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Latics 2 - 1 Crawley Matt Smith 4153

Latics 2 - 1 Yeovil Smith (EDIT: Forgot we had 2 Smiths - I mean Matt) 3657

I like the player at 16 seconds who sees the fans coming and then bolts without bothering to tell the boy who's just scored the OG

Bury 1 - 2 Latics Barnard 5342

I'm rubbish with golf but I've gone each way on Rose, Kuchar and Poulter

Preston 1 - 2 Latics Baxter 8976

Bloody hell, I was top a minute ago. Cheers LL!

Predicted by pretty much everyone - Thatcher's died this morning after a stroke

Fair play to you, I read the first sentence before giving up.

Latics 2 - 0 Carlisle Baxter 4151

I've not put owt on yet but I'm thinking small e/w bets on Seabass, Teaforthree and Across The Bay. I've used my scientific method of one of the faves, one with odds in the teens and one at over 25/1.

I think a sports bar effort would do it for me. When I get down for a game I usually get into Manchester late morning and then either find somewhere in Manchester for food, a couple of pints and the early game or else head to somewhere like the Summit/Greyhound for the same. If I knew I could jump on the bus straight to the ground and get all that in a place where the club would also benefit it'd make a huge difference - even better if it was comfortable, had decent beers and enough staff to keep queuing to a minimum

Latics 2 - 0 Colchester Barnard 3857

Shrewsbury 2 - 4 Latics Simpson 5281

Don't need to read owt else, he's convinced me.

Latics 2 - 1 Bournemouth Barnard 3426

Yeah apologies, put the kibosh on that didn't I? You're right about the week though, I'm not massively into my racing (try to make a couple of meetings a year if I get chance) but love the festival. This is the first time in a few years I've been working the week but luckily I've got all the coverage recorded to watch between the rugby today

Arse.

Not sure my picks are worth owt but in a desperate attempt to rescue my week I have a small E/W accumulator on Rolling Star, Bobs Worth, Salsify and Gevrey Chambertin. I would recommend either Salsify or Gevrey from those if you're wanting a "safe bet". I'll cover myself by pointing out that disjointed seems to be having a better time of it than me and even Pukka has picked more winners

Well that went well.

Right, liking a few fancied horses tomorrow and hoping to make some money back. 13:30 - Dynaste 14:05 - Sam Winner 14:40 - Menorah 15:20 - Reve De Sivola 16:00 - Ballynagour 16:40 - Alfie Sherrin 17:15 - Sizing Australia (carried over from Tuesday) Managed to get matched bets with Sky and Coral so gone for a double on the first two, L15 on first four, singles on Menorah, Reve, Bally and Alfie and still got the E/W I placed on Sizing Australia on Tuesday. No pressure then.

I'd take that after today, better than nowt. Won't be looking at tomorrow until later but I do like Menorah and Reve De Sivola so I'm afraid I might jinx those two.

Ouch, shocker of a day, glad I took it easy. I got The Liquidator E/W in the last and that was my lot. I also completely forgot that Coral were selling money so didn't take advantage of that either

Ok, today I'm looking at Buddy Bolero - Pont Alexandre - Houblon des Obeaux - Sprinter Sacre - Abbey Lane - Zamdy Man - The Liquidator. With the weather being bad again overnight, and the fact I don't know much about the runners today, I think today might be a conservative one.

I can get evens on it being for equinophilia - any value? I had Champagne Fever - Simonsig - Our Mick - Zarkandar - Sizing Australia (E/W) - Quevega - The Druids Nephew, however for some reason I seem to have put Simonsig and Quevega in a treble with MTOY so I've just broken even for the day. Quietly confident on Sizing Australia though Don't really know what's running tomorrow apart from Sprinter Sacre but I'll have a look and try to get my picks to avoid up tonight. Looks like you've finally broke your curse Pukka!