Jump Racing Fans

Nice one Howdi.

Roll on the Charlie Hall.

Amen to that. See you all in 6 months.

Yes, 6 months, but it will soon come round.  Good luck to all for the summer bets.

Same as every year I start the summer saying I won't waste my money on the flat....never happens

its a double edged sword, one thinks roll on October but the summer is actually very nice. But then again chilly nh meeting in the winter is better than any palmed beach imo.

Chilly summer meetings at the moment, so not alot of difference, apart from the quality of horses running.

If we didn't have to endure the long summer sabatical, we wouldn't appreciate it as much, the flat does its job in filling up the days though.

This summer is dragging....

At least we are having a summer.

Galway next week to look forward to.

I don't have ATR, Shockster. I'm not a fan of summer jumping would probably watch it if I could.

It's an evening meeting isn't it? Great for those who are at work all day and would otherwise be unable to see it.

I was at Wetherby today so took the chance for a run round the racecourse, can't wait for the Charlie Hall.

I'm actually having a great flat season punting wise, landed some right touches in the big handicaps, Royal Ascot etc

but I am fecking bored to tears

roll on the jumps

now Glorious Goodwood is over, I'm going to be exceptionally bored. What's left? Ebor, Leger, Cambridgeshire, Champions Day?

Roll on the jumps

spent a couple of enjoyable hours re watching the races from this years Festival

whet the apetite

August arriving is always good, that's when it starts to feel closer, hell, at the end of this month you'll start to see the shops clearing their shelves in order to make room for christmas stock, love all that me, earlier the better.

If it were up to me I wouldn't allow anything Christmassy in the shops until 1st November.

Me and a mate of mine have set a challenge of getting to as many different National Hunt meets as possible this year. Starting wirh Stratford on Sept 7th. Gonna be clocking up some miles this year!

stratford a classy little place take in billy shakespear's old pad before you go racing

I'll be starting with Wetherby, prob do the Betfair Chase at Haydock and then The Hennessy at Newbury.  Who knows after that?  Can't wait.

Once the dustbin lids are back at school, we won't be very far off. PFN sruggled a bit last season - by his high standards anyway though I appreciate Big Bucks and Al Ferof were injured for Cheltenham - and I don't see a major improvement in his fortunes on the horizon.

I understand he hasn't been able to purchase much in France this summer - WPM has hoovered up the top French talent apparently - and the Hendo juggernaut seems likely to continue to roll.

Anyone else any thoughts about how Nicholls might do?

For anyone suffering too badly from withdrawal, a decent placebo is to have a few quid a week on something you fancy in the Cheltenham ante-post markets. It won't kill you and come October you'll have an 'interesting' position, one way or another.

Is it nearly here yet. Flat is driving me loopy

Be strong,be strong.

I'm torn between longing for the jumps to start and not wanting the summer to end.

Feel the exact same way Makybe.

I don't feck summer

Fabulous

Howdi

Who cares about summer, bring on the rain, darkness by 4.30 pm and bottomless ground at Haydock!

HEAR HEAR!

Being a jump racing fan does make winter more bearable.

Winter goes by very quickly when we just seem to lurch from one big Saturday meeting to another.

Then, before we know it, it's time for Chelts and the National and then it's Spring again

very true my friend