Cheltenham Festival Day 4 Gold Cup Day

kksaints

the groutch wrote: »

I know people will hate me for saying this, but a more experienced jockey might have won on the horse

Possibly although it was still a very good performance.

mansize

munster87 wrote: »

All the talk about Pendleton but Nina is a genius

Well yes, but Nina has had bigger races than this

BorneTobyWilde

Pacha Du Polder could of won that if closer coming to the last. Seemed to be badly judged by jockey, she had loads of horse there but not used to the best of its ability.

lemush

Unbelievable achievement by Pendo and fair play to her.

mansize

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Pacha Du Polder could of won that if closer coming to the last. Seemed to be badly judged by jockey, she had loads of horse there but not used to the best of its ability.

Well yes, but they knew what they were getting

mdwexford

Christ this is some load of tripe.

Never seen 5th place get as much applause in my life.

Show the winner ffs.

RobertKK

It was a good advertisement for female jockeys, and how there should be more women jockeys.

mansize

mdwexford wrote: »

Christ this is some load of tripe.

Never seen 5th place get as much applause in my life.

Show the winner ffs.

They normally wouldn't even show these races

mansize

Now they are back to Nina tbf

munster87

mansize wrote: »

Well yes, but Nina has had bigger races than this

I wasn't comparing the two, just meant that Nina deserves recognition for her brilliance as much as Pendleton does for what she has done in the past year

Wrongway1985

mdwexford wrote: »

Christ this is some load of tripe.

Never seen 5th place get as much applause in my life.

Show the winner ffs.

On the fringe (fav)
Marito
Paint the clouds

dickenson famous5

Don Cossack made a mistake three or four out and still won comfortable credit where it's due true champion

StringerBell

Marito?

Major Malarkey

mansize

munster87 wrote: »

I wasn't comparing the two, just meant that Nina deserves recognition for her brilliance as much as Pendleton does for what she has done in the past year

They did have a nice piece on her also tbf

mdwexford

Think Sam could have made more use of Paint the Clouds but ill have to watch it again.

Was running on again at the finish but the ship had sailed by then.

Thought he would be hard to catch on the fast ground.

The Pheasant2

Any tips for the 17:30?

Chesty08

mdwexford wrote: »

Think Sam could have made more use of Paint the Clouds but ill have to watch it again.

Was running on again at the finish but the ship had sailed by then.

Thought he would be hard to catch on the fast ground.

Looked to be travelling well, but hit a flat spot on the inside and couldn't pick up, as soon as it came out, it started to fly.. Ship had well sailed tho

Wrongway1985

Gone with Jetstream Jack here

LuckyGent88

Don't know whether to cash out on the potential treble???

Ruby said squateur is best handicapped horse this week and Elliot's horses have ran very well obviously so think k might as well stick with it.

munster87

I have Rock the World in the last but got word for Arthur Moore's this morning, Dandridge

bmcc10

I've done Laurium in this

Limestone1

What channel is the last race on- atthraces doesn't seem to have it

markc91

What way do PP's Lucky 15's work in regards to bonuses with number of winners? Have 3 places in a Lucky 15 will i just get what it says through the bet calculator or should i expect any extra as a bonus?

bmcc10

Limestone1 wrote: »

What channel is the last race on- atthraces doesn't seem to have it

Racing uk

votecounts

Limestone1 wrote: »

What channel is the last race on- atthraces doesn't seem to have it

racing uk

dickenson famous5

Velvet maker ew here 12-1 with a few pound

Inspector Coptoor

How many winners has Mullins had?

I fancy an EW bet on Velvet Maker here in the last.

Have a free bet as Djak came second

80s Child

Had a pretty meh day. Two places. No winners. After yesterday's triumphs I was hoping to finish on a high, but Jesus today had been tough!

Here's hoping the last goes better!!

clever user name

Got a tenner free bet back on Djak so gonna blow it on the last race.

Rock the world 5 euro win
Lough Kent 5 euro win

Juxtapose

10er on Velvet maker at 11/1.

Would be a nice end to a good festival!

Wrongway1985

Bad day for me Bold Henry in last

Kerrydude1981

http://traleetoday.ie/video-castle-goes-mad-bryan-cooper-rides-gold-cup-winner/

munster87

munster87 wrote: »

I have Rock the World in the last but got word for Arthur Moore's this morning, Dandridge

2nd and 3rd

beertons

Result?

sham69

Thought dandridge was going to come good for a moment...
Absolute stinker of a day but decent week overall.
Thanks all for the tips etc...

Copper_pipe

Until next year

munster87

beertons wrote: »

Result?

1st 17 Solar Impulse 28/1
2nd 24 Dandridge 8/1
3rd 8 Rock The World 9/2 f
4th 2 Savello 25/1

IanOBo

What an enjoyable week!

Mad_Dave

Mad_Dave wrote: »

1:30 Clan des Obeaux 2pts e/w
2:10 Blue Hell 1pt e/w, Some Plan 2pt e/w
2:50 Shantou Village 2pts win, Jonniesofa 1pt e/w
4:10 Paint the Clouds 1pt win
4:50 Childrens List 1pt e/w
5:30 Velvet Maker 1pt e/w

Paint The Clouds/Djakadam 0.5pts win

11.5pts staked

Apart from 1pt back as a free bet from Djakadam, absolutely nothing.
I think this goes down as my worst Cheltenham week so far. Guess my beginners luck finally ran out

Stuck my free bet on a Schalke/Getafe/Marseille/Middlesbrough/Rangers accum. There's still hope I can finish my only betting week of the year in profit !!

sham69

had Dandridge in the last.
Do I get free bet for second?
Might throw it on the Arsenal match tomorrow...

Megager

Thanks for all the tips on here. I tend to watch this forum periodically. As someone who hasn't a clue about but has a genuine interest in horse racing, the knowledge on here made the week fun. No big wins but a few winners thanks to here. Some great write ups over the course of the week.

nehe milner skudder

Megager wrote: »

Thanks for all the tips on here. I tend to watch this forum periodically. As someone who hasn't a clue about but has a genuine interest in horse racing, the knowledge on here made the week fun. No big wins but a few winners thanks to here. Some great write ups over the course of the week.

aftertiming scum. you knew.........:pac:



game by the bollox

Wicklow Brave

Wicklow Brave wrote: »

Don Cossack not suited to Cheltenham is a red herring. Sh*te talk imo. I admire the horse but I've never really warmed to him. He's promised a lot and failed to deliver on the biggest stage: Cheltenham twice and the King George. His two runs at Cheltenham: he fell and last year made a lot of jumping errors. He could do that at any track though, like he did at Kempton. I think if he doesn't make any jumping errors he should win. Great race in store.

Great Gold Cup.

Delighted for Cooper. Loved his celebration, shushing his doubters haha. He's gotten a lot of flack, particularly over the KG but DC has never been the best jumper and Cooper gave him an absolute peach of a ride today.

Gutted for connections of Cue Card. He came absolutely tanking. Maybe Brennan should have taken a pull, you could see he was going to clatter it a mile off. Would he have won? Real shame we'll never know. Do people who think DC would have won the KG if he stood up think the same about CC today? It would have been very, very close imho. Like DC not being suited to Cheltenham was a red herring, so was CC not staying. Hey ho.

Russell gave DP an absolute b******s of a ride. It might have on worked on Lord Windermere in a god awful GC with a non-staying fav but he should never have been that far off the pace with such class animals in the race. He shouldn't have been on the horse in the first place anyway.

Hopefully WPM has learned that when you have a horse good enough to win the Champion Chase or the Gold Cup you don't run them in the f***ing Ryanair. You have a second jockey, USE HIM.

All in all, a brilliant and truly memorable Festival. Now for Dundalk, where the real action happens and where the big boys play.

dave81

As suspected. Nothing today. Hit the post with a 33/1, 12/1 and 10/1. At least I'm getting pis sed! Thanks for all the advice, had a good week overall. Until next year. Adeui

Francie Barrett

Wicklow Brave wrote: »

Now for Dundalk, where the real action happens and where the big boys play.

The real home of champions!

Midfield General in the 7:30 I think is surely better than the 40/1 odds I got just there.

RobertKK

So it is over, I had more losers than anything else...

9 winners
8 places
11 losers

Hulk Hands

mdwexford wrote: »

I'd say Rich Ricci is not a happy camper right now.

Vautour should have been in the Gold Cup.

Mullins got his just desserts in this at least for messing people around.

Word pretty much everywhere on track all week was that it was Ricci's decision. Indeed Patrick was actually giving out about it, saying he'd rather go GC

Hulk Hands

On Pendleton and the horse, i'd say deep down Nicholls is disgusted, although probably nicely compensated. The horse wasn't hit once and was beaten 3l. It wouldve won a furlong with a normal decent amatuer on board

the groutch

If it runs at Aintree with a different jockey there will be a sizable bet from me.

matthew8

Hulk Hands wrote: »

On Pendleton and the horse, i'd say deep down Nicholls is disgusted, although probably nicely compensated. The horse wasn't hit once and was beaten 3l. It wouldve won a furlong with a normal decent amatuer on board

Horse wouldn't have even run in the race if not to give Pendleton a ride. Consensus was the horse wouldn't stay at all, and was ridden like he wouldn't stay at all. If he got a more vigorous ride (from a better jockey) he might have just emptied.