Meath_Villan Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Had a straight forecast on champagne fever & western warhorse :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Quevega, some horse. It's moments like that that make jump racing so much better than flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Shocking call from Hughes to try and go up the inside on Attaglance. Edited March 11, 2014 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Horses to avoid tomorrow: 1.30 Royal Boy 2.05 O’Faolain’s Boy 2.40 Cotton Mill (and also Sadler’s Risk) 3.20 Sire De Grugy 4.00 Balthazar King 4.40 Keltus 5.15 Value At Risk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 2 places for me today . The bookies must be shorting themselves with me all over this festival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Our Conor fatally injured in the Champion Hurdle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Yes tragic news. Sometimes I hate the sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Tragic indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Firstly, very sad news at the loss of our conor. Summed the day up for me yesterday as a whole too. I am running a £100 - 1pt strategy this festival. Yesterdays selections went like this Valtour 1pt win The Liquidator 1pt e/w Champagne Fever 1pt win Western Warhorse 1pt e/w Vintage Star 1pt e/w My Tent or Yours 1pt win Our Conor 1pt e/w & 0.5pt f/c with MTOY. Was going to wager 1pt e/w on Sirene D'Ainiay in 4.00 but I didn't in the end. Brilliant day some would seem but it didn't pan out that way. I was in town and got held up and was going to miss the first race so dived to the nearest W Hill shop with the cash I had left on me and got the first race covered fine. Had to make a quick dash home which is a good 20 min run and make it with about 5 or so mins to spare before the 2.05. So booted up the laptop and logged into my betting account, picked the bet out and clicked bet... I was waiting for almost a minute and still loading... they were coming into line on the TV and I'm yelling at the laptop "f***ing hurry up!" Boom... orange box appeared (Race has started. No bet placed) "and they're off". - Gutted that I didn't get my bet on Champagne fever on at the time! - but what followed was even worse! Each stride Warhorse was inching closer to the finishing line it felt like someone was literally slicing a knife down my stomach more and more with every stride. I couldn't **** believe it! I think I sat there stunned for a good 10 minutes before I got myself together and put my bet on both the 2.40 and 3.20 at the same time but the 1st day had been marred from that moment for me. Vintage Star Fell in the 2.40, Our Conor had a nasty fall and sadly died and MTOY was just not good enough. After that I knew it was not going to be my day and so I left the 4.00 alone and a good job I did as that fell too! But hell that's racing and that is the highs and lows that come with this festival and it is now a case of picking myself up for day 2 today and 'We go again'... Edited March 12, 2014 by AvfcRigo82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Not a standout card today at all. Can't say anything takes my fancy, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Fancy Cole Harden in the first for a definite e/w shout 0.5 pt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Sire De Grugy or Captain Conan for the 3.20 can't decide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Faugheen was very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Yep.Here's a post from the other thread from November:There's another Mullins horse I love called Faugheen, he'll probably end up in the Neptune at Cheltenham, and contest 2 & 1/2 mile novice hurdles in Ireland. Never seen a horse win a bumper so well as he did earlier this year.So, Ballycasey for the 390/1 double.Am a little peeved not to have taken enough note (even though I replied to the above post at the time!). Edited March 12, 2014 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Gone with Capt Conan in the 3.20 and Balthazar King in the 4.00 Edited March 12, 2014 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Get in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) O'Faolain's Boy Edited March 12, 2014 by packoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdistheword Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Quevega still declared for the world, surely not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Come on Cotton Mill! Edited March 12, 2014 by packoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Horse (who was leading) in the 14:05 fell and then beat out by a nose just. **** off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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