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Your Best & Worst moments of the festival
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Seeing the confirmation of Sprinter Sacre as a real talent. I hope he is lucky because he's very good and worryingly for potential opponents, will be even better next season when he is fully mature.
Worst is the death of horses who are there for our pleasure, the nasty incident involving Dickie Johnson and the photgrapher which was a graphic reminder of how dangerous the sport really is. |
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best ...ap on synch winning the bigun
worst ..fruity o rooney getting chinned on the line  |
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worst de boitron not getting placed cost me 2.4k in an antepost e/w treble
best teaforthree 16-1 antepost |
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Best for cash was Champagne fever (could not believe the price)
Worst was the fatalities worst for cash was again paying 70 notes to get in. |
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My 2 biggest bets of the week Bertie in the Ryanair & Toner D'Oudairies in the Martin Pipe...
Do I need to say anymore??? Total shocker. Had a small save on Riverside purely based on Hendersons form but still... I'm still having nightmares regarding Toner, was on him at tasty prices as well. Thought the Jockey was quite unlucky tbh |
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Best-Alderwood
 Worst-Toner D'oudairies  |
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best= hunt ball/knotty
worst= jonjo o neill. |
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My best was the very first race. Cinders and Ashes had been my main fancy for a while and ensured a profitable week. Hunt Ball finished the day off in style as I and all of the friends I was with had backed it.
Worst was the very last race when Oiseau de Nuit looked ensured of at least a place when getting brought down. I backed him last year at 80 but laid off at 50 so was determined to keep the whole bet this time. Cotton Mill had been a place only bet but still hard to take one going out like that. |
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Best - Going nuts with 4 mates after having backed Attaglance to win plenty in the Martin Pipe Conditionals race, whilst everyone around us was in complete silence. Also, seeing a decent, honest, non-media Jesus trainer like Malcolm Jefferson have success with the two arrows he fired at the festival.
Worst - Fruity O'Rooney getting chinned (Best schadenfraude: Peddlers Cross and Grand Crus getting stuffed after their trainers d1cked about with them in the lead up to their races) |
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Ooops!
Forgot I've already contriuted to this thread. Just so everyone is crytal clear - I backed Attaglance and Cape Tribulation and am still tumescent with pride about that fact. I did back Fruity O'Rooney and can bstill barely surpress my anger at the result of that.  |
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LOL Rog.
My worst was going thru the Martin Pipe and declaring that nothing would win it, so no bet. The best was then noticing a little later that Postdata and Spotlight had both put up a horse in the race that was 30+ in the tote window, so having a cheeky tenner each way for an interest (which I never do, but I was ratted by then, due to my one day of corp hosp, they will not let you empty your glass!!!). I was almost too embarrassed to cheer as Ataglance swooped late. Almost. |
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Best - Big Bucks turning the tide for me. Saw 5/6 and immediately knew what I had to do.
Worst - Unscheduled bollock deep on the Fly, putting me up against it early doors. |
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Those that live by the odds-on favourite, die by the odds-on favourite
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lol, I didn't have the Fly at odds on. 9/4, 5/4. Big Bucks 4/5, 5/6
This small sample of my festival bets has you assuming I back all odds on favs, hmm stick to butling. |
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Not at all.
Doesn't work for me as I couldn't bear the tension of having a huge pot riding on a short-priced horse but fair play to those that do. Will never knock any fellow punter's modus operandii. |
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I certainly try to avoid it, but needs must and I am as well having it on sorts like the Fly and Big Bucks...
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Best: McCain/Maguire - saved my bacon with Cinders & Ashes AP at 16/1 ; Overturn to place at 11's & lucky enough to back Son of Flicka in the morning at 66/1
 - I had to look at about 4 bookies boards on track when the prices opened for SofF, thought they had the wrong price !No money involved but Hunt Bal / Anthony Knott was just older full for racing Worst: The fatalities losing wonderful NH horses like Garde Champetre, Scotsirish etc |
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Best - Finally going along on the Tues after 12 years. i will never be going on Friday again!
Best bet Rock on Ruby. Worst - My hungover bets on Weds, including a thoughtless punt on Grand Cru. Also losing on Long Run again and not backing The Giant Bolster despite making proclamations that it was a Gold Cup horse after its first run at Chelt. In all I was over 300 quid down so my worst festival ever, which was a shame. Having spent so much time on the cards. Having also been to Punchestown for the 3rd time this year it really does make Cheltenham look like a poor relation. The overall standard of racing is probably better at Cheltenham, but the racing experience is better at Punchy. As much as it pains me to say it. I will now choose Punchy over Chelt every day of the week. |
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^^^^Been saying for ages that I'll go to the Punchestown Festival but never have.
Hopefully I'll get round to it this year. Pretty glad I never this year though with the crap weather though. |
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What do you like so much about Punchy Looking?
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Gambling wise:
Best - Rock On Ruby & Bobs Worth Worst - Montbazon making a hash of the last (though not sure he'd have won) and Fruity O'Rooney getting done on the run in. Wasn't looking like a great Festival at that stage Non gambling wise: Best - Just being there and being involved Worst - The deaths and seeing the police with dogs go charging in from the car park to obviously break up a huge fight in the tent in the Best Mate enclosure on the Thursday. I like a drink as much as the next person, but the continual references as the Festival being a booze up rather than a race meeting mean it's starting to attract those who plague Saturday night flat meetings around the country |
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Best moments, were Riverside Theatre and Sir Des Champs. Thursday was an amazing day.
Worst moments were Fly losing and Kauto being pulled up. |
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Best-Just being there to see Sprinter Sacre win the Arkle
Worst-The Gold Cup, poor standard this year |