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3 weeks tomorrow Goosebumps starting.

Cheltenham is a year-round (ish) hobby and whilst it is great to make a profit, the first aim is to break even.
Winning or losing isn't going to make or break me financially (unless a Mayo Million Maker comes in!! :very_drunk:) - it's more about having a hobby that I enjoy. (If it pays-out in March - even better).
Like the majority - it's a nice feeling if you pick out the winner 6 months in advance at a juicy price. The actual monetary returns are secondary.
 
We should arrive mid afternoon Monday. Sort the house arrangements out, couple of hours chat re handicaps, fancies etc. Might be The Beehive or The Retreat Monday night, and then RACING. Hopefully a good day followed by a nice dinner at The Daffodil. And on to the next day.....................
 
Cheltenham is a year-round (ish) hobby and whilst it is great to make a profit, the first aim is to break even.
Winning or losing isn't going to make or break me financially (unless a Mayo Million Maker comes in!! ) - it's more about having a hobby that I enjoy. (If it pays-out in March - even better).
Like the majority - it's a nice feeling if you pick out the winner 6 months in advance at a juicy price. The actual monetary returns are secondary. Exactly Leman14 every year hobby for me.
 
doctorwu said:
We should arrive mid afternoon Monday. Sort the house arrangements out, couple of hours chat re handicaps, fancies etc. Might be The Beehive or The Retreat Monday night, and then RACING. Hopefully a good day followed by a nice dinner at The Daffodil. And on to the next day.....................
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Can you afford the Daffodil!!
 
PGC said:
First time poster. Occasional punter but love Cheltenham. All help and advice on not losing all my bets appreciated!!
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Read through every thread from start to finish would be my advice :highly_amused:
 
We need to teach these new Cheltenham beginners how it works lol.
 
This is why the blokes and the Irish fellas get wasted on Monday and they text the partners next morning and just say they had 2 or 3 lmao.
 
Best to avoid hotels that charge by the hour.
 
PGC said:
Hilarious :sleeping:
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I apologise if you thought my comment wasn't genuine PGC but it genuinly was. I honestly would read through all of these threads because there is a lot of very insightful and interesting debate been had.

I find in the last few weeks a lot of us feel we've already made our points and some quite useful pointers aren't brought up again.

Best of luck to you of course, I didn't understand what you meant by help on not losing all your bets meant?
 
ziggym said:
Can't wait, banging on the gate and in the centaur by 10.40. Fingers crossed for another profitable festival. 19 winners two years ago and 17 last year. Would be happy with double figures this year. Does anyone have a number of winners they aim for?
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How many Winners !!! , I'm going to meet you at the Centaur at 10-39 Ziggy.;)
 
Went to my first and only Festival in 2015 and it was the best 4 days of my life.

Took someone on this forums advice and walked up to the course each day, I'd highly recommend it especially if the weather is decent.

Although the horse racing is exceptional it is only part of the attraction of the festival, meeting folk from all over the whole British Isles from totally different backgrounds but having one passion in common was tremendous, the sense of camaraderie is second to none.
 
ziggym said:
Can't wait, banging on the gate and in the centaur by 10.40. Fingers crossed for another profitable festival. 19 winners two years ago and 17 last year. Would be happy with double figures this year. Does anyone have a number of winners they aim for?
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Just to put Ziggym's achievement in 2016 into some perspective, the winner's SP's were as follows:

4/1 1/4f 11/ 5/2f 4/6 8/1 12/1

3/1 8/1 12/1 5/1 11/1 12/1 6/1

4/1 14/1 evens f evens f 16/1 8/11 9/2

9/2 8/1 11/1 9/4f 13/8f 14/1 28/1

and Ziggy got 19/28 of them! Truly remarkable! However, not content with that, Ziggy got 17/28 last year when the SP's were even longer:

25/1 1/4f 9/1 5/1 7/2 16/1 8/1

14/1 7/2f 16/1 11/1 4/1 33/1 7/1

6/4f 11/1 7/4f 10/1 14/1 11/8f 40/1

5/2f 20/1 16/1 7/1 16/1 12/1 10/1

Ziggym..would you please post your selections each morning this year so we can all follow you...much appreciated! Thank you!
 
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Superb BOF :highly_amused::highly_amused::highly_amused:
 
There perhaps should be a caveat about backing more than 1 in a race :highly_amused:

28 from 28 is possible but you'd be down for the week to guarantee it haha
 
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