General Chat

[Irish Rugby]

One thing is for sure, this is the most wide open festival I can remember in my 10-15 years of following the jumps

Use always to be like this back in the day. Happy to see.

 

[EnvoiAlien]

Indeed, couple of shorties, 1 or 2 Irish bankers and a lot of very open races, odds on shots, rare as rocking horse shit.

 

[Craigy14]

This is the year wish I’d not bothered antepost and just saved it for nrnb now

 

[EnvoiAlien]

I see Tote have uploaded a Barry Connell stable tour on You Tube, so if you want to see 1 horse & 1 man telling everyone else they're shite, it's available now.

 

[Lobos]

I knew nothing good could come of Fact to File running in the Irish Gold Cup

And now we know why no bookies offered the WT and Gold Cup F2F.....


CNUTS.

 

[opatcho]

The DRF throw up some weird results this weekend, enough to change a few horses targets and mess up some of the markets

Not only that, a few would have left their performance there are the DRF. I wouldn’t be too keen to be backing some of the winners there, especially those having to scrap out a win

 

[Faugheen_Machine]

The DRF throw up some weird results this weekend, enough to change a few horses targets and mess up some of the markets

Not only that, a few would have left their performance there are the DRF. I wouldn’t be too keen to be backing some of the winners there, especially those having to scrap out a win

It'll be interesting to see how many can back up their runs next month. Those that swerved the DRF might benefit the most.

I'm glad Kopek didn't run in the Irish Arkle, and didn't think I'd be saying that a week ago!

 

[Yosser]

It'll be interesting to see how many can back up their runs next month. Those that swerved the DRF might benefit the most.

I'm glad Kopek didn't run in the Irish Arkle, and didn't think I'd be saying that a week ago!

Slightly off topic, but on this point. I never back a horse for the Aintree festival that has run at Cheltenham regardless of what horse it is. It has served me very well going off that one principle and makes form checking very easy for the rest of them

 

[Quevega]

Slightly off topic, but on this point. I never back a horse for the Aintree festival that has run at Cheltenham regardless of what horse it is. It has served me very well going off that one principle and makes form checking very easy for the rest of them

I'm not sure the stats back that up.
In fact I know they don't.

 

[Irish Rugby]

Willie over the last couple of years was pretty optimistic and enthusiastic over FtF. Straight from bumpers to a chasing career and that he could develop into a GC contender, I remember him saying.

Surely JP will want him in the big one now, certainly so if Jonbon can slot into the Ryanair.

I agree with the sentiment here though. Horses like Kopek and others will be arriving at Cheltenham relatively fresh compared to those who slogged around Leopardstown this weekend .

 

[Spectre]

@Spectre good luck with Jefferys Cross today. Should we be asking William Hill for a WTAF price?

Apologies DE. I’m only just catching up. Jeff runs at Ludlow on Wednesday now. He’ll go there in good order with a very good chance.

 

[Pisto]

Slightly off topic, but on this point. I never back a horse for the Aintree festival that has run at Cheltenham regardless of what horse it is. It has served me very well going off that one principle and makes form checking very easy for the rest of them

Off the top of my head I think horses running at the fez have a good record at aintree especially when there’s a 4 week gap

 

[FinalFurlong91]

The issue kopek has is he will be going to the arkle with 1 chase run in a mickey mouse race

When was the last time a horse won an arkle with just 1 run over fences and 5 over obstacles

I think they are mad not to at least consider warwick

 

[opatcho]

Western Warhorse…..


He has other negatives though, which puts me off

I need to take another look at the arkle, maybe something like Irish Panther… at bigger price

 

[FinalFurlong91]

Western Warhorse…..


He has other negatives though, which puts me off

I need to take another look at the arkle, maybe something like Irish Panther… at bigger price

Irish panther could easily place

Cant give him a hope of winning though he downs tools as soon as something comes upsides

 

[Faugheen_Machine]

I just keep going back and watching the Supreme and 2m novice at the DRF from last season. Kopek is in a different league to the rest imo, and I'm trusting WPM to get him there in peak condition.

The lack of runs doesn't really bother me. Well Chief managed it, and I'd have KDB in the same bracket.

 

[Runragged]

The issue kopek has is he will be going to the arkle with 1 chase run in a mickey mouse race

When was the last time a horse won an arkle with just 1 run over fences and 5 over obstacles

I think they are mad not to at least consider warwick

Well Chief won after one chase, but had run 4 times on the flat in Germany and France, then 6 starts over hurdles. Western Warhorse won a P2P before 4 runs over hurdles and one chase. Though he was a 33/1 rag, not 2nd fav!

 

[Durham Edition]

Apologies DE. I’m only just catching up. Jeff runs at Ludlow on Wednesday now. He’ll go there in good order with a very good chance.

Thanks for getting back to me @Spectre good luck for Wednesday. I'm sure many of us will be watching.

 

[punterorplonker]

More of a bookie query sorry! So ive had quite a nice investment ante post with a lovely portfolio alot earlier than usual. Now the DRF is over I am purposely taking a 4 week break until everything is now locked in as such a bit clearer. Ive put all my accounts on a "time out" so they unlock automatically ready for "round 2". A couple of hundred in each. But this time I feel nervous about it as there is quite a few open bets of course. No reason i should have any issues right ? I have done these "time out/breaks" before but not with quite alot of ante post chel bets pending.

 

[Istabraq]

More of a bookie query sorry! So ive had quite a nice investment ante post with a lovely portfolio alot earlier than usual. Now the DRF is over I am purposely taking a 4 week break until everything is now locked in as such a bit clearer. Ive put all my accounts on a "time out" so they unlock automatically ready for "round 2". A couple of hundred in each. But this time I feel nervous about it as there is quite a few open bets of course. No reason i should have any issues right ? I have done these "time out/breaks" before but not with quite alot of ante post chel bets pending.

I assume whilst on a time out you can't cash out anything so if you hear of injury or target news (probably in here) you can't protect your position, so it would seem a strange time to operate a time out on that basis...