Name your 1 or 2 for the festival

My 2 were On the blind side and Hollowgraphic

Gold Present and Didtheyleaveyououtto but think the rain has fooked me

Punted those 2 with Supa and Yanworth, Redicean and Native for fortunes

malaya- fred winter
theinval- grand annual

Frodon
Flying Tiger

Both ew

Fred Winter: Esprit De Somoza 16/1 - though I see it’s back out to 25/1 on the exchange which is a bit worrying.

Triumph: We Have A Dream 10/1 - looks a really good renewal but he has done nothing wrong and seems to be overpriced to me.

Gold Cup: Djakadam 33/1 - will love the ground and a massive price.

Grand Annual: Le Prezien 25/1 - might go for the Brown Plate but the going might mean they aim here and he went off 7/2 fav
                                                      for the race last year.

Duc des Genievres whichever option they take

really impressed with both runs but especially the last run against Samcro when really finishing (only been beaten by Samcro, Next destination and Cracking smart in its 2 races)

First flow ew in supreme also a very speculative punt on western Ryder
Spirit of the games ew in the coral cup though the two that were mentioned in that Betfair preview also take my eye (springtime lake & top of the game)
Chris's dream in potato could be anything
Lay all shorties under 3

Taken in by a preview when will you ever learn

Saint Calvados in the Arkle (Loves the ground and not been off the snaff yet in his races) @ 7/2 now

Acey Milan in the Bumper @ 9/1 (very impressive thus far and has also won in heavy). Fancied in respected quarters @ 9/1.

Can't remember such a low key festival. Bookies have bought everyone. Buzz isn't there unfortunately.

probably floating around in space

I've loads eg:-
Getabird (Supreme)
Footpad and Petit Mouchoir (Arkle)
Faugheen and {Yorkhill (CH without BD/nrnb)}
Apple's Jade (Mares)
Samcro (any race)
OTBS (Neptune)
Presenting Percy (RSA)
Altior (CC)
Finian's Oscar (any race)
Death Duty (JLT)
Yanworth and Unowhatimeanharry (Stayers)
Redicean and Apple's Shakira (Triumph)
Might Bite, Sizing John, Native River and Our Duke (Gold Cup)

Apple's (Jade and Shakira) and Samcro are trebles and accas; the others are antepost (singles).

presenting percy
cause of causes

serious fecking harses

Saint Calvados in the Arkle

Wakanda in the Ultima

LiveLoveLaugh in the Close Bros.

Shantou Flyer on tues & Carter McKay in the conditionals are my main bigger priced ones.

Apples Jade, given the ground is a cert imo

what race shantou in ive missed that!!

Footpad. Nap of the week.

Eamon Na Cnoic in the Ultima e/w @25/1 . Goes on the ground , well handicapped and trained by the Pipe team .
Edwulf in the Cup e/w .

Soft Ground Yankee bet on
JURY DUTY 4-Miler
SHATTERED LOVE JLT
SAM SPINNER Stayers
REDICEAN Triumph.

Good luck everyone.

CCM

Saint Calvados has looked some horse in its 3 runs
Footpad will have to be very good

Footpad for day 1 surley

I am keen on Native River. I doubted the wisdom of keeping him off the track for so long but it now looks an inspired decision. The yard was right out of form for 2 months so any horse that ran from there ran poorly. NR then ran really well at Newbury proving his fitness and enthusiasm and only Might Bite stands in his way now.

Rhinestone... Bumper
A Great View...Pertempts.
8/1 & 16/1.
Win & Pl(both)
Win Dble & E/W ed dble.
   GL ALL

Finally got one right (apart from some speculative punts). I didn't think their tactics were right in waiting for Newbury but once again Colin and Joe were spot on. A long time since a horse won the Hennessy, Welsh National and then the Gold Cup next season.

unclepuncle
10 Mar 18 19:51

Grand Annual: Le Prezien 25/1 - might go for the Brown Plate but the going might mean they aim here and he went off 7/2 fav for the race last year.

You're all welcome.

WD, did you lay much of your 5k off?

Yes that was always the intention, but as he was gambled into 15/2 I laid off at a much lower price than I had originally thought and basically had a free £200 bet at 15/1 to win £3k.

Well in unc punc. Nice price.