Grand National Tip

Core of the fences are now made of flexible plastic , topped with 14 inches of spruce.
Consequently, Creosote not a good tip.

Nice little joke but wasn't creosote taken off the market ten years ago to be replaced by er .. new creosote or su'ink?

Ha.  I have used Creocote which is a substitute.

You can still get creosote but not that easy.

Ironing Board 100/1 Stick your shirt on it

The stand does look a bit untidy at the end of the GN race day. People drop litter all over the place.

Boxy just texted me and said............


"Dusty Carpet - Never been beaten"...


He'll get his coat..

Weak Bladder. It'll piss it.

each way bet, Mona Lisa... it'll definitely be in the frame.

and an outsider for punters of the French existentialist literary genre... Mersault.

Apparently V-neck is a decent jumper.

Don't back Suspenders... Likely to be held up early doors but has a tendency to get brought down.

Double D looks attractive but is carrying a lot of weight.

There's one down the bottom of the handicap called Sofa. Wouldn't mind a bit on that.

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.

Jordan's Tattoo. Will jump anything and stays forever.
Escalado. A game horse

Correct zorro

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

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?

' ......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.

Meursault please Inspector.

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?

They live pampered lives, well looked after , best feed etc.


Pity they're not all pampered when they retire.

2 horses were killed in the 2100 race, and then the fences were modified. Since then 9 killed in 6 years.

2011 race*

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) .

What's your average annual ROI kenny ?

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.

47 !!! u a fireman /

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.

my bro started in the fire service @ 18 he did retire @ 50

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.