Show Us Your Winnings

[jono]

Well done Charlie. I had a good week but still going to work tomorrow.

:highly_amused: Same for my OV.

Nothing life changing for me but incredibly happy with the return of this year - my best yet.
Brief rundown:

TOTAL
Staked - 200pts
Returned - 363pts
Profit of 163pts

By day / singles / multiples etc

SINGLES

Tuesday
Staked - 52.8pts
Returned - 78pts
Profit of 25.2pts

Wednesday
Staked - 26pts
Returned - 102.9pts
Profit of 76.9pts

Thursday
Staked - 35.8pts
Returned - 9.7pts
Loss of 26.1pts

Friday
Staked - 23pts
Returned - 22.6pts
Loss of 0.4pts

MULTIPLES

Staked - 62.5pts
Returned - 150pts
Profit of 76.9pts

NON RUNNERS (35.13% of total stake)

Singles - 46.6pts
Multiples - 23.6pts

The first 2 days were superb though could have been SO much better with both Apple's Jade and (like all) Cause of Causes failing which would have added an extra 540pts (AJ 245pts / CoC 295pts)
Thursday was tough and Friday started that way though Blow by Blow and the Paul Nichols Foxhunter winner along with a few places meant it ended up being ok basically breaking even that day.

The Non Runners ended up being higher than I would have hoped for (35%) however I was very lucky in that the non runners were made up mostly from 'lesser' bets and not the key horses I was banking on so I also out of interest very quickly tallied up what would have happened if I had the same bets on the day at SP hence non non runners vs the shorter (though on the odd occasion bigger!) odds and how I would have fared. Can't be taken exactly as some bets/views would have been different but on the same bets (minus the PN special):

Staked - 127.3pts (vs 200pts)
Returned - 72pts (vs 363pts)
Loss of 55.3pts

 

[big H]

I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who contributes to this forum - your insight helped me have my best ever Cheltenham.
All my bets were placed antepost or NRNB. Everything except the shorties were e/w.


Some of the highlights
Coo Star Sivola 14/1
Shantou Flyer 33/1
Benie Des Dieux w/o AJ 4/1
Rathvinden 20/1
Ms Parfois 20/1
Rocklander 25/1
Shattered Love 25/1
Delta Work 16/1
Balko Des Flos 8/1
The Storyteller 10/1
Laurina 5/2
Mohaayed 33/1
Paul Nichols to win Foxhunter 5/1
Early Doors 33/1

 

[Rhinestone_Cowboy]

The results are in.....

Total staked: 195 points (as mentioned before this was all money made from free bets and arbing over 9 months, a bit time consuming but shows what you can do on a low or non-existent budget)
Total non-runners (points lost before the Festival started): 52 points
Non-runner percentage: 26%
Total returns: 390 points (essentially all profit but 195 specifically related to the Festival)

Other stats:
Multiples staked:17 points
Multiple returns: 15 points

Number of horses (singles) backed antepost: 45
Number that were not fit to make it: 10
Injured percentage: 22% (as mentioned before would be interested to see what others had this as)

Final thoughts:
Glad I covered half the field in the Supreme in order to get my money back on the race, also doing some on the day laying for the first time, which took the pressure off a bit

I purposely bet little on multiples but still made a real hash of them, including far too many of the same horses that ended up being non runners. Will improve on that next time.

Hardly touched the handicaps but so annoyed that I didn't have The Storyteller in a single as had him in a few losing mutiples, and for not backing Muhayyed after I said I was going to.

Overall though absolutely delighted with the total return essentially doubling my outlay. Haven't done the maths but bearing in mind my biggest AP winners were:

Footpad 11/1
Samcro 14/1
Buveur Dair 4/1
Tiger Roll 11/1

...I've no doubt that betting antepost was absolutely crucial (compared to waiting until NRNB) in terms of making a profit.

And finally a big thank you to all those on here with far more knowledge than me that shared some cracking analysis which was without doubt the main reason I did as well as I did :very_drunk: