No.2 - Sea the Stars for BBC Sports Personality of the year.

I was once told you cant make money on the horses unless you have a clue, I have no clue. My mum who picks her horses on the basis of colour and loosely based name association has a far more successful horse-betting career than I.

So I told myself not to back horses in this debt slaying quest. Unless that is the horse is Sea the Stars I have been backing that four legged beauty all year and was not about to let the Prix de l’arc de Triomphe stop me. I had £20 at evens the week before the race. Then looked to the god of rain and told him to chill out if in and around the Paris area. He obliged.

To all those whose internet runs on a dongle you will know, that the internet on a dongle does not run at all, it barely even crawls. Thanks to my useless dongle (this is not a euphemism for impotency – I will though link this for all concerned) my EW bet without Sea the Stars on Youmzain sat idol on my screen as the race went off. Of course Youmzain came second but I didn’t mind I, I was just happy to watch Sea the Stars romp through the field. I rarely shout at the TV whilst jumping but this spectacle was well worth the excitement and excursion.

I was even happier with this equine victory, as earlier in the day I placed my worst punt of the season. It felt wrong even as I put it on, like that feeling when you put an extra 1.30 favourite in your accumulator. My mind was telling me yes but my gut was telling me no. My mind wears the trousers in that old relationship, so I went ahead and backed Wigan away at Hull. Based on the fact that Hull are rubbish and I expect them to go down and Wigan are brilliant and had just managed to beat Chelsea.

I suppose according to that logic I should also be backing Wigan to challenge for the champions league and premiership. But Wigan are not brilliant and of course Wigan lost and I sat there again a little empty inside reminding myself of the complacency rule.

“When a poor team beats a great team, it does not mean the poor team become a great team.”

– I realise this is not a quote worthy of a poster, I’m not sure its even a quote worthy of a blog! But it gets the point across.

But it didn’t matter because Sea the Stars had won – and the entire world for a split second existed in a balance of beauty and splendour.

So much so that later in the day, whilst venturing to the Isle of Dogs Ladbrokes during half time of the torturously boring Chelsea Liverpool game, I overheard this great exchange of insight and wisdom.

“Brian look I know traditionally that BBC Sports Personality of the year is a person. But I reckon that horse should win it. What a cool calm personality, what a brilliant person, what bloody brilliant person that horse is.”

“Clive, I could not agree more.”

If Sea the Stars was an actual real person – by which I mean can send text messages and make a bowl of cereal. Then he would easily be odds on for the BBC accolade. But he is a horse, who eats hay and whose hoofs would make texting nigh on impossible.

But what an amazing I can’t think of a good enough superlative achievement it is, and in a world where man and horse exist in perfect harmony why cant Sea the Starts trot on up to Gary Lineker and take the prestigious award. There are people out there who agree with Brian, Clive and Myself. See Blog.

There were noises online that you could get a bet on Sea the Stars to win the Irish Sports Personality of the year award with the good people at PaddyPower – im sure if you give them a call you might be able to get 65p on it. For those looking for an interesting little bet on the BBC sports personality of the year award – there is a good article justifying a cheeky EW on David Haye at about 25/1 that might be worth having a look at. See article.

But the betting world moves on, and so do I from London town to Leeds. Besides being the jewel in Yorkshires crown Leeds is also the home to the corner man, who I know more personally as father. Corner man I am coming home what do you have for me?

My debt slaying journey depends quite largely on these corner tips. I am making steady progress though with my Sea the Stars weekend I have 98.66666666667% left of the targeted £1500 to go. Mr. Bankman are you watching?