Mighty Fine profit

The account continues to move in the right direction, albeit slowly with so many bets called off due to the rain (it's July for crying out loud!) I put up five win bets today - the first three were all too short in price so were 'no bets', and the other two were withdrawn and non-runners.

I had two horses to oppose this afternoon. Escape Route was to run in the class 2 handicap over a mile at Newmarket. He was stepping up in class, running a furlong further than ever before on a stiff track, and his only winning form to date was a class 5 maiden. I managed to lay at 5/2 before the price started to drift like a barge, and i must admit I thought we were on to 3 points profit. However, our hopes were dashed as the horse played up behind the stalls and would not go forward. Not starting the race, he goes down as a non-runner and bets are off! Damn! Still, my other lay bet Mighty Fine was duly beaten at Market Rasen.

So, I managed just one point profit for all today's efforts - but a point is still a point, eh?