Introduction - HMFC1965

Anyone who has stumbled on this blog by accident and doesn't know me; let me introduce myself.  Will the real Slim Shady please stand up, please stand up.  You can't see but I'm still sitting as I'm currently carrying a bit of over-weight.  My name is, my name is HMFC1965 (don't ask!), AKA Steven Ferguson.  Some of you, who are on this blog by desire, may know me as The Capped Crusader/Masked Avenger from the Timeform Radio page on Facebook.  I know Bob told me to stop singing in my posts but I can't HELP it!

I'm now in my mid-forties and have been interested in horse racing since the early 1970's; my first ever bet was in the 1973 Grand National at the tender age of 7 & no I didn't back Red Rum. Spanish Steps all the way for me, on the nose, no messing about with e/w when lumping all my 10 new pence (yes 10p) pocket money on. As I do today with horses I like, I followed this horse over a cliff in the Grand National, never to win any money on it, even though it did get placed once or twice, during Red Rum's heyday. Well how was I to know Red Rum was going to be that bloody good, I was only 7. Still have fond memories of Spanish Steps.

As well as Horse Racing, I also like to bet on Football, Formula 1, Darts, Tennis & Golf; in that particular order.  If I obtain Bob's permission, I will share some of my strategies for successful punting on these mediums.  Bob & I share another common interest in that we both like lawn bowling, though in Bob's case this is mostly played on a carpet (Indoor Bowls as seen on TV).  If Scotland ever decide to take their team out to the Commonwealth Games then they would be serious contenders for some medals in the Bowls.  Any Sport that involves socialising and lots of drink, we Scots seem to excel in and Bowls is one of them.  Come to think of it, it's probably the only sport we do well in at present.  Oh and cycling, that's because if we are too drunk to drive we just jump on the bike.  You can't loose your driving licence for being drunk and in possession of a push bike, just ask Chris Hoy how he became so good at cycling.  I digress, get some cash on The Elder Statesman that is Willie Wood for a medal in the Singles (Mens Bowling) in the aforementioned C G in India.

Back to horse racing, I prefer to back as opposed to laying horses but if things are not going to plan, I can revert to Plan L which is Lay the whole damn field.  This saves any amount of studying form and can be a lazy way to make some cash.  When I say lazy, I don't mean easy as there is some skill involved.  In my next post, if Bob allows me another one, I will explain how I lay the field.  I sound like a bit of a Lothario there.  In the meantime

Happy Punting