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Mr Eboue
15 Mar 16 22:31
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At the risk of ending up in the aftertimers thread:

One of the great days for me.

Alter got me off to the best possible start.

Had my biggest ever horse racing double on Douvan and Vroum Vroom Mag at 4/9 and 5/4. Hardly a moments worry.

Didn't have a bet in the big race. Was quite sceptical about the mare's chances but was thrilled to see her land a big one.

No luck in the 3m handicap or the 4 miler but had a crafty few quid on Ballyalton in the last.

Got the place pot in as well!


Historically day one has always been my achilles heel. Feels very strange going into day two full of confidence! Laugh

Tomorrow looks very, very tough and I'd be surprised if I'm in as good position in 24 hours.
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Report Mr Eboue March 15, 2016 9:32 PM GMT
Excuse the auto correct ffs
Report smartie3 March 15, 2016 9:35 PM GMT
average...but average is good! 3 days left. WD though
Report jackkat March 15, 2016 9:36 PM GMT
Well I will be handing in my notice tomaz I won a life changing £1.26 WinkWinkWink
Report Mr Eboue March 15, 2016 9:42 PM GMT
There's nothing that compares to backing a Cheltenham winner.

Give me the thrill of cheering your horse up the hill over a kilo of coke and half a dozen supermodels any day of the week.
Report jackkat March 15, 2016 9:54 PM GMT
Yep I'm with you Mr Eboue I will also be giving myself a big pat on the back for being an honest punter I went into my local hills shop to collect approx £30 this was not the hills shop I put on the bet the cashier said total of £60 I said that don't seem correct and when she checked with the other shop they had settled by adding a horse not on the slip if I had kept my mouth shut I could have collected the extra £30 no probs I'm hoping for a bit of good luck for the rest of the week HappyHappyHappy
Report DirkDiggler March 15, 2016 9:55 PM GMT
Altior winner, turned into 3 free bets, Min 2nd turned into a free bet, Annie Power winner and The New One, and Vroum Vroum winner.

I don't bet in the silly races.
Report timtin March 15, 2016 9:55 PM GMT
Oh I was in heavens after Altior and I went straight to hell after Douvan. I just cannot understand the hype around this horse who had Vaniteux, not a world beater, upside him when he fell. Ar Mad so pissed he missed this and also L'ami Serge, why oh why....
Report DirkDiggler March 15, 2016 10:02 PM GMT
Douvan was still in 3rd gear, and Vanituex hard at it when he fell, it was not nip and tuck.
Report DirkDiggler March 15, 2016 10:02 PM GMT
Douvan was still in 3rd gear, and Vanituex hard at it when he fell, it was not nip and tuck.
Report Mr Eboue March 15, 2016 10:03 PM GMT
Douvan was still cruising along when Vanituex fell though.

Would have won cosily even if the Henderson horse didn't fall.
Report DirkDiggler March 15, 2016 10:05 PM GMT
Exactly, Sizing John would have beaten Vanituex even if Vantuex stayed upright, IMO.
Report scooby91 March 15, 2016 10:12 PM GMT
Backed multiple runners but 3 winners.
Altior 8/1 douvan 3/1 and annie power5/2
Had a 123 in the champion.
Nicholls placed 20/1.
Mtoy placed 33/1.
Lost my biggest bet on faugheen injury but came out of the race nicely.
Left out the handicap chase and
A little annoyed I diddnt back vroum vroum but i chanced a couple smaller stakes ew at  big prices to no reward.
Also thought maybe through biased eyes, measure of my dreams was going to get up, but ran a sound race and couldn't fault him

All in all a very good day and a tidy profit.
Hopefully more to come.
Good luck to everyone tomorrow
Report foolsgold123 March 15, 2016 10:51 PM GMT
Amazing day. Annie Power winning was pure magic. Everything went to plan apart from Min, can't complain. Roll on 2moro hopefully GravvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveY every where.
Report bankit March 15, 2016 11:28 PM GMT
Same as op, alitor starts a great day and never looked back,one of my best day's ever at the track! Met some Irish blokes in the morning who had went ball deep on min and if it lost were going home after the Tuesday racing if it won they were staying til Saturday, crazy!! The improvements made to the track/venue are amazing, especially in the paddock area, new members bar is top class as well.
Report Shrewd_dude March 16, 2016 12:33 AM GMT
Done my ****g brains in.
Report timtin March 16, 2016 3:27 AM GMT

Mar 15, 2016 -- 11:03PM, Mr Eboue wrote:


Douvan was still cruising along when Vanituex fell though.Would have won cosily even if the Henderson horse didn't fall.


Ruby wasn't animated on him but I wouldn't call it cruising. I;m watching the replay and he starts asking questions when Vaniteux gets upsides and until the final turn he couldn't get rid of him and then gained 1-2 lengths due to Vaniteux going much wider and he still didn't get rid of him until the fall.

'Cosily' you say but he was left 4-5 lengths in  front 2 out, Ruby started to ask serious questions "hard ridden to the line" - commentator, but in 2 furlongs he only made a further 2-3 lengths on an average horse in Sizing.

I don't think he would've lost to Vaniteux but it promised to be a fight for the line.

Report charlieptl March 16, 2016 5:58 AM GMT
Min spoiled it being epic but had Altior/Min, backed Sizing John W/O Douvan and had VVM @ evens. Left just up which is good enough for me to start with
Report The Dragon March 16, 2016 7:23 AM GMT
in a word grim 2 seconds and no winnersCry
Report Orsoncart March 16, 2016 8:18 AM GMT
Well done Mr E I too had one of those days where it all fell into place so much so I will already clear a profit on the racing, and when the Romford pele comes in on the snaff the week will be complete, the only blip is the Arse playing tonight.

Timtim good drugs where can I get some.
Report timtin March 16, 2016 8:48 AM GMT
on the Jockey Club website @orson, right there at the replay section you'll get a piece of what I'm on
Report cufcno1 March 16, 2016 9:01 AM GMT
800 up day 1,normally do well today,then lose the plot tomorrow
Report tunnocks March 16, 2016 10:16 AM GMT
£100 up to small stakes, tom scudamore had 3 rides 14/1 winner, 80/1 4th, 3rd one nowhere, he's omly on 2 today 25/1 & 66/1
I only win with small stakes, start putting big money on always lose, maybe P Nicholls might do well today after yesterdays disaster, Sire Collonges 11/1 for me...good luck everyone.
Report The Dragon March 16, 2016 12:56 PM GMT
looks like im the only one one who lost yesterdayCry
Report Steamship March 16, 2016 12:57 PM GMT
No I lost as well Dragon. Had 11 horses come through on my tracker 2 won Un Temps and Minella I backed neither.
Report cufcno1 March 16, 2016 8:40 PM GMT
Lost 200 today
Report Satrus_Froot March 16, 2016 10:55 PM GMT
Rather embarrassingly but truthfully admit to not having found a winner yet either. Torrid torrid first half of the week. Need a minor miracle to come out of it up now but anything can happen I suppose. Came close three times with Native River, Bouvreuil and Coo Star Sivola and the most annoying thing is if only one of them would have won I'd be sitting here in profit. Collected the place money on all of them but needed a winner so badly. I've literally got every horse wrong, Un De Sceaux and More of That were dagger blows. The plan was to go out and have plenty of beer in the evening and relax but find myself on here not in a good mood at all. At the same time I love Sprinter Sacre and savoured every second of him in the winners enclosure. History from a true true champion.

Contemplating doing the unthinkable tomorrow and going absolutely balls deep on Vautour. Always been my golden rule to not go in on an odds on shot when your down but when you're actually in the position things don't feel the same. Probably would be my only chance of getting out up.

Mug punter of a week, a shambles all around.
Report bankit March 16, 2016 11:11 PM GMT
Hey satrus it's only h/t, just keep chipping away as you normally would!!
Report tim6 March 16, 2016 11:17 PM GMT
dragon you weren't the only one, reporting for duty after 2 days losing but hey ho there's allways tomorrow come on kings palace
Report scooby91 March 17, 2016 12:31 AM GMT
2 winners yorkhill 16/1 and blaklion 14/1 ew. Also a day of what could have been with shaneshill 110.0 rsa and battleford ew in the bumper at 33s
Lost on un de sceaux but one of the only times I diddnt feel bad about not having the winner.
Report rl91 March 17, 2016 9:52 AM GMT
Thought Day 1 was going to be horrific when Min lost but ended up around 300 up so the Curry was on me, won the placepot, and even had the 1-2-3 in the 4 miler!

Yesterday was poor, didn't have any great fancies so decided I'd go in at small stakes each way hoping a win would do it for me, but as usual got a bit too into it, in de seaux suckered me in but had a saver on SS, then the bumper came around and my 14/1 on battleford looked shocking given I saw 33s at one point and the nose was even more disappointing!


Without doubt the worst bit of yesterday was the fact I celebrated winning the placepot for second day in a row, only to go to the tote with my ticket be told it was a loser, I questioned them more than once....only to then realise I put Vyta du Roc on not More of that l.....absolute idiot
Report Trainy March 17, 2016 12:16 PM GMT
min cost me huge money for a 5 fold
Report The Dragon March 17, 2016 1:22 PM GMT
yesterday was a massive turnaround with 4 winners and an ew 2/3 patent obliging, -tips from my m8 spyofjackdawcastle made the difference cheers the spy. now in profit Cool
Report DirkDiggler March 17, 2016 1:43 PM GMT
Good 1st day, made a mess of yesterday (no saver on Sprinter), Jossie's Hill 2nd, back on form with Black Hercules.
Report scooby91 March 17, 2016 5:08 PM GMT
What a day. 5 races I backed in and 4 winners plus the moral winner in my eyes valseur lido.
Black hercules. 9/1 and  8/1
Valseur lido 12/1 ew
Thistlecrack 25/1 and 2/1
Empire of dirt ew 22/1
Limini 8/1.
I new vautour would win but I could not back him, and kept with my ap bet on valseur lido.
That's me done for the day.
Report The Dragon March 17, 2016 6:17 PM GMT
yes another great day here, black hercules 8/1 in the first and bdm ew at 16/1

tagiteele ew at 19/1 in the second

treble of llimi, vatour and thistlecrack at around 7/1 and backed them all in singles

other races nothing but an excellent day giving me 7 winners in total so far
Report The Dragon March 17, 2016 6:17 PM GMT
sorry 8 winners that is
Report foolsgold123 March 17, 2016 11:25 PM GMT
Great day. William Hill couldn't pay me out, come back 2moro job. Few silly accas still going two separate bets one needing on the fringe the other don cossack, this week has been a good week.
Report DirkDiggler March 18, 2016 12:42 PM GMT
Thistlecrack Vautour double and Black Hercules, a few quid went astray elsewhere.

A good week that should have been so much better, failed to back Un Temps Por Tout (always backed it) and did not have the saver on Sprinter I planned to. Friday has never been kind though.
Report scooby91 March 18, 2016 3:13 PM GMT
Not a good day so far today. Had a very small antepost on ivanovich gorbatov.  But nothing in the county or in the bartlett. Was hoping champers or barters hill were going to keep on to the line but Fair play if anyone had harry.
My last hopes of the festival are don cossack 8/1  Djakadam 14/1 in the gold cup.
And mr mix 20/1 ew. Whiteout 92.0 25/1 ew in the martin pipe.
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