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Stormez said:
Was surprised to see her so short on seasonal debut. Is she the first of the ‘back after defeat FTO’ brigade?
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I seem to remember Gordon saying she was hard to get fit last season, though I may be misremembering

He was certainly very keen on her in his stable tour
 
Probably should have left the Lucky rolling, but hey... I've been in a similar position for WAYYY less and cashed out lol.
Those 35-40 minutes going into the final leg where horrible, i was pacing up and down, couldnt make my mind up. It was only when the horses lined up, that I decided to leave it running... but it was a false start. Saw that as someone telling me "its going to lose" so cashed out. Logic all goes out the window when you're under pressure like that
I think we'd all love to be in that punters shoes, but I tell you what, I imagine its stressful as hell

End of the day, he's won a massive pot and fair play. Good call I say, all it takes is for the horse to fall or run out... or just lose lol
 
Did it Opatcho? Don't leave us hanging...
 
Odin said:
Holy cow, I get your point and I'd probably do the same, but imagine winning best part of 60k on the horses... that would change my life like you couldn't believe!
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Same but then the bookies would probably try and not pay out because someone transferred you a fiver months ago or some nonsense.
 
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Lobos said:
Did it Opatcho? Don't leave us hanging...
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... but, if I told you the outcome, wouldnt that be classified as after timing (lol)

Anyway... given you asked :-)

It was back in 2017... Fez.... had a bad Thursday and bad start to the Friday. Nothing was working so went back to the basic - a WIlliam Hill pen and circling anything that stuck out in the race card... trainer, jockeys, colour combinations... anything that stood out. Threw in a wild acca consisting of 2 horses in each of the last 3 races.
Leg 1 had Pacha Du Polder (like most, thought the horse should have won the year before with Pendleton on board, and, racing in the Big Buck colours, so through it in)
Leg 2 had Champaign Classic ("just back GE/giggins horse")
Leg 3 had the Nichols / JP horse, Le Prezien who was Fav that day. I think I had the Theinval included in that acca too

The first two landed, I went back an forth whether to cash out. Left the bet on, all the way up to the false start. Cashed out. The Theinval ended up placing if I recall, and Le Prezien was close but didnt feature... so it worked out for me that this occassion

I remember walking away from Cheltenham a happy man, especially given the previous 2 days were tough for me

However, I cant tell you how annoyed the following season... if I followed the same basic, blind, "just stick 0.1pt on it" logic... the betting slip would have looked like this

- Polder in the foxhunter (25/1)
- GE's giggins horse again in the Martin pipe, Blow By Blow (11/1)
- Le Preizen (15/2)

... yeah... funny how things find a habit of repeating themselves lol
 
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Watching The Finishing Line, laughing at them moaning about paying ?7.50 for a guinness, served in a paper coffee cup lol

I'd rather them charge me that price and give me a can of the stuff, if it means I dont have to queue up for 15 minutes

I was going to go to Cheltenham this week gone, but decided not to at the last minute. Put off with these increasing prices
 
See The Storyteller won a P2P today, he’s eligible for the Foxhunters is he not?
 
opatcho said:
However, I cant tell you

- Polder in the foxhunter (25/1)
- GE's giggins horse again in the Martin pipe, Blow By Blow (11/1)
- Le Preizen (15/2)

... yeah... funny how things find a habit of repeating themselves lol
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Blow by blow was my first ever antepost bet. 5 day decs 25/1. Nap of the meeting - told everyone I could, noone followed me in. Great memories of that horse - was my first trip to Cheltenham on gold cup day as well
 
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Great story Opatcho. Thanks for sharing.
 
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Stormez said:
See The Storyteller won a P2P today, he’s eligible for the Foxhunters is he not?
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Yes but would need to be much better than the bare result today to win the Foxhunters
 
….Stable Tour thread updated with Willie Mullins & full Henderson summary from HesTheOne.
 
Does anyone still get power ups with PP? Haven't had them for a while now. Usually got 1 every week with Free bet on the Monday.
 
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