The week that wasn’t
I picked a good week to be ill last week. Never will a chest infection and fever be so well timed!
It’s never fun to be ill but with so much racing cancelled last week and some football, there was little going on in the markets. It can be really tough making money sometimes but a complete absense of opportunity obviously isn’t going to help either. But I actually quite enjoy the lack of pressure to perform and the chance to do something else. I’ve been working so hard for so long that I’d sort of forgotten what a normal life is like!
Another problem I also face, is that on the days where there is one meeting on the card, it’s really tough to get enough out of it to make an material difference. I’ll often just pass on those days and focus on investing instead. Sometimes even two low quality meetings can exhibit the same issues. But I can’t really complain, as this is an issue of scale.
I managed to pull in some reasonable results over the weekend, but other than that I didn’t do much. The snow and ice prevented me from getting far in the car either so it’s been a funny sort of week. For those solely into horse racing its been a bit of a disaster but these weeks are very rare. I can’t remember when the week was so bad from a racing perspective.
It would be a disappointing end to the year if the weather continues like this. I had a good December last year so it would be financially costly this time around. You would guess continued bad weather unlikely, but we need that jet stream to move soon to have a hope. If you are suffering on racing, take time to look at others markets such as greyhounds and football. Both present reasonable opportunities and if you are doing nothing else, they are worth a look.
A rare sight last week
Category: Greyhound racing, Horse Racing
