Cheltenham Festival Day 1

[Scottish Dave]

cant see past dunguib. will go in the yankee...

probably right

so ive gone £25 on Get me out of here @ 4/1, and my £25 free bet on Dunguid @ Evens

So £25 staked:

if Dunguib wins, i win £25 + £25 returned stake from GMOOH = £50 total
if GMOOH win, i win £125 total

any other winner, £25 down

dont mean to piss on your chips, but does that bet really make sense ? you are effectively trying to use the free bet part to mitigate your poential losses, but in effect you are backing a loser ??

if i didnt put the free bet on Dunguib, it would look like this

£25 Staked:

Dunguib wins i get £25 returned stake from GMOOH losing = Breaking even
GMOOH wins i get £125 back = £100 profit


The way ive done it:

Dunguib wins i get £25 winnings only, but not the Stake as its free bet = £25 profit
GMOOH wins i get £125 back = £100 profit


so i just using the free bet to try to turn it into £25 hard cash in hand on the Fav

[pleno1]

lets gogogo dunguib

[gambleingaz]

HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Graham C]

Small 1-2 on Dun and GMOH.

I love Cheltenham, I just wish I knew more about it!  Good fun though

[Simon Galloway]

1:30 Menorah in the first with PPs offer.
2:05 Somersby
2:40 Ogee
3:20 Go Native

Its probably not the best race to have a decent wedge on, but I like Ogee a lot in the 2:40 at 14/1 so I have anyway!

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[Acidmouse]

ffs 2nd and 4th, fav lol gg.

[gatso]

dunguib never in it

[Laxie]

Sticking with Menorah e/w in the first race. 

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[Colchester Kev]

Here are my bets so far for day 1:

Supreme Novices: I have layed a massive bet on Dunguib at evens. I am purely doing a Blatch and hoping the price moves out. Although he could be anything, he hasn't proven himself out of the top drawer quite yet and with doubts over his jumping I feel sure he's going on the slide. I'm looking to trade out at 2.2 or 2.24 for a juicy freeroll.

I've also had £200 ew Menorah @ 14/1 and £100 ew Get Me Out of Here @ 7/1

Arkle: Captain Cee Bee is a favourite to oppose in my opinion. I feel the Cheltenham fences will be his undoing and 9 is very old to be winning an Arkle. Somersby ticks all the right boxes for me and I'm heavily involved with £400 ew @ 11/2.

Champion: I can't get my head round this, I feel it's wide open. The only bet I've had is £50 ew Zaynar @ 8/1. I'll probably stick at that, unless I have some massive flash of inspiration.

Mares Hurdle: I had a massive negative for Quevaga at the start of last week, but instead of laying it I just went in head down on Voler La Vedette having £800 ew @ 5/2. The sort of bet you would never be layed at any other meeting. I'll probably trade the win portion of the bet but keep the place getting 5/8 about a true 1/3 shot.

I've had no bets in the handicaps yet, usually wait til the morning of the races to get involved.

GL everyone, keen to hear everyone elses bets for Day 1.

WHAT A START TO THE FESTIVAL !!

 

[ChipRich]

In the first race ive backed Menorah and Flat Out win only with Paddy Power.

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[Horneris]

In the first race ive backed Menorah and Flat Out win only with Paddy Power.

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[brummieboy]

In the first race ive backed Menorah and Flat Out win only with Paddy Power.

Nice one Brent had a cheeky $50 on Menorah a minute before the start of the race, can enjoy a freeroll all afternoon now.

[Graham C]

Nice start those on board!!

[ACE2M]

it doesn't win without forcing my nag nearly off the course with about 3 to go. well done to the winners.

[ChipRich]

Bh's Barmy Army!