Even Steven

This weekend i came out all square, with 4 winning predictions and 4 losing predictions, with a gain in money of £1.55.

This Weekend

This weekend sees the start of the F1 season, and it looks like it'll be a good one with so many cars in with a chance of winning. Good bets for the Australian GP are Ferrari drivers Raikkonen and Massa who are 6th and 7th on the grid, but priced at 16/1 to win.
Other good bets this weekend are England to come out fighting against the West Indies on Sunday to win the 4th one day international at 11/10. Wales to beat Finland in the football today at 11/10, and a draw between Northern Ireland and Poland at 11/5, i'm also thinking a draw between Rep Of Ireland and Bulgaria at 11/5.
Also i have one horse for you and that's Above Average in the 4.30 at Doncaster priced at around 6/1.
Other predictions are England, and Holland to win but these are poor odds so no money to be made here.
Good luck, we'll see how I've done on Monday.

Last Weekend

Last weekend was a mix for my predictions, without going over them all again. I had 9 winners and 8 losers, so came out just on top. Then i would have made you a little bit of profit. I'm back in the swing of things now, so keep watching.

Lack of posts

Sorry about the lack of posts over the last few days, but unfortunately i received some very bad family news, and haven't been up to updating. I will get back with predictions for this weekend, and start the Challenge The Hammer feature. Thanks for bearing with me.

The rest of the weekend

I'm dipping my toe in to the world of boxing for tonight's fight between Barrera and Khan, i just can't see Khan winning i don't feel he has a strong enough defence. The price for Barrera to win on points is 9/2, and by KO 19/10, either of these would be a good bet.
The football today offers a good mix of straight forward win for Everton, Chelsea and West Ham, Arsenal will beat Blackburn, Hull and Newcastle to draw is 23/10, Bolton to win at home to Fulham 21/20, Sunderland to beat Wigan 7/5 and Villa to draw with Spurs 11/5. All these are very attractive bets for this weekend.
In the Championship Preston to beat Coventry is 11/10, this is the only good bet in the division.
In rugby it should be home wins for Harlequins and Castleford, but no money to be made here. Then in Union and the 6 Nations, Wales to beat Italy, Ireland to beat Scotland and 11/10 England to beat France.
So there it is for this weekend, go out and earn yourself some money.

Last minute winners??

Just got a couple of tips for the horses today. The first is Always Bold in the 1.50 at Wetherby, this is priced around 7/1, and the other is Youngs Town in the 2.20 at Wetherby, priced at 11/2.
These are very highly regarded and should provide two very good gambles for the day.

Not so close

Well the Gold Cup didn't go to plan but if you backed Neptune Collonges on a £1 each way bet you will still have won some money back. I'll have a word with my dad and get you some better racing tips in the near future.

Gold Cup update

Getting late in the day now for betting on the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but my dad's tip has drifted a bit in the market. It's now priced at 15/2 at William Hill. This is definitely worth a gamble now, even if you go each way.

Talking cricket and horses

The cricket finished in a draw as the West indies hung with 8 wickets down, again i predicted this at 5/4. This means another £2 added to the profit made so far, just to remind you all bets are based on you putting a £1 on.

My dad has given me a horse racing tip for the Gold Cup on Friday, this is Neptune Collonges at 5/1 so there should be a bit of money to be made here, the picture shows the horse in action.

Bright Future

The new system has started really well, out of the 16 predictions i made last week 11 turned out to be winners with 5 losers. some of these were easy to pick like the FA Cup winners. There were some tougher picks like a draw between Sunderland and spurs, and an away win for Castleford in France over the Catalans.
From the 5 bets that i said were good to put money on we had 2 winners and 3 losers, and if you had put a pound on each bet you would currently be £3.30 up with the cricket still to come, and looks like another winner as a draw seems inevitable.

New Start

This weekend sees the start of a new era on this blog. I have been looking at the sports fixtures for this weekend, and picked out who i think will win along with some good bets.
In football there is only one top flight game due to the FA Cup, this is Sunderland v Tottenham there is a little bit of money to be made on this one, and a draw at 23/10 looks good to me. In the FA Cup i can't see the big 4 left in the tournament losing so expect to see Chelsea, Utd, Arsenal and Everton in the hat for the semi's, no money to be made here unless you fancy an outside bet on Burnley to grab a draw at Arsenal at 3/1, or Fulham to Utd at 23/10, but I'd not bother on these.
There may be a few good bets in the Championship i fancy a draw between Derby and Bristol City, and Charlton v Watford both at 11/5. Sheff Wednesday could well surprise Wolves with a win at home priced at 13/8.
Today sees the start of the 5th test between West Indies and England, get your money on a draw at 5/4, both teams have batted really well in good batting conditions in the West Indies.
Again in Rugby League there should be wins for Leeds, St Helens, Huddersfield and Hull. Good outside bet here is Castleford to win at Catalans priced 2/1.
No odds available for Rugby Union, but there should be four home wins on Saturday.

Changes

I came out of the weekend 1 down, so 3 down overall, this has prompted me to make some changes. There are just too many fixtures and it's impossible to pick winners from all the contests.
So from now I'm going to pick my tips of the week, I'll just give my top 10 or so of the week, this means I'll be able to give more accurate predictions. With this I'll give an idea of odds, and what you could have won or lost if you had followed the hammer.
After chatting to a fellow blogger Joe Cuffaro I'm now going to introduce a feature called Challenge The Hammer, this will involve you readers pitting your wits against me to see who will come out on top.
These changes should improve my blog and create more reader participation. The score for the old system finishes on 22 wins and 25 loses.