Day 3 - 1

Afternoon All,

Running a little late after having a bit of a sleep in, slightly hungover but not too bad.

A frustrating day yesterday with just the 1 winner and everything else running a place, one more would've had me going in the right direction. Oh well, let's hope it turns around today :)

Here's yesterdays results

Bet 11 - Wangaratta 4 (2.10pm) - 13 The Noelsta - Won $3.70
Bet 12 - Wangaratta 6 (3.20pm) - 2 Tan Tat Jet - 2nd
Bet 13 - Gundagai 5 (3.38pm) - 4 Murray Cod - 2nd
Bet 14 - Wangaratta 8 (4.40pm) - 3 Needlebox - 3rd
Bet 15 - Gundagai 8 (5.40pm) - 2 Sheezvalue - 2nd

1 / 5 winners (20% strike rate) Overall 4 / 15 (27% strike rate)

Loss $2.60 Overall Loss $11.40

Today's bets

Bet 16 - Betfair (Sandown) Park 4 (2.10pm) - 7 Melpomene
Bet 17 - Rosehill 5 (3.50pm) - 5 Shaketheground
Bet 18 - Eagle Farm 5 (4.00pm) - 7 Another Takeover
Bet 19 - Cheltenham 6 (4.20pm) - 2 Terango
Bet 20 - Eagle Farm 6 (4.38pm) - 2 Alverta

Let's hope there are some winners there.

My 3rd bank also starts up today - it's my quaddie bank. For those that don't know, a quaddie is where you pick the winner of the 4 races that make it up. In the gallops that's normally the last 4 races on the card. I'm betting on my NSW Tab account so that I can take flexi bets - i.e. bet to a percentage of the cost rather than a 1/2 or full unit. You'll notice some small percentages today - hopefully they won't be that small every time but I thought both Rosehill and Betfair (Sandown) Park are wide open.

Betting on my quaddie bank will be 2 * 5% - they are hard to get but hopefully I'll jag a few and keep the bank going for a while.

Here's today's numbers

Rosehill - 1,5,10 / 1,2,5,7,9,10 / 4,6,10,11,14 / 2,7,10 - 1.85%

Betfair (Sandown) Park - 1,2,3,5,10,11 / 1,6,8,9 / 1,4,6,9 / 3,4,6,14,15 - 1.04%

You'll notice the weird race course name - Betfair signed a naming rights deal with the Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) through the week. Sandown Park is meant to become Betfair Park but not many are calling it that yet. Wait and see what happens I guess. Overall though, it's great to see the MRC find another income stream, hopefully they'll spend the money wisely.

And now to the highlight of the blog so far - my sports betting bank :)

Thanks to Davydenko and Murray I'm underway with 2 winners - let's hope I can keep that going :)

Bet 1 - Nikolay Davydenko vs Juan Martin Del Porto @ $1.67 - Won
Bet 2 - Andy Murray vs Rojer Federer @ $2.20 - Won

2 / 2 winners (100% strike rate) Overall 2 / 2 (100% strike rate)

Profit $8.90

Today's bets

Bet 3 - NBA - Pistons + 9.5 vs Lakers @ $2.02
Bet 4 - League - New Zealand vs England @ $1.53

A few clarifications here

* The first team / player mentioned is the one I've backed
* I'm betting on Betfair and the prices are before commission (maximum is 5%)
* Minimum bet will be $5
* Usually I'll bet an actual 5% of my bank, I stuffed up today though and had $5 on each instead of $5.44 - oops

Well that's it for now - I'll be back later on to do an update and post this evenings bets

Good luck to anyone having a punt