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Quevega said:
Just had a Cadburys 'Perky Nana'.

Probably one of the best pieces of confectionary I've tasted for a long time.

Almost as good as a 'Star Bar', which is still number 1.

Banana Jammie dodgers were not very good.
Probably shouldn't mess with Jammie Dodgers.

Like the Baldies in 'The Wanderers', nobody fucks with them either.
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Cant beat a Kinder Bueno for me. Anything Chocolate and Hazelnut flavour with a creamy substance and you're onto a winner.
 
Just as they were talking about him this week - does anyone know why Hugh Cahill was binned from Weighed In/Racing Only Bettor?

Nothing against Vanessa Ryle who is a knowledgeable, professional broadcaster - but felt Cahill playing the novice set up Blake vs Calvin well. Now it feels a bit stacked with "establishment" voices vs Calvin dropping truth bombs making it unbalanced and I don't listen as much tbh
 
Ta Mighty. Interesting they said "as we've said a few times" lol I haven't heard it once, was like he was disappeared
 
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What's the score with tickets for the Dublin Racing Festival please chaps? Which are the best tickets to get? Few of us going over, meeting a few from Dublin so accomodation sorted already. The lads over there don't know much about the racing so I'm in charge of where we end up on course.
 
A match......An Tobar v American Mike.....who wins ?
 
Looking at horse racing funding in latest Irish gov budget:
“Horse Racing Ireland's funding will be increased by 4% to €72.8 million along with separate allocation of €5.2 million to sport horse sector for next year”
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I had a quick look (2 Google’s) at British gov funding couldn’t find anything definite. How does state funding look like across the pond?

75 mil quid for the year seams like a hell of a lot of money sloshing around Irish racing
 
American mike wins and belts out stars and stripes in the winners enclosure
 
Jazzy Matty just been trounced in france, finished 5th never looked like winning.
 
twig78 said:
What's the score with tickets for the Dublin Racing Festival please chaps? Which are the best tickets to get? Few of us going over, meeting a few from Dublin so accomodation sorted already. The lads over there don't know much about the racing so I'm in charge of where we end up on course.
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https://www.leopardstown.com/visit/tickets/ticket-types/

Just a personal view but...

General admission is fine for most purposes. I've only done Premium Level once and there was a biting wind blowing in exactly the worst direction for comfort so I'd be biased against. On the other hand, access to bars etc in the general area can be a pain if it's wet for racing.

Early bird weekend tickets are 50 euro but, depending on how many of you there are, there might be a group rate that's better.

On the day itself, I'd heavily recommend arriving early and finding somewhere to use as a base. If it's wet these areas all get very crowded so establishing a base camp makes sense.
 
BookieBasher said:
I’ve cashed out for a loss. Certain Gordon will have a lot better to go to Cheltenham with
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Not sure what bookie you use for most of your bets but I was able to cash out for full stake on him after the race on paddy power, and they still have him unchanged at 33/1 as of now.

They can be a little slow updating prices after the race in the early part of the season on some of the lower profile horses such as jazzy matty, so if you have access to an account with them it would be worth using them in some cases like this as the likes of 365 seem to be more on the ball with suspending cash out.
 
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Wetherspoons in Cheltenham (The Bank) to be sold. End of an era.
 
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