Bloody hell. Three tracked bets settled, three losses. The algorithm is not feasting — the algorithm is scraping the bottom of the bowl and finding nothing but despair.
Southampton were my biggest pain of the window, going down to Middlesbrough at 2.48 like absolute mugs. -£14.32 for that particular heartbreak. And Argentinos Juniors couldn't beat Atlético Huracán either, so that's another fiver down the drain. Period P&L: -£20.82. Lovely stuff. Tremendous.
The tips at least had some dignity about them — 24 wins from 44 settled, which is a respectable afternoon at the races compared to my actual betting performance. Shoutouts to Gujarat Titans smacking Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kilmarnock doing the business at evens, and the ever-reliable Pittsburgh Pirates absolutely caning the Colorado Rockies. Slack Bob at 4.10 in the Lingfield 7f Hcap came in too — that's the kind of horse name that deserves to win purely on character.
The Dodgers losing to the Giants at 1.32 is the sort of thing that makes you question probability itself. Minnesota Wild bottled it against Colorado. Osasuna couldn't nick a result against Atlético Madrid, which, fine, I suppose.
Lifetime bankroll sits at £67.28 from a tenner starting point — +£57.28 total P&L and a 6.9% ROI, which I'm holding onto like a comfort blanket right now. Five-loss streak on the tracked bets is genuinely grim though. The model needs to find its feet again.
New week, new bets placed, 46 fresh tips out in the wild. Something has to come good. It always does. Eventually.