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Might as well fire this bad boy up, seeing as we're under a fortnight away!

Was going to add up my total points outlay, but it took me long enough to get all my bets posted up next door.

I will post them here in the morning, as I'm too lazy to do it now ;D

Getting car down Tuesday morning will stay at my mates settee tuesday night
And go again if it's not a complete bloodbath. The car is driving us back 1am from Cheltenham
So plenty of time for a beer.

My day 1 revolves round elegant escape which I hope goes for the 4miler.
Also had decent bet on sceau royal which is being underestimated by the market presently
Can't have petit mouchoir on grounds of his jumping. Footpad is a brilliant jumper and most  likely winner
But even money him or 4/6 apples jade? Only a madman would think footpad is better value.

Like la bague au roi ew for mates if she runs there. Not got stuck into handicaps on day 1 yet

Day 1

Supreme

5pts @ 8/1 Getabird (4pts laid @ 3.9 Betfair)
2pts @ 14/1 Samcro (NRNB)
0.5pt @ 75/1 Next Destination
0.25pt @ 120/1 Apples Shakira


Arkle

0.5pt @ 50/1 Saint Calvados (ew)
1pt @ 25/1 North Hill Harvey


Champion Hurdle

2pts @ 16/1 Elgin (w/o Buveur D'Air ew) (NRNB)
0.5pts @ 190/1 Apples Jade


National Hunt Chase

2.5pts @ 12/1 Jury Duty
1pt @ 33/1 Elegant Escape
0.5pts @ 50/1 Impulsive Star (NRNB ew)



Dead

Supreme

1pt @ 35/1 Espori D'Allen
1pt @ 16/1 Real Steel
1pt @ 20/1 Sayar


Champion Hurdle

2.5pts @ 10/1 Yorkhill
0.25pts @ 90/1 Min


National Hunt Chase

2pts @ 14/1 Presenting Percy

Day 2

Ballymore Novices Hurdle
      
0.5pts  @ 10/1 On The Blind Side (ew)      


RSA Chase
   
2.5pts  @  12/1 Black Corton   
1pt @  25/1 Elegant Escape (NRNB)   
0.5pts  @  60/1 Invitation Only      


Coral Cup

3pts @ 14/1 Duc Des Genievres   (NRNB)
2pts @ 18/1 Le Breuil (NRNB)
1pt  @ 33/1 Ivanovich Gorbatov   


QM Champion Chase

2.5pts @ 12/1 Min      
1ptw @ 20/1 Douvan      
6pts @  9/2 Douvan (NRNB)
2.5pts @  9/1 Un De Sceaux (NRNB)


Cross Country Chase

5pts @  7/1 Cause Of Causes      
2pts @ 16/1 Tiger Roll         
      

Fred Winter H'Cap Hdle

2.5pts @ 16/1 Mitchouka (NRNB)
2.5pts @ 22/1 Act Of Valour (NRNB)


Champion Bumper

2pts @ 12/1 Didtheyleaveuoutto         
1.5pts @ 20/1 Blackbow (NRNB)
1pt @ 25/1 Hollowgraphic   



Dead

Ballymore Novices Hurdle   
   
2pts @ 14/1 Getabird
0.5pts  @ 60/1 Kalashnikov


RSA

2pts @ 28/1 Fountains Windfall


QM Champion Chase

2.5pts @ 12/1 Yorkhill


Champion Bumper   

1pt @ 33/1 Stay Humble            
1pt @ 33/1 Good Boy Bobby

Day 3

JLT Novices Chase

2.5pts @ 15/2 Footpad (NRNB)
2pts @ 16/1 Al Boum Photo (NRI)
1pts @ 20/1 Monalee
0.25pts  @ 99/1 Peregrine Run


Pertemps Final

3pts @ 10/1 Louis Vac Pouch (NRNB)


Ryanair Chase
      
2pts @  14/1 Min (NRI)
1pt @  23/1 Yorkhill   
0.5pts @  50/1 Douvan
0.25pts @  @ 190/1 Killultagh Vic      
   

Stayers Hurdle

1pt @ 25/1 Bacardys
1.5pts @ 20/1 Sam Spinner   
0.5pts @ 40/1 The Worlds End (ew)   
0.5pts @ 40/1 The New One   

Brown Advisory Plate

2pts @ 16/1 Romain De Senam (NRNB)
2pts @ 16/1 Bouvreuil (NRNB)


Kim Muir Challenge Cup

2.5pts @ 16/1 Pendra (NRNB)
1.5pts @ 25/1 Sutton Manor (NRNB)


Mares Novice Hurdle
   
2.5pts @ 12/1 Salsaretta



Dead

Ryanair

2pts @ 16/1 Waiting Patiently


Mares Novice Hurdle

2.5pts @ 12/1 Salsaretta

Day 4

Triumph Hurdle

5pts @  7/1 Apples Shakira (Laid 4pts @ 3.9 Betfair)
5pts @  6/1 Redicean   (NRNB)
2.5pts @ 12/1 Stormy Ireland (NRNB)


County Hurdle
   
3.5pts @ 12/1 Hunters Call (NRNB)
1.25pts @ 25/1 A Hare Breath


Albert Bartlett

3.5pts @  8/1 Santini    (NRNB)   
2.5pts @ 16/1 Cracking Smart   
2.5pts @ 12/1 Next Destination   
0.5pts  @ 60/1 Kilbricken Storm   


Cheltenham Gold Cup

2.5pts @ 12/1 Might Bite
3pts @ 12/1 Our Duke
0.5pts @ 80/1 Saphir De Rheu


Foxhunter Chase

5pts @  8/1 Burning Ambition (NRNB)


Martin Pipet Cond H'cap Hurdle
   
2pts @ 20/1 Early Doors (NRNB)
1pt @ 33/1 Project Bluebook (NRNB)
1pt @ 20/1 Blow By Blow (NRNB)


Grand Annual       

2pts @ 20/1 Theinval (NRNB)
2pts @ 20/1 North Hill Harvey (NRNB)
2pts @ 14/1 Don't Touch It (NRNB)



Dead

Triumph Hurdle

1pt @ 33/1 Style De Garde
      
   
Albert Bartlett

1.5pts @ 25/1 Vinndication
1.5pts @ 20/1 Getabird


Gold Cup

2pts @ 20/1 Coney Island

Any Race & Multiples

5pts @  5/1 Finians Oscar
5pts @  7/1 Yanworth
5pts @  7/1 Petite Mouchoir
3pts @ 10/1 Samcro   
3pts @ 10/1 Benie des Dieux
2pts @ 14/1 Blow By Blow
2pts @ 14/1 Red Jack
2pts @ 14/1 The Storyteller
2pts @ 14/1 Movewiththetimes   
2pts @ 16/1 Gold Present
2.5pts @ 16/1 Slate House
1.5pts @ 20/1 Movewiththetimes   
1.5pts @ 20/1 Singlefarmpayment
1.5pts @ 20/1 Bamako Moriviere
1pts @ 25/1 Tombstone
1pt @ 33/1 Callet Mad   



Dead

5pts @ 15/1 If The Cap Fits   
2.5pts @ 12/1 Death Duty   
2.5pts @ 12/1 Willoughby Court   
2pts @ 14/1 Coney Island   


Espoir Dallen    (Triumph)
Apples Shakira   (Mares Novice)
   
1pt DBL @ 50/1

Marky ballin' about in the antepost markets like its 2012. I miss the glory years of following Paul Jones' tips and getting 25/1 on loads that went off 7/1. Those were the days.

GL pal, some nice positions there.

Not had any myself yet, backed White Moon for one of the hurdles races @ 20s after its debut win. Paddys allowed me to cash out for my stake back after it had been stuffed in a race and doubled to 40/1 with most firms, so happily did that.

Annoyed I didn't back Footpad @ 14s after its debut over fences which really took my eye but assumed antepost betting for Cheltenham wasn't really a thing any more.

Can't have black corton on my mind at all would much rather be on elegant escape
Who is almost 4x the price

Betfair preview night tonight live streamed on Facebook
7.30, good panel should be some good stuff on there. Gordon Elliot
On there so back all of his that he doesn't mention lol

Bowling about, more like it. Cheers mate :D

Gives me something to do through the year, now the 'buca train is out of service.

I went in on Petit Mouchoir early for a/r, so was stubborn about not backing Footpad, too. Should have done, as it was still a decent price, even when the obvious was looking at me.

Tizzard was talking that one up at his open day, and most of his were off when that got beat.

Think I might chuck some on that, now you mention it.

Cancelled due to weather, unfortunately.

Scrolled down Marky’s picks in his first post - thought ‘he’s got a good selection for the week there’ then realised that was just day one.

There’s throwing a few darts at Cheltenham but Marky just hurls a hedgehog at the board.

Funking pretty hard for Marky.

Ha, it's pretty impressive, huh?

Good luck The Marky.

Haha!

Cheers, gents :)

Betbright preview on now, but only Kealy, Jennings, and Nick Luck.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lyiyJtoIZU

Cracking Smart out for the season, so that's another 2.5pts down the drain :D

This weather is doing my nut in!
Will spoil the festival completely if we get tacky ground
As it's complete guesswork what will go through it

Current forecasts are leaning towards heavy

If that is right, baldfred has heavy on opening day at 7/1. Looks like a bet to me.

Am I missing something?

It's never going heavy is it? Drains like nowhere on earth.

Short of a deluge at the weekend, soft, good to soft in places is as low as I'd expect it.

Mr Claisse loves GTS.

You are probably right, it does drain well and it’s still over a week away.

Weaver and Co were discussing it last night and they said with current weather forecasts going is predicted to be heavy

Looking at my weather maps, half an inch next Sunday at Cheltenham but amounts change daily

At this moment the majority of the track is officially Soft

If it's heavy, it will be GtS-Soft in places :D

I read that there may be some heavy in the going this week, as the snow thaws, and any rain comes in.

Cheltenham isn't until Tuesday week, and as Tal said, the drainage is extraordinary.

The X-country course is the most likely to be heavy.

Neil was on 'Luck on Sunday', today. I only caught half of it, but most enjoyable, and definitely worth watching on catchup, if you can.

Here it is

https://www.racinguk.com/videos/watch/ondemand/9845

Excellent!

Anyone know if the bookies in the centaur takes a decent bet on a non Cheltenham race?

This. Whatever the gong actually is, he'll call it good to soft next Tuesday morning. We've been here a couple of times on TfT.

It takes recent rain, and plenty of it, to keep the ground soft here. There's more forecast today but then it's set fair until Saturday. Depends how much they get at the weekend I guess.

Sceau Royal out of the Arkle due to a setback.

FML

The Trigg jinx strikes again  :(

Trigg ironing out more horses than Cutefish did last year.

Unlucky guys.

Good god, obv didn't go nrnb as this was only target?

Getabird is the horse at Cheltenham this year that's got me scratching my head the most.
Half of me thinks he's a class apart the other half thinks he was well flattered last time.

Same, which is why I took a freeroll :D

Gutted about ITFC being injured, as I was looking forward to seeing him in action.

Done a 'Touchy Trixie', this morning

Summerville Boy
Monalee
Our Duke

Not long now!

Hunters Call out now, ffs!

These are constantly changing but heres the latest rain predictions for this weekend

Friday 11 mm
Saturday 5 mm
Sunday 2 mm
Monday 2 mm
Tuesday 14mm
Wednesday 7mm

On a side note have you got any runners still in Marky!!!

Annoying that a few I've backed at almost double the odds, are now out when they were shorter, or even favourite.

Nevermind, only a few days to go, and at least Hunters was NRNB.

Good to Soft, Soft in places will be the worst case (NAP)

Ladbrokes predict a loss of £20m if Getabird, Footpad, Buveur D'Air and Apple's Jade win on the first day of the #CheltenhamFestival

Hollowgraphic not declared for the Bumper...

(https://media1.giphy.com/media/dEdmW17JnZhiU/giphy.gif)

Interesting or not - maybe its time not to back the horse but back the jockey - over the last five years there are a small number of jocks who have consistently done well at Chelty, Tom Scudamore is one showing a +46p return on your investment.

Will report any good or bad tips after Sundays do with the Scuds and others if I am still standing. 

Sizing John out of the GC, and Waiting Patiently going to Aintree.

Half an inch of rain overnight, resulting in this;



(http://i.imgur.com/Bqx2UQd.jpg) (https://imgur.com/Bqx2UQd)

Soft won't be so bad but if it gets tacky then it's a real lottery
It's way different to heavy just horrible gluey ground. Would hate the ground to be like this.
Gonna see what time the supreme is ran in then we can accurately
Judge the ground.

Here's the situation & forecast as of this morning (Sunday);


(http://i.imgur.com/Lfygusp.jpg) (https://imgur.com/Lfygusp)

One good thing is that it's forecast to be breezy every single day.

In other news I have succumbed to one small knickerbocker glory of a yankee with Kalashnikov, Un De Sceau, Sam Spinner, and Redician.

Only two more sleeps to go...

GtS/SiP, if he can get away with it.

Un De Sceaux v Douvan would be good viewing.

I can't help thinking that they're just procrastinating and giving themselves an extra day before not running.

I'm a huge Douvan fanboy but it seems an odd move.

Be nice to get a run for my 1/2 pt @ ~50s :D

The rain continues........


(http://i.imgur.com/Cnwlgpl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/Cnwlgpl)

Today and overnight 4mm light rain and drizzle wind average 15mph

Tuesday fine with average wind 6mph

Wednesday fine with average wind 23mph

Thursday rain 15mm wind average 10mph

Friday rain 6mm wind average 7mph

Ruby rides Douvan in The Champion 'Chase on Wednesday.

I'll be there. Should I get on, get paid..Full clip

It's not run since disappointing in the same race last year @1/5(it's sole defeat over fences).

Fascinating renewal but not exactly a mortgage-job imo.

Altior lame this morning but they are still "hopeful" of a run!

Softest ground for 23 years

Peter Scudamores Cheltenham value bets:

13 March Ultima Coo Star Sivola
14 March Boodles Fred Winter - Lisp
16 March Timico Gold Cup - Edwulf

Day 1

Supreme

5pts Min @ 8/1 (Laid 4pts @ 3.9)

2pts @ 12/1Paloma Blue (Refund if loser)
2pts @ 14/1 Mengli Khan



Arkle

0.5pts @ 40/1 Saint Calvados (ew)



Ultima

2pts @ 14/1 Coo Star Sivola
1pt  @  28/1 Shantou Flyer



Champion Hurdle

2.5pts @ 10/1 Yorkhill
2pts @ 16/1 Elgin (Without BD e/w)



Mares Hurdle

2pts @ 10/1 Jers Girl (Without AJ e/w)



National Hunt Chase

2.5pts @ 12/1 Jury Duty
0.5pts @ 50/1 Impulsive Star (ew)



Close Bros Chase

1pt @ 25/1 Le Rocher
1.5pts @ 20/1 Testify


29.5pts Live

20pts Dead (9.5pts returned NRNB)

Will you be adding to your ante-post stuff Marky, or are you set and ready for action?

I've been taking advantage of the offers and currently have;

(https://image.ibb.co/efCs3S/Capture.jpg)

I've added a few, and just posted everything I'm on with the antepost stuff that isn't dead.

Offers!! WAL :D

Guy from another forum won a Talksport/RUK comp, and posted this.

Just finished our course walk with Ruby.
Have reported on Douvan/Min/Altior in champion chase thread.
Footpad is his best ride. Confident.
Strong on Laurina.
Cant see anyway to get Apples Jade beat with Benie or at all.
Will ride Killutagh vic in the Gold cup unless ground improves. Said killutagh vic would have needed all this rain. He would have got took off his feet and jumping put under pressure on better ground.
Hopes cheekpieces will spark Faugheen but didnt sound overly confident.
Not decided on his triumph ride. Kept saying Stormy is tiny.
No worries on Getabird going left handed. Goes left handed at Willies every other day in his work

Said this about the Champion Chase

Reckons this is a very minor issue and he should be fine to race. A good farrier can pierce a small hole and draw out the pus and the horse would be good to go. He would be very positive of Altior running.

Decided on Douvan as hes the only horse capable of beating Min. He couldnt see Min turning arounf the supreme form. "Douvan is Douvan" he said.

Multiples & Promos


10pts @ 5/1 Samcro/Buveur/Footpad Any Race    
5pts @ 5/1  Nicholls to win Foxhunters
3pts @ 8/1 Hendo Placed In 4 C/Races    
1pt @ 66/1 Hendo Win the 4 C/Races      
3pts @ 10/1 Getabird/Footpad/Laurina   
2pts @ 17/1 Getabird/BuvD'Air/Monalee(RSA)   
.5pts @ 10/1 Laurina/Monalee       
1.5pts @ 20/1 Getabird/Footpad/UDS/Laurina
0.5pts @ 20/1 Presenting Percy/Cause of Causes


Buveur D'Air
Al Boum Photo
Laurina

1.5pts



Buveur D'Air
Yanworth
Apples Shakira

2pts



Footpad
Buveur D'Air
Apples Jade
Altior

1.5pts



Apples Jade
Rhinestone
Laurina

1pt



Monalee
Chef Des Obeaux
Our Duke

0.5pts



Buveur D'Air
Altior
L'Ami Serge
Might Bite

0.5pts



Summerville Boy
Monalee
Our Duke

0.5pts

I can't quite figure out how a couple or three years ago after you, me, and Matt had been betting on raceclear selections for six months or so when they were on a bit of a heater, I ended up having almost all of my accounts closed or severely restricted whereas neither of you two lost an account and you still even get offers.

Thanks for the input and all the work

Hills have voided my bets on Fountains Windfall, unexpected but welcome.

Any thoughts on Penhill for the stayers, owned by Tony Bloom, someone has mentioned it to me as a good bet, will ask for more detail and update later.

Not sure I'd say it's a good bet, given that it hasn't raced since getting beaten at Punchestown last April.

I can let it win, if this will be its first race of the season.

Fair point, certainly is a short enough price not having a run.

Wouldn't be ploughing in.

Watch the market, though. If it's fancied by those in the know, it'll be pretty obvious.

It's time!!!

(https://media3.giphy.com/media/liFaAWEOa1uKc/giphy.gif)

Ready for action

(https://image.ibb.co/gUi8Uc/Capture.jpg)

Ralph - I'm obviously know where as in the know as some of the guys on here, but I assume it is partly because I never shop around for prices etc
I just punt around on which ever account has monies in and I am pretty sure the majority of my bets are not what you guys would call 'value'.

I remember distinctly putting a bet on for you when you were in China - I stuck it on your account with the Irish mob, £30EW @16/1 and it won - I was thinking how amusing it would be if I had got your account closed while you were away. I checked your balance the following day and not only had they paid you out but they had credited you with a £30 free bet too !!!

Seems like a bit of a minefield to me today. At least there's always Denise going overbroke.

As far as I can see, the official going today is "heavy, soft in places".

Yeah, that's what he called it this morning on Opening Show.

La bague Au Roi is a great bet each way.

Going to have to try and get you closed by the end of the week.

Only minefield is working out how to get on.

Horses that go on soft and stay ftw. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVPhnExZgR0

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Didn't know Red was a racing fan.

Thanks for helping me out with the link.

Ibis Du Rheu in the last is todays sneaky one.

Bwin has horse prices today which I don't think they normally do

Yes, probably should have had it EW, too busy concentrating on using up all the offers.

I would prefer not to get anything closed but always love to read your thoughts on the races Doobs if you have time.

wow great first race.......McCoy-esk ride by Noel to get him up after those mistakes.

(https://i.imgur.com/nttQRDf.png)


JOOI for a betting novice:

EX: ?
Trifecta: pick the top 3 in any order?
Tricast: pick the top 3 in the correct order?
SF: ?
Swingers: ???

I think you have the right horse in the Mares but e/w would be better.  You should be looking to get an e/w in the Champion, I have Melon.  The last is a good e/w race and so is the 2.50.  Two I have backed should be in Longines spreadsheet. I like Footpad of the favourites.  Am at work so haven't any time. 

Exacta and Trifecta are pool bets
Forecast and Tricast are computer calculated odds bets

Exacta/Forecast being 1st and 2nd
Trifecta/Tricast being 1st 2nd and 3rd

Ta.

Replaced MTOY with Melon earlier on today.
You have Barney Dwan in the last but again I only have the win.

Pretty happy with that result in the first.  :D

Kalashnikov getting mullered on the line has put a right dent in my knickerbocker glory's vision of wheelbarrows full of readys. :(

While we are asking questions does anyone know why Betfair goes forwards and backwards when you click the refresh button?
Makes it pretty pointless as I never know if I am looking at the latest prices.

The exchange auto-refreshes and you can set your own intervals - I think standard is 6 seconds.

I think the sportsbook is similar.

But for me the amount matched goes up and down, and at the start it can go in and out of play?

It might be the browser as that sounds strange - works fine for me on firefox.

Refresh button works fine for me, in Chrome.

Have you tried turning it off and then on again?

Updated the settings per Ralph, works fine now as long as i dont click the refresh button

Was nice being able to put my feet up on the run to the line there :D

Well done Marky, bet that felt good.

Nice to be 10% out of it, with 25 races to go.

Nice one Marky.

No f/c???

Nah, would have needed enough ammo to cover what I won.

I had Gold Present & Singlefarmpayment for any race, from a long while back, and they all turned up here.

Can anyone confirm I am not going mad here

£30 free bet
Used as £15 EW on Singlefarmpayment @ 7/1
1/5 odds
1-5 places

Should pay £21 not £6?

(https://image.ibb.co/eWxEkH/Capture.jpg)

Free bets are usually not stake back

There was a thread about free bet maths a year years ago but I can't seem to find it. Essentially, pick one that is as tight to the machine price as possible and back it win only.

Thanks Rinswun

Not overly fussed on the best way to use them, its more the payout issue!

It is actually in their T's & C's, different to everyone else as far as I know.

They deduct the place stake and the win stake part of the free bet if the horse places!

Yeh, that is pretty standard I'm afraid.

I managed to find the thread in the end. Hat tip to Doobs for putting it together.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=61477.0

No where else deducts the win part from the place winnings

The mystery of how Stu's accounts are still open has been solved.

Ballymore

2pt @ 14/1 DDG
1pt @ 25/1 Scarpeta
3pt @ 10/1 Samcro (a/r) 10pts @ 5/1 third leg of Sky treble.



RSA

2.5pt @ 12/1 Black Corton
1pt @ 25/1 Elegant Escape
2pt @ 16/1 Dounikos



Coral Cup

3pt  @ 15/1 Le Breuil
1pt @ 30/1 Voix Du Reve
1pt @ 25/1 Springtown Lake



QMCC

2.5pts @ 12/1 Min
6pts @ 9/2 Douvan (Was NRNB expecting money back, lol. Also 1pt @ 22/1 laid at 7/1)



Cross Country

5pt @ 7/1 Cause of Causes
2pt @ 16/1 Tiger Roll (Must have got mate to put this on when I was pissed)



Fred Winter

2.5pts @ 16/1 Mitchouka
2.5pts @ 22/1 Act of Valour
1.5pts @ 25/1 Oxford Blu



Champion Bumper

2pt @ 12/1 Didtheyleaveuoutto
1.5pt @ 20/1 Blackbow

:D

come on jury duty 1st 3 will do me win will be nice

By my rough calculations the total winning distances today on heavy ground at Cheltenham was an incredibly low ~16 lengths.

The shrewd bet always used to be buying the distances on the spreads if the ground is heavy.

Anyone know what the line was today?

Spin were 34-37 I think.

To think that Footpad won by 14L too.

Results for yesterday

(https://image.ibb.co/mrLB0H/Capture_Tues.jpg)


On to today

(https://image.ibb.co/fZH27x/Capture_Weds.jpg)

^^^^^

Blimey Stu, that's an impressive portfolio of Accounts. What happened to PP?

Interesting....my 365 matched free bet in the 3.30 is only £25....I must be doing something right  :D

I have a fully active PP account too!  ;djinn;

Just think there existing customer offer of money back only if beaten by the fav is a bit poor compared to the others.

Just a quick reminder to do the ITV7 for free.....

Just having a look around oddschecker this year it is incredible how many firms who have been burnt in the past offering crazy place terms at Chelt have gone totally the other way this year.  Hills/BFSB especially.  So many firms only offering the standard 1/5 1,2,3 in the X country and bumper today for example that is effectively a 16 runner hcap. 

Over 150pts back, with 20 races to go.

What a horse that is!

3pt @ 10/1 Samcro (a/r) 10pts @ 5/1 third leg of Sky treble.



Nice work Marky, that must have felt good. 10/1 & 5/1 about an odds on shot, lovely job.

Cheers, first Starbs on me in June ;)

Nice to only be in the hole for 150 points, and have almost 3 days to get in profit, for sure.

Just wish I'd had more money in my account when I put that 'any race' bet on last year.

Some horse!

Was counting my 12/1 winner when Min cantered around :D

Couple of nice touches there today Marky

Well done

Cheers, Trev.

2/3 of the way there, and 1/2 way through. I'd have taken that at the start of the week.

Nice going Marky - trainwreck for me today but tomorrow is the big one with SS and UdS.

Just remembered I had that sunnybet fiver on Altior @5/1 so I did actually rescue a pony free bet which I will hopefully inflict some punishment with.

Cheers, Ralph.

I thought I was scooping from them with my bet on Min, when he came cantering round. Altior is a machine!

JLT

2pts @ 12/1 Shattered Love



Pertemps

3pts @ 10/1 Louis Vac Pouch



Ryanair

2.5pts @ 8/1 Cue Card



Stayers Hurdle

1.5pts @ 20/1 Sam Spinner
1pt @ 25/1 Bacardys
0.5pt @ 40/1 The Worlds End (EW)



Brown Advisory

2pts @ 16/1 Romain De Senam
1.5pts @ 25/1 Willie Boy



Mares Novice Hurdle

2.5pts @ 12/1 Salsaretta



Kim Muir

2.5pts @ 16/1 Pendra

He finds an unbelievable amount from being off the bridle - touched ~8 on betty.

Might have misheard, but I think Nico said that he couldn't keep up, all race.

https://twitter.com/AtTheRaces/status/973297761020887041

Might be the funniest thing I've seen all week

brilliant

Stars have been running a poker freeroll promo, bet £10 on any race at Cheltenham and get a ticket into a 10k freeroll at 6pm, last night had only 190ish runners roughly £1.9k up top. In case anyone is interested.

What's going on with Douvan still being in the betting for the RyanAir? Surely he cant be running. obvs Rule 4 when withdrawn.

Weds results
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Thursday ready for action
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Tiger Roll, nice one Stu, that made all the difference.

Bet365, too. MBN to have a legit account with Team Coates.

Good luck today mate.

Big day today!

L'Ami Serge would set me up to freeroll the summer in Vegas, if Might Bite wins the GC.

Added a few last night

JLT

1.5pts @ 20/1 Kemboy



Pertemps Final

2pts @ 12/1 Delta Work



Ryanair Chase

2pts @ 10/1 Frodon (W/O Un De Sceaux)
2pts @ 12/1 Cloudy Dream (Free Bet)



Brown Advisory

1pt @ 20/1 Kings Odyssey



Kim Muir

2pts @ 12/1 Missed Approach

Yeah nice one with Tiger Roll Stu

Very professional that spreadsheet...just like mine!!!!

Thanks Mr K, blind squirrels nuts and all that!

Hopefully we find a few more today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-43407956

Golfer Lee Westwood won nearly £22,000 after backing every winning horse on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival.

The former world number one, from Worksop, won Betfred's totejackpot competition by betting on the first six winners.

The golfer then bet on the seventh race and picked yet another winner.

He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I put £128 on the tote [totejackpot] and it paid just under £22,000."

He looked good, I thought, in his gangsta get up.


(http://i.imgur.com/ZHSqY7A.jpg) (https://imgur.com/ZHSqY7A)

Auditioning for a role on the next season of Peaky Blinders.

Love this horse.   I didn't back it yesterday, as I thought it was too short in the morning, but I did last year.

He has now won the Triumph, The 4 mile chase and the cross country.

It will be tough to find a horse that has won a bigger range of races at the Festival, it must be near impossible if the horse needs a Timeform squiggle to qualify.

Cause of Causes another, but swap the Kim Muir for the Triumph.

Is this happening again tonight? I can't see any mention of this on their site.

StarSports just tweeted they took a £7k ew bet on Penhill to lose £100k

Should have checked before I posted, looks like they have binned it. I noticed on the first day it said 500 min runners to start and only getting <200 yesterday probably didn't help even though it still ran. Sorry bud

Just for Ralph....

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Thought Finians Oscar jumped better than he had previously, and the cheekpieces looked to have done some good.

@stevefreeth

Shattered Love - 17/2 into 4/1.

One of the worst results of @bet365’s history.

Why do some jockeys choose to start 30 yards behind the leading horses, seems a huge disadvantage? Why don't they use stalls?

that will be a short head then

a) might want to settle a headstrong one at the back, but the starter shouldn't let them go if its that far back
b) NH horses are too broad

Looks like the wrong result, but the top nose is Delta's apparently.

Thanks Rich. Saw the start of the 2.10 and there was quite a distance although no big gaps between horses.
Thought they would just make wider stalls/adjustable sides but I guess NH horses have never used them and might get spooked?

Tikay probably had to go for a lay down, after seeing Rod & his better half all dapped up at Chelts.

Not wrong. Crucial,outfit, that.

Oops

:D

Think StarSports prob did alright, but they'll be sure to remind everyone of that bet :D

Hope you had a few quid on, Omm.

Wouldn't have backed that if you'd given me the money to do it.

didn't go mad but nice to see it win.

You'd have had to be mad to lump onto it, for sure :D

Some ride that was!

Nice to see a smaller trainer pick one up at the end, and a great ride from the front.

Fred's Dad looking pleased with life, doubtless after lumping on Penhill this afternoon.


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Haha, superb!

What a life

Triumph

5pts @ 7/1 Apples Shakira (Laid 4pts @ 3.9)
5pts @ 6/1 Redicean
2.5pts @ 12/1 Stormy Ireland



County Hurdle

1pt @ 25/1 A Hare Breath
1pt @ 40/1 Chesterfield
1.5pts @ 25/1 Moon Racer



Albert Bartlett

4pts @ 8/1 Santini
1pt @ 40/1 Talkischeap
2pts @ 20/1 Dortmund Park



Gold Cup

2.5pts @ 12/1 Might Bite
3pts @ 12/1 Our Duke
1pt @ 25/1 Edwulf



Foxhunters

5pts @ 8/1 Burning Ambition
5pts @ 5/1 Nicholls to have winner



M. Pipe Conditional

2.5pts @ 14/1 Diese Des Bieffes
2pts @ 20/1 Early Doors
1pt @ 25/1 Mr Big Shot



Grand Annual

2pts @ 20/1 Theinval
2pts @ 20/1 North Hill Harvey
2pts @ 14/1 Don't Touch It




Any Race

2pts @ 14/1 Blow By Blow      
1.5pts @ 20/1 Bamako Moriviere   
1pt @ 25/1 Tombstone         
1pt @ 33/1 Callet Mad      


Into the last day we go!   

Can't match that portfolio Marky but I have got 2pts @ 25/1 Farclas and 1pt @ 13/2 Redicean in The Triumph, 1 pt EW @ 25/1 Talkischeap, and 1pt EW @ 12/1 Diese Des Bieffes.

Farclas would heal many wounds :)

Good luck with those Marky, nice spread of value there.

Have you withdrawn from the blonde Tipster Comp? Noticed your score has has not moved for several days.

I'd like to say I forgot to send in my selections, but I'd be lying ;D

Did the promotion next door today and I owe you a beer or two when I see you for Shattered Love, thank you Marky! X :-)

Haha, don't be daft.


Glad you managed to nick a few quid :)

I discover by accident that I have a free £10 bet with unibet after my original account opening tenner ew on Lisp@20/1(sp10/1) fell at the third hurdle.

I attempt to place my free tenner on Might Bite @9/2 and get offered £4.92 or get referred - I go for referral and after a few minutes get knocked back and MB is suddenly 4/1.

Tossers

I was guttted that Sidney sold out to them.

I could still get a few quid on with him, but even get knocked back for 1000/1 trebles with Uni :(

Ralph moving the price of Might Bite and Marky getting refused multiples.  Incredible scenes.

Farclas, Brelade and The Game Changer all three boosted treble with Hills at 11000/1. Vegas here we come baby.

Trying to build your own casino :D

They knew! Game Changer a non runner, Bogner here we come, lol.

Butlins isn't bad this time of year ;D

OIOI thank fk for that  ;sexybanana;

Very nice, well done Ralph.

Nice start and lovely Ante post for you.  Trigg tweeted the forecast earlier as well. Oi Oi

Nice one lads!

Go on the Tizz!

Nicky Henderson played down Might Bite's chances earlier today. Ground against & very competitive field.

Willie Mullins says he can't see anything beating it.

Think I've covered a third of the field with Antepost darts and a few more this morning.

My first day off work to watch the races & loving every minute!

GL to all for the rest of the card.

Armadillooooooooooooooooossss!

Got to be the worst GC field for a good while.

What now for Might Bite? Ryanair?

Has anyone checked to see if Bookiebasher is okay?

Worst conditions, not sure about world Gold Cup.

Great run from Might Bite, and he'll be back next year, I'd imagine.

Hoping not to be running on a swamp :D

Looks better on the chase than the hurdle course. We're a long way from Best Mate, Denman, Kauto et al.

 Best Mate didn't run in vintage times.  Might Bite started at 4/1; that alone shows how good the field was.  They would be mad to duck this if he was fit bext year.  How many good years did Denman have?  Kauto clearly a beast though.

Mate just told me that Harrington said the ground is the worst she has seen.

Can't believe they have given it as soft, heavy in places last few days.    Looks as heavy as you like to me.

Absolutely attritional conditions.


What a week it was, can't believe it's over already  :(

There were more than usual curling up after the last on the run up that hill.

Great week though with so many thrilling races - I had too many seconds but thankfully one of my oldest ante-post bets on Farclas got me out just in front.

Only 361 sleeps until the next one...

Fair enough. I've been told :)


Don't worry Marky. Saturday tomorrow.

Marky if you don't mind what was the final scores on the doors for you? In terms of points?

About a wheelbarrow and a half I reckon.

That's a great picture. Kick on Camel.

Yup, sure is.

I stole it from Twitter, but I'm sure Keith won't mind, as he put it there.

I've invested £15 in tomorrow, and that'll be about it :D

I might drag myself out of bed in time to watch it.

I'm in front, but not sure exactly how much.

I'll have a spin through the accounts tomorrow, and work out how many Starbies I'm up.

Tony Bloom will be furious whem he finds out Camel ate his cornflakes out of it this morning.

Watching American Idol, so could do this at the same time.

Outlays

Day 1 - 37pts + 15 on the day
Day 2 - 40pts + 15 on the day
Day 3 - 25pts + 15 on the day
Day 4 - 50pts + 15 on the day
AR&M - 77pts
Dead - 105pts (46pts returned NRNB)

Net - 348pts

Thought it was about 300, which worked out just under with all my NRNB returns.

Spent about 50 points over the week, so rounded it up to 15 per day.



Returns

Day 1 - 63pts
Day 2 - 127pts
Day 3 - 121pts
Day 4 - 144pts

Totals - 455pts


Just over 100 points up, which will buy me breakfast at Starbucks with Tikay, or a nice meal on my own :)

That’s fantastic, not bad for what is essentially a years worth of entertainment with all the ante post stuff. Well done.

Yeah, it's like a thrift club really, and just hope that it pays out more than I put in ;D

This is the third time I've done it this way. Last year I lost about 50 points, and the year before I won about 400.

I think that's bloody great, Marky, well done mate.

Brekkie in Vegas is on you. oioi

Cheers, Tikay :)

I would honestly say it's the most enjoyable week of the year for me. Well, other than Vegas, but it's close.

If I get 1/2 my money back I'm happy, and it keeps me busy through the whole year.

Breakfast  on me, and then we'll go watch some cagefighting ;)

Thought this was a lovely clip of Kalashnikov the day after his race

https://twitter.com/almracing/status/973819506341662720?s=21

Ha, that's lovely.

Did you read the comments? All totally positive. Most un-Twitter like. Star in the making.

I've actually been watching some of that cage fighting shite, and have taken a shine to TJ Dillishaw. Tough or what?

Not sure I could manage a whole evening of it yet, but it sure beats one well known blonde horse racing "expert" who has photos of Backstreet Boys on his bedroom wall.

Yeah, TJ is a very exciting fighter, as is Mighty Mouse, who also runs in the Twitch streets, with his fans.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK04CdO6vHs




I didn't, but have now. Agree, not like most of the stuff on Twitter, and why I don't really use it much.

Two stars in the making, for sure.