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Irish Rugby said:
I really feel the RP are just playing up to their UK readers, assuming they would want to hear this. Just about every racing fan I know though, both English and Irish, accept there is pretty total Irish dominance at the moment. As Ruby says, this is cyclical, although in all honesty, I don't see much change .

This is just Kealy and Segal going full contrarian, all very click bait.
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I know I’m a week behind here but this is an excellent post and I just wanted to touch on it. I find it interesting that the media in racing desperately cling to the Prestbury Cup as a big deal. Does any actual racing fan care whether their winning bet is an English horse or an Irish horse? I honestly couldn’t care less which side of the Irish Sea they come from.
 
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Lobos said:
Yep. Always pick them around 8-1 to 20-1 mark say 1st to 6th favs. Normally do 1 'Banker' ew in one race and 3 in another. 3 cross doubles in total so at 10 pound ew stakes the total cost between two of us is 60 pound (30 each). If we get 2 placed (say for example 8/1fav and 16/1 4th fav) then the return is 150 pounds (90 pound profit). I've used those odds as we've had two winners at those prices on a few occasions giving us a return of nearly 1700 quid. We often use 2 from one race and 3 from another which increases the stake but clearly gives you a much better chance of getting at least 1 ew double in and in many occasions more than one.

Not everyone's cup of tea but definitely mine. Need to be very selective, not get greedy and definitely search around for the most additional places in the morning and use those bookies even though the prices are reduced a little.
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Have decided to give this a crack this year Lobos. Had a look through results and would’ve done ok with this approach last year (small profit) and adds another type of bet to my week. From lumpy on the day singles, very unlikely placepots, speculative multiples and huge priced outsiders in yankees, what’s one more outside of the box method to try while we are on the train across the county each morning.

?5 e/w cross doubles, 2 horses in the first handicap and 3 in the second handicap comes to ?60 so not horrifically expensive to try. And as you say, should one of the first actually win on any of the four days, we’d have three chances in a later race for a decent result. Last year our only handicap chance of 4 figures was obviously Gaelic so at least this method should add another couple of chances hopefully across the week. Cheers for posting. Will let you know how we get on.
 
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Best of luck MOM. Keep stakes small and don't be greedy with prices. Always go for additional places over prices. If you feel there is an absolute banker in one race then just do the one and potentially pick 4/5 in the second race. We did this the year Sire Du Berlais won his first Pertemps. Just felt he was a certainty. Luckily Barry ride the race of a lifetime on him and just got up. It then went onto the Kim Muir where we had the winner and a couple more placed :eagerness:
 
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I miss Menorah :indecisiveness:

Just looking at the first at Sandown tomorrow and assumed it was an error that Chasing Fire was showing at 20/1 for the Supreme.

So got distracted.

First Supreme I remember watching - had the week off for the first time, was balls deep in Dunguib (I only had little baby balls back then relative to the spacehoppers now).... and Menorah won by a head.

Cracking race, ate an entire chocolate trifle to cheer myself up after it as I'd lost 50 quid at 4/5.


Good times.

Facile Vega reminds me of Dunguib.
 
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Kevloaf said:
I miss Menorah :indecisiveness:

Just looking at the first at Sandown tomorrow and assumed it was an error that Chasing Fire was showing at 20/1 for the Supreme.

So got distracted.

First Supreme I remember watching - had the week off for the first time, was balls deep in Dunguib (I only had little baby balls back then relative to the spacehoppers now).... and Menorah won by a head.

Cracking race, ate an entire chocolate trifle to cheer myself up after it as I'd lost 50 quid at 4/5.


Good times.

Facile Vega reminds me of Dunguib.
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Who's your Menorah this year then Kev :applouse:
 
That'll cheer everyone up Kev :biggrin-new::biggrin-new:
 
Anyone got any decent audiobook recommendations?
 
DRF and the start of the 6 nations = a day on the sofa. It also avoids me having to tune into the action at Goodison Park!:neglected:

I'm hoping Lossie, Dysart, Mighty Potter and Galopin Des Champs put on a show. Can't wait! :cheerful:
 
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Kevloaf said:
Anyone got any decent audiobook recommendations?
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Did you ever watch Garth Marenghi's Dark Place on Channel 4? Matthew Holness (as Garth Marenghi) has written/recorded Terror Tome. Worth a listen if you liked the comedy of Dark Place.
 
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Kevloaf said:
Anyone got any decent audiobook recommendations?
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not audiobooks but on a tangential note have any of you read the Jamie Reid books (a licence to print money, days like these etc) rereading at the moment and only a few quid on Amazon a great set of love letters to racing and gambling
 
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All Bective Stud horses seem to be NR at Leopardstown today - American Mike, Better Days Ahead, Au Fleuron etc. Not sure why.
 
Anybody know what happens with win today and at chelts bets with those that end up non runners?
 
Many Clouds said:
Anybody know what happens with win today and at chelts bets with those that end up non runners?
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My understanding from other people's other situations is:

Grey area if placed pre-decs
Sky not refunding anything post-decs, WH are voiding post-decs
 
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Odin said:
My understanding from other people's other situations is:

Grey area if placed pre-decs
Sky not refunding anything post-decs, WH are voiding post-decs
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Thanks for the swift reply Odin, done on Willhill Hill about half hour ago so hopefully voided.
 
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Bective Stud withdrawn all there's today for seemingly non racing related reasons? 'Stewards permission' according to HRI. Probably worth betting cautious with any of there's for Cheltenham to be honest! It's obviously a while away still but hardly getting ideal preps.

Hope everything's well of course, after the recent loss in the family. So don't take this post the wrong way...
 
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