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Three winners from just six bets meant a massive catch up and profit for the Hosthots yesterday, the prices I got were $2.05, $11 (approx) and $5.5 although Vicbet users got $6. Using the Powerplay program meant a minor bonanza and of course Money Factory users would be beside themselves I imagine, although I have not been able to keep track of this, being a little out of touch while in Tassie last week. The Highstrikers Last Minute Mail had 11 wins from the 18 races and the Last Minute Mail  Specials had a very good result as well. Not  a lot of new players onboard since we reduced the price to just $99 a month so I am a bit surprised at that. I’m also surprised we had a couple drop out of Winform Daily Mail, considering the Hotshot results we have had. I can’t imagine waht it will be like if we have a serious run of outs and we will have one or two, longest losing run so far is 21 yet here we are , miles in front! I fear that runs of outs shake out a lot of people who come on board without an adequate bank . Just by the way, we have now appointed Punters Edge a to market our various punting products and they will have a product exclusive to them, similar to what John Furgal does I guess. Our Place plan has dropped off remarkably but you have to expect this when we only take horses expected to probably lose. Yesterday we missed when Savanna Amour got nutted on the line out of third place , we actually liked both her and Champagne Cuddles each way. The latter has had enough I guess but there is more upside for Savanna Amour, probably in the Spring. The C Plan continuest o perform and as you know we can’t do everything so each subscriber continues to do their own thing. It is interesting that many of our Winform Daily Mail subscribers have stuck to the favourite plan and are doing well and not even adding in the Hotshots. 500 subcribers and 500 methods of attack. It’s all good as long as everyone is winning. Have a good day today.

The continual push to more meetings on Saturdays can prevent a decent list of meetings for other days. Mondays and Tuesdays can be so sparse as to suggest we miss these days altogether. Today Ballina and Geelong grass track are both Heavy, why they are not using the synthetic track I don’t know.  That ;leaves us the synthetic Canberra Acton track and Rockhampton, a handful of races. We’ve run Ballina as a soft track to see if there are more Hotshots today as the weather is fine and sunny. But you have to be prepared to pull those selections, if any, should the expected upgrade not occur. As it happens though, there are none. The challenge to find a suitable Daily Feature today is ;limited to a mere handful of potential races, still we will see what we can do. Yesterday we suggested a place bet as a better option than a ducthbet  ad so it proved with our selection running 2nd to make it five places in five starts for Akvavit, always finding so far, something better. Have a fun day today, I’m taking our preschoolers to Incredibles 2. That gets me a couple of hours out of the offcie anyway.

Our top two rated horses in the Ipswich Cup paid $5.5 and $16 for the place. The odds on favourite Tradesman just got the upper hand in the last stride. They were certainly good each way bets wouldn’t you say? But a place does not give us bragging rights. In the Weekend Feature Race we also got 2nd and 3rd, though these were much shorter priced runners.  We had two maiden selections for one winner @ $2.9. and there were plenty of good winners along the way, we had the Trifecta in the top three race one at Moonee Valley, winner was $21.  Th Highstrikers Last minute Mail had just one special and it won @ $3.80. Winners for the Last Minute Mail were @ 4.9, $6.6, $9.2, $5.5,$5.3, $3.5 , $1.95 and $5.  8 winners from 19 races and a small but greatfully received profit. A reasonable day overall with plenty of winners around. Nracoorte has been abandoned and Port Hedland, well no ones betting on that. A very windy and cold day today. I hope to watch the Knights and Storm game but I’ll do it from my office.  Poor Mat , I have found, had a disease that while the symptoms have ceased, they usually reoccur within a few weeks and he is contagious for 12 weeks or more. We’re just hoping that we didn’t pick up anything, a bit unlikely though as we were all heavily clothed when we embraced. We only got the medical report overnight. Now we know why he was in a single room in a public hospital, it was to keep him away from other patients. Still, he will recover in time , just the usual good diet good hygiene and good attitude to life.

Well after a meeting in Tullarmaine, we’re off to Tassie and boy was our Virgin plane worn out. It was raining both outside  and inside the plane with the flight crew using tape to stop my tray table from moving “please do not touch ” it said. Two overhead lockers were both taped off and it was a full flight. And they went around using chux to stop water leaks onto passengers heads. Lucky it seemed to be flying okay. Launceston was wet and cool but we got into our Sebel suite okay. Off to see Mat today, and if he’s okay, Mowbray tomorrow, to meet. Mat is at home last night but the hospital forgot a script for one of his essential medications. He sounded on the mend today but barely walking, no surprise. The authorities are still tracking down where the cows came from and testing water and soil samples at Mats place. They still don’t know exactly what he has got, only two known similar cases apparently. Anyhow, our two hotshots yesterday both placed at very good prices but I’m on for the win. Off to brekkie now then Mat and see what happens.