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Good morning from a crisp Autumnal BetFan Towers, with three jumps meetings today it feels like a change of the seasons in more ways than one and here at HQ we are ready for our biggest jumps season ever.

We have of course plenty of end of season Flat titles to be won and big races to be awarded starting with the small matter of the Arc de Triomphe. I hope Eddie the Satnav my colleague sets off in good time given his record of getting lost he has more chance of finding Noah’s Arc. Is it any wonder his headmaster said he lacked direction in his leaving report.

A real shame that many of the big hitters are missing the race but all of us at Betfan Towers were intrigued to see that Aiden O’Brian had supplemented the Yorkshire Oaks heroine Tapestry at a whopping hundred thousand euros. However minted the Ballydoyle mob are that is some pot of cash which tells me they like her chances. That 16/1 could disappear quicker than the Gambling Dons credit card if Penny sees there is a sale on in the George menswear range at Asda.

But enough of the sartorially challenged Don let’s look at today’s Jumps action at Warwick, a tight speed track think the Chester of the jumps. David Pipe runs Bathwick man in the 3.45 and this recent winner is at the top of his game and can win again. His running style suits this place and 5/2 with Bet365 is a rare act of generosity. Pipey sticks a talented claimed on to negate the weight rise from his recent win and that should be enough.

Stable Line Gold had an excellent September and armed with some new jumps contacts we are going to smash it this jumps. Be with me don’t wait to hear about it from me.

Back next week and as I’m doing sober October for two wonderful charities you can guarantee I will be here in good humour and laughter………. not.

There’s a lot of Churchill quotes at the moment so I will have a go…

Have a look at their latest offer for two years no claims. Oh yes…..

Back next Thursday.

Simon Holden
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Its been a week of Bookmaker pulverising at Stable Line Gold and we sit on top of the BetFan Top Ten with 75 points of profit in our pockets. We are only four days into the month of course and there is plenty of scope to go serious pot hunting with a busy few days and then Doncaster next week.

I’m leaving Wilson the BetFan Towers caretaker a list of jobs to do next week in full knowledge that none will be done correctly if at all. It’s this commitment to poor quality work that really makes him standout!

The Leger Festival has grown into a proper four day feast of racing and here at BetFan we are all aiming to be at the top of our game. Like many of you I’m keen to follow the exploits of the so called Tartan Tipster Jimmy Welsh as he battles it out with Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt oh no sorry it’s BetFan’s Artful dodger himself Andy Bell they really do look so alike it’s no wonder people mistake them for one another. It must get very annoying for Parfitt when he is stopped just as they are about to go on stage by someone asking if he has any info for one in the claimer at Yarmouth.

I had the “pleasure” of interviewing the guys for BetFan TV at the Ebor meeting and can confirm there was genuine needle off camera. The Artful Dodger appears to have got under Jimmy’s skin with jibes about him being mean and a notorious tightwad. These hurtful remarks have upped the ante somewhat for next weeks challenge, I know this to be true as Jimmy told me whilst I was buying him a drink yesterday.

Stand by your emails because this could be the most exciting tipping challenge we have staged and you will have two of Britain’s very best tipsters in your corner over four days on the Town Moor. Remember it’s winner takes all on these events so there is everything to play for.

On to today and Salisbury stage a very strong midweek meeting with the highlight being the Dick Poole (stop sniggering) Fillies Stakes. Super field have turned up but they might all be playing for second place because the fave Marsh Hawk might be a bit special. From the Hannon yard she destroyed a decent field on her debut and I mean destroyed. This yard has so many good two year olds they really can spot when one is top drawer and they think this one is. 15/8 with Paddy Power should be snapped up this morning as I think she will be the subject of some hefty wagers.

So join me at Stable Line Gold as we have two more months of big flat racing action to go and I really don’t want you to miss out any longer!

Back next Thursday.

Simon Holden
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At Stable Line Gold we had a solid profitable Goodwood and then a big win on Sunday so we really are heading into the late flat season in good form. The key is quality info from the right people which is a lot harder to come by than you may think.

This game is full of “A bloke said in a pub his mate has been told they like this horse” that’s opinion and gossip that’s not inside information. By its very nature genuine inside information is tricky to come by as gambles can be foiled or prices can disappear quicker than Eddie the Stat when it’s his round.

We also have the increasing problem of false info and early morning stitch ups to manipulate the market, since our friends at betdaq and betfair have joined the party this has become much more of an issue. If you can get the word out early that your horse is badly out of form and get that price drifting the lemmings will join in as they always do and you can have no end of fun in the five minutes before a race.

The key for me on behalf of Stable Line members is to filter the correct stuff and ignore the rest. It’s not an exact science but you do start to understand how it’s done.

And so today well there’s plenty of racing but it’s mostly terrible but I can share with you a good bet and it runs at Haddock this afternoon in the 4.40. The horse we need to be on is the Derek Shaw trained Borough Boy available at 100/30 with betvictor. Borough Boy ran a good race to be beaten a length at Warwick in what looked a better race than this. The feeling is that has brought him fully to the boil and with Franny Norton booked there is a lot of confidence behind this horse today.

Join me at Stable Line Gold and be part of exciting insider gambles, get on early in the morning and get the value!

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Simon Holden
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Britain is bathed in sunshine and as we sit one day away from Yorks two day Sky Bet meeting historic news emerges from the Knavesmire.

Gentleman will be able to just wear shirt and ties and jackets can stay at home. This is the modern world as Paul Weller exclaimed all those years ago and it seems the clerk of the course has listened to the pleas of sweltering male racegoers and relented. Last year during the savagely hot long Summer there was many a collapse in the heat from men wearing Black Suits and dark ties with buttons done up.

Now as many of you know I am considered by many at BetFan Towers as something of a fashion icon/spokesman, they say I look and dress like George Clooney (I can’t see it myself). When I see the state of Andy Bell, TGD and the Shrewd Tipster aka The Tartan Tipster Jimmy Welsh on course it takes the gloss off my status somewhat.

My advice is always wear a lighter if not white suit when racing in the Summer it will help avoid the old heat collapse which leaves you explaining to pals (it must be my tablets, when you know you aren’t on any tablets!)

After racing tomorrow we are promised the Beach Boys live a title itself rich in irony. The idea the guys can make it on stage unaided is pushing it never mind onto a surfboard but I’m sure it will be entertaining. Racing must adapt and seek out new audiences and the Summer Concert is certainly popular whether many who attend then go onto follow our great game day in day out is questionable but it can’t hurt. And as one of Jimmy Welsh’s heroes Phil Collins once said “No jacket required.”

Today sees lots of racing and then lots more tonight and on Stable Line Gold we’ve hit the books hard with our last three bets winning. Mick Quinn the man they called Sumo has at last got a decent horse again and though the price is nothing to Skype home about he can bag us some winnings the way he used to bag the goals in.

The horse is Refuse Collette and runs in the 5.35 at Yarmouth. Take the 4/5 with Bet365 because I think they are going to hammer this one.

So stay cool, join Stable Line Gold as we continue smashing the Books up and if you see a surf board near the Beach Boys dressing room, it isn’t theirs.

Back next Thursday.

Simon Holden
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At last some real Summer Weather, yesterday had me sweating like a Games Teacher at a parents night.

Newmarket last week saw separate meetings with those two BetFan gunslingers the Gambling Don and Andy Bell.

The Don a man who would wear a dinner jacket to the chip shop was locked to the members bar for the two days I was there given the monsoon conditions.

It really was horrific but the Don was holding court with various Newmarket luminaries all dressed like something from an episode of Jeeves and Wooster. His affectionate remarks concerning Andy bell were “He’s not with you is he” what a team player eh!

Bell himself was to be found at the local phone shop where he showed an uncanny knowledge of phone technology that he had kept well hidden. He proved this by saying to the Woman behind the counter “Could you do it” she then proceeded to turn the phone on!! I don’t think Betfan have to worry too much about him being poached by British Aerospace. He clearly is related to Alexander Graham himself.

It was then back home at Dawn on Saturday morning or what felt like friday night to John Smiths day at my local track where the rain of Newmarket gave way to Glorious sunshine to the point where jackets were allowed to be taken off in the County Stand. It was roasting and a vast crowd enjoyed some terrific racing where Farraj was a very good winner of the John Smiths. Mr Varian is turning into one of of the stars of the Training game and it won’t be long before he starts winning classics.

No classic runners on show today but I do have another good bet for you. These Thursday column bets are showing a big profit and are a taster of what you can expect from Stable Line Gold itself. So join me and get the inside line on some Major Gambles.

Today we go to Brighton in the 3.05 and I really have a big word for Iseemist 2/1 with William Hill and rates a good win bet. The excellent John Gallagher trains and though not a big name he is very, very shrewd and they like this one he is professing nicely.

Have a great day and lets hope Iseemist gives us another Thursday winner.

Back next Thursday.

Simon Holden
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A great start to the month after an excellent June is putting Stable Line Gold where it needs to be!

This is mid season when Trainers start to get a real handle on all their horses and what they are capable of at least the good ones do.

That’s where good gambles start when a Trainer has convincing evidence that his horse is good enough to win and can tell connections to have big bets. The relationship between Trainers and owners depends largely on these moments going well because even for syndicates horses are expensive commodities.

There is of course huge choice out there and some owners move their horses around like musical chairs which is not always a good thing. You can work out long term relationships that work well when you see the same Trainers horses spout the same colours year after year. The lines of communication are working well even if not every gamble comes off.

At Stable Line Gold we get enough right to make significant profits since we started so my relationship with my customers is a similar one. Join us and be part of it.

Today’s bet is from a Trainer who certainly understands his job Mark Johnstone who runs Alexmyboy in the 4.20 at Haydock. Alexmyboy blew the start at Ascot big time but finished like a train and since then has worked superbly I’m led to believe. 5/4 with Coral is the price and providing there’s no repeat at the stalls he should be far too good for these.

Have a great week and join me the team in form.

Back next Thursday.

Simon Holden
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Our Ascot Special bet ran a stroker to finish third last week at 33/1!!! That follows on from two winning bets the previous two Thursdays. Lets bang another one in today!!

Hope everyone had a good Ascot at Stable Line Gold my customers certainly did with a whole host of gambles landed and fittingly we ended the week with a win bet at 5/1 on Pique Sous who turning into the home straight already had a lead as long as my hoover!

Willie Mullins is some Trainer and who knows we may see this horse back next year but in Group races and he possibly runs on Saturday in the Northumberland Plate but that would be a huge ask just a week after a distance race win at the Royal meeting. However if any yard can do the seemingly impossible it’s that chap Mullins.

My colleague the Gambling Don was fuming yesterday (nearly as angry as when I told him Andy Bell had ordered the last Cornish Pasty in the concession stall at yarmouth) and with good reason when Prize Exhibit was allowed to run at Salisbury after chucking off Ryan Moore and touring Wiltshire at high speed before joining up with him at the start ages later causing the race to be delayed. As a punter it’s hard enough without watching your horse do solo circuits of the track wasting energy. A simple rule that if a horse throws its rider off on the way to the start and bolts more than a furlong he must be withdrawn would stop this happening, there could even be an insurance pot that gave connections their expenses money back if they were ever to think of such things when asking a horse to still run!!!!

This needs stopping now because with the World Cup, Wimbledon and countless other Sports to bet on if Punters feel they are not getting a fair run they will take their cash elsewhere.

For our Thursday bet lets go to Hamilton tonight and Salvatore Fury in the last part owned by our colleague and friend Jimmy Welsh the Shrewd Tipster. Everything is in place for this horse tonight and Joe Fanning takes the ride. Trainer Keith Dalgleish would lose out to Ryan Moore in a laugh a minute contest but he has apparently promised a slight smirk if this one goes in tonight. Take the 100/30 with Betvictor, if he wins Jimmy has promised to buy everyone who is with him a free drink. He later announced he was watching the race alone in a phone box on his iPad which somewhat took the edge of this seemingly generous promise.

Join me at Stable Line Gold where winners and big insider gambles are our bread and butter, we are riding high in the monthly table today so get with us this is our time of year.

Back next Thursday.

Simon Holden
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Our successful month continues at Stable Line Gold and on reflection Epsom was probably 1-1 between punters and Bookmakers.

The Channel 4 coverage left a lot to be desired with the exception of the always superb Nick Luck who at times you feel almost sorry for given the state of the rest of the team. Tanya it transpired was ill on Friday so we had Brian Gleeson our IRISH visitor on his own I say this because our IRISH visitor Brian Gleeson only likes to talk about horses from IRELAND!!

I really never thought I would hear myself mouth the words welcome back as Tanya returned on Saturday stuttering and mumbling her way through the betting but mouth the words I did shortly before shouting the words where’s the remote I’m watching Racing UK now.

RUK’s coverage was spot on but a strange choice of guest for many in Ruby Walsh, I’m now expecting their Grand National coverage to be fronted by William Buick. Lydia Hislop is by far the best interviewer going especially compared to Channel 4’s increasingly inane Richie Persaud. She asks pertinent questions as opposed to Persaud’s stock “So where will we see this fellow next time Aiden?”

And why does Aiden O’Brian always say Listen at the start of each sentence is he inferring that nobody ever listens to him which as one of the Worlds great Trainers surely cannot be correct. To be fair O’Brian was at his most humble on Saturday and quick to share the accolades around the team unlike many in the Training Ranks.

What now for Australia well personally I would love to see him drop down in trip and run in the Coral Eclipse and then the Juddmonte at York but Listen I will be guided by the boys in the yard!

A good winner for us last Thursday so lets keep that momentum going by backing the exciting Etaab from the Haggas yard. He scooted away from his rivals last time and his American Stallion Street Cry breeds horses who love the firm and that’s what he will get at Yarmouth today.

3:50 Yarmouth – Etaab – Win Bet 7/4 (betvictor)

Back next Thursday.

Simon Holden
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Stable Line Gold – Epsom Derby

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Derby week is upon us with weather we associate more with deepest mid winter and despite the official statements the ground will surely be the worst we have seen at Epsom for many a year.

This has led to an alarming drift out on the favourite Australia who this time last week was odds on for Derby Triumph but as I write he is out to 11/8 with Betvictor. That’s huge at this stage of a Derby market and shows that there are huge concerns with the ground for Australia.

I personally felt his price was incredibly short anyway as despite being told he was the best horse they have ever had he failed to win the Guineas but the price he went to for the Derby was a price he should have been for an easy Guineas win. The Bookies are of course terrified of the O’Brian yard and you could argue with good reason.

However every year we hear Aiden and now increasingly his son Joseph tell us they have the best horse they have ever had. We heard it about Camelot and George Washington and Hawkwing, some went on to true greatness others didn’t. Given that Ballydoyle is a Stallion business above all else I suggest a degree of caution when these wonder horse interviews are given. We have no proof that Australia is anything but a good horse just yet which doesn’t mean of course he isn’t the greatest ever just that we haven’t seen it. Why didn’t he win the Guineas if he is so amazing? Who knows!

On pedigree he could act on soft but this drift suggests there are at least concerns so lets wait for the day because I have a feeling some major layers sniff a chance to get him so we may see a big drift and then a decision made by the yard to back him. It’s almost as fascinating as the great race itself!!

The first race at Southwell is no Derby and in terms of poor attendance one man and his dog have just given backword because of the rain but it does contain an excellent betting opportunity. 2.20 Southwell sees Shades of Silk return after his easy victory last time. The handicapper has put him up 6 pounds but I doubt that will reign him in and he looks a smashing bet on a typical day before a Festival.

Free Tip:

2:20 Southwell – Shades of Silk – Win Bet 11/10 (bet365)

At Stable Line Gold we have started June with a bang and aim to hit them where it hurts at Epsom.

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Simon Holden

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The unique setting of Chester reminded us yesterday that there is no place like it to reveal the talents of a jockey.

We always hear the pundits talk about how some horses do not handle this track well let me extend that to the fact that some jockeys don’t either and the usual suspects were at it again yesterday.

William Buick may have ridden many Group 1 winners but take him to Chester and he struggles, his ride on Bright Approach in the Oaks Trail should have led to him being put on Trial! Time and time again this track finds him out and I can’t believe his boss John Gosden was impressed or the people who had backed it.

Buick was by far from the only Chester “specialist” on show as our old friend Joseph O’Brian yet again proved why he should book a weeks holiday at this time. The concept of the tight turns and being near the leaders seem beyond him here and like Buick he has the uncanny knack of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Compare their riding with that of Ryan Moore who yet again proved he is in a league of his own. It was another Moore master class and the grumpy one has proved this flat season yet again that he is worth half a length on anyone. All jockeys make mistakes but Moore makes very few and is rarely too far back and is rarely going too quick. He can also give them a very power packed finish when needed and is riding at the peak of his powers. Whilst unlikely to be offered a team captains job on A question of Sport or a lucrative after dinner speaking job Moore is the ultimate professional as he has proved again this week.

We are now in a very busy stretch of big meetings with Chester now and the huge Dante Festival next week, get with Stable Line Gold as we have some monster gambles lined up, it’s business time!

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Simon Holden
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