Tag: 2011

Farewell 2011

Farewell 2011

No time to summarise the year on this post, hopefully I’ll get the chance in the new year. But just wanted to say goodbye 2011 and thanks for everybody’s support and custom through out the year. It turned out to be a really interesting year, right to the final days!

I managed to bag a four figure race yesterday and did well on the darts in the evening so it’s likely to be a nice sign off for the year.…

31/12/2011 | By More
May

May

Another month has gone and I’m feeling more optimistic about the year as it wears on.

Each year I’m deliberately pessimistic at my chances. I’d rather have low expectations and exceed them, than high ones that force my hand. God knows I spend so much of my life tied up in numbers and so on, I swear I’m going mad some times. However, I’m much more relaxed this year about and have spent a lot of time doing new things; …

02/06/2011 | By More
2011

2011

At the start of the year I decided that 2011 will be a different year for me, let me explain.

Last year I pulled out all stops to achieve a few things left on the to do list. I picked last year as it marked a decade since Betfair started and I joined up. There were only a couple of long term things left that I wanted to do and, despite a poor January and December, I managed to achieve …

19/04/2011 | By More
2010

2010

Already near the end of January and I realise I haven’t talked about what happened last year.

2010 was very satisfactory and I evolved further during the year. Each year that passes I learn more and more how the markets work and why they are priced the way they are. I think this is the thing that I enjoy most, the discovery. Whatever I am doing, I will often have a pen and paper handy in case some amazing thought …

24/01/2011 | By More
December

December

It is quite easy to guess how December went.

With all the weather disruption only a minor miracle could get me near last years December. That didn’t happen and it felt like December could be a write off at one point. But a few decent days near the end of the month salvaged something out of the month but it was still over 50% down on the prior year. Last year did go exceptionally well though, so that decline masks …

03/01/2011 | By More
2011 UK Racing fixtures released

2011 UK Racing fixtures released

And to be honest, after all the rhetoric, it looks better than I expected.

There is a nice summary on the BBC website: –

https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/9029038.stm

24/09/2010 | By More
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