had a lady who was insistent on knowing the full names. We were quiet so I obliged;
"What's Eldar El?"
"Eldar Edarov love"
"What's Echoes I"?
"Echoes In Rain love"
"What's Nate The"?
"Nate the Great Love"
"What's Courage" "It's the state of showing bravery in the face of severe adversity love"
She was utterly befuddled but I didn't care. It was the best line I'd ever pulled off on track. Even next door was laughing. And then he said "I'd have gone with "It's a bitter love"". Which was even funnier and my balloon was punctured.
And then it was shredded, ripped, destroyed and carelessly tossed in the general waste when Courage Mon Ami (for that was its name) won with Frankie on board from a million in running from 2 great winners who were 2nd and 3rd. Gutting.
5) New Endeavour looked like getting us up and running again but was snagged by the jolly Docklands who was at least a small winner rather than the 8 losers we had. Gutting again though.
6) Snooze fest as 2 small winners battled it out whilst one of our 4 bogeys was 3rd. Profit but not as we know it captain. Decent places though.
7) Yes we did. Of course we did. It was called "Witch Hunter", it was Ladies Day and it was a chunky price. Loser to finish, though not a terminal one.
Don't really know what to make of this one really. Bizarre day. We picked wrong and didn't take anything like we should've. We got off to a fantastic start then barely moved forward for the rest of the day. We do have our expenses covered but need to pick better tomorrow to field what we'd hope. Much studying to be done when we rock up tomorrow. Until then...
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