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A Fantastic Festival!
19th March 2021
The Cheltenham Festival is one of the most important punting weeks of the year for me and a lot of effort goes in during the preceding months to ensure we make a profit.
NMP members enjoyed another outstanding Festival in 2021- with winners advised at prices including 33/1, 25/1, 16/1 and 12/1! A profit of over +40 pts was made on the week.
On Tuesday we had Appreciate It (11/8) and Shishkin (8/11) covered in winning multiples and although we missed out on 30 pt returns on my big ante post Ultima gamble, Happygolucky (20/1 into 10/3 fav), who finished second, and were also agonisingly denied a nice return off multiples involving Concertista, who was nutted on the line by Black Tears in the Mares' Hurdle, we did end the day on a high with Galvin (4/1) landing the NH Chase.
Wednesday was even better - we backed six of the seven winners and only Easysland (second) in the Cross Country prevented us from going through the card.
Bob Olinger (5/2) landed us a nice double when scooting clear in the Ballymore, then we landed the Coral Cup winner, Heaven Help Us, at 25/1 (SP 33/1). Monkfish delivering the goods in the Brown Advisory novices chase (7/4) landed us another little multiple, while we were on Put The Kettle On (12/1) in the Champion Chase, Sky Pirate in the Grand Annual (16/1) and Sir Gerhard at 4/1 ante post in the Champion Bumper. It really was a magical day for members and hearing about some of the multiple returns members have managed makes me very happy!
On Thursday we started slowly, with Envoi Allen (4/5) suffering a shock defeat when falling in the Marsh Chase.
Come On Teddy landed us some place money at 40/1 in the Pertemps Final, though, as did Sire du Berlais (8/1) in the Stayers' Hurdle, before The Shunter (7/2) won the Paddy Power Plate and Mount Ida (13/2), under a quite remarkable ride from Jack Kennedy, romped home in the Kim Muir, despite trading 1000.0 in running on Betfair at one point when dropping to the back of the field.
Friday, like Thursday, started slowly. We had a few more seconds when A Plus Tard (10/1) finished second in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, while Elimay's (2/1) narrow defeat in the Mares' Chase denied us some nice ante post doubles. However, we did have a small bet on Colreevy (7/2) against our main bet in the latter race and ended the day on a high when Galopin Des Champs (25/1) landed the Martin Pipe.
All in all, we managed 13 of the winners over the course of the week (along with a number of placed efforts) and ended the Festival over +40 pts in profit!
Cheltenham Festival less than one month away
14th February 2021
We are now just under a month away from the start of the 2021 Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday 16th March and are in the process of building our ante post portfolio.
Details on how to join the NMP service can be found here.
The Cheltenham Festival is one of the main focal points of the year for us and months of preparation went into making the 2020 Festival our most profitable ever - with over +40 pts profit generated during the week.
Even though Defi du Seuil, Tiger Roll, Paisley Park and even A Plus Tard suffered surprise defeats, which prevented us from landing another 20 pts+ profit, we enjoyed a fantastic week last year, backing the following winners and placed selections;
2020 Festival Winners:
Shishkin 3/1 to 11/4 (Supreme) The Conditional 14/1 to 12/1 (Ultima) Epatante 3/1 to 5/2 (Champion Hurdle) Honeysuckle 2/1 to 6/4 (Mares Hurdle) Dame de Compagnie 16/1 to 14/1 (Coral Cup) Sire du Berlais 10/1 (Pertemps Final) Simply The Betts 12/1 to 10/1 (Brown Advisory Plate) Concertista 5/1 (Mares Novice Hurdle) Al Boum Photo 10/3 (Cheltenham Gold Cup) Chosen Mate 5/1 (Grand Annual) Indefatigable 40/1 (Martin Pipe)
2020 Festival Place returns:
Abacadabras 5/1 to 4/1 (Supreme) Edwardstone 16/1 (Supreme) Fakir d'oudaries 6/1 to 9/2 (Arkle) Discorama 9/1 to 15/2 (Ultima) Darver Star 12/1 (Champion Hurdle) Galvin 9/1 to 8/1 (Northern Trust Novices Handicap) Lord du Mesnil 11/2 to 5/1 (NH Chase) Minella Indo 7/2 (RSA) Bachasson 33/1 (Coral Cup) Queens Brook 8/1 to 7/1 (Champion Bumper) Relegate 12/1 to 10/1 (Pertemps Final) Plan Of Attack 25/1 to 16/1 (Kim Muir) Bob Mahler 25/1 to 20/1 (Kim Muir) Billaway 6/1 to 11/2 (Foxhunters) Shantou Flyer 14/1 to 12/1 (Foxhunters)
2020 NMP Annual Review
30th November 2020
Read all about the profit NMP members made in 2020 by reading my annual review - I discuss the big winners we landed over the year and also pass comment on the final profit figures - which many NMP members bettered.
2020 End of year P/L figures (1st Dec '19 - 30th Nov '20)
Total Pts Staked: 730.71 pts
Total Profit to highest advised odds: +126.56 pts
Total Profit to lowest advised odds: +66.47 pts
Seasonal ROI: +17 % to +9 % (highest to lowest odds advised)
Seasonal ROC: + 158 % to +83 % (using an 80 pt betting bank)
Singles: +75.95 pts to +35.09 from 613.01 pts staked
Multiples: +50.61 pts to +31.39 pts from 117.70 pts staked
