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robith said:
As ever, for the Foxhunters, wait till the day and back what Jane Mangan tells you to
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I was actually going to post earlier what did she put up! Charlie Poste tipped it too which I did hear and get on! But Jane would have gave me extra confidence. I hope you smashed it!
 
FinalFurlong91 said:
Had no problem with betfair or skybet this week

Skybet it's back to my PayPal within minutes. Betfair has always been 4 hours on the dot.

Looking at the bookies prices on the handicaps anyone not betting on betfair exchange is getting mugged off.
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Did you try during racing or afterwards? I tried just before and after the gold cup so that may be the issue with all the traffic.

Agree on the handicaps, unless your wanting to back a state man/ saint roi type who your absolutely certain is going to be smashed in and want to get the early odds, then your better off just waiting until the day for handicap bets and using the exchange.
 
riccirich said:
Did you try during racing or afterwards? I tried just before and after the gold cup so that may be the issue with all the traffic.

Agree on the handicaps, unless your wanting to back a state man/ saint roi type who your absolutely certain is going to be smashed in and want to get the early odds, then your better off just waiting until the day for handicap bets and using the exchange.
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Withdrew from sky £100 from a tiny teahupoo/gdc double after the gold cup straight into my PayPal account minutes later

This betmgm place clearly don't have the servers/staff to cope with the storm they bought onto themselves with all the offers they did

Cheltenham is too important to me to be trusting small fry bookies

When I'm striking a bet I want to know il be getting paid immediately with no hassle so I do it all on betfair exchange, skybet and the terminals in hills.

Though I'm expecting an email from skybet any day now

Hills and 365 have already cut me off
 
FinalFurlong91 said:
Withdrew from sky £100 from a tiny teahupoo/gdc double after the gold cup straight into my PayPal account minutes later

This betmgm place clearly don't have the servers/staff to cope with the storm they bought onto themselves with all the offers they did

Cheltenham is too important to me to be trusting small fry bookies

When I'm striking a bet I want to know il be getting paid immediately with no hassle so I do it all on betfair exchange, skybet and the terminals in hills.

Though I'm expecting an email from skybet any day now

Hills and 365 have already cut me off
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Ah right, I'm using paddy and have got the same error message a number of times now. No messages or emails from them wanting another verification or anything like that, just an error message and asking to please try again later.

I'll give it a few hours and try again.
 
riccirich said:
Ah right, I'm using paddy and have got the same error message a number of times now. No messages or emails from them wanting another verification or anything like that, just an error message and asking to please try again later.

I'll give it a few hours and try again.
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Weird I just Withdrew £590 from betfair with no problem and they are the same company

Must be having server issues

I wouldn't worry about getting paid by paddy must be technical issues not them wanting verification

Can be a bit like after grand national I guess where half the sites go down if a fancied one wins
 
Well that’s a wrap, really enjoyed some of that racing the past week. Besides the dilution and some big names missing it certainly threw up some thrillers both in the graded and handicaps. Some new stars found.

Galopin Des Champs today sealed the deal.

Thanks to all of you on here for the year long build up om FJ. Plenty of big winners found along the way that made it a very profitable week and worth all the contributions :encouragement:
 
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Great final days racing I thought, close finishes, a(nother) superstar performance by Galopin in the GC.

Everything we love about the sport.
 
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For those who are interested, by my reckoning Willie won about 1580k prize-money this week. It seems that Dan Skelton moved above Paul Nicholls but, if I remember, I'll check out the overall standings over the weekend.
 
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A lack of close finishes this year. Saw 2/3 but we normally get more.

Despite people going on about extreme ground, it really wasn't, the market found most winners, very few high priced winners, even in the handicaps.

Hope the authorities start to look at the problems though and don't just sit on the fence. The Kevin Blake proposals, all very sensible.

That was my 39th Festival.

It is still though, four days that are unrivalled.

A safe journey home to all those who attended.
 
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archie said:
For those who are interested, by my reckoning Willie won about 1580k prize-money this week. It seems that Dan Skelton moved above Paul Nicholls but, if I remember, I'll check out the overall standings over the weekend.
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I put 3 points on Mullins at 10/1 after you first highlighted.

Google seems very laboured with any answers whenever I look but I would be very interested in any updates.

Surely he has the fire power to have a shot at the Melling, the Bowl, Liverpool and Aintree Hurdle aswell as having the usual lottery of the national.
 
I’ll just say in here instead of individually in the diaries (maybe a bit cheeky), well done to everyone who came out up, some great results it seems! And to those that didn’t, it happens, let the dust settle, pick yourself up and go again, we’ve all been there. I’ve found my more selective approach which combined with me having to use a smaller budget much more enjoyable. Not for everyone but would be the best advice that I’ve used myself :encouragement:
 
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While I'm here and merry, I'd like to apologise to anyone who has taken offence or any negative vibes from my posts.
I'm a passionate horse lover, who unfortunately doesn't have the capabilities some of you guys have when posting. And definitely dont have the knack of picking winners.
I can't change unfortunately, its how i am, hope you all dont mind but ill be back to suggest plenty more losers next year
 
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Big thank you to everyone on here again this past few months or so. Another profitable year with a couple of close calls chucked in to the mix as well.
Apologies on the Thursday Yankee for anyone who followed, not my finest hour but I’m kinda getting attached the daft little pig avatar anyway! Time to take a bit of a break now post festival just so the wife doesn’t think I’ve completely disowned her
 
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Just like to add another warning against Bet Mgm . They are refusing to pay me any winnings at all, i've been waiting 15hours for £1600 and now after queuing for 2hrs they've decided to shut my account without honouring any bets. Leovegas are on the IBAS website so im going through them, but it'll take weeks.
 
Birds Nest said:
Just like to add another warning against Bet Mgm . They are refusing to pay me any winnings at all, i've been waiting 15hours for £1600 and now after queuing for 2hrs they've decided to shut my account without honouring any bets. Leovegas are on the IBAS website so im going through them, but it'll take weeks.
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Yea seeing awful stories on Twitter from that crowd this week. Hope you get sorted.

Definitely one to avoid
 
HesTheOne said:
Yea seeing awful stories on Twitter from that crowd this week. Hope you get sorted.

Definitely one to avoid
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I've taken the approach of withdrawing a few hundred pounds at a time...which is ridiculous that you even need to think about it...but seeing others experience I wanted to try and keep under the radar. had 4 lots of transactions approved without referral but not looking to use them in future.
 
Yes. The horror stories mean I've written to them asking them to close my account and remove all of my data from their files. I actually ended up £60 down with them (I only used them for the double odds boosts and when they were slow reducing the price of Jeraboam Machin and Embassy Gardens) but they've still restricted me to bets in the pennies.
 
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