Sport of Kings discussion thread

cafc4life said:

Duchess of marmite running in the 8.30 tonight

Collared on the line

smiffyboy said:

smiffyboy said:

6:00 Dundalk Little Sweatheart
7:00 Dundalk Ebadan

Great work yet again - you're a legend Smiffy!

Off to lingfield again today .

All weather system
All selections £10 win gives you a profit of £34.00
All selections 5/1 or bigger £10 win gives you a profit of £120.21
All selections 5/1 or bigger £5 each way gives you a profit of £74.37
Southwell
1.10 Boolass,Speightons Kid and Falcons Reign
3.35 Cross Fire

The best aspect of the Killultagh Vic race is that those who mop up all the prices on Betfair by being at the course dropped £50K.

Fastest finger doesn't always pay.

bobmunro said:

Lincsaddick said:

Interesting piece in yesterday's 'Times' .. is the Mullins domination going to ruin Cheltenham ? .. with his billionaire owners and seemingly three class entries for all the big races, does The Times have a point ? ..

I'm not sure. We want to see the very best horses running and winning and the fact they are all owned by a select few and trained by one or two top trainers is secondary to me.

I think it affects the betting ring more than the spectacle - bookmakers like competitive racing ;-)

Unfortunately I have to disagree. The Arabs, apart from the fact that the majority of horses running offer no stud value, have usually stayed away from National Hunt (the exceptions being Kribensis and Royal Gait- both owned by Shekh Mohammed) as much as anything out of respect for the sport. It is what used to make NH so different from the flat. You could win a Championship race at Cheltenham with a horse that cost £10K and not at least £100,000.

And the fact that these horses are trained by one handler makes a mockery of ante post markets because no one knows which of those animals is actually going to run in which race. Not quite as bad as Aidan O'Brien though as, when I was in charge of the Reduction Factor team at Betfair, he used to have two or even three horse entered in the big flat races - and wouldn't make his mind up which one(s) would run until he walked the course a couple of hours before the race! Mind you Gigginstown have regularly done the same and been fined accordingly - a derisory amount compared to the ultimate prize.

The other thing is that were say three horses owned by different owners they would take each other on and make those races more competitive.

will have a dabble mate.
Good Luck

Good luck Killer makes perfect sense

Charltonparklane said:

killer kish said:

One of my horses Dragoon Guard runs tonight,Kempton 6.40.Hated the surface at Southwell last time like many horses do but is running in a lower class tonight and proven on this surface so no excuses for a poor run tonight.Only negatives are we have only just bought this horse and its only his second race for us and was bought to go hurdling but has been a bit novicey over the hurdles at home at the moment but he is fit,working well and gas flat form so why not run on the flat until he is ready for the jumping game.

9/1 now, what price you get KK

Has come in from 14/1

CL money talking!

Oakley girl looks a winner but at odds on with a 9lb rise is a tough bet to place i think personally

Unlucky killer travelled very well and then ran on after idling a bit will win a race off that weight deffo

Safety check will win the 4:45 Meydan tomorrow 10/11

Charltonparklane said:

killer kish said:

One of my horses Dragoon Guard runs tonight,Kempton 6.40.Hated the surface at Southwell last time like many horses do but is running in a lower class tonight and proven on this surface so no excuses for a poor run tonight.Only negatives are we have only just bought this horse and its only his second race for us and was bought to go hurdling but has been a bit novicey over the hurdles at home at the moment but he is fit,working well and gas flat form so why not run on the flat until he is ready for the jumping game.

9/1 now, what price you get KK

Unlucky mate, will follow it