I couldn’t let the season go by without diverting my attention onto one of the great traditions of the Spring Carnival - the BBQ season. 

There is no doubt that, above all else and any enjoyment that may come from the event, it is detrimental to the punt.  Whether its the effort of hosting causing a missed trifecta or being sucked in to a series of hopeless shared bets where your analysis of the form is non-existent, these days just haemorrhage cash.  And they seem to coincide for me with my biggest betting days. 

No wonder the phone account is now officially empty.