Cheltenham Festival
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though id have a sign in to get the users who are going! (users sounds like were addicts!!) any one going leave days going, plans etc
im going tuesday, wednesday this year, went for other 2 days last year but i do enjoy the first 2 days racing the most, and also as the week goes on the racing seems to stay good, but the company becomes worse!!
im going tuesday, wednesday this year, went for other 2 days last year but i do enjoy the first 2 days racing the most, and also as the week goes on the racing seems to stay good, but the company becomes worse!!
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I'll be there, all 4 days.
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Oh yes, l'll be there Monday through to Saturday, got 10 mates going down this year, 5 of us all week the rest come down on the Wednesday night. Not sure how we'll all fit in the house we rent!!!!
Got 3 1/2 weeks left in the desert them l'll return to the UK to look forward to the best week of the year. |
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Yes, i will be there in the same spot.
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tuesday and wednesday, cant wait
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I'll be there Monday thru to Saturday!rent a flat for the week.
Been going for 16 years& yes I cannot wait!! |
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me and my crew do the tuesday great anticipation and imo tues is best days racing.bring it on!! im like my kids in the run up to christmas
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Oh yes can't wait either no place like it on Earth
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,daughter may be hopefully getting tickets for the tuesday from her work,....fingers crossed ,touch wood ect,ect,ect will know for sure in the next 2 weeks !
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I'll be there on the last day, losing my Cheltenham virginity
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we go the Tues and Weds every year.in the tatts, but next year might upgrade to club. We went in club for trials day last week and thought it was great. Not sure if it's worth £30 extra though.
We go down on the Monday, get hammered and nearly always miss the Supreme - will try to cut back on the monday abit this year. |
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always do the guiness tent experience, always entertaining, never forget when youlneverwalkalone won for jp mc and i reckon the whole tent was on apart from me, they nearly lifted the roof off with a loud rendition of the famous song!
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always do the guiness tent experience, always entertaining, never forget when youlneverwalkalone won for jp mc and i reckon the whole tent was on apart from me, they nearly lifted the roof off with a loud rendition of the famous song!
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the 4 days for cammy
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well im a member so going all week for the first time even braving fri!!! starting to buzz about it now
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All four days
Not missed a day for 15 years now Stating in Stow, Monday thru' Friday, for the first time and am keen to find out wht fun there is to be had there! |
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Cutting back this year so just the Tues/Weds - best racing imho and haven't missed a champion hurdle since Hors La Loi....
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go monday night, then tuesday wed & thursday.
Home to watch on the box friday 5 weeks to go |
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Travelling down Mon evening, going Tues & Wed and then heading back Wed night. Thurs off work to watch from home and recover. Guinness Tent before racing then Tatts for the start, right opposite winning post
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Monday Royal Oak, Prestbury preview night, Tue, Wed, Thur in club, come home Thur night and have Gold Cup day in the pub with a dozen or so racing muckers.
Will not go Gold Cup Day again unless they reduce capacity - saw Imperial Commanders Gold Cup from the betting ring in the rain and couldn't get near under cover for the mass of bodies. |
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im going the thurs n friday. cannot contain my excitement!!
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Yisssssss Tuesday Weds for me,if yer on course im in members at 10.35 with a pint of irish black stuff sat on the stairs outside Mill house bar looking over towards cleeve hill,come and say hello
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as always monday - thursday stomach pumped on friday
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as always monday - thursday stomach pumped on friday
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Just Tuesday this year. Gutted. Got the rest of the week off work but too much other stuff on in the evenings and will be watching it in the Lady of Mann in Liverpool on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
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a crowd of us are going to benidorm to watch cheltenham .
a better way to drown youre sorrows imo  |
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Marychain, I'll be in the Lady of Mann or Rigbys on the Friday as well.
Small world!!!! |
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going down for the week mibbi even uttoxeter on sat on way bk home ,maybeee.
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Happy Days! I'll be in there with a gang of 30 somethings. Come and say hello!
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Going down Monday and leaving Saturday last year went down on the Sunday and did the preview evening won club tickets for the Thursday. This year doing just Tatts and probably get Guinness grand stand seats for Gold cup save getting crushed
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I'll be there for days 1 and 2 this year. Will be running a busy bookies on the last two days unfortunately.
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Just 3 days this year,cannot wait now stay in Cirencester.
Gold Cup at home as working that evening,but imo Friday is worst days racing. |
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dont know what you see in it,cant get a drink,cant see a race and cant get a bet on.wouldnt go again if you paid me
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Am there for all four days this year. 2011 was the first time I'd done the whole lot and my best friend and I vowed we'd do the whole week from then on. Have a nice little hotel in Bristol booked up this year. Will meet my mate at the track good and early on the Tuesday. We'll go through last minute news and put together a placepot perm, have a good bite to eat in the car park, a pint of Guinness or two, and await the roar.
Echoing what a lot of other people have said, but this four days is the absolute pinnacle of my year. Have been living in Canada for three years now and this week is the one that I always make it back to the UK to be a part of. Couldn't afford to return for Christmas six weeks ago and make Cheltenham, so that was an easy decision to make. The next few weeks drag on and on and on, but by God the feeling you get when you rock up on that glorious Tuesday morning and literally smell the optimism and excitement is truly the stuff of dreams. |
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Duffy you going wrong enclosure mate you can see everything from where i stand,put bets on before mate on-line/betting shops and drink in pub from 10.00 am, no need to drink on-course after few morning/lunch.
Then celebrate in evening after a few winners easy!!! |
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might see you there longchamps
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Love the anticipation and the racing Tuesday & Wednesday. Thursday's card is poor by comparision and as others have mentioned, Gold Cup day is a nightmare. For the past few years I have left immediately after watching the main event.
The Festival has been my favourite week of the year for decades, so much so that I found a job in Cheltenham in 1990 and came to live here. Best decision I ever made! |
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All 4 days again, travel down Monday home Saturday, first year staying in central cheltenham got fed up with trains buses and unreliable taxis.
Roger Stow is ok but not exactly buzzing stayed there for four festivals until 2010, best pub is the Queens Head (food and beer, Donnington brewery just down the road), the Kings arms is good also, normally get a late one in there, also the Eagle and Child is quirky and worth a visit. If the old butchers restaurant is still there that's worth a visit also. |
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tue with the wife in club/members
fri with 51 mates in best mate stand both great days but fri tends to get messy and stuggle to watch the last two races without dribbling then hit the bars/lap dancing in town  cant wait went paddy power meeting broke even but had the best day ever been going 8 years |
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Going with 3 others on the Thursday and then with just the one on the Friday.
Staying over with brother in Birmingham so its trains back & forward, unless we miss the last train (has been done) ;) Off all week so watching the first two days at home. Never bet on course, always able to use betfair in the morning or on course....bookies tighten everything up as the day goes on. Heavy drinking day on the Thursday will probably mean a bet in the charity race but also a slower one on the Friday. Been going for years, various days or whole week, but this week its just the two. Cant wait!!! |