Cheltenham Festival 2012

[Knots & crosses]

This sounds exciting. I have sold all my worldly possessions & will be staking the resulting £5.20 on each of these races in turn, depending on the results.

[D & B]

I hope to be rubbing shoulders with some of the punters tonight and will try to get as many tips as I can from the Irish.

Problem being I can never understand a word they are saying after 7 O'Clock.

Love the post race chats, no one ever seems to lose????

"won the first and it paid for my bets and beer for the week"..... "Won the last and managed to claw back my losses" both being common statements repeated by kicking out time.

[Dicie]

having been laid up these past few weeks iv had loads of time to do productive things, but i didnt bother with them and studied each days racing indeptly.

Race 1 Day 1 - Very hard to rule out alot of horses in this, but the 3 that stand out are

Marksland
Mindnight game
Trifolium

Race 2 Day 1 - Looks like this Sprinter Sacre just has to turn up and is many punters banker so i looked for some value in the race

Crystal Bonus
Astracad

Race 3 Day 1

Fruity o Rooney
Blenheim Brook
Golden chieftan

Race 4 Day 1 - Champion Hurdle - All roads lead to the top 3 in the market

Hurricane fly
Binocular
Zarkandar

Race 5 Day 1 - This will have an Irish feel to it the cross country usually does

ScotsIrish

Fortification

Race 6 Day 1 - Quevega is far to short a price thou it does look nailed on here.

Quevega
Violin Davis

Race 7 Day 1

Carrickboy

[M H]

I enjoy Cheltenham, for me the best race meet of the year. The danger is always the Irish unknowns as they're kept pretty much under wraps and we know little about them.

[D & B]

The calm before the storm in sunny Cheltenham.

[M H]

The place will be heaving tomorrow mate as you well know. The year of foot and mouth must have cost the local economy millions

[D & B]

They have made the money back since by adding the fourth day.

[D & B]

They also lost a day at the racecouse a few years back due to extreme weather conditions but the town made even more wonga thanks to that.

[D & B]

Are you there for the week?

The rest of my life with this fucking massive mortgage I got before the recession.

[D & B]

Lap dancers are coming to town.

[Dicie]

2nd race 2moro paddy power are refunding all bets if sprinter sacre wins

100 win al ferof
47 win cue card
37 win menorah
22 win blackstairmountain
5 win faoildubh
total stake 211
min if any win 400
money for jam if sprinter sacre looses
if he wins money back

[D & B]

Bit foggy and chilly at the moment, similar to last night so expect a bright sunny day with plenty of blue sky in the afternoon.

[Justin Credible]

just another way for me to waste money

[Snakehipsx2]

Excellent news on the weather front for Menorah in the Arkle. A winner @ 9/1 would make a nice early dent in my forthcoming massive loss.

[D & B]

Wet start to day and very overcast.

[andy a]

Wet start to day and very overcast.

You try being at work instead!

[Justin Credible]

Wet start to day and very overcast.

You try being at work instead!

be thankful you work in a place with a roof.
I worked outdoor in a job and we were always on a schedul so no matter the weather we worked, many a time i was soaked to the skin and still had to work in the rain for a few mour hours before i could finish, the hours were short, and it paid very well but wearing raingear while grafting hard only made you just as wet from sweat

[D & B]

Bubbling up quite nicely here, massive queues at every cashpoint.

[Noisycrowds]

what bands are playing

[D & B]

what bands are playing

The Bee Gees