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Too much ‘not enough’ racing

Too much ‘not enough’ racing

It wasn’t really a surprise this morning to hear Newcastle had been abandoned. It seems over the last year they have only had a handful of meetings there. Winter hasn’t been great this year for sure, but it hasn’t been terrible and it’s amazing to see how many meetings have been lost.

But worse than that the number of runners at a lot of these meetings is miserable. Today we have only two races on the afternoon card that have …

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Poor show

Poor show

Fired up the racing cards this morning and watched the tumbleweed drift across the screen. Small fields, uncompetitive racing, not a lot to hang your hat on! There are some trading styles will suit the markets today, but I know it won’t really work that well for me. Especially as it’s a Monday. I had a good weekend, so I’m looking to inject some quality, not quantity, into my life today.

I’ll run some automated stuff and perhaps dip in …

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