Where's the PLUNGE thread please?

What a shame

the horrible picks is enough to scare anyone off imo

if you are going to have another go, please pick someone who knows a little about racing

Has there ever been a winner selected in the forum plunge?

Certainly the last few years have been hopeless.

harry - are you a willing volunteer ? if yes, the baton is firmly in your hand as far as I am concerned. Lead and I will follow.

You cant do any worse than recent years mate. And backing "muck" is all part of the fun. That earth shattering moment when you push the button on the bet and you instantly know in your heart you have just pished away your money. In fact, thinking about it based on the forum plunge why the hell do I listen to a word that is ever said on this forum. We haven't picked a winner .......ever in my experience. Says it all doesn't it. I think I have seen the light !!!!!

Why not have a look at the races where you know the form without having to study too much.
All this tricky handicap stuff seems a bit unnecessary to me,and never works anyway. Plenty of other races.
Nice e/w Acca or Lucky15 maybe?
How about Definitly Red in the Gold Cup for one? Nice price,and if soft ground a fair e/w chance imo.

With Harry/Uncle......without a decent case being made for a selection....no point.

The possible answer might be to let the horse(s) choose themselves,based on how many people fancy a particular horse,each horse in whichever race can be nominated,receive a vote.

If for example you have 40 votes on race A....15,12,5,3,2,1,1,1......the choice could be between the two most fancied,it also offers the option of combining your own one with those that are strongest.

Budd makes a fair point......deciding the races?

Graded races or Handicaps?

Too much guessing for day 1....first priority will be ground,everyone in the dark,including Claisse ,I would go days 2,3,4

RSA or JLT
STAYERS
GOLD CUP..........all 4 look open betting wise,sensible option.

OR

CORAL CUP
PERTEMPS
COUNTY.............3 of the toughest handicaps at the meeting,bragging option.

Only with 24 hr decs do any of us know the true opposition,cut off could be morning of race?

The races can be treated individually/or as a patent/trixie......thats down to the punter,not the horse(s)

Plenty on here with a view......asking an individual/small group is tough,arguably unfair.

If you do still fancy your own,there is always the option to cover several voted in pool betting,endless options really.

Coming into this meeting above all others,things can change very quickly,having different views from various angles can turn it around,blah blah blah at 16/1 no good.....tell me why it will win,I'm interested.

Might take a little tweaking...the emphasis might be on sharing approaches.

Just one option

Good post Noc and helpful

This bit makes sense to me personally......

Too much guessing for day 1....first priority will be ground,everyone in the dark,including Claisse ,I would go days 2,3,4

RSA or JLT
STAYERS
GOLD CUP..........all 4 look open betting wise,sensible option.

Guy's regarding above posts are all races not subject to 48 hrs this year,through it was something happening this festival

when i say no real edge punting them i mean because i always thought the whole purpose of the plunge was to move the market

See what you say Harry,just throwing out ideas, and will go with whatever is decided.

Vision Des Flos in the Supreme @ 33/1 is another outsider I like, especially if it’s really soft, which look possible.
Though if Samcros connections switch targets it might be scuppered.

I'll have my couple of pound on whatever horse is chosen. Of course we want to get a
winner, but if it was easy no one would be here.

've not done much antipost this year, can't seem to find any real value in the horses I like, however I could not help but stick a few quid on this White Moon.

He won his first two novice hurdle races this season pretty easily looking potentailly very good in the process. I marked him down as one to keep an eye out for come the spring but then he flopped big time stepped up in class at Sandown. Most will be put off after that run which is fair enough, but Tizzard did have that spell where his horses were poorly.

Anyway, I was reading Tizzard's stable tour in The Weekender today:

He's one of the nicest horses we have. He came here after winning a point-to-point impressively in May and right from the off I thought he looked talented. He won at Wincanton first time up against some nice sorts and then defied his penalty at Exeter three weeks later, but he wasn't right after coming back from Sandown next time and hasn't run since. His work recently has been as god as ever, though, better than almost anything we have in the yard. He'll go straight to Cheltenham for the Ballymore or the Albert Bartlett and he'll make his presence felt.

Better than anything? Quite a statement given who else is in the yard.

Given he is a 3mile ptp horse my hunch is the 3mile race, and I've backed him at 40/1 for that, I have also had a saver at 33/1 NRNB in the Ballymore just in case, though I do think Samcro will scare plenty away from this race.

Bit of a punt but worth it at these prices, he did look very good prior to Sandown.

it was gi mac

My contribution is spiritofthegames in the Coral Cup @ 25/1

Hope ur right Fidway I've bet all three

Festival form is what you need. year in year out it works.

think gi macs take on white moon needs considering ,gi mac is a respected poster who has made a solid case for it  and  the horse is a big price in an open race and looks a decent  each way call given  the trainers comments .have already backed it a few weeks ago on here .and it now has the nrnb insurance .