Chelt 2010 - How many winners did you get?!

Bloodbath, one placed all week Forpady in the queen mother!

Was my best festival ever and I've had a few stinkers, back in the old 20 race days I went an entire festival and then the first 2 days of the following year before Katarino ended my run!
Last year I had Sizing & Quevega on Tuesday; on the Weds Weapons Amnesty and Michael Flips e/w; Thursday was my best ever single days punting (and on the day of the void National I went through the supporting card - am convinced to this day that Party Politics would've won again and that I've been robbed of my chance to do it) with Copper Bleu, Buena Vista and Albertas Run (at fancy antepost prices); on the Friday I contented myself with Arcalis e/w and closed out with Pigeon Island + the F/C with French Opera. I had to give my mate a wedge that would choke a donkey cos I didn't have anywhere to keep it all.

No doubt this year normal service will be resumed

Those that hurt...a lot!!

Dunguib - 3rd
Somersby - 2nd
The Package - 2nd
Zaynar - 3rd
Denman - 2nd
Long Run - 3rd

Those that eased the pain...

Cue Card
Copper Bleu
Buena Vista
Big Bucks
Soldatino
Peddlers Cross
Pigeon Island

Quevega - Mares Hurdle
Weapons Amnesty - RSA Chase
Spirit River - Coral Cup
Big Bucks - World Hurdle
Forpadydeplasterer e/w (placed) - Champion Chase
Ogee e/w (placed) - William Hill Chase
Somersby e/w ante post (placed) - Arkle
Kilty Storm e/w (placed) - Foxhunters
French Opera e/w (placed) - Grand Annual

it's a round number - 0

it was carnage!!

Main bet was Binocular who I had been backing all year so consider myself lucky. Also had Quevega on the first day.

Losers were Get me Out of Here and Dunguib(saver) and  Captain Cee Bee.

Day 2

EW double on Kalahari King and James De Vassy showed a profit.

1 Losing bet Fianians Rainbow

Day 3 Was thinking only about the Gold cup so:-

put an EW bet on Alberta's Run bet Big Bucks to win went straight to the pub didn't know they both won until the next day "Hic!"

Day 4

Backed Barizan ew and Alavain to win

Took I/2 my winnings from Aberta's and Buck Buck's and lost the lot on Kauto Star :(

Overall mainly thanks to Binny I had a good week but was sick as a parrot after the Gold Cup and called it a day.

One - Albertas Run

Turned in a profit but I only have about half-a-dozen bets anyway.

I had a pretty poor festival  after Kauto lost, it was saved by Big Zeb and Sizing Europe being big wins.

Also had wins on Quevega, Menorah, Peddlers Cross, Big Bucks and Sanctuaire.

how many bets per race are people having? from 1 bet a race 6-8 winners is good going at the festival even if the shorties are included

18

Winners :-
Menorah
Chief Dan George ( and the forecast with the Package )
Quevega
Peddlers Cross
Weapons Amnesty
Poker di Sivola
Copper Bleu
Albertas Run
Great Endeavour
Baby Run

Losers that hurt
Masterminded

Including ante post it is not unusual for me to back 2 runners in a race and sometimes 3 in the handicaps

Had my worst Cheltenham ever in terms of results on the track. Fortunately I won enough on the official going market for it not to be totally ruinous

alexmillwall Joined: 14 Mar 08
Replies: 364 09 Mar 11 11:54   


how many bets per race are people having?

Bets per race??

It's bets per day for me!

[:o]

i backed the winner of every race[:(]

alexmillwall Joined: 14 Mar 08
Replies: 364 09 Mar 11 11:54

how many bets per race are people having?

I don't know I just want  a list of what revedesivola is backing

so does tom segal[;)]

I usually back 1 in the Championship races and 2 in the hcaps last years winners were
Menorah
Peddlers Cross
Weapons Amnesty
Copper Bleu
Ballabriggs

However the year before using the same tack I got something like 16 winners inc Andytown, American Trilogy,Character Building, Ninetieth Minute, Forpadydeplasterr, Zaynar. etc I just could not go wrong. Also had many difficult years mainly in the 90s

Had a pretty dire year last year, only winners were

Quevega
Peddlers Cross
Kalahari King (place)

Shocker, can only get better this year! (Touch wood)

day 1
general miller
sizing europe
bensalem
celestial halo/medermit
l'ami
quevaga

day 2
fabalu
peddlers cross
long run e/w antepost 12/1
forpadydeplasterer e/w antepost 20/1
wishful thinking e/w :(
stormy weather

day 3
door boy
prince erik
albertas run ante post 25/1
tidal bay e/w
great endevour
ballabriggs

day 4
alavain
dee ee williams
quel esprit
cooldine
drybook bedouin
peveril
tataniano all day 4 were placed the night before and no bets had on course as too busy to get around imo

went to australia for 5 weeks afterwards with my day 3 lucky 15's having 3 winners on the 2 with prince erik and door boy being the let downs..maybe this year....oh and wishful thinking cost me enough when falling that i nearly went down with him(knees buckled ffs)...loving the aftertiming [:x]

Menorah @ 14/1 antepost
Sixing Europe @ 6/1 antepost
Quevega @ 9/4 antepost
Big Zeb @ 10/1 antepost
Spirit River @ 16/1
Sanctuaire @ 16/1 antepost
Big Bucks @ 3/1, 5/2, 9/4, 2/1, 7/4, 6/4, 5/4, Evs, 10/11, 4/5 antepost
Solditino @ 7/1

Got a few placed but not many winners; won £330 on Chief Dan George and then put £100 of that straight on IC to place at 11/10 which payed for my tickets Thurs/Fri

Had Menorah and the F/c with GMOOH

Sizing Europe/Somersby rfc

Peddlars Cross

Ouch's were

The Package
Forpaddy/Kalahari rfc, was going to stick big Zeb in for the combo as i wanted to get MM
Imperial Comm/Cooldine rfc, wanted to get the front two
Tidal Bay
Alfie Sherrin(in a double with Sizing/Somersby for a nice few quid)

Around 12 races played in so a cracking festival

Big Bucks & Ballabrigs..Was a nightmare festival for me last year..Things can only get better this year..Fly Baby win me the Big Bucks & ill jump the QUEvega to collect my winnings while feeling So Young..

BANKER = Sizing Europe got the 7/1 in the Centaur that was up for approx 30 seconds! Took all the pressure off.
a-post eway Osana
L'ami - decent tote place only bet
Spirit River - 19.30 on the Tote [;)]
Buena Vista.
eway on Time for Rupert
Imperial Commander

luckily sized the bets just right..... every day was profitable but Friday was close as I lost a lump in Berties Dream's race.

how many bets per race are people having? from 1 bet a race 6-8 winners is good going at the festival even if the shorties are included
in answer to Alex Millwalls post above - I have 1 bet per race unless I have a real strong opinion on it (I liked SEurope and Osana - would have wons tons if they had come 1st & 2nd) - I also do placepots, forecasts (which get more stupid as the beer goes in) and one eway yankee a day.

I will just add that bet sizing is important - if that clicks with even just a couple of winners you can be in clover.

Usually I have one main bet and a saver in the graded races and one or two handicaps.  But the arkle and champion hurdle I usually have 3 bets, still main one two savers, this usually happens  because I play antepost in those two quite a bit

I had two nice priced winners in Albertas Run and Thousand Stars.

Disappointedly lossed my nice anteposts on Captain Cee Bee.

Made a decent profit still.

I had 3 winners, Menorah, Quevega and Sanctuaire, but the Menorah pick up was a saver for a big Duinguib plunge - fooking bloodbath for me.
Smashed into Garde Champetre, Poquelin, Sunnyhillboy as well, my only pick up after the Neptune was each way Mon Mome, I plan on getting it all back this year with interest....

2

Albertas Run and Pidgeon Island (which more than made up for it!)

best were peddlers cross, poker de sivola, copper bleu, the champion chase forecast, midnight club ew, cross kennon ew, imperial commander

most gutting:

Khyber Kim
Somersby
Kilty storm in the foxhunters
Master Minded (got the forecast though)

and lastly,

Danquib

worse three days of my life - no winners

worse yet just before the off Quevega was 1/1 a place on the tote, returned 1/5

God my mates laughed at me after that

Copper Bleu, Peddlers Cross, Cue Card and Sizing Europe, iirc

Forpady e/w also

Bensalem and From Dawn To Dusk where painful losers. We all know about the first, the latter lost any chance of winning with a blunder at the second last

Captain Cee Bee was painful (25/1 )

topless makes forpady look lucky

..sounds like i didnt do too bad then with 6 winners ... unfortunetly i was fighting losing battle from first race after i tried to double my weeks stake on dunguib ...after that just scraping around ...thought my luck changed then with sizing, binoc and quevega all winning on first day to nearly get my pot back but then wednesday was a black day .... rite of pass, long run and masterminded wiped me right out!!

Stupidly maybe im keeping faith with the ones who ruined me last year!!

Dunguib, Masterminded and long run .....LETS GET READY TO RUMMMMMMMMMBLE!!!!!!!

btw I don't tend to go mental with the festival like some do, and although just the 4 winners I had my best festival to date, and yes it was profitable

Was over 1k up last year.

First day thought going be one those weeks

Get Me Out Here 12's 2nd got £100 back ew
Somersby 2nd lose
The Package 2nd lose

Then after that all went rather well

Peddlers Cross £20 8's won
Solditino £20 12's £60 night before 7's £30 on day
Baby Run £30 9/2 on day
£15 Weapons Amenstry cant remember price.

Treated everyone takeaway after Gold Cup day lol.

2010 was my best ever Cheltenham:-

Sizing Europe 12/1
Spirit River 14/1
Sanctuaire 12/1
Soldatino 16/1

+ 21 losing bets including APs that never got there.