I don’t mind admitting, I hate winter. Once Christmas has been and gone, I just find winter dull. Grey skies, cold, dark most of the time. Perhaps it feels a little more acute this year, what with lockdown and everything, but spring and some warmth can’t come soon enough. It’s one of the reasons, other than the amazing sport on offer, I so love Cheltenham. At least you know that not long after the winner of the Gold Cup is crowned, the daffodils will be out and there’s summer to look forward to. At the moment, as I look out of the window at the dreary remnants of snow on the ground as it’s being gnawed at and slowly disintegrated by the cold and persistent drizzle, summer feels a long way off.
And that mood seems to be embodied in the way the racing is going at the moment, which is pretty darned poorly. If you look at the figures below, there’s nothing unusual or anything causing real concern. No huge downturn reaching the stage of being worrying. But each day feels rather like the one previous in that I just don’t quite believe like we’re going to get a good day. It feels more like we’re just drifting in the doldrums, waiting for the wind to pick up again, fill the sails and push us forward. Don’t get me wrong, I know that wind will come. I’d just rather it arrive sooner rather than later.
Perhaps the stark contrast being provided by the giddy excitement we’re getting from the golf makes this sense of drift more acute. Perhaps I should, in the face of the fact that these past couple of weeks is nothing at all out of the ordinary as far as betting on racing is concerned and is just one of those rather dull spells we inevitably have to go through, I should just stop moaning and pull myself together!
To be fair, Racing Service 1 did have a decent win on Saturday, but a paucity of opportunities has meant bets have been hard to find and what the win did was bring the service right back to zero for the month.
So to sum up then, nothing to get excited about, and we press on…
Bet Alchemist (100pts):Staked 12pts, -3.975pts, roi -33.12%, roc -3.97%, High: 1.15pts, CDD: -5.125pts, Max DD: -5.125pts.
Northern Monkey Punter (100): Staked 27.95pts, -11.861pts, roi -42.43%, roc -11.86%, High: 1.687pts, CDD: -13.548pts, Max DD: -13.548pts
Precision Value (200): Staked 40pts, -9.652pts, roi -24.13%, roc -4.82%, High: 1.792pts, CDD: -11.444pts, Max DD: -12.742pts.
Racing Service 1 (50): Staked 2.5pts, 0pts, roi 0%, roc 0%, High: 0pts, CDD: 0pts, Max DD: -1.5pts.
Racing Portfolio: ROI -31.81%, ROC -5.16%.
*ROI – Return On investment, ROC – Return On Capital (ie. bank growth), CDD – Current Drawdown, Max DD – Maximum Drawdown
