The aussie rules season bowed out today with my pre season bets Geelong Cats failing to hold on to their mantle as flag winners as they suffered a miserable defeat to a hard working Hawthorn side this morning. They certainly had enough chances to convert the match into a win but several individuals picked the worse possible time to suddenly become wasteful in front of the posts and in the end they were beaten by 26 points despite outscoring their opponents 34-25.
Certainly the Cats have been the best team over the season as this was only their second defeat but it always counts for little in a Grand Final and so it proved again, this will probably be au revoir to my betting on the AFL for a good while as it hasnt been particularly successful, especially in view of the ante post bet going down too.
Another ante post bet Wigan also narrowly went under to Leeds in the Super League semi final last night, they put up a brave show under intense pressure for much of the game but didnt really threaten enough at the opposite end of the pitch.
There was better news in the third of the long term wagers though as Durham lifted the County Championship Division 1 at odds of 9/2, going into the final set of matches I was rooting for either themselves or Somerset to do the business while Notts slipped up.
Hampshire really have improved in the second half of the year and they comfortably saw off Notts and with Somerset slumping in front of their home crowd against Lancashire, it was left to the North Easterners to complete an easy innings victory over a demoralised Kent side to take the spoils.
As you may have read the other week I'm on Rainbow View for the 1000 Guineas at 8/1 and she has now shortened to 7/4 after another impressive win in a Group race at Ascot today, this time against a slightly better class of opposition, and I'm still actually kicking myself I didnt get the 20/1+ that was available after her debut run after which I promptly forgot about it, thats the trouble with concentrating on so many sports at once, a problem I intend to rectify with a pruning this year.
Having said that, having now lost some of the summer sports, I am planning to have a punt or two on the NHL ice hockey which starts very shortly as long as I can fit it in along with the horse racing and snooker betting.
There was another good win for my team Derby County today with a 2-0 success at QPR and although I didnt play this time in view of the Londoners strong home record previously, I do think we will be a money spinner on our travels this year if you lay the home opposition as we are more designed to spoil than create at present, as I've mentioned before the lad Miles Addison is a real strong presence in the centre of the park.
The Irish Laurels greyhound heats continue tonight so I'll watch those hopefully tomorrow morning courtesy of greyhound data website and report back any successes or otherwise, will also give my old friend Boherbradda Mac another chance tonight in the sprint final at Nottingham, he cost me a few bob on Monday with a sluggish start but if he can get a clear run he must be in the shake up and seems more reasonably priced in the forecast at 6/4.
Will also give the Shanghai Masters snooker a bit of an airing tomorrow as that starts early on Monday morning, albeit with the local wildcards taking centre stage.
All the best for now,
Rick
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