Grand National
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03 Apr 15
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Every year since my Dad got me into racing aged 5, I've picked 2 or 3 fancied ones and a couple of outsiders, here's my record:
1979 Zongalero 2nd My first ever bet (aged 5!) and should have learned that bad times were ahead!!!
1980 Rough And Tumble 2nd
1981 Spartan Missile 2nd Was I the only person not shouting for Bob Champion?! - Three 2nd's in a row, yippee
1982 Also Rans
1983 Greasepaint 2nd
1984 Hallo Dandy 1st !!!!, Greasepaint 2nd, Lucky Vane 4th My first winner and starting a 10 year pattern
1985 Greasepaint 4th, Classified 5th
1986 Classified 3rd
1987 The Tsarevich 2nd, (Lean Ar Aghaidh 3rd, West Tip 4th) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, and the start of 5 years of agony!
1988 Durham Edition 2nd, West Tip 4th
1989 West Tip 2nd, Durham Edition 5th
1990 Durham Edition 2nd
1991 Garrison Savannah 2nd, Over the Road 4th
1992 Also Rans
1993 Cried like a baby!!
1994 Miinnehoma 1st !!! YESSSSS, ten year cycle!!
1995 Party Politics 2nd
1996 Rough Quest 1st !!! Broke the ten year cycle!!
1997 Suny Bay 2nd Broke my heart, loved him
1998 Suny Bay 2nd Broke my heart again!!
1999 Also Rans
2000 Also Rans backed Red Marauder heavily - guess what happened next?!!!
2001 Blowing Wind 3rd (deserting the winner Red Marauder!!)
2002 Whats Up Boys 2nd, Blowing Wind 3rd
2003 Amberleigh House 3rd
2004 Amberleigh House 1st !!! Thank the lord the year ends with a 4!!!!!!!
2005 Also Rans
2006 Hedgehunter 2nd
2007 Silver Birch 1st !!! Wow!!!
2008 Also Rans backed Mon Mome steadily since Christmas 2007 with around £150 staked by raceday.
2009 Mon Mome 1st !!! BUT only £3 stake at 120 on here :o(
2010 State Of Play 3rd but was more happy that AP won :o)
2011 State Of Play 4th
2012 Seabass 3rd, Cappa Bleu 4th
2013 Cappa Bleu 2nd, Teaforthree 3rd
2014 Pineau De Re 1st !!!, Balthazar King 2nd Decided to attend for the first time (look at the last number in the year!) and the cycle continued.
So 7 winners is great - BUT 17 bl00dy 2nds
and this years main bet will be The Druids Nephew - get your cash on it being 2nd now!!!!!!!!!!
1979 Zongalero 2nd My first ever bet (aged 5!) and should have learned that bad times were ahead!!!
1980 Rough And Tumble 2nd
1981 Spartan Missile 2nd Was I the only person not shouting for Bob Champion?! - Three 2nd's in a row, yippee
1982 Also Rans
1983 Greasepaint 2nd
1984 Hallo Dandy 1st !!!!, Greasepaint 2nd, Lucky Vane 4th My first winner and starting a 10 year pattern
1985 Greasepaint 4th, Classified 5th
1986 Classified 3rd
1987 The Tsarevich 2nd, (Lean Ar Aghaidh 3rd, West Tip 4th) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, and the start of 5 years of agony!
1988 Durham Edition 2nd, West Tip 4th
1989 West Tip 2nd, Durham Edition 5th
1990 Durham Edition 2nd
1991 Garrison Savannah 2nd, Over the Road 4th
1992 Also Rans
1993 Cried like a baby!!
1994 Miinnehoma 1st !!! YESSSSS, ten year cycle!!
1995 Party Politics 2nd
1996 Rough Quest 1st !!! Broke the ten year cycle!!
1997 Suny Bay 2nd Broke my heart, loved him
1998 Suny Bay 2nd Broke my heart again!!
1999 Also Rans
2000 Also Rans backed Red Marauder heavily - guess what happened next?!!!
2001 Blowing Wind 3rd (deserting the winner Red Marauder!!)
2002 Whats Up Boys 2nd, Blowing Wind 3rd
2003 Amberleigh House 3rd
2004 Amberleigh House 1st !!! Thank the lord the year ends with a 4!!!!!!!
2005 Also Rans
2006 Hedgehunter 2nd
2007 Silver Birch 1st !!! Wow!!!
2008 Also Rans backed Mon Mome steadily since Christmas 2007 with around £150 staked by raceday.
2009 Mon Mome 1st !!! BUT only £3 stake at 120 on here :o(
2010 State Of Play 3rd but was more happy that AP won :o)
2011 State Of Play 4th
2012 Seabass 3rd, Cappa Bleu 4th
2013 Cappa Bleu 2nd, Teaforthree 3rd
2014 Pineau De Re 1st !!!, Balthazar King 2nd Decided to attend for the first time (look at the last number in the year!) and the cycle continued.
So 7 winners is great - BUT 17 bl00dy 2nds
and this years main bet will be The Druids Nephew - get your cash on it being 2nd now!!!!!!!!!!
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Nice record keeping. Well done
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On a positive note you should be at least 30 points in profit on the race to level stakes. Now if you can do that on all the other races in the year jobs a gudun
I also get the feeling that The Druids Nephew will go close without winning. |
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Hope you right re Druids winning,him and Rocky 2 main bets,good luck.
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I had a period from 2002-2005 (I'll admit I was backing 6-8) where I had the second horse all four years. A particular annoyance was 2004 where I had the second and third. My most bizarre one was 1998 where I fancied Banjo (who fell at the first) and Earth Summit who won.
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I think Rocky Creek will come second
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Make one hell of a book keeper this lad
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Loved reading that list Arazi, some great old names on there, all from roughly my era as well. For the record, here's mine. 82 to 90 were on the day picks rather than bets, then from 91 I started betting, and had an Antepost horse, and a day of the race horse. Things got a bit messy when I joined here, with loads bet, but I've still kept up that tradition of one big Antepost bet when the weights came out, and an on the day main bet.
1982 Artistic Prince - Fell 1st 1983 Venture to Cognac - 8th 1984 Two Swallows - 6th 1985 Solihull Sport - Fell 1st 1986 Acarine - Brought Down 1987 The Ellier - 7th 1988 Repington - Refused 1989 Bob Tisdall - Refused 1990 Uncle Merlin - Unseated Rider then on to the antepost, and day of race bets 1991 Seagram (both) Won 1992 Party Politics (both) Won 1993 Cried like a baby too 1994 Run For Free - "Carried Out" Just So - 2nd 1995 Deep Bramble (NR) Lusty Light - Fell 1st 1996 Deep Bramble - Pulled Up Antonin - Unplaced 1997 Naathen Lad (both) Unplaced 1998 Him Of Praise - Refused Banjo - Fell 1st 1999 Hanakham - NR Coome Hill - Last 2000 Earthmover (both) Fell 2001 Smarty (both) 2nd 2002 Ackzo - Pulled Up Inn At The Top Fell 1st 2003 Shotgun Willy - Pulled Up Ballinclay King - Pulled Up 2004 Be My Manager NR Takagi - Unseated Rider 2005 Colnel Rayburn (both) - Pulled Up 2006 Inca Trail - 8th Colnel Rayburn - Pulled Up 2007 Monkerhostin - Refused Liberthine - 5th 2008 Character Building NR Philson Run - Brought Down 2009 State Of Play (both) 4th 2010 Maljimar - Fell The Package - Unseated Rider 2011 Roll Along NR State of Play 4th 2012 Seabass (both) 3rd 2013 Call The Police NR Imperial Commander - Unplaced 2014 Double Seven - 3rd Last Time D'Albain - Brought Down Had Neptune Collonges when he won, but he was 4th choice, and a few quid ew on Camelot Knight at a big price when he placed, but still more First Fence Fallers than winners  |
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what else do you fancy Arazi?
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Uncle Merlin would have p1ssed it if it'd have got it's front legs down in time at Bechers second time round
Bit like Andy Pandy in 77   |
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I've only ever picked one runner, none of this choosing 5 or 6 for me!
There's only one winner so why choose more than one? 1975 L'escargot WON knew at an early age that finding the winner would be easy! 1976 Red Rum 2nd 1977 Andy Pandy Fell 1978 The Pilgarlic 5th 1979 Rough and Tumble 3rd 1980 Rubstic ( my first ante post bet, did not run, lost my cash) Royal Frolic Refused 1981 Royal Mail 3rd 1982 Three To One Fell 1983 Peaty Sandy 6th 1984 Hill of Slane 11th 1985 Classified 5th I was starting to get p***** off by now. 1986 Door Latch Fell 1987 Smiths Man 11th 1988 Strands of Gold Fell 1989 Bonanza Boy 8th 1990 Bigsun 6th 1991 Bonanza Boy 5th 1992 Cool Ground 10th 1993 Party Politics, FFS he was gonna win so easily! 1994 Zetas Lad. Fell. I was chatting some girl up on the night before the race and after telling her about my tipster credentials (I'm sure she was impressed) she said she would have a bet on it. I saw her after the race and she totally blanked me. stupid cow!1995 Party Politics 2nd. Wondered if I would ever get the winner...... 1996 Young Hustler 5th 1997 Lo Stregone P/up 1998 Banjo Fell 1999 Double Thriller Fell 2000 Red Marauder Fell. I'd seen RM win at Wetherby and knew he was class but deserted him the following year. 2001 Moral Support B/down. 2002 Ad Hoc B/down 2003 Blowing Wind 8th I was just glad that he'd finished the race.  2004 David's Lad 11th 2005 Clan Royal Carried Out. FFS! Wondered if I had EVER picked the winner of this race..... 2006 Joes Edge 7th 2007 Mckelvey 2nd Another 50yds and he would have won! I was stood just after the finishing line and was nearly crying. My mother in law had asked me if Silver Birch had a chance, she had drawn it in the sweep, I told her to swap it as he wanted soft ground! 2008 Simon unseated I now hardly mention the race to family, friends or acquaintances. 2009 Butlers Cabin 7th 2010 State of Play 3rd 2011 Chief Dan George 17th 2012 Neptune Fookin Collonges GTFI 1st see my thread on " horse ante post" if you don't believe me! won a small fortune!2013 Cappa Bleu 2nd The Package antepost never ran. 2014 The Package 12th Lost a small fortune! Actually built a book around 14 runners that made me a big profit. Got nowhere near. If I'd picked another 14 then I still wouldn't have got the winner!2015 The Package is the best handicapped horse in the race. Prob won't get in, if he does then he prob won't stay. No strong fancies this year, probably just as well.... THESE PEOPLE THAT PICK 6 IN THE RACE THEN CROW ABOUT HAVING THE WINNER REALLY HACK ME OFF! |
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If you pick 6 , and one them wins as per Mon Mone , Neptune Collonges , Auroras Encore or Pineau De Re ........it would be a satisfactory system.
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Winner doesn't have to be an outsider. If you pick six, and one wins at ' only ' 11/1. You make 6pts profit. That's doubling your money. A 100% profit on turnover.
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he,s an oldie my 1st national memory wise was shouting my dads home ,it was my aunties wedding and everyone was on highland wedding except my old man who was on well to do,my records rubbish andy pandy a real killer but my mam who i put them on for had some real results,last suspect 66,s,rag trade,she was also on maori venture at 50,s
message to oneself remember to phone mam saturday morning,  |
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Ok Fabulous, you win the Unluckiest trophy!
At the moment I am down to a shortlist of 10: The Druids Nephew, Balthazar King, Alvarado, Cause Of Causes (pick this one AP!!), Mon Parrain, Oscar Time, Lord Windermere, Spring Heeled, Unioniste, Gas Line Boy. Need to whittle that lot down to 5 max - and I don't give a **** about trends!! |
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^ of those, I'd whittle it one - Balthazar King
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Thanks Facts, that was easy!
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