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Racing

Since 12 October 2026 the Punter has followed System Q under rule v2: an imaginary £1 at the price taken from Sporting Life on the morning of the race.

Latest selections

Data as at 14 Oct 2026 (UK), from the Paper Punter data sheet; latest settled selection 13 Oct 2026. Paper bets only – no real money.

No selections are recorded for 14 Oct 2026 yet. The latest selections (13 Oct 2026):

Latest selections – Current rule (v2): £1 at selection price, from 12 Oct 2026
DateRace timeCourseHorseOdds at selectionTime of selection (UK)Price source
13/10/202614:20HerefordNo More Bolero6/410:54Sporting Life live odds
13/10/202617:23SouthwellLuminaries11/410:54Sporting Life live odds

Results

Racing ledger – Current rule (v2): £1 at selection price, from 12 Oct 2026
DateSystemRace (UK time)SelectionStake (paper £)Odds at selectionSPResultP/L (paper)
13/10/2026Q14:20 HerefordNo More Bolero£1.006/410/11Won+£1.50
13/10/2026Q17:23 SouthwellLuminaries£1.0011/43/1Won+£2.75

Running totals

Running totals – Current rule (v2): £1 at selection price, from 12 Oct 2026
SystemSelectionsWinnersStrike rateStakedReturnedImaginary P/LROILongest losing run
Q22100%£2.00£6.25+£4.25+212.5%0

Rule v2 totals only. Earlier-rule (v1) results are shown separately below and are never added to these totals.

Hall of Shame

Worst losing run so far under the current rule (v2): 0 – both v2 selections have won. Give it time.

Earlier rule (v1) – for the record only

Not the current rule. From 3 to 11 Oct 2026 the ledger used rule v1: an imaginary £20 stake settled at SP. These figures are kept separately and are not combined with the v2 figures above.

Racing ledger – earlier rule v1 (£20 at SP), 3–11 Oct 2026
DateSystemRace (UK time)SelectionStake (paper £)Odds at selectionSPResultP/L (paper)
03/10/2026M14:30 Gowran ParkSmallcraftwarning£20.005/1 Sky Bet; 4/1 VicBet4/1Won+£80.00
09/10/2026Q17:37 DownpatrickMini Getaway£20.0011/4 HRI probable; ~10/3 Unibet10/3Lost−£20.00
10/10/2026Q15:10 FairyhouseSmallcraftwarning£20.005/2 (provisional)5/2Lost−£20.00
10/10/2026Q16:20 HexhamProspect House£20.007/2 (provisional)11/4Lost−£20.00
10/10/2026M16:25 FairyhouseAnnie's Angel£20.005/2 (provisional)11/4Lost−£20.00
10/10/2026Q16:25 FairyhouseAnnie's Angel£20.005/2 (provisional)11/4Lost−£20.00
10/10/2026Q16:25 FairyhouseDairy Force£20.009/2 (provisional)9/2Lost−£20.00
10/10/2026M17:00 FairyhouseGranlahan£20.0011/10 (provisional)10/11Won+£18.18
Totals by system – earlier rule v1 (£20 at SP), not combined with v2
SystemSelectionsWinnersStrike rateStakedReturnedImaginary P/LROILongest losing run
M3267%£60.00£138.18+£78.18+130.3%1
Q500%£100.00£0.00−£100.00-100.0%5

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