New accounts appear to be watched with an eagle eye and in hindsight it may be better to break them in over the winter with small bets and throw in a few football bets to muddy the water. Keeping accounts open is becoming harder and harder and with me declaring results to a £60 stake is not helping, when I was running multiple accounts with traders that was the figure I used with each, but with things getting worse £40 maybe a more practical amount these days. It was the bigger price bets that caused the problems having to go to the betting shops and use the exchanges and some couldn’t be bothered to make the effort, it was easier to dump it with the online bookies, we covered the whole flat season back then and I could understand that after a while it became a chew.

It could be Vaux’s day to day; he may burst from the stalls and make all, that would be a refreshing change for the horse as he always seems to be held up, have they ever tried blinkers if he’s a keen type?

I notice a lot of the field are syndicate horses, gives us a hint of the type of horse we’re likely to end up with if we join these people.

Good luck today.

PADDYSHITE still limiting my ex to random £4s and £7s.

Taking my dad to Beverley tomorrow. Vaux is running is the reason why. Weather looks awful.

Having a weekend away with my little un. Thirsk on Saturday and Ripon on Sunday.