Thursday 11 March DAQMAN? SEVEN LAYS OUT OF EIGHT: Daqman’s current sequence of seven lays out of eight (10 from the last 12) is on the line today as he opposes three paper favourites across the cards at Carlisle, Southwell and Wincanton.
Wednesday 10 March DAQMAN? GOING FOR GOLD AT CHELTENHAM: As the going changes, Daqman is firming up his Cheltenham bets with an eye to value from fancied horses that will be favoured by the ground. DAY OF ‘DUCK-EGGS’ THAT COULD BE BROKEN: He also finds several dark horses running today; those with little or no form – a row of ‘duck-eggs’ – but unexposed and likely to do better. Again, the odds are good
Tuesday 9 March DAQMAN? DAQMAN’S ‘NATIONAL’ DOUBLE BID AT EXETER: Daqman, who named the Leinster National winner at Naas on Sunday – Ballytrim (won 8-1) – goes for another marathon win at 12.0 this morning in the Devon National. PLUS AN OUTSIDER AT SOUTHWELL: He also fancies an outsider at Southwell, a 14.5 offer on Betdaq with a special jockey booking. That Nigel Twiston-Davies and Carl Llewellyn would be a formidable partnership was always on the cards; that they would be formidable at Aintree is like being dealt an ace and a king in pontoon and asking: should I have a bet? The Cheltenham trainer has saddled two National winners in the last 12 years, the last one ridden by Llewellyn who, himself, has won it twice, and Razor Royale’s Racing Post Chase success posted a warning for the April renewal from a a race which produced Rhyme ‘N Reason and Rough Quest to score at Aintree in 1988 and 1996. Another Racing Post portend might have proved profitable at Aintree but the 2007 scorer, Simon, a good second at Bechers second time round, was in-running favourite when parting company with Andrew Thornton at the 25th (Valentines). Razor Royale has an ideal rating for Aintree, set to carry 10st 7lb as the weights stand now. His sire, Oscar, has got quality and consistency in his sons, Big Zeb and Black Jack Ketchum, who landed eight wins in a row; his dam is by Strong Gale, which marks him down for serious stamina.
Monday 8 March DAQMAN? 8-1 NATIONAL HIT FOR DAQMAN: The Leinster National at Naas was yet another triumph for Daqman and for Betdaq value yesterday when he named Ballytrim (won 8-1) at bigger offers available in the morning. WEEK OF WINNERS: The Irish success capped a week of winners, including two double whammys (a lay and winning bet in the same race) and naps at 11-2, 5-2 and 15-8. He made a profit in the seven days of 35 points. SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT LAYS UP: Daqman’s lay of the day yesterday was Lerida (3rd 10-3), bringing his recent sequence to 10 out of 12, with seven of the last eight up for a current 88% strike rate. Jump on the wagon late in the day and the band could be all played out and, in any case, when trainer or horse hits a winning streak, you’ll have to bet odds on. Not today you won’t. Philip Hobbs has scored a sensational 15 straight prizemoney wins from first (six), second (five), third (two) and fourth (two) places – no losers – but his only runner today, on a track where his strike rate is around one in four, was 7.0 on Betdaq this morning.
Sunday 7 March DAQMAN? BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE: Daqman’s bets – mainly a sprinkling each way – suggested a difficult Saturday and so it was. But his sequences show a consistency in his main bets, naps and lays. HERE’S HOW THEY’VE RUN: His naps strike rate is currently three out of five (seven from eleven), with their recent placings, latest results last, as follows: 11101011313. His recent lays (W-win money and L-lose) have been WWWLWWWLWWWWWWWLWWWWWWWWLW. Horses with the speed to win a chase at 20 furlongs have had the thumbs down in the Grand National ever since the myth that they could win it was started 40 years ago by a horse called Gay Trip. And trainer Paul Nicholls has had only two placed without winning from 43 Aintree runners. Yet his Big Fella Thanks is now National favourite with only about a month to go
Saturday 6 March DAQMAN? WHAT A WEEK! 53 POINTS PROFIT: Daqman landed both his nap and his lay yesterday for the second time in four days to go 53 points up on the week 11-2 WINNING NAP: His best bet, Salut Flo (won 11-2), was his third winning odds-against nap from four in the week, following Lucky Redback (won 5-2) and Awesome George (won 15-8). The other one was third. FIVE LAYS UP OUT OF FIVE: My Moment (tailed off, 2-1 fav) was his fifth consecutive winning lay, his eighth from the last nine for an 89% strike rate.
Friday 5 March DAQMAN? PLAYING THE PRICES: Daqman is fishing the difficult waters of a ‘two-horse race’ today but also finds big Betdaq value with outsiders at Lingfield and Newbury, which survived a morning inspection. WEEKEND WIZARD: ? Don’t miss Daqman, the weekend wizard, with his jackpot bets and daring lays, plus much much more on the big Betdaq-Extra Saturday racing site. In the good old bad old days, if you were looking at a two-horse race, the bookies would fix the odds so that you couldn’t back both and win. Now that we have Betdaq, the favourites may flip-flop as the race is run and, at some time before and during the event, there might be a margin; you may even be able to back both at odds against. In the 3.10 at Doncaster today, offers on the Daq – as I write – are 1.74 and 2.77, with 18.0 bar two.
Thursday 4 March DAQMAN? NO LOSING DAYS THIS WEEK: Daqman is in top gear ready for Cheltenham, with 37 points profit in three days, two of them with three wins in a row and one break even. NAPS HAT-TRICK BID: His lays are four out of four and his naps two out of two, with another best bet at Taunton today, and three outsiders for Ludlow: 21.0, 14.5 and 10.5 at Betdaq value this morning. The lads in their hundreds come in to Ludlow for the Gold Cup today (with apologies to A
Wednesday 3 March DAQMAN THREE WINS IN A ROW TWO DAYS RUNNING: Daqman, who landed three winners in a row on Monday, hit three more winning bets in the space of 40 minutes yesterday. NAP UNBEATEN THIS WEEK: He followed up Monday’s 15-8 nap with a bold best bet on long-absent Lucky Redback (won 5-2), in fact a better price in running on Betdaq until Jimmy Fortune galvanised him into action for a late charge
Tuesday 2 March DAQMAN? DAQMAN HITS THREE WINNERS IN A ROW: After landing three consecutive lays, Daqman scored three winning bets in a row yesterday at the Hereford and Plumpton jumps meetings. ANOTHER NAP UP: His winners in running order were Awesome George (nap, won 15-8), Lord Singer (won 5-6) and Fishoutofwater (won 5-2)
