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Royal Ascot 2018

As you can see faugheen , i could'nt resist Dreamfield in the end .!
 
ryanh97 said:
I fancy Growl foe the Wokingham. Can see the reasons behind backing the fav but 4/1 in 27 runner fields just isn't my style
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Certainly down in the weights, same applies to Tupi, Ryan Moore on board and Hannon has sprung a few surprises this season
 
Another good day following Hugh Taylor yesterday, despite his 2 pointer Natalie's Joy flopping, Soldier's Call won tipped at 25/1. Slightly annoyingly it was the third of his tips I backed the night before and that extra minute to get the bet on meant I only got 18s, anyway mustn't grumble.

His overall Royal Ascot figures including 3 ante-post tips at the advised prices were by my calculations:
Day 1: Outlay: 6 points; Return: 0 points
Day 2: Outlay 6 points; Return: 10.1 points
Day 3: Outlay: 3 points; Return: 0 points
Day 4: Outlay: 4 points; Return: 22 points
Day 5: Outlay: 6 points; Return: 32 points
Overall: Outlay: 25 points; Return: 64.1 points
Total profit: 39.1 points

I actually did a bit better on this overall by backing (big for me) and partially laying on his 2 point winner Agrotera on Friday and also getting a 15% free bet bonus with William Hill as won by more than 2 lengths which I only realised yesterday.

As mentioned before definitely not a fluke as he has done very well at Royal Ascot last few years - will definitely do this again next year and raise my stakes slighty as well.
 
Very well done R.C ,. As you say , well worth following H.T for the week..
I found it to be a difficult week .,
When i backed the "favourites " , the outsiders came in & when i backed the "outsiders" , the
favourites came in , not that I'm an expert , But , when your'e reading the Form, and their
rated as superstars in the making , and then ending up 6 places behind the 33-1 rag , It's
a bit Frustrating ,.:sorrow:, but hey ., i guess that's horse racing . got to get up and carry on .
 
BigChaang said:
Very well done R.C ,. As you say , well worth following H.T for the week..
I found it to be a difficult week .,
When i backed the "favourites " , the outsiders came in & when i backed the "outsiders" , the
favourites came in , not that I'm an expert , But , when your'e reading the Form, and their
rated as superstars in the making , and then ending up 6 places behind the 33-1 rag , It's
a bit Frustrating ,.:sorrow:, but hey ., i guess that's horse racing . got to get up and carry on .
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Thanks BC, although I can't really claim any credit apart from keeping to the staking plan...haha. Sounded like a tough week and hate that feeling when you back the outsiders and the favs win and vice-versa. Best of luck next time!
 
Had an absolute mare yesterday which was summed up by the final two races I had fancied for.

I had Dreamland at 4/1, and I went out and forgot to back pallastor at 10:1
 
Horrific case of aftertiming here but I had Arthur Kitt at 14/1, Palasator 8/1 and Harry Angel in a trixie, it paid nice but would have been a monster if Harry had converted, a case of him blowing all chance at the gates....
 
Rhinestone_Cowboy said:
Another good day following Hugh Taylor yesterday, despite his 2 pointer Natalie's Joy flopping, Soldier's Call won tipped at 25/1. Slightly annoyingly it was the third of his tips I backed the night before and that extra minute to get the bet on meant I only got 18s, anyway mustn't grumble.

His overall Royal Ascot figures including 3 ante-post tips at the advised prices were by my calculations:
Day 1: Outlay: 6 points; Return: 0 points
Day 2: Outlay 6 points; Return: 10.1 points
Day 3: Outlay: 3 points; Return: 0 points
Day 4: Outlay: 4 points; Return: 22 points
Day 5: Outlay: 6 points; Return: 32 points
Overall: Outlay: 25 points; Return: 64.1 points
Total profit: 39.1 points

I actually did a bit better on this overall by backing (big for me) and partially laying on his 2 point winner Agrotera on Friday and also getting a 15% free bet bonus with William Hill as won by more than 2 lengths which I only realised yesterday.

As mentioned before definitely not a fluke as he has done very well at Royal Ascot last few years - will definitely do this again next year and raise my stakes slighty as well.
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Bumping this with his first selections for this year to shortly appear online. As mentioned before due to the liquidity in the market you have a better chance of getting on at the prices as they have tended to hold for a couple of mins as opposed to a few seconds
 
Just read his column. He makes strong cases but he's deluded if he thinks Threat was available at 9/2 at any point this evening.
 
Faugheen_Machine said:
Just read his column. He makes strong cases but he's deluded if he thinks Threat was available at 9/2 at any point this evening.
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Good reason for that FM, that one was one of his 2 early morning ‘Monday’ selections. Couldn’t believe the two he put up for the Ascot Stakes this evening with PP 6 places lasted 30 mins, not sure if somebody was asleep or happy to lay his during Ascot
 
Rhinestone_Cowboy said:
Good reason for that FM, that one was one of his 2 early morning ‘Monday’ selections. Couldn’t believe the two he put up for the Ascot Stakes this evening with PP 6 places lasted 30 mins, not sure if somebody was asleep or happy to lay his during Ascot
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My mistake RC.
 
Royal Ascot Day 1 (Skybet prices)
14:30 - Romanised @ 40/1 (1st 4, win stake back if 2nd, 3rd or 4th)
Unlucky last time against the same type of horses. Capable of winning on top form.
15:05 - Monoski @ 14/1 e/w (1st 4)
The Irish runners are to be respected but Monoski left a strong visual impression on his 2nd run.
15:40 - Equilateral @ 16/1 e/w (1st 4)
Hopeful of improvement at the 5 furlong trip with him still being a young horse. Best form on his last run.
16:20 - Shaman @ 11/1 (1st 3)
2nd to Persian King on his last run. That form would put him close to the top 2 in the market if repeated on better ground.
17:00 - Arctic Fire @ 20/1 e/w (1st 6)
Was once a top hurdler, still seems to retain a reasonable level of ability and should be able to stay the distance.
17:35 - Magic Wand @ 5/1 e/w (1st 4) - NAP
Highly talented mare with course form. Will enjoy the drying ground.
 
Gents - this is the 2018 Ascot thread, someone has changed it to 2019 but there is already a 2019 thread
 
Istabraq said:
Gents - this is the 2018 Ascot thread, someone has changed it to 2019 but there is already a 2019 thread
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Sorry Ista my fault, I wanted to bump a post from last year. Not sure why it is mistitled as 2019 hopefully somebody can change it
 
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