Makfi was just old fashioned study - I'm lucky in that I have the time available for it. At the moment I'm formulating speed figures for Point-To-Point races (sad or what?).

Makfi was a good horse from abroad - they're often overlooked in the market and whilst he shouldn't have been favourite 8/1-10/1 would have been fair on what he'd done.

Watching the odds comparison sites and exchanges always helps with it - some horses are 25's, 20's, 14's and others are 25's straight in to 8's (these are generally better value as bets) but the bookies on course always want to get them in the book as it's the off-course boys who lay them in the morning and the course bookies always want a bit of the cake

Stoute is a very good trainer - there'll be far worse yards to get info from for sure, though his choice of apprentice jockey does worry me

Anybody else think that batley may be worth a small play @ 15/2??? Dodgy pitch & cats hardly pulling up trees at the mo,rather take the 15/2 about batley than 1/7 cats!!

After watching Sheffield last week, I've done Keighley +20 @ 10/11 this evening.

Yes!! I'll be having a small 80 mins bet on them and I had them getting 12 so nice to see that Skybet have gone up with a 20 point start.

Any idea of the weather for Saturday?

Tazeez was a sitting duck in the end but SP of 9/1 was crazy

Rain according to bbc weather

Thanks Exiled - +20 looks good then. Would add that as I understand it Sherwin isn't cup tied (well at least he isn't according to the Catalans website).

It gets costly though Wire_85 - 30 Euro's for 3 months of French racing, the UK/Irish stuff is free and use my mates Irish Point-To-Point account for that stuff and then £70 a year for the UK Pointing stuff (and even then the video's are only 2 minutes long).

Grand-Steeplechase De Paris this weekend - hopefully have a few good bets on the undercard for all

Keighley

The Racing Post is a good site - didn't become a member because can see everything I need to on the free video sites and reading the form for free on the site or on the ATR site.

There's plenty of good trainers for landing a touch and some who gamble everything and it gets stuffed out of site.

Personally don't like backing short-priced horses, would much rather back 33/1 and 25/1 shots each-way with a bit more on the win part than a 4/1 or 9/4 horse as the same things can go wrong but you get less for your stake

A cool 15/2 @ Ladbrokes for Batley to win. Tempted. I am.

off to pontefract tonight

done my studying and come up with these in each race!

6.30 very well red
7.00 sirgarfieldsobers
7.30 my son max
8.00 sweet child omine
8.30 madamlily
9.00 king of windsor

wont be playing big tonight as did my money lastnight on drop the hammer .. turned out fallon was ill and didnt ride it in the end

Kearney and Langley out for Bulls this weekend.