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The latest news from Northern Monkey Punter.
Curragh double landed!
24th May 2026
We landed a nice double at the Curragh this afternoon. City Of Memphis (5/2) won the Group 2 Landwades Stud Stakes in style for the first leg, swooping down the outside of the field under Billy Lee.
We then ticked off the second winning leg when Precise (4/1) usurped the odds-on fav (and stablemate), True Love, in the Irish 1,000 Guineas, romping home by over two lengths after showing a lovely turn of foot inside the final furlong.
Precise had been easy to back after Ryan Moore picked True Love, but Precise had been drawn on the wrong part of the track on her last run at Newmarket (1000 Guineas), for which she'd also had an interrupted prep, and she turned the tables on her HQ conqueror in style today for a lovely win for NMP members!
BANGARANGA WINS EUROVISION
18th May 2026
Many NMP members enjoy having a bet on Eurovision and this year was no exception with a number of ante post bets advised on record (they were sent via e-mail this year rather than posted on the website).
Although our main ante post fancy, Denmark, were big drifters after being handed a bad slot in the running order by the producers, and finished out of the frame in seventh, we backed Romania EW (12/1, third), Bulgaria 11/4 for a top 10 finish and Moldova for a top 10 finish (15/8), all of which copped. We also had a small chancey bet on Norway (14th) for the top 10 that went very close too!
Bulgaria actually won the whole competition with their catchy track, Bangaranga!
New 2026 Flat Season Service Announced
1st April 2026
On the back of another profitable Cheltenham Festival, in which we made +35 pts profit during the week, details of my new 2026 Flat Season Service can be found on the 'How To Join' section of this site.
Memberships to cover the duration of the Flat season, through until 11th November 2026, are now available and I'd love to welcome you on board!
Full details of the service offering can be found at the above link!
