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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,500
    Another brave ride from Little Scu .. he does so like to go and go from the off
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,199
    ah you slag 2nd place
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,276
    Imagine saddling a beautiful creature like a horse with a flipping stupid name like The Cockney Mackem.

    Sorry names for horses these days.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,500
    Imagine saddling a beautiful creature like a horse with a flipping stupid name like The Cockney Mackem.

    Sorry names for horses these days.
    Horses may be beautiful .. but why always the long face ?
  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,780
    Totally different day for me today. In the frame all day pretty much yesterday without a winner except a cover on finians. Now i have had 2 winners and sod all else!
  • Addickforlife
    Addickforlife Posts: 2,102
    Not a great day for me despite 2 winners. Mentioned Sir Des Champs on here earlier, but then didnt back him, so that was an error! Still up for the whole festival, just, so hopefully tomorrow will be a big day!
  • SE10
    SE10 Posts: 2,169
    Can someone post the 4.40 result please ?
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,737
    edited March 2012
    Sunnyhillboy wins
    2 Becauseicouldntsee
    3 Exmoor Ranger
    4 Up The Beat

    I think Start Me Up was 5th
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,199
    bookies taken a beating today
  • C4FC4L1f3
    C4FC4L1f3 Posts: 1,917
    bookies taken a beating today
    so did i lol

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  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    Can someone post the 4.40 result please ?
    The £250K box has gone.......
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    Cheltenham 4.40

    1st 3 Sunnyhillboy 13-2 F
    2nd 6 Becauseicouldntsee 9-1
    3rd 2 Exmoor Ranger 33-1
    4th 1 Up The Beat 8-1
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,737
    Sorry about that crap tip for Swing Bill guys......I'll stick to the GN. A man's got to know his limitations
  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,780
    Think I'm level today about 20 up for the three days...could be worse!
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,737
    From the Racing Post:

    "Henderson employee 'wins over £1m' on acca
    By Graham Green 7:14PM 15 MAR 2012

    A MEMBER of Nicky Henderson's staff who was on Thursday night anxious to remain anonymous is understood to have become a millionaire thanks to an accumulator featuring five of the trainer's six Cheltenham Festival winners.

    What is believed to have been a £50 bet at antepost prices was placed with bet365 in November.

    The winning horses were Sprinter Sacre (Racing Post Arkle Chase), Simonsig (Neptune Investment Novices' Hurdle), Bobs Worth (RSA Chase), Finian's Rainbow (Queen Mother Champion Chase) and Riverside Theatre (Ryanair Chase).

    Bookmakers are normallykeen to trumpet when a client enjoys a massive pay-out but bet365 were unwilling to discuss the details of the win when contacted by the Racing Post.

    Spokesman Pat Cooney said: "It was a horrible day for us as bookmakers, we lost on every single race, and while we are pleased for customers who had a good day, it is company policy not to discuss individual accounts."

    This is the second major gamble to have been landed at the festival this week with Phil Williams, owner of the Donald McCain-trained Son Of Flicka, reputed to have collected £900,000 when his horse won the Coral Cup on Wednesday."
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,366
    good on em
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,481
    Burton Port tomorrow. Get on. Enough said!
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,366
    backed him in his first ever bumper, was under pressure 3 furlongs out but just ran and ran and ran, won by a mile in the end. One of my favourite horses, not had a bet this week yet, might just have a dabble tomorrow
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    edited March 2012
    Creosote in the 1.40, he's good over fences.
    Aran Sweater in the 2.10 is a good jumper.
    Cambridge Boat in the 2.30 is worth a punt.
    Dirty Carpet in the 2.45, never been beaten.
    Jordan's Kid in the 3.00 is a short Price.
    Coroner in the 3.15 is a dead cert......
    Don't Insult Me in the 3.35 takes a fence.....

    Help these help. :-)
  • cafcadam
    cafcadam Posts: 241
    1.30 Pearl Swan
    2.05 Citizenship
    2.40 Fox appeal
    3.20 Midnight Chase
    4.00 Merchant Royal
    4.40 i`msingingtheblues
    5.15 French Opera

    Not sure how im playing tomorrow but these are my selections.
    and if tomorrow is like the week I have had then they will all fall or lose.

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  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,278
    Burton Port tomorrow. Get on. Enough said!
    AA - If Burton Port wins the Gold Cup, I will give up betting!

  • Addickforlife
    Addickforlife Posts: 2,102
    edited March 2012
    Right here we go then, the big day! Time to hopefully turn my so far tiny profit into some serious profit!!

    Below are my selections:

    1.30 Grumeti
    2.05 Local Hero
    2.40 Boston Bob. (also think Brindisi Breeze is a very good shout, if he had a more well known trainer I am certain odds would be shorter)
    3.20 Kauto Star (will probs go Burton Port or Midnight Chase e/w as well)
    4.00 Chapoturgan
    4.40 Open Hearted
    5.15 How fitting would it be for Nicky Henderson to end his record breaking festival with a winner in the race named after his father but I can see Ferdy Murphy spoiling that with DE BOITRON. Hope I'm wrong.

    Good luck all!
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,737
    Lest anyone is tempted by another JP "plunge", if one occurs for Synchronised, just bear in mind that his Lexus win on "good" [time suggests plenty of cut though], which seems to be the basis for Jonjo’s optimism today, was in a time slower than the (admittedly decent) novices ran over the same trip that day (he would have finished 4th in that novice chase on time). Bear in mind too that he was off the bridle a mile from home. It will be a serious test of his unique jumping style this afternoon and I'm not convinced it will stand up to it at the pace at which they'll likely go.
    Personally, at best, I see him staying on past tiring horses up the hill maybe for a minor place, as top staying handicappers often do in the Gold Cup, but his only chance of defeating the best of his rivals today is if there are several mishaps.
    There you go...that's him nailed on for the prize!
  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,780
    1.30 Balder Succes
    2.05 Citizenship
    2.40 Boston Bob
    3.20 Long Run (saver on Kauto for sentiment and as I can't see a winner outside of the top 2)
    4.00 Chapoturgeon
    4.40 Bourne
    5.15 De Boitron
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Weird Al e/w
  • CAFCBourne
    CAFCBourne Posts: 3,817
    1.30 Grumeti
    2.05 Snap Tie
    2.40 Rocky Creek
    3.20 Kauto Star probably not but i'd love it
    4.00 Salsify
    4.40 Bourne
    5.15 Astracad
  • addickinsane
    addickinsane Posts: 41

    1.30 Baby Mix
    2.05 Local Hero (e/w)
    2.40 Boston Bob
    3.20 What ISawLeaburnScore said
    4.00 Merchant Royal
    4.40 Street Entertainer
    5.15 None. Will have lost all my money by then.
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    Quel Espirit a non-runner in Gold Cup.
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    edited March 2012
    I'll be doing WIN Patent today.

    1.30 Shadow Catcher
    2.05 Ifyouletmefinish
    3.20 Synchronised
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,936
    Very difficult today but we will see what happens. The gold cup will be a great spectacle especially if kauto wins but personally the friday is my least favourite day of the festival. The crowds are very big but in my view the racing is not as good as on the first 3 days. 1:30 shadow catcher 2:05 citizenship 2:40 boston bob 3:20 long run 4:00 cloudy lane (although I won't be going anywhere near this race) 4:40 toner d'oudairies 5:15 de boitron. Good luck to all

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