Week 47 - So, so close now......

That week felt like I was much more in control of things and I've added another step towards the £100k. I am just £6k short of the magical amount now and there are only five weeks left in the year. I need an average of £1.2k a week to breech my target inside the year.

The year has flown by and I am already starting to think about what I do next, any ideas are welcome! I think it interesting to see the sort of comments that have appeared on the blog over the year. Some people are very encouraging whereas some are downright rude! There is also quite a lot of scepticism as well. That's a shame, as I am very grateful for the opportunity to have a crack at achieving the £100k and very humbled by the support and advice I have been given to achieve this.

I think you should be reflective when you look at the numbers I have been achieving. In total they look great but in fact they are made up from lots of little bits. I've 'gambled' on many many thousands of races this year to get this far and it seems to me that if you are prepared to put in the effort it's not impossible to get something out of these markets. Even if you average £1 a race, I think there are probably somewhere in the region of 10,000 races a year, so it doesn't take a massive leap of imagination to get even a small total.

I hope I have a couple of good weeks to take the pressure off else I'll be trading over Christmas to reach the total. Wish me luck!

Week 46 - Yuck!

That was the toughest week for some time. On the Tuesday I had a difficult day and even resorted to trading on the dogs to top up a pretty poor total for the day. I didn't really have any luck, things never went my way, the racing was poor quality and the weather was rubbish. Other than that a good week! I hope I see a return to form next week.

Week 44/45 - Slow but steady

Please excuse the lack of an update. With the early finish to the racing I have been catching up on my social life a bit and showing people I also do things other than sit behind computer all day watching the horse racing!

To be honest, there hasn't been a great deal to talk about also. Things are bumping along without any drama's and the racing is now settled into the winter pattern so, even without weather interruptions, things are slower now any how. The last two weeks are above my the target total I need, so things are looking good.

So far this week thoug, it's been a mare. With the Betfair API problems being the main cause of this. I suspect I will post a very low total next week with the majority of the results reliant on results towards the end of the week. Good luck out there, it's been a tough week.