Ante post bet still standing that you have gone off the most

Decent trade tho if you have lost all confidence

Cue Card for the Ryanair. Firstly they decide on the GC and now he is not running at all.
I can't see why The New One is any more or less likely to win than he was 2 months ago but I can't see why MTOY won't beat him again either.

Just not convinced that he is adaptable enough to changing circumstances during a race or when making a mistake. Eg HF seems able to adapt his running to differing race conditions, fast pace, slow pace.

Good luck with Grandouet

Was nothing of the sort. Thought it might be interesting to see how peoples opinions had changed from their early season fancies.

Why are you so cynical, we're not all out to see who's got the biggest bestest bet, just to enjoy the build up to the festival.

Haemolysis  • February 25, 2014 8:07 PM GMT 


How can you have gone off that? Its 3/1 favourite you nob. Here's a proper one - I backed Grandouet at 10/1 for the Arkle before it'd jumped a fence. Shoot me now!

Sire de Grugy at 5/2 NRNB. I have not gone off it yet although plenty on here seem to doubt him.

Balthazar King 7/1 in the x countrycountry

Was hoping that Big Shu was going the national route and can't see him getting beat in this now

Grandouet for the Arkle @ 10/1!! Backed him in October in the hope he'd be a natural over larger obstacles.
Turns out that sometimes trying to be smart in the short term makes you look stupid in the long term

didn't back sprinter or simonsig btw, i'm not trying to be smart

At Fishers Cross (in a double with Champagne Fever) - backed him at 4/1 before the Newbury debacle that I thought would be a cakewalk and propel him into 2/1 favourite. Could have got 16/1 after the Ascot debacle and still wouldn't have wanted it by that stage. Some encouragement last time but not enough for me to think he has a serious chance. Would happily cancel the bet now.

Also have AFC in a bet with Sprinter Sacre - compared to Sprinter Sacre AFC looks like a certainty so everything is relative!

Not my year this time. Got to take it on the chin and crack on again in 9 months time or so.

You're right Tucho, I did get in at the wrong time but I think the difference between SS, Simonsig and Grandouet is the first two went chasing straight from their novice hurdling campaigns whereas Grandouet was kept hurdling for two years. I know he's only 7 but I don't think it's an ideal way to prepare novice chasers. That's just a personal opinion, and is probably the reason I don't fancy ROR this year as well. But if one of them wins I am more than happy to completely change my perception of seasoned hurdlers going novice chasing!

I assumed this thread was about ante-post positions that now look good, i.e odds have significantly shortened, rather than bets they may still run that look shockers. I have about 5 or 6 of those! Boston Bob is one but for the WH. I hope they don't run in a way  as it is one of the few NRNB bets I have!

Melodic Rendezvous at big prices on here and 40s NRFB. A very likeable horse but can't see him beating the likes of MTOY or the Fly.

Rule The World at 20s NRFB also. Can't see him staying the trip and unsure whether to trade. Around 8s with the books but 13.5 on here. Really can't see him going close.

They were my first two antepost bets too.

Of the better ones I have FL and Menorah for the Ryanair at 50ish and Last Installment NRNB at decent prices.

Vicenzo Mio another shocker though.

This is a happy old thread.

I backed two after Cheltenham in December. More Of That at 8-1 for the World Hurdle and King's Palace at 5-1 for the Potato Race with Laddies. Both are shorter with the books but both being off for the best part of three months doesn't fill me with confidence and I did expect MOT to have at least one more race for experience and will now be a little surprised if he turns up.

Sint, I was interested in peoples ante posts that they had gone right off, regardless of if price has shortened or lengthened really, and the reasons why.

My op was one that has shortened but also got some that are bigger now such as Racing Pulse in Nep 25/1 who can now be backed at a whopping 300s!

At Fishers Cross-Thought he was the second coming last season and loaded up through the summer, Little did i know his arthritis was as bad as it is, Two god-awful runs with a fair run in the Cleeve when i half expected him to be unbeaten at this stage of the season with me riding a free bet is not how i foresaw this bet going at all,  I now doubt i'll be collecting a bean on him and can't even lay off as the liabilities would be more than i can afford to expose myself to on here Bets placed with Paddys so have nothing on WH market here), Hope i do but i'll watch the race thinking there goes a shitload of cash down the toilet and tbh McCoy has never done me a favour yet, He's my bock jockey bar last seasons AB.
best of luck to the rest of you, Hope one or most of us are wrong to have gone cold on our fancies.

Took him at 16-1 and want to be getting out of it. Don't think he's that good anyway to be honest

I'll happily buy that 16's off you Bally.

Mijhaar @ 27-1 for supreme...

mine annie power at21 upwards for ch im confident it will win at chelts just wrong race thanks to mr mullins trying to wrap hf up in cotton wool and taking the opposition away just so ruby can have a chance in world hurdle