First day over and both Smoker and Yorkie ended the day with impressive results but Smoker takes an early lead.

• 2:20 Smoker was close early on with his first selection of the day Ace High Blue who finished 2nd @ 9/1.
• 2:50 Yorkie with 4 previous winners thought it was a good omen with his first selection Five Out Of Five but like Smoker came up slightly short in 2nd place @ 8/13.
• 3:30 With the pressure mounting Smoker's second selection of the day, his nap Timocracy sets off and romps home to win @ 6/1.
• 3:40 So is it goodnight Yorkie, should walk off in to the sunset? The young whipper snapper is on the ropes but his 2nd selection Atacama Sunrise wins @ 8/13 and puts him back in the race for the crown.
• 4:00 Mount Juliet Smoker's 3rd selection and favourite for the race, performs terrible and only manages 5th place. Has he let his guard down to early?
• 5:10 Yorkie's 3rd and final selection of the day Kazbow is off and unfortunately its another case of nearly with a 2nd place @ 4/5.

With 1 winner each and 3 placed out of the selections today, it's not a terrible day but I think Smoker takes the round. The winner at 6/1 and a 2nd place 9/1 but Yorkie showing promise with all placed today. See you all tomorrow.

In the right corner we have Smoker, and in the left corner we have Yorkie. The young whipper snapper who thinks its time for someone to challenge Smoker for his bookiescash.com World Tipster Crown. He proved the point yesterday by sending me 3 tips that all went on to win, beginners luck? Maybe but Yorkie is willing to have them listed on bookiescash from today and we will also proof them to racing-index. Let the challenge begin....

If you are following either tipster please make sure you are on the correct page before proceeding.

Yorkie's Back Tips can be found here: Yorkie's Back Tips

Smoker's Back Tips can be found here: Smoker's Back Tips

Smoker's Lay Tips can be found here: Smoker's Lay Tips

We're back and how nice it is to. Judging by the amount of emails we were missed, going away is nice but it takes so long to catch up when you return. Downloading all the emails never mind going through them all and replying but nearly done.

Before I left I really meant to mention some great new software that I have been testing out. I am sure most of you know by now that my main interest is in grabbing as much of the free money offered by the multitude of bookmakers along with the arbs that can be found along the way. However I also trade the horse racing markets pre-off (and sometimes football (or soccer!) in-play). One of the software packages I currently use is Gruss Betting Assistant and this lead me to The Staking Machine. I have only had a brief use of it but I really like what I have seen so far. The software allows you to pull in all the past results of tipsters from Racing Index (maybe try Smoker's Tips ;)) and see how they would fair using many of the common and some not so common staking methods. You can of course use your own data to. Great for testing out different staking methods on systems you are already running or tipsters you are interested in using.

One part of the software I haven't looked at but have our resident reviewer testing at the moment, is the ability of the The Staking Machine to automate the betting of your systems using the chosen staking method you wish to use. To do this you will need Gruss Betting Assistant and Excel. Just imagine the possibilities though, winning strategy using your chosen staking method all run automatically by your PC while you sit by your pool in the sun :).

We are continuing with the test and will publish a full review soon but why not download the free trial and give it a go yourself, I am sure you won't be disappointed either.

Here's the link you need:

Smoker informed me today that his wireless internet connection is playing up again and this along with his broadband connection frustrations he is struggling to get the tips across to us. Therefore with this in mind and the fact I haven't had a break with the family without a PC or internet connection in ... well forever I have decided to have a few days off with the family WITHOUT an internet connection! It's going to be rough so wish me luck.. Be back Saturday.