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bigmo
05 Apr 17 11:14
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Tip for The Grand National is Creosote. it's good over fences.

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By:
Facts
When: 05 Apr 17 11:21
Core of the fences are now made of flexible plastic , topped with 14 inches of spruce.
Consequently, Creosote not a good tip.Laugh
By:
bigmo
When: 05 Apr 17 11:29
Laugh
By:
Life-Lucky
When: 05 Apr 17 12:01
Nice little joke but wasn't creosote taken off the market ten years ago to be replaced by er .. new creosote or su'ink?
By:
Jack Hacksaw
When: 05 Apr 17 12:03
Ha.  I have used Creocote which is a substitute.

You can still get creosote but not that easy.
By:
Greg_Gory
When: 05 Apr 17 12:48
Ironing Board 100/1 Stick your shirt on it Wink
By:
Foinavon
When: 06 Apr 17 16:22
The stand does look a bit untidy at the end of the GN race day. People drop litter all over the place.
By:
guinness2dear
When: 06 Apr 17 16:27
Boxy just texted me and said............


"Dusty Carpet - Never been beaten"...


He'll get his coat..
By:
s.kenbo
When: 06 Apr 17 17:01
Weak Bladder. It'll piss it.
By:
Clouseau
When: 06 Apr 17 20:36
each way bet, Mona Lisa... it'll definitely be in the frame.
By:
Clouseau
When: 06 Apr 17 20:40
and an outsider for punters of the French existentialist literary genre... Mersault. Cool
By:
Clouseau
When: 06 Apr 17 20:43
Apparently V-neck is a decent jumper.
By:
Clouseau
When: 06 Apr 17 20:55
Don't back Suspenders... Likely to be held up early doors but has a tendency to get brought down.
By:
Foinavon
When: 07 Apr 17 10:01
Double D looks attractive but is carrying a lot of weight.
By:
kenny mann
When: 07 Apr 17 10:15
There's one down the bottom of the handicap called Sofa. Wouldn't mind a bit on that.
By:
zorrostrikes
When: 07 Apr 17 10:48
what fences? they've been weakened and slop to an easy degree - It's the one race of the year that everyone tunes into? they don't want horses dying . It just brings out the animal cruelty mob. They use feathery gorse stuff that disintegrates. the old grand national would be ashamed of the new one.
By:
mad mad moon
When: 07 Apr 17 11:03
Jordan's Tattoo. Will jump anything and stays forever.
Escalado. A game horse
By:
Facts
When: 07 Apr 17 12:20
Correct zorro
By:
kenny mann
When: 07 Apr 17 13:24
wtf would you want more horses dying for your entertainment ffs?
By:
rogerthebutler
When: 07 Apr 17 16:30

Apr 7, 2017 -- 7:24AM, kenny mann wrote:


wtf would you want more horses dying for your entertainment ffs?


I don't - but horses will die. Maybe not this year, maybe not next but at some point they will, because that is one of the (sad) facets of NH racing.

The point being, where will the Aintree Appeasers go then in pandering to the know-nothings?

The race has been shortened, the fences lowered , the landing side drop at Bechers flattened. What next?

By:
Facts
When: 07 Apr 17 18:55
' ......wtf would you want more horses dying for your entertainment ....'

More horses   die every day in their boxes,stables,fields., than on racecourses.
Get over yourself  Kenny.

They live pampered lives, well looked after , best feed etc.
If a horse does not want to run and/or jump, it won't.
By:
jed.davison
When: 07 Apr 17 19:43
Meursault please Inspector.
By:
kenny mann
When: 07 Apr 17 20:02
Well, the fences have been made so easy peasy that only 11 horses have been killed in the last 6 years. Obviously not enough for you.

I make a living backing horses, so I'm not one of these who wants jump racing done away with, and they are very well looked after, no doubt about that.

I just think 11 fatalitis is plenty. Don't you gentlemen?
By:
kenny mann
When: 07 Apr 17 20:05
They live pampered lives, well looked after , best feed etc.


Pity they're not all pampered when they retire.
By:
kenny mann
When: 07 Apr 17 20:10
2 horses were killed in the 2100 race, and then the fences were modified. Since then 9 killed in 6 years.
By:
kenny mann
When: 07 Apr 17 20:11
2011 race*
By:
zorrostrikes
When: 07 Apr 17 20:34
the jockeys will probably stick to the minimum stroke rule. on tv. i
remember going to the Ayr race course to take photos of horses. the jockeys
were swearing like troopers. the jockey six feet from me swore at the horse to get it to move.. used the f and c words. was unexpected.

i think HOUBLON DES OBEAUX and Rogue Angel(a tale behind the horse) .
By:
Facts
When: 07 Apr 17 20:53
What's your average annual ROI kenny ?
By:
kenny mann
When: 07 Apr 17 21:06
Oh, blimey, that's a tough one. When I say make my living, I mean supplement my pensions, one of which (the works one) is meagre, as I stopped working at 47, and drew it at 50. I make about a grand a month, but do a lot of backing on here, so difficult to work out.
By:
Capt__F
When: 07 Apr 17 21:11
47 !!! u a fireman /
By:
kenny mann
When: 07 Apr 17 21:16
ha ha ha, no I was a pen pusher (building soc/bank) Got redundancy and decided to walk off with it. Very risky, if I hadn't have stumbled across this place in 2002, I'd have been selling the Big Issue.
By:
Capt__F
When: 07 Apr 17 21:24
my bro started in the fire service @ 18 he did retire @ 50
By:
kenny mann
When: 07 Apr 17 21:26
with 2/3 pension no doubt. even if i'd stayed on to 50 and taken pesion it would have been about 1/4. Didn't pay AVC's which was stupid. I thought 50 years old was light years away. Sad
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