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BuckingThe Trend said:
Wanted to check out the 2025 Festival monthly Yankee selections and how they got on. Can't seem to find them. Can someone point me in right direction to there they are please.
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…they were de-stickied so should be in a single thread a number of pages back. I do them but don’t think we got a return this year (unless somebody tells me differently).

Hopefully get back to winning ways this time around. Following this month’s selection, I’ll pop a thread in the sticky section to capture all monthly bets. The ‘monthly captain’ system seems popular so we can try that out, hopefully FJs will volunteer to have a go.
 
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Found them. Thanks. Looks like the August Yankee got a decent double return on Marine National @ 14/1 with Caldwell Potter @ 20/1. Congratulations to somer1. Maybe he could step up to the Plate and do the first one for 2026 and get us off to a fast start. :cheerful::cheerful:

August ‘24 somer1 Yankee;

Marine National 14-1 CC
Caldwell Potter 20-1 Turn
Willy de Houelle 12-1 TH
Sounds Victorius 16-1 AB

Acca 69,614-1 PP/BFSB​​
 
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BuckingThe Trend said:
Found them. Thanks. Looks like the August Yankee got a decent double return on Marine National @ 14/1 with Caldwell Potter @ 20/1. Congratulations to somer1. Maybe he could step up to the Plate and do the first one for 2026 and get us off to a fast start. :cheerful::cheerful:

August ‘24 somer1 Yankee;

Marine National 14-1 CC
Caldwell Potter 20-1 Turn
Willy de Houelle 12-1 TH
Sounds Victorius 16-1 AB

Acca 69,614-1 PP/BFSB​​
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….never noticed that, very decent. April could be a good one given Aintree/Punchestown if somer1 is up for it.
 
Inothewayurthinkin was one of several horses taken out of the Grand National at the latest scratchings stage, with Gold Cup third Gentlemansgame, the fourth home Monty’s Star and the fifth placed The Real Whacker also among those who will not be lining up.

With a total of 67 horses still in contention, both Paddy Power and Coral make Tom Gibney’s Intense Raffles their new 6-1 favourite. Despite Inothewayurthinkin’s defection, McManus still has two leading contenders in Iroko and last year’s winner I Am Maximus, who are 8-1 joint second-favourites with the latter firm.

“The scratching of Inothewayurthinkin has completely changed the make-up of the Grand National betting. Irish Grand National winner Intense Raffles is the new favourite, but it is now a more open betting event,” said Coral’s John Hill.

“Inothewayurthinkin would have gone off a very short-priced favourite, possibly as short as 2-1, but it’s now hard to predict what will start as favourite, with Iroko and I Am Maximus also in the frame to top the betting on the day.

“Although JP McManus will not have Inothewayurthinkin wearing his silks, he still has a very strong hand in the race, with Iroko and I Am Maximus at the top end of the betting.”
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Galvin also taken out for all those who were clinging on the antepost slips.
 
RufusFlynn said:
Galvin also taken out for all those who were clinging on the antepost slips.
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….i was on that mighty double with Lecky 100-1 but cashed it out a few days ago on sound advice from Quevega who suggested backing him 66-1 NRNB.

My first bet in the race was GentlemansGame with Hills double odds boost last spring but unfortunately he’s been pulled as well, it’s really opened that market up.
 
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BuckingThe Trend said:
Found them. Thanks. Looks like the August Yankee got a decent double return on Marine National @ 14/1 with Caldwell Potter @ 20/1. Congratulations to somer1. Maybe he could step up to the Plate and do the first one for 2026 and get us off to a fast start. :cheerful::cheerful:

August ‘24 somer1 Yankee;

Marine National 14-1 CC
Caldwell Potter 20-1 Turn
Willy de Houelle 12-1 TH
Sounds Victorius 16-1 AB

Acca 69,614-1 PP/BFSB​​
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Did anyone get paid out on this double? My bet on Caldwell was voided as this was placed before the change from the Turners to a handicap. From memory, didn't that change only get announced in September?
 
Ah. That makes sense. If the change did get announced in September then this Yankee should have been paid out on the double of Marine Nationale @ 14/1 and Caldwell Potter as a Void. So for example £10 Yankee would or should have paid out £150. I think. Anyone smarter than me know for sure ?
 
Some places said if it won the corresponding race you'd get paid out as free bets
 
Fucking Jonny Dineen.
If you’ve not seen it then watch his ideas on how to get better starts at Cheltenham
Fucking daft that fella sometimes.

The tape scares some horses so he wants 2 to pen them in.
Then colour coded armbands for jockey positions when they can’t even get the dumb cunts to face the right way and walk forwards together.
But Jonny wants them fucking line dancing.
 
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Jockey Levi Williams has been charged with murder after a man injured during an altercation in Newmarket this month died in hospital.

Williams, 25, had been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and bailed by police, but was rearrested on Tuesday and appeared before Ipswich Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged with murder.

Williams was remanded in custody and will appear in Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday.

A fight had taken place between four people outside the Golden Lion pub on Newmarket High Street during the afternoon of March 8. The road was closed while emergency services attended the scene and took two injured men to hospital in Cambridge.

One man, aged 45, was released the same day and later arrested on suspicion of affray, while a 71-year-old man remained in hospital. However, police confirmed that he had died on Tuesday.
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…Simon Rowlands supporting Ruby Walsh that F2F produced the equine performance of the week;


Fact to File’s victory in the Ryanair Chase could have been expected to be quicker than the wins of Caldwell Potter in the aforementioned novice handicap and Jagwar in the Plate Handicap, but the degree to which that was indeed the case was impressive.

Fact To File was fully 4.5s (about 20 lengths) quicker than the former and 5.9s (over 25 lengths) quicker than the latter despite carrying 6lb and 14lb respectively more than that pair. On the face of it, this may well be the time performance of the season so far.

A mitigating factor is that neither of those other races was well-run – look at the finishing speed %s in the accompanying table – but the difference is relatively minor. If someone ever writes a book on “How To Get The Fractions Absolutely Right”, Chapter One could well be about Mark Walsh on Fact To File in this year’s Ryanair Chase.

Fact To File was so good that he was in little danger of losing the race however it was run. But he was paced super-efficiently, just to be sure, while some of his lesser rivals paid the price at the business end. And – boy! – did he deliver.
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Irish Rugby said:
Did anyone get paid out on this double? My bet on Caldwell was voided as this was placed before the change from the Turners to a handicap. From memory, didn't that change only get announced in September?
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I got paid out as a single or Marine and a void bet.
 
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Eggs said:
Jockey Levi Williams has been charged with murder after a man injured during an altercation in Newmarket this month died in hospital.

Williams, 25, had been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and bailed by police, but was rearrested on Tuesday and appeared before Ipswich Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged with murder.

Williams was remanded in custody and will appear in Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday.

A fight had taken place between four people outside the Golden Lion pub on Newmarket High Street during the afternoon of March 8. The road was closed while emergency services attended the scene and took two injured men to hospital in Cambridge.

One man, aged 45, was released the same day and later arrested on suspicion of affray, while a 71-year-old man remained in hospital. However, police confirmed that he had died on Tuesday.
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I try to keep myself out of the local gossip, but its rumoured round town that Don Cantallon is the 71yo, a lot of people are hoping it isn't.
 
Willie is 8/1 to retain his crown, about 1.2m behind Skelton but still has Aintree to play.

You'd think he would need the national and then he could go full force again, but 8/1 is better than the odds you'd get on him winning the national.
 
….Lucinda Russell giving Starlyte a positive mention at 22-1 this morning, goes in 12-1. Maybe a trainer worth listening to, let’s hope she’s as accurate about Derryhassen Paddy :cheerful:
 
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Bit of a question and advice… has anyone ever set up lots of betting accounts under a friend/wife name? for £250 I can get around £1500 free bets which I can use on Cheltenham antepost.. I’ve done one which I’ve set up at work and under another address so it’s not under anything the same as me. Any advice would be amazing and appreciated
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Markmightbite said:
Bit of a question and advice… has anyone ever set up lots of betting accounts under a friend/wife name? for £250 I can get around £1500 free bets which I can use on Cheltenham antepost.. I’ve done one which I’ve set up at work and under another address so it’s not under anything the same as me. Any advice would be amazing and appreciated
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I'd say this is something most FJs have done at some point, not necessarily for the freebies/incentives but more because accounts keep getting restricted.
Make hay while you can, they'll get you eventually...
 
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Markmightbite said:
Bit of a question and advice… has anyone ever set up lots of betting accounts under a friend/wife name? for £250 I can get around £1500 free bets which I can use on Cheltenham antepost.. I’ve done one which I’ve set up at work and under another address so it’s not under anything the same as me. Any advice would be amazing and appreciated
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I think this is pretty standard for most winning punters. You start off opening accounts in your wife/partners name and then this moves on to siblings and their partners and then your mom and dad and then non gambling friends. My cousins will be next for me....
 
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