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Colonel Sanders

****ing Channel 4

Probably the 2nd biggest day of the year for non racing folk & all they've done so far is concentrate on Last Instalment & First Lieutenant for all the wrong reasons.

rule supreme

Does anyone think the irish horses running in fakenham today have any chances .

UrbanSea

Little bit of money for Plinth

Johner

Doesn't seem to be any confidence behind Calipto, out to 13/2. Some money for Royal Irish Hussar.

Colonel Sanders

We'll at least beat SP with Plinth but I really don't fancy it

UrbanSea

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

We'll at least beat SP with Plinth but I really don't fancy it

Yeah that's the thing I'm happy about. Don't really fancy it but he jumped so badly the last day he can only improve for headgear. Good ground and McCoy all pluses. We'll see

convert

Guys, seriously.... You've received umpteen warnings re. posts containing sexist comments.

Colonel Sanders

God Bobs Worth is being ploughed off the boards here. Sub 6/4 on betfair

Punters need this to save their skins. Last Instalment weak enough but was predictable enough on the ground and in the face of the plunge on Bobs Worth

Colonel Sanders

Hope T43 doesn't leave the national behind here. Seems to be bits and pieces for it on Betfair

BQQ

These running starts are a shambles.

Just get them to line up ffs

Colonel Sanders

Lord Windermere

I can't have him, even after I know the result

Johner

I can't believe Lord Windermere won a Gold Cup.

dahat

Thread re named "Gis a sup of that"!!!

carpothepunk

Davy to fill that and sup away out of it all night.

flashjohn

Lord Wind has won an RSA and a Gold Cup, he is not a flash in the pan

Hulk Hands

flashjohn wrote: »

Lord Wind has won an RSA and a Gold Cup, he is not a flash in the pan

People will say that but its nonsense. He won a stink RSA, has been getting hammered all year, even when on decent ground, and was outpaced there. Sychronised all over again

Only excuse is Cullotys form but even then

Slattsy

Lord Windermere will never win a gold cup, ever. Fact.

Johner

I'd be surprised if he ever won another race.

flashjohn

History said Bobs could not win, Lord Wind is obviously a 2nd year progressive chaser, he is only 8?

Johner

Tammys Hill just saved my day.

Hulk Hands

flashjohn wrote: »

History said Bobs could not win, Lord Wind is obviously a 2nd year progressive chaser, he is only 8?

Which history is this now?

flashjohn

Hulk Hands wrote: »

Which history is this now?

Best Mate was the last in 30 years to retain it.

Hulk Hands

flashjohn wrote: »

Best Mate was the last in 30 years to retain it.

Yeah, so its been done, history said he could retain, exact opposite of what you said. Urban Cheltenham is over now, time for a quick clear out of these clowns

flashjohn

Yeh,yeah, I know nothing about Horse Racing

jimjamcos

Never seen such a freakish festival day in my life. Anyone who got out with their wallet intact, fairplay.

With 5/6 horses within a couple of lengths of each other, it'll have to go down as a very poor Gold Cup.

With the loss of star chasers and the unfortunate way the Champion panned out (Jezki backers aside), it was a poor Cheltenham imo.

It's also a pity that the great Boards Festival of Aftertiming has come to an end too!

Saucy McKetchup

I can't believe I just put 50 quid each way on Lord Windermere to win a gold cup

Colonel Sanders

Saucy McKetchup wrote: »

I can't believe I just put 50 quid each way on Lord Windermere to win a gold cup

I don't believe it either

Colonel Sanders

Last Instalment has messed his legs again, they're retiring him

Can't believe they ran him, I thought it was 1.01 they wouldn't after Tuesday

Johner

Shades of Pandorama.

convert

Pity to hear that, especially as they worked so hard and spent so long getting him right again. Unfortunately that's always a risk with horses who have had leg problems.

jimjamcos

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Last Instalment has messed his legs again, they're retiring him

Can't believe they ran him, I thought it was 1.01 they wouldn't after Tuesday

From a backers view, it was great he was running but there was always the doubt in the back of my mind that he shouldn't have been. As I said beforehand, if the horse wasn't as good as he was, they wouldn't have ran him. They couldn't resist the prize on offer, rolled the dice but unfortunately poor horse paid the price.

BQQ

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Last Instalment has messed his legs again, they're retiring him

Can't believe they ran him, I thought it was 1.01 they wouldn't after Tuesday

I suppose they thought they might not get him back here again and if they did the ground could have been even more unsuitable, so they decided to take the chance while it was there.

Sad it turned out like that

Colonel Sanders

Ned Buntline jolly on Betfair

Massive gamble on Savello

Saucy McKetchup

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

I don't believe it either

I don't need you to believe it :P

Imhof Tank

Followers of Nick Mordin certainly believe.

Lord Windermere tipped up by the great man with The Giant Bolster for a place (AND On His Own to win a grade 1 before he was declared for the GC)

Slattsy

2nd best Cheltenham of my life - thank you €€€€€€€€€ Jezki €€€€€€€€€

Off shopping tomorrow for a Latino maid and an English butler, hopefully there's one named Alfred out there on sale.

Colonel Sanders

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Massive gamble on Savello

Nice old fashioned touch

Johner

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Nice old fashioned touch

Bastards I had Ned. :mad: Cracked open a can now.

Harry Angstrom

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Nice old fashioned touch

Old fashioned from the point of view that he was beaten a combined total of 110 lengths in his last 4 runs and then pops up to win one of the most competitive 2 mile handicap chases of the season? Don't we just love Tony Martin?

Johner

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Old fashioned from the point of view that he was beaten a combined total of 110 lengths in his last 4 runs and then pops up to win one of the most competitive 2 miles handicap chases of the season? Don't you just love Tony Martin?

No wonder Ted Veale wasn't running in that race. :mad:

flashjohn

Yeah, just thought bout that one, Martin is a wily old fox

Harry Angstrom

flashjohn wrote: »

Yeah, just thought bout that one, Martin is a wily old fox

I'd have other words to describe him but he'd probably sue me if I printed them here.

AdpRo

Johner wrote: »

No wonder Ted Veale wasn't running in that race. :mad:

My mate backed the winner purely on the fact that ted didnt go there when fancied, so much for studying the form!!

unitedrover

I can't believe its not butter…..if it looks like a Gold Cup winner it must be one.

Strange race up the run in. It was like two separate races superimposed on each other.

mulbot

happy enough now-sick to the stomach though over putting him and arctic fire in a WIN double= wtf?

droidman123

convert wrote: »

Guys, seriously.... You've received umpteen warnings re. posts containing sexist comments.

SHUSSSSSSSSSH!!!!!!!!

Johner

droidman123 wrote: »

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droidman123

Johner wrote: »

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Johner

Hows Venetia?

kiers47

Jaysus some money on this favourite in the last.

Average day for me today after a good week.