Hendry overturns Higgins Grand Prix form

It's that time of the week again to update the blog and been a very busy one too, plus the money has been rolling in so long may it continue.
Have been playing mainly on the Bahrain snooker qualifiers and managed to get 12 out of 18 bets up in my favour, plus many of them at attractive prices too, though the main disappointment on the final day was Joe Swail's heavy defeat at odds on against the previously out of form Rob Milkins.
Though as Rob had also defeated Joe 9-1 a few years ago perhaps it wasnt so much of a shock after all; anyhow overall its probably one of the most financially successful forays into the booths of Prestatyn that I've managed, and all that even with only one bookie pricing up too due to Paddies giving it a miss for some reason.
In yesterday's Premier League, the good run continued with Stephen Hendry landing the 11/4 draw no bet odds in his match with John Higgins, running out a 4-2 winner to overturn his defeat to the same player in the recent Grand Prix.
There wasn't alot going for Hendry on recent form but his price looked too big for me to resist here, especially with John having been primarily concentrating on organising his own World Series event in Warsaw last weekend where he was Master of Ceremonies.
That said, Hendry looked much more at home in this match than at any other time this season and remained focussed even when referee Paul Collier wrongly called a push shot against him at a vital stage of the fifth frame, eventually getting a second bite at the cherry and pulling out a tremendous clearance to the black to go beyond recall.
The other match saw Ronnie O Sullivan leading Mark Selby 3-1 before the Jester scrapped his way through the final two frames to earn a draw which puts them both in prime positions in the league table along with Joe Perry, the others looks to be fighting for one place now.
The ice hockey betting has again taken a turn for the worse after the weekend rally so getting close to the stage where I have to seriously consider whether to continue with it, but will keep going for a bit as its early days yet, have been on the wrong side of a few narrow losses this week though.
Another thing is the NHL games are often streamed online and it keeps me up half the night which would be no good if I want to up bright and early working out the form for the days horse racing come the all weather season, for instance was 3am when I went to bed last night after watching Florida v Ottowa and St Louis v Carolina!!
The greyhounds have been pretty kind to me over the past few months so have had a couple of dabbles in the All England Cup at Newcastle, backing Boherna Best at 9/2 (yes I missed the best price) and Motto Star at 20/1, both qualified in the first round heats last night.
Also had a small dabble on Ballymac Under at 9/2 in the Waterford Masters which holds its semi finals at the weekend, he's in by far the toughest of them though.
On the local snooker front our team kept the good start going with a 3-2 win on Wednesday away from home. I myself was beaten but it was probably the best I've played so far this year as I managed a 29 break but unfortunately my opponent was on the top of his game too, knocking in 30, 18, 27 and 16 in four visits to the table (91 points in all) which is a bit too much for me nowadays!!
The Rams have their big match of the season on Sunday against local rivals Nottingham Forest so that should be the highlight of the weekend ahead, not sure I will be betting but the 3-1 win over Norwich in midweek was probably the best performance so far this season, for once we showed some real attacking flair to match our grittiness.
May be meeting an ex workmate from my time on the keyboards at a local beer festival on Saturday night so hopefully I wont overdue it with the early kick off the next day!
Anyway see you soon
Rick