Monday 30 November 2020

FA CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW, MONDAY 30th NOVEMBER [BBC1 7PM]

 LIVE DRAW MONDAY 2nd DECEMBER

The draw for the Third Round of this years Emirates FA Cup will be made later on tonight, it will be broadcast live on the BBC One Channel from around 7pm and will not include my side AFC Wimbledon after we were brushed aside in a poor game by Crawley Town on Sunday afternoon. It's still very much a feature day of the seasonal calendar as the top flight sides from the Premier League and the Championship enter the fray into the greatest knockout competition in the world.

There are 64 Numbers in the "hat" for the Third Round, The 44 clubs from the Premier League and Championship enter the fray at this stage, joining the 20 clubs who prevail from this weekend's second round ties. 
Just before our final second round tie between Canvey Island and Boreham Wood, two of the remaining non-League clubs who will be keen to see what lies in store for the winners. The draw remains one of the most-anticipated events in the domestic football calendar. The third-round draw throws up the possibility of small or part-time clubs facing big-time opponents. .


Mark Chapman will host the BBC 1 programme and will have a footballing guest in charge of the draw, former Leeds United forward Jermaine Beckford joins Mark while Robbie Savage is drawing out the teams
This season's third round proper will take place across the weekend of Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th January 2021, with the 32 winning clubs at this stage collecting £82,000 from the competition's prize fund.

The draw will be updated here as it unfolds live;

      Huddersfield Town    Vs    Plymouth Argyle
      Southampton    Vs    Shrewsbury Town
      Chorley    Vs    Derby County
      Marine    Vs    Tottenham Hotspur
      Wolverhampton Wanderers    Vs    Crystal Palace
      Stockport County    Vs    West Ham United
      Oldham Athletic    Vs    AFC Bournemouth
      Manchester United    Vs    Watford
      Stevenage    Vs    Swansea City
      Everton    Vs    Rotherham United
      Nottingham Forest    Vs    Cardiff City
      Arsenal    Vs    Newcastle United
      Barnsley    Vs    Tranmere Rovers
      Bristol Rovers    Vs    Sheffield United
      Boreham Wood    Vs    Millwall
      Blackburn Rovers    Vs    Doncaster Rovers
      Stoke City    Vs    Leicester City
      Wycombe Wanderers    Vs    Preston North End
      Crawley Town    Vs    Leeds United
      Burnley    Vs    Franchise FC
      Bristol City    Vs    Portsmouth
      Queens Park Rangers    Vs    Fulham
      Aston Villa    Vs    Liverpool
      Brentford    Vs    Middlesbrough
      Manchester City    Vs    Birmingham City
      Luton Town    Vs    Reading
      Chelsea    Vs    Morecambe
      Exeter City    Vs    Sheffield Wednesday
      Norwich City    Vs    Coventry City
      Blackpool Town    Vs    West Bromwich Albion
      Newport County    Vs    Brighton and Hove Albion
      Cheltenham Town    Vs    Mansfield Town
   
Good luck to all in the 3rd round, except for the 'Franchise FC' naturally, as for us real Dons will have to get back to the league one form in the meantime. Imagine Marine vs Spurs and Arsenal vs Newcastle will be two of the ties picked for TV but will wait and see. 

Sunday 29 November 2020

FA CUP SECOND ROUND - AFC WIMBLEDON vs CRAWLEY TOWN - SUNDAY 29th NOVEMBER 2020

AFC Wimbledon vs Crawley Town Round 2
This weekend the Dons will host Crawley Town in the second round of this seasons FA Cup. Having recently returned to Plough Lane, caught Coronavirus and eventually beat Barrow 4-2 on penalties last Thursday night in round one, it's been a busy time. Of course this is a competition that we have fond memories of, and hopefully we can progress once more into the third round draw on Monday night if recent games haven't taken too much out of the squad.

FA Cup Round One vs Barrow

Crawley have been seen by many (not us) as 'rivals' during our tussles in their Steve Evans era, but much has changed since then. They are now managed by John Yems and currently find themselves in 15th place [18 points] in League Two but we all know league form goes out the window in the cup. Crawley come into the game in need of a victory, after suffering back-to-back home defeats. Former Crawley striker Ollie Palmer returns looking for his first goal for the Dons, can he secure that against his old side in the Cup?

FA Cup Round Two

FORM GUIDE

(Last 6 matches in respective leagues, starting with most recent)
AFC Wimbledon -- LWDDWD
Crawley Town -- LLDLWW



FA Cup Round Two
LAST TIME OUT

Barrow AFC 0  AFC Wimbledon 0
Dons won 4-2 on penalties

Crawley Town 1  Grimsby Town 2


Updates will be published with team news and more as and when it comes through. Wimbledon's recent form is fairly good having picking up some vital points to leave us in midtable and the biggest achievement this season was also completed on Tuesday with the return to football at the new Plough Lane Stadium. Naturally there are no points to be had here today, just cup glory and a step ahead to a big tie later on (maybe) where the aim is Tv money rather than any gate receipt given there are no fans for the foreseeable future. More news nearer the weekend when available, and then the second round draw will be at it's regular time on Monday night
. Expecting a number of changes for the Dons having played three times in the past week already including the extra time effort against Barrow and the long trip back home.

Line Ups (Confirmed);
AFC WIMBLEDON

AFC WIMBLEDON 
Win Odds - 11/10 [William Hill]

Trueman (Gk), Heneghan, Csoka,  Thomas, McLoughlin, Chislett, Hartigan, Reilly, Seddon, Palmer, ⚽Pigott (c)

Subs - Tzanev (Gk), Woodyard,  Nightingale,  Alexander,  
🟨Rudoni,  Guinness-Walker,  Longman


Crawley Town FC

CRAWLEY TOWN
Odds -- 13/5 [William Hill] 

Morris (Gk),  Sesay,  Craig,  Tunnicliffe,  Dallison-Lisbon,  Tsaroulla,  Hessenthaler,  Bulman,  🟨Powell,  Watters,  Nadesan

Subs –  Nelson (Gk),  McNerney,  German,  Frost,  Matthews,  Ashford,  Galach




Selected Bets;
    First half over 1.5 goals @5/2.  YES
    Penalty awarded @11/4.
    Ollie Palmer to score anytime @6/4.

⚽H/T Score – 1 - 1    [Pigott 22']   [Nadesan 30']

First Half Comment;
A home FA Cup tie at Plough Lane against Crawley, live online and its Wimbledon who kick us off to get round two underway and the ball is quickly lumped up to Ollie Palmer, hopefully we will settle and give the ex Crawley Town front man the opportunity to score against his old side. Ball is spending a lot of time being punted up and down the pitch, very little in terms of goal action so far after fifteen mins. Chislett is creating some opportunities for the Dons but the final ball needs to improve, Crawley committing a few fouls (as usual) hopefully the ref can get his cards out soon. Finally the breakthrough as Chislett blocks a Crawley break gets a smashing cross in and Joe Pigott is unmarked in the box to power the header home 1-0 Dons. While we appeared to be on top for a while it only took one decent pass by Crawley to undo our defence Jack Powell slips in Ashley Nadesan to dink home and even it up at 1-1. Strong aerial challenge by Ollie Palmer leaves a Crawley player on the deck, we need to use our strength up front to get into them more few more strong tackles going in as the half begins to come to a close.

⚽F/T Score – 1 - 2    [Watters 50']

Match Summary;
Losing in the cup is bad enough, losing to a crappy team like Crawley is terrible. One shot on goal all game, very slow, very poor and deserved nothing from that. The fact we struggled against Barrow too shows we are a league one side in name only. Fed up with this lack of desire.

My Man of the Match – Chislett, at least he tried.

Referee 
– Our referee for this afternoon's second round FA Cup tie will be Mr Robert Lewis from Shrewsbury who has been around for a long time and we should be in safe hands. Doesn't show too many cards, that might change today given the so called rivalry, he last took charge of us last December which resulted in a 2-1 win at Bristol Rovers. Will be assisted today by Paul Lister and Christopher Kidd on the touchlines and our fourth official is Gregory Read. 

Attendance – None at present in FA Cup, maybe soon. 

Next league match:
Wednesday 2nd December vs Peterborough United (Home)
League One 6:00pm

AFC Wimbledon back in Plough Lane

Thursday 26 November 2020

FA CUP FIRST ROUND - BARROW AFC vs AFC WIMBLEDON - THURSDAY 26th NOVEMBER 2020 [Re-Scheduled]

This fixture has now been scheduled for Thursday 26th November @7:45pm with the winners set to host Crawley Town in the second round on Sunday 29th.

Delayed due to an outbreak of Coronavirus the Dons will finally travel away to Barrow for their first round game in this seasons FA Cup. Having recently returned to Plough Lane and the fact that all games continue behind closed doors slightly dampened the enthusiasm around the start of the FA Cup for me anyway. But of course it is a competition that we have fond memories of, and hopefully we can keep hold of a lead for more than a few minutes perhaps. Both sides have games in midweek, which we both lost, but there is hope that will help to get us up to speed following our brief layoff. Dons have also acquired a new defensive force in Ben Heneghan from Sheffield United, Ben had been on loan at Blackpool. 

Barrow won the National League last season and returned to the football league having been voted out of the league in the 1971-72 season, there was no automatic promotion and relegation and they were replaced by Hereford United way back then. They are now managed by David Dunn the ex-Blackburn midfielder and currently find themselves in 19th place on 13 points in League Two but we all know league form goes out the window in the cup so let's get into them today.


FORM GUIDE

(Last 6 matches in respective leagues, starting with most recent)
AFC Wimbledon -- LWDDWD
Barrow AFC -- LDDLWW



LAST TIME OUT

Gillingham 2  AFC Wimbledon 1

Barrow AFC 3  Oldham Athletic 4


Updates will be published with team news and more as and when it comes through. Wimbledon's recent form is fairly good having picking up some vital points to leave us in midtable, winning late on last weekend 1-0 against Rochdale followed by a 2-1 defeat against Gillingham on Tuesday night. The biggest achievement this season was also completed earlier this month with the return to football at the new Plough Lane Stadium. Naturally there are no league points to be had here today, just cup glory and a step ahead to a big tie later on (maybe) where the aim is Tv money rather than any gate receipt given there are no fans for the foreseeable future, for the winners a home tie against Crawley Town awaits them on Sunday which will be part of the BBC FA Cup coverage and a bit of extra money there
. Barrow's manager David Dunn has made ten changes to his starting eleven for this evening’s Emirates FA Cup tie against AFC Wimbledon [at The Progression Solicitors Stadium (7.45pm kick-off)]. Jayden Reid and Dimitri Sea are both handed their first starts for the Club, while top scorer Dior Angus returns to The Bluebirds attack for the First Round encounter. The Dons have also made several changes with a start for Nik Tzanev in goal, while Ollie Palmer starts up front with Joe Pigott on the bench. 

Line Ups (Confirmed);
AFC WIMBLEDON

AFC WIMBLEDON 
Win Odds - 13/8 [William Hill]

Tzanev (Gk),  Csoka,  🟨Nightingale (c),  Thomas,  Rudoni,  
🟨Guinness-Walker,  Woodyard,  Hartigan, Alexander,  ðŸŸ¨Palmer,  Chislett

Subs - Cox (Gk),  McLoughlin,  Longman,  Kalambayi,  Reilly,  Pigott,  Seddon




Barrow AFC


BARROW AFC
Odds -- 17/10 [William Hill] 

Lillis (Gk),  ðŸŸ¨Hird (c),  ðŸŸ¨Gribbin,  ðŸŸ¨Kay,  Zouma,  Wilson,  Angus,  Ntlhe,  Sea,  Taylor,  Reid

Subs –  Maloney (Gk),  Brown,  Brough,  Taylor,  Quigley,  Biggins,  James


 


⚽H/T Score – 0 - 0

First Half Comment;
Wimbledon kick off this cup tie and immediately have the first chance in 30secs which sadly is wide of the mark, good intent though. Ollie Palmer starting and looking to make the most of the opportunity has a couple of early chances, surely only a matter of time before he gets one on target. Opening 15-20 minutes pass without too much fuss after that opening flurry, but Dons still using Palmer as the go to target man. Barrow's Dimitri Sea has a couple of chance, misses with a header then has a left footed shot going wide. Ethan Chislett has a shot blocked for Wimbledon followed by a flurry of corners but so far there's no end result, still applying pressure we need the opening. Dons captain Will Nightingale picks up the first booking of the evening with about 10mins to go till half time, quickly joined in the refs book by Barrow's Callum Gribben. 

⚽F/T Score – 0 - 0    [Match going to Extra Time]
AFC Wimbledon win 4-2 on penalties

Match Summary;
A fairly dreary game to be honest, the second half was very dull, even with the subs the tempo of the game was never that great and no outstanding chances. Loads of set pieces and corners but we have no outstanding players in the old style Wimbledon model, Sanchez, Curle, Winterburn, Gayle, someone of this level would be welcome. Game goes to extra time and possibly penalties to follow.

My Man of the Match – Nik Tzanev.

Referee 
– 
Our referee for this first round FA Cup tie was scheduled to be Mr Sebastian Stockbridge from Tyne and Wear, is into his tenth season as a official and took charge of our 3-2 defeat by Peterborough last season thus he owes us one ! Averages about 3-4 cards a game and generally reliable. Will be assisted by Mr Alan Clayton and Mr Paul Newhouse on the touchlines, our fourth official will be Mr Andrew Miller. 

Attendance – None, sadly for the time being, maybe soon.

Next league match:
Tuesday 1st December vs Peterborough (Home)
League One 6:00pm

Wednesday 25 November 2020

KEMPTON PARK RACING 2020 MEETING #24 WEDNESDAY 25th NOVEMBER

 Kempton Park Evening Fixture 2020

Welcome to Kempton Park racecourse here for another evening meeting as we return to regular action on the all weather flat track under the lights but behind closed doors for the time being. We will keep blogging throughout 2020 till the end of the year. British horse racing has safely returned behind closed doors as part of a phased return for the sport. In doing so we will be introducing strict protocols designed to safeguard everyone's health and well being and to ensure that racing can take place safely behind closed doors. These measures have been developed in consultation with government and public health officials to help keep those attending safe and include:
  • A three stage health check that all attendees on courses will have to pass;
  • Strict social distancing measures on course
  • Detailed new guidance for all participants on how they will have to do things differently on course in order that we can race safely and mitigate any risks.
In addition the courses are reducing the use of any medical or NHS services to a minimum, acting responsibly by using private ambulances, hospitals and medics – to protect the NHS. For those working at an event, including officials, racecourse staff and participants, the implementation of these guidelines ensures that racing will take place in a more controlled environment than most day-to-day activities.

Back to the horse racing all results here are reported to 1pt at Starting Prices (SP) our last meeting here a week ago, where sadly we dropped a few more points, we are now into another lockdown during November and after meeting #23 another loss sadly with some unfortunate near misses we found ourselves in a loss for the year to a figure of -64.64 points, results are always recorded to SP we will aim to get us back into the winners enclosure again soon and see further improvement in the results.
Kempton Park Racecourse
Throughout the year we will keep up with our occasional lay opportunities of anticipated short priced favourites too. Naturally we will keep these results separately from the handicap figures we had been fairly successful with our selections throughout last year managed to get plenty of favourites beat so we finished on 40/54 (74%). We reset the counters for 2020 and will be continuing this throughout the year again. Currently a decent start with plenty of short priced favourites getting beat, more short priced favs beat so we now have stats of 28/42 (66.67%) after the latest meeting.

This week we look forward to another Wednesday evening meeting during this interrupted period, this will be meeting #24 for the 2020 midweek season. Tonight we shall be expecting an eight race card with five handicaps to enjoy. The action will now commence at 16:00 with a six furlong novice stakes event and we should end the card around about 19:40 with our final handicap contest over just under eleven furlongs [1m 2f 219yds].

Here's a link to this Wednesday's race card; RACECARD
Going and Weather -- The going on the polytrack surface is described as 'standard to slow' and the current weather forecast for this Wednesday is for a lot of chilly weather and fair amount of showers around the temperature to reach around 12C by the time the meeting gets underway a sure sign that Winter is coming now and we continue with the latest lockdown.
Here are our handicap selections for tonight;
17:30  Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Nursery (2yo)
7f  [Class 4  7 runners]
We begin our races with the first Nursery Handicap on the card, a relatively small field might play into the hands of two of the more experienced horses here. TOUSSARK [2nd 13/2] won his debut event on the all weather up at Newcastle for Mark Johnston, has been running on turf since and maybe the trainer can have him spot on for tonight, while FAYATHAAN [3rd 11/2] won at the fifth time of asking also at Newcastle though was being placed before that run and another at a decent price who might find the step up in trip to his liking. 

18:05  Try Our New Super Boosts At Unibet Nursery (2yo)
1m  [Class 5  14 runners]
Three runs for Mark Johnston's USS NIMITZ [12th 10/1] all reasonable runs and might have a future in handicaps in time, trainer doesn't hold his back and with a bit more improvement should get this mile trip. DON'T LOOK BACK [6th 13/2] has had two runs the latest over a mile when 4th at Lingfield, needs to be settled better but it's early days and we'll take a chance on him.

18:35  Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Handicap (Div One)
1m  [Class 5  14 runners]
Clive Cox trained three year old PRIZE FIGHTING [Non Runner] has been improving with each of his three runs on the all weather and should go close again tonight. While CAPRIOLETTE [8th 15/2] a five year old mare trained by Ed Walker was runner up here a month ago and fairly lightly raced this calendar year still on a fair handicap mark.

19:10  Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Handicap (Div Two)
1m  [Class 5  14 runners]
Division two of this handicap and it's TRUE BELIEF [10th 8/1] we look to first of all, has plenty of all weather form especially around here which should help, was recently a winner at Yarmouth in between two runner up efforts, a big player surely. Also of interest here tonight will be RISAALAAT [Non Runner] who took advantage of a declining handicap mark to win here last time out at a decent price, if the penny drops again could repeat.

19:40  Unibet New Instant Roulette Handicap
1m 2f 219y  [Class 4  9 runners]
BIG COUNTRY [4th 9/2] our first selection in this finale, one of our favourite bands and also a good 7yo still in form having peaked at a mark of 109 is now down to 85 and should therefore be competitive in this level. CULTURE [2nd 3/1] was a dual winner here in October then went over to France and was a short distant third place there. Continues to be of interest.

Staked -- 10 points.       Returns -- 2 points.
Results will appear here later during Wednesday evening. This season we started afresh and will try hard to stop going well behind but all results are accurate and recorded to SP returns to a 1pt win stake only and updated each meeting. A disappointing 2020 so far now sees us behind after meeting #23 to the tune of 
-64.64 overall and we need some more winners to see this reduced soon. -72.64 overall now sadly. 

Lays -- 28/42. We had a good season last year with the lays, aiming at favourites and not afraid to take on short odds on shots too. The plan will be for at least one or two each meeting and we will keep those results separate from the handicaps, managed to get all three beaten last time.

Tonight's Lays;
16:00 - Popmaster  [6f 2yo Novice Stakes]. Won 4/11f
16:30 - Fauvette  [6f Novice Stakes]. Won 4/5f
Two more odds on favs winning tonight sadly, but that's the risk you take laying short odds I guess. Try again next week.
Kempton Park Racecourse

Our next evening meeting here will be next week Wednesday 2nd December hope you can join us again soon but most importantly remain safe and well.

Wednesday 18 November 2020

KEMPTON PARK RACING 2020 MEETING #23 WEDNESDAY 18th NOVEMBER

Kempton Park Evening Fixture 2020

Welcome to Kempton Park racecourse here for another evening meeting as we return to regular action on the all weather flat track under the lights but behind closed doors for the time being. We will keep blogging throughout 2020 till the end of the year. British horse racing has safely returned behind closed doors as part of a phased return for the sport. In doing so we will be introducing strict protocols designed to safeguard everyone's health and well being and to ensure that racing can take place safely behind closed doors. These measures have been developed in consultation with government and public health officials to help keep those attending safe and include:
  • A three stage health check that all attendees on courses will have to pass;
  • Strict social distancing measures on course
  • Detailed new guidance for all participants on how they will have to do things differently on course in order that we can race safely and mitigate any risks.
In addition the courses are reducing the use of any medical or NHS services to a minimum, acting responsibly by using private ambulances, hospitals and medics – to protect the NHS. For those working at an event, including officials, racecourse staff and participants, the implementation of these guidelines ensures that racing will take place in a more controlled environment than most day-to-day activities.

Back to the horse racing all results here are reported to 1pt at Starting Prices (SP) our last meeting here a week ago, where sadly we dropped a few more points, we are now into another lockdown during November and after meeting #22 another loss sadly with some unfortunate near misses we found ourselves in a loss for the year to a figure of -66.015 points, results are always recorded to SP we will aim to get us back into the winners enclosure again soon and see further improvement in the results.
Kempton Park Racecourse
Throughout the year we will keep up with our occasional lay opportunities of anticipated short priced favourites too. Naturally we will keep these results separately from the handicap figures we had been fairly successful with our selections throughout last year managed to get plenty of favourites beat so we finished on 40/54 (74%). We reset the counters for 2020 and will be continuing this throughout the year again. Currently a decent start with plenty of short priced favourites getting beat, more short priced favs beat so we now have stats of 28/40 (70%) after the latest meeting.

This week we look forward to another Wednesday evening meeting during this interrupted period, this will be meeting #23 for the 2020 midweek season. Tonight we shall be expecting a nine race card with four handicaps to enjoy, and will also include the Listed Hyde Stakes [18:55] too. The action will now commence at 16:25 with a six furlong nursery handicap event and we should end the card around about 20:30 with our final handicap contest over just under eleven furlongs [1m 2f 219yds].

Here's a link to this Wednesday's race card; RACECARD
Going and Weather -- The going on the polytrack surface is described as 'standard to slow' and the current weather forecast for this Wednesday is for a lot of chilly weather but mostly a sunny day expected the temperature to reach around 12C by the time the meeting gets underway a sure sign that Winter is coming now and we continue with the latest lockdown.
Here are our handicap selections for tonight;
16:25  Unibet New Instant Roulette Nursery (2yo)
6f  [Class 5  12 runners]
A winner in September at Wolves LIBERTINE BELLE [2nd 16/5f] was placed here in a similar looking Nursery contest and she is given another chance off the same mark. While SHAYKHOON [10th 9/1] has been well supported in the betting for both his maiden events to date and might be better than his handicap mark here, it's an open contest to start us off with. 

18:55  British Stallion Studs EBF Hyde Stakes (Listed)
1m  [Class 1  11 runners]
Although off the racecourse for the last two years ALMODOVAR [5th 9/1] was contesting a Group 1 in France when last seen and finished runner up there [Prix D'Ispahan @ Longchamp, May 2018], clearly something amiss since then but if anything like his old self should win this. MARSHALL DAN [Non Runner] steps up from handicaps for this and has been winning regularly in that sphere and deserves his opportunity for some 'black type' and is a big price option tonight.

19:25  Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap
1m 7f 218y  [Class 2  9 runners]
A stayers event here and recent Doncaster winner ON TO VICTORY [7th 9/2] is an interesting selection, won a big field November Handicap and does look a class above most of these. Rock Eagle hasn't won for two years and might need to drop down the handicap too so we are going with ISLAND BRAVE [3rd 9/1] who won at a big price at Ascot, wasn't able to get a blow in either of the York Ebor, or the Cesarewitch at Newmarket over further but this trip and smaller field must play to his strengths.

20:00  Try Our New Super Boosts At Unibet Handicap
1m 3f 219y  [Class 2  6 runners]
Only six here headed by JOHNNY DRAMA [WON 11/8f] came good at this track at the beginning of November and in this company might well go in again. Wasn't stopping that day and no reason to think that this extra furlong would be a huge problem, has been highly tried for his current owners, King Power Racing, and the small field with possible lack of early pace might play into his hands. We would also be interested in TULIP FIELDS [3rd 11/2] the filly has form over a variety of trips and surfaces, and her win at Doncaster makes her interesting again here for trainer Mark Johnston.

20:30  Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Handicap
1m 2f 219y  [Class 5  14 runners]
Three runs here for TORBELLINO [7th 5/1] have yielded a 4th, 3rd and 2nd placing for the John Best trained filly so maybe it's time to win now. It's an open race so MY POEM [WON 7/1] also comes into the equation despite being a maiden still Sir Michael Stoute's 3yo filly has place form before although you have to believe that her last outing when out the back at Wolves was something amiss and not a complete lack of form. She returns after a month break hopefully the master trainer can get her back on the right path with Ryan Moore taking over on board.

Staked -- 10 points.       Returns -- 11.375 points.
Results will appear here later during Wednesday evening. This season we started afresh and will try hard to stop going well behind but all results are accurate and recorded to SP returns to a 1pt win stake only and updated each meeting. A disappointing 2020 so far now sees us behind after meeting #22 to the tune of 
-66.015 overall and we need some more winners to see this reduced soon. Well a winner helps in the last, stops the losing run, only small profit but every little helps. Down to the tune of -64.64 overall now, with about 5 weeks to go.

Lays -- 28/40. We had a good season last year with the lays, aiming at favourites and not afraid to take on short odds on shots too. The plan will be for at least one or two each meeting and we will keep those results separate from the handicaps, managed to get all three beaten last time.

Tonight's Lays;
16:55 - Napper Tandy [1m Nov Stakes Div 1]. Won 7/4
17:25 - Echo Beach [1m Nov Stakes Div 2]. Won 10/11f
Kempton Park Racecourse

Our next evening meeting here will be next week Wednesday 25th November hope you can join us again soon but most importantly remain safe and well.