Tweak it a little more !

Good man , get the last word and keep the thread on top

on a CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL forum

Dopey tw4t !

Even their best horse Envoi Allen can’t win at Cheltenham.

Embarrassing !

damn! this irish chip on the shoulder still going...the joys of spring....come on men

Take it thats the best you've  got

Our stock of laughter
At your performance
At the Cheltenham Festival
Will last until next year at least

where are you irish? massive gloat in order,,,,,,1 runner in each of the first 2 races 229/1  sp double....couldnt make it up

How good are Irish horses ?

They are as good as Ally Pally, Folkestone, Hurst Park, Towcester, Lanrak, Bogside, Stockton and Wye. Places where the Populace of the U K could see or train or own horses that are now closed. The country is at fault unfortunately. Overcrowded, misdirected and spiralling downhill fast.

u forgot folkestone and catford dogs...and yes quevega Dundalk apart the irish racing is top notch most days

Connections refused to run Tiger Roll in last year's race off a mark of 166. The handicapper made the concession and dropped a dual winner of the race 5lb. What more do they want?

He comes into this year's race just 2lb higher than when he absolutely hacked up in 2019. An extra 2lb would not have stopped him that day. In weights and measures he'd actually carry 1lb less (he is currently on 11st 4lb this year and carried 11st 5lb to victory that day).

Moreover, given Gigginstown own one of the two topweights in Conflated they can absolutely guarantee the weights do not go up at all – if they wanted to. Gordon Elliott said he thought he'd been given "a nice weight".

Letting him in off any lower than 161 undermines the integrity of the whole contest and is unfair on the other 106 entries and 39 competitors. You cannot have exceptions to the handicap; its sole purpose is to level the playing field.

Furthermore, if you want to go down the road that Tiger Roll's participation would have been so good for the sport, I'd bear in mind the fact that sports have to toe a fine line when it comes to making their product more watchable.

Look at the finish to the F1 season. The title battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen created the massive interest, millions worldwide were drawn to the finale, but a great many were left with a sour taste and a reinforcement in their conviction the sport was not worth following after some highly questionable decisions, decisions that felt weighted far more in what would create the most drama than in following the sport's rules.

Sport is entertainment, yes, but mess with the basic principles of fairness and competition and you become wrestling, an athletic but scripted theatre production designed to thrill. In this case, the fair thing to do was to give Tiger Roll a mark befitting of a dual winner, even if he is 12.

Maybe they should just award the race to Tiger Roll or give him a lap start as he’s 12.

Yep, he was born on my Dad's birthday too.

Think Tiger Roll is great by the way. Hope he wins the Cross Country at Cheltenham.

Just not keen on the owners.

Irishone, fair play to the irish horses last year, but surely its more important
to view great horses winning at a great race meeting or is your point just a
bigoted approach? I hope we have 28 great races irrespective of its/their nationality.
take care.

Does that answer your question misselephant ? He’s just added another 1 to his 47,792 Irish bigoted posts.

Imagine if she was British, rode 1st lot each morning for Nicky Henderson and then went to work at the BHA