Aintree 2015

How was your Festival this year Mully?  How many years have you been going now?  Do you still get the same buzz year in year out?

Did next to nowt ante-post on the Nat this year... do have one I'm interested in for next year though...

Hi, Been every year since 1993 now. I do actually get the same buzz but fortunately my liver gets less hammer now as the evenings aren't quite as action packed. Tend to go for relaxing meals more now instead of going clubbing like 20yrs ago.
Warne, Avispa, Guitar Pete, Balder Succes & Pineau De Re were my betting highlights

Tickets will be on sale soon

Very true and probably up 10%

Bought my tickets last year on 15/06 must be great to get yer dough 10 months in advance with a xtra 10% (you know we have moaned about this in the past)


Got a free program tho !

Corrin Wood and Houblon Des Obeaux are my early fancies for this race. Corrin Wood with cut in the ground could eat up these fences. Houblon Des Obeaux stays allday and with another season under his belt this strong classy chaser has the touch of class needed. I was hoping Venitia would give him the experience of the fences this year.

HDO is interesting.

How was The Vincent btw?

Alright, not worth the dough, nice bar,buffet breakfast ok on the Saturday, i never made it on the Sunday but mates said it was terrible.
Had to pay for parking think it was £15 or £20, concierge parked it up.
Wasnt in the room much ended up in the casino till 5 o 6 each morning.
Some of the young uns went to Liverpool after the national and had a great time so it may be off to Liverpool for me next year.

Might try Liverpool myself next year. Southport is like a ghost town. Had some very boring evenings!

No word on the tickets date yet.
They must be waiting until after WC

Must have thought England were going all the way

pre sale 25th July

I can't work out what the savings are as they don't say what the "normal" prices will be?

Dont think there is any savings
Up to £130 for PR seats with a Champagne voucher added to the racecard voucher

Well thats them bought:
7 X QM seats for Friday
12 X PR seats for Saturday

Decent tickets sold out for National day before general sale at 9am today...how do you get pre sale?

This is the first year that there has been a pre sale.
If you purchased tickets the last few years you got a pre sale email with a code.

Thanks Sgt biko...that was bad timing on my part, looks like i will have to wait for some to appear on the usual sites!!

Sold one for the PR seats on Gumtree last year, face value, got plenty offers.Usually get a late call off!

cheers stg after a pair for the wife and i, please keep me in mine!!

No probs if i have spares i will post up and give you first refusal

I didn't bother with the pre-sale this year.

I went to Neptune Collonges national and didn't enjoy it, been last 6 years otherwise on the Thur/Fri and found it far better. Giving the National itself a try again next year as one of my mates had never been, now just need someone to find me the winner antepost to pay for the day!

The 'JUDGE' who gave a, "NOSE,"  decision to Neptune .... after over 4 miles of Jumping -

- should have been summarily dismissed - first thing the following Monday morning - for NOT giving a 'DEAD-HEAT'

YET another example of ridiculous racing hierarchy 'shooting itself in the foot'.

NO WONDER the general public are not taking the the game -

- and 'die-hards' are deserting the game aswell.

You cannot be serious onlooker, it was clear cut as the print showed.

On your basis of dead heats there would be hundreds a year, what a turn off, cop out and possible open door for corruption.

It is pure fantasy to suggest giving the correct result of a photo is racing shooting itself in the foot and putting people off the game.

Has no-one picked the winner yet? Poor show

Working on it. I'm there on Oct 25/26.

Ma Filleule - txt this to the lads as she jumped 2 out in the Topham so may be able to claim this as both aftertiming and a value loser (or the 2016 winner).

Godsmejudge a solid starter for ten imo.

SUNTIEP for me

DOUBLE SEVEN, who finished third behind Pineau De Re and Balthazar King in the Crabbie's Grand National in April, will miss out this season due to a setback.

Frank Berry, racing manager to the nine-year-old's owner JP McManus, told the Racing Post on Monday morning: "We noticed that Double Seven is high up in the betting lists for the Grand National and thought it best that we let it be known that he has had a setback and won't be running this season."

testing

Grand National entries just out !

Total entries: 98. Irish-trained: 25. French-trained: 1

Including seven of first eight in last year's race (3rd Double Seven is injured): Pineau De Re, Balthazar King, Alvarado, Rocky Creek, Chance Du Roy, Monbeg Dude, Raz De Maree.

I think Mon Parain could go well.

Just had my first bet on Merry king 25/1.  Hennessy form working really well and will have a nice racing weight. Good chance.

Night In Milan, Kruzhlinin, Godsmejudge, Raz De Maree -early bets for me.

NARROWED it down to my 32 runners (50/1 chances max).

1)    CARLINGFORD LOUGH (IRE)    11-10    161    J P McManus    John Kiely IRE	33
2)    LORD WINDERMERE (IRE)    11-10    161    Dr Ronan Lambe    Jim Culloty IRE	40
3)    MANY CLOUDS (IRE)    11-09    160    Trevor Hemmings    Oliver Sherwood	40
4)    SAM WINNER (FR)    11-08    159    Angela Yeoman    Paul Nicholls	25
5)    BOSTON BOB (IRE)    11-07    158    Andrea & Graham Wylie    Willie Mullins IRE	40
6)    UNIONISTE (FR)    11-06    157    John Hales    Paul Nicholls	25
9)    FIRST LIEUTENANT (IRE)    11-03    154    Gigginstown House Stud    Mouse Morris IRE	40
10)    ROCKY CREEK (IRE)    11-03    154    The Johnson & Stewart Families    Paul Nicholls	33
12)    BALTHAZAR KING (IRE)    11-02    153    The Brushmakers    Philip Hobbs	25
13)    HOME FARM (IRE)    11-02    153    Chris Jones    Henry de Bromhead IRE	40
14)    SHUTTHEFRONTDOOR (IRE)    11-02    153    J P McManus    Jonjo O’Neill	10
19)    PINEAU DE RE (FR)    11-00    151    John Provan    Dr Richard Newland	25
20)    BACK IN FOCUS (IRE)    10-13    150    Andrea & Graham Wylie    Willie Mullins IRE	28
23)    SPRING HEELED (IRE)    10-12    149    Dr Ronan Lambe    Jim Culloty IRE	25
24)    DOLATULO (FR)    10-11    148    Chasemore Farm    Warren Greatrex	40
27)    LIVING NEXT DOOR (IRE)    10-10    147    John Breslin    Tony Martin IRE	33
29)    SHOTGUN PADDY (IRE)    10-10    147    Axom (XXXVI)    Emma Lavelle	40
30)    CAUSE OF CAUSES (USA)    10-09    146    J P McManus    Gordon Elliott IRE	40
34)    AL CO (FR)    10-08    145    Frank Lloyd    Peter Bowen	40
36)    GODSMEJUDGE (IRE)    10-08    145    Favourites Racing (Syndication) Ltd    Alan King	25
38)    CORRIN WOOD (IRE)    10-07    144    Dermot Hanafin Robert Rose Ian Whitfield    Donald McCain	50
40)    MONBEG DUDE (IRE)    10-07    144    Oydunow    Michael Scudamore	33
41)    TEAFORTHREE (IRE)    10-07    144    Conyers, O’Reilly, Roddis, Zeffman    Rebecca Curtis	33
43)    ACROSS THE BAY (IRE)    10-06    143    Scotch Piper Syndicate    Donald McCain	50
45)    PRINCE DE BEAUCHENE (FR)    10-06    143    Prince & Paupers Syndicate    Willie Mullins IRE	33
46)    SAINT ARE (FR)    10-06    143    David Fox    Tom George	33
48)    MERRY KING (IRE)    10-05    142    Frank Gillespie    Jonjo O’Neill	25
49)    OSCAR TIME (IRE)    10-05    142    Robert Waley-Cohen    Robert Waley-Cohen	50
53)    CHANCE DU ROY (FR)    10-04    141    Daphne Du Pre    Philip Hobbs	50
56)    WYCK HILL (IRE)    10-04    141    J P McManus    David Bridgwater	40
68)    ROYALE KNIGHT    10-02    139    Chris Stedman & Robert Corsan    Dr Richard Newland	33
69)    SOLL    10-02    139    Derrick Mossop    David Pipe	40

Horse    Wgt    Rating    Owner    Trainer
3)    MANY CLOUDS (IRE)    11-09    160    Trevor Hemmings    Oliver Sherwood
7)    RAJDHANI EXPRESS    11-04    155    Robert Waley-Cohen    Nicky Henderson
8)    ROI DU MEE (FR)    11-04    155    Gigginstown House Stud    Gordon Elliott IRE
9)    FIRST LIEUTENANT (IRE)    11-03    154    Gigginstown House Stud    Mouse Morris IRE
10)    ROCKY CREEK (IRE)    11-03    154    The Johnson & Stewart Families    Paul Nicholls
13)    HOME FARM (IRE)    11-02    153    Chris Jones    Henry de Bromhead IRE
14)    SHUTTHEFRONTDOOR (IRE)    11-02    153    J P McManus    Jonjo O’Neill
15)    ALDERWOOD (IRE)    11-01    152    J P McManus    Thomas Mullins IRE
20)    BACK IN FOCUS (IRE)    10-13    150    Andrea & Graham Wylie    Willie Mullins IRE
31)    NIGHT IN MILAN (IRE)    10-09    146    Richard Collins    Keith Reveley
32)    RUBI LIGHT (FR)    10-09    146    Bill Hennessy    Robert Hennessy IRE
34)    AL CO (FR)    10-08    145    Frank Lloyd    Peter Bowen
36)    GODSMEJUDGE (IRE)    10-08    145    Favourites Racing (Syndication) Ltd    Alan King
39)    MAKE A TRACK (IRE)    10-07    144    Gigginstown House Stud    Gordon Elliott IRE
40)    MONBEG DUDE (IRE)    10-07    144    Oydunow    Michael Scudamore
42)    THE RAINBOW HUNTER    10-07    144    May We Never Be Found Out Partnership    Kim Bailey
44)    MY MURPHY (IRE)    10-06    143    Hans Zindel    Liam Burke IRE
48)    MERRY KING (IRE)    10-05    142    Frank Gillespie    Jonjo O’Neill
56)    WYCK HILL (IRE)    10-04    141    J P McManus    David Bridgwater
57)    ALVARADO (IRE)    10-03    140    William & Angela  Rucker    Fergal O’Brien
67)    RENARD (FR)    10-02    139    ROA Arkle Partnership    Venetia Williams
69)    SOLL    10-02    139    Derrick Mossop    David Pipe
70)    THEATRICAL STAR    10-02    139    Brocade Racing    Colin Tizzard
78)    GOONYELLA (IRE)    9-13    136    Ann & Alan Potts Partnership    Jim Dreaper IRE
80)    VINTAGE STAR (IRE)    9-13    136    Trevor Hemmings    Sue Smith
89)    GLENQUEST (IRE)    9-08    131    Coolglen Syndicate    Stuart Crawford IRE

There you go , got it down to 26 , and several of these won't get in.

First choice(as Goonyella won't get in again)
Home Farm
 
Fancied
First Lieutenant
Rajdhani Express
Theatrical Star

Could Go Well At A Price
Rubi Light
Merry King
Alderwood
Renard