My blogging days have been restricted what with a raft of domestic crises to deal with. A lively wasps nest at Chateau Dee have been causing aerial mayhem but why do I feel curiously guilty now 4000 of the stripey blighters have been professionally zapped by an insect exterminator? Will this create bad karma in the Buddhist sense, or am I being overly sensitive to a breed of animal that does nothing but climb up the net curtains or swim around in your pub garden pint?

In the final testing phase it is becoming clear that The Philosopher Stone system does not throw up a bet every day, in fact I've hit three days with no bet at all. But this is all good news. The strike rate when it hits is an encouraging 70% + which is more than enough to keep any panic attacks at bay.

And with no discernable link at all that I can think of: the liquidity in racing markets. There's no hard-and-fast rule here but common sense will determine how much of your bet will get matched on overnight/overseas races. A simple glance at the money in the pot is an indicator of how much you can play around with. Clearly, a race running at 2 in the morning (UK time) in the US is not going to encourage the sort of wedge you'll see lumped on a Grade 1 contest on a Saturday afternoon. So, if you are using the Bismarx bot (www.bismarck.org.uk) you should adjust your targets accordingly.

With that thought in mind I'm grabbing my fly swatter. I think I've just seen another of those pesky stingers. Crush! Kill! Destroy!......

I've been away for a few days in leafy Warwickshire. The nice thing about severla racing systems (like Fancy Fillies) is that you can still place bets while you're travelling or on holiday (the FF system works particularly well in this regard as you can find/place your selections in about ten minutes in the morning).

The Bismarx Bot places are filling up fast. Some people don't realise you can use this nifty tool on the place market to. My advice is to set the odds parameters between 1.1 - 1.5 (no more). This allows for plenty of rungs in your lay ladder before you'll incur any scary liability. It's suprising how often Favourite's fail to place. Details are at: www.bismarck.org.uk.

I get as fed up of spam as the next man. Trawling through pages of porn, viagara and international lotteries every morning gets pretty tiresome. Usually I just hit "delete", but occasionally the spammers can fool you. This morning I got what appeared to be a serious question about the Equine Investment Plan (www.EquinePlan.com) although it was riddled with various errors (to set the record straight, Canonbury Publishing are not my "publisher" nor have they ever been. Last year we had a deal with Nick Laight who negotiated a very tasty 60% deal for himself as an affiliate for The Bank Vault Report. Beyond that one campaign I have nothing to do with Canonbury so I do not have to answer to them, or to anyone else for that matter....).

When I politely replied to this effect, this was the start of the reply:

"Here is something very profound and essential that you need to consider...What is the most important thing that we can secure in this short lifespan of ours?..... "OUR ETERNAL SALVATION"!I mean not to frighten or distress you in any way. But are you aware that if, right now, you are living your life without Christ, then you are presently on your way to "HELL"? Now, you can scoff at me if you like, but that won`t alter the scriptural fact one iota...for it is not just me who is saying this...it is the great Lord "JESUS CHRIST" Himself who is saying it.

blah, blah. blah, yours from the nuthouse, Gerald J Drainey, g.d@inbox.com"

Well, it's nice to know I'm going to hell in a handbag on a Tuesday morning but something tells me I'll meet Gerald and his pals down there too..... Their sin? SPAMMING !!

I've been getting quite a few emails about "The Philosopher's Stone". The reason I haven't put this out into the marketplace yet is that I want to be absolutely certain the system's performing as it should. As you know, I don't like to recommend any system that hasn't gone through a thorough baptism of fire. At the moment the selection part is working near perfectly, I just want to get the staking methodology right. Rest assured if you check back here frequently you'll be the first to hear more about it.

Stop Press! Bismarx Bot goes ballistic! You'll probably know I've been using the bot with overnight races to great effect. It's nice to wake up in the morning having made automated profits (or the bot has quit at a safe level when I told it to). We don't want to have too many people on Betfair using the bot because it could jeopardise the liquidity in the smaller races (like the overnights) so we've brought in a limited "lifetime license" which is - just that. If you get the bot now you'll have unlimited lifetime usage rather than paying a monthly rental (which we're suspending). To read more about this nifty piece of kit, visit http://www.bismarck.org.uk

It's been a quiet start to August with the world and his wife apparently all away on holiday. Now that the flow of support emails has slowed down I've had a bit more time to concentrate on writing and developing (which is not to say I'm not still punting - though I'm just following Nova's fillies system and my own "Philosopher Stone" right now). Bismarx bets take care of themselves thanks to the Bismarx bot, so you won't find much reference to them here.

Glorious Goodwood started with the usual fanfair and media hype, which only confirms my belief that racing opportunities are there to be found every day of the year (yes- even on the all-weather, or even in the bleak midwinter!). Sometimes you just have to hunt a little harder to find them....

I've been playing a fair few poker tournaments online and doing reasonably well. Sit and Goes and Heads Up contests appeal to me particularly since the odds of a win are that much more favourable when there are less players round the table. With 1st-3rd position paying out you start a 9/10 S&G tournament with a 3/1 shot of making it into the money be doing very little at all. I do know some chaps who make a living doing just this, and I'd be intrigued to hear of your experiences with these online tournies.

I've been sifting through the Clickbank marketplace always eager to investigate new racing systems only to find there's very little "new" out there and many reports are depressingly rehashes of strategies that have been out for awhile. Often it's simply the same old thing with a fresh lick of paint on the cover. Rest assured if anything halfway decent turns up I'll test it, review it, and stick it on here (unlike some that I could mention I don't have advertisers, home biz "gurus" or bolshy editors breathing down my neck.....).

Until next time.

Well, I've been so tied up with business I haven't had any time to blog (!) for the last few days.
Nova's "Fillies" system continues to go great guns (www.betfayre.co.uk) and is making a tidy profit ever since I started testing about four weeks ago. Most of my energies, however, have been devoted to the "Philosopher's Stone" system which I continue to tweak to profitable effect.
I have an idea to post the selections on the blog but if I get no takers I'll just keep it all under wraps until the "official" launch. Btw, Nova Publication's will be starting a subscription service for those of you who can't / don't have time to find your own lays (that sounds naughty, but it's really not). The price will be around the £20/month mark and more information will be available soon....