New Posts For Thread: Impossible BBChttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31811245/impossible-bbcQuestion just now - multiple choice, "which flat race run over a mile forms part of the "Spring Double". Cheltenham Gold Cup, Lincoln Handicap, 2000Gns?"12 contestants, 10 of them said Cheltenham Gold Cup. Of the other two, only one got the right flaShe got it Stewart’s, absolute miracle I’d say but she’s very pleased with herselfSome of us men have no faith in the inferior race. I suppose she is 11 years younger than me and has had the form book rammed into her for 13 years…thankfully shttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31811245/impossible-bbc?post_id=563319561#563319561She got it Stewart’s, absolute miracle I’d say but she’s very pleased with herselfSome of us men have no faith in the inferior race. I suppose she is 11 years younger than me and has had the form book rammed into her for 13 years…thankfully sWed, 26 Jul 2023 12:03:45 -0500Autumn Double, Camb and Ceshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31811245/impossible-bbc?post_id=563319501#563319501Autumn Double, Camb and CesWed, 26 Jul 2023 11:48:23 -0500I'd guess that many people would think that Spring Double was a type of mattress if given that as a possible answer.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31811245/impossible-bbc?post_id=563319137#563319137I'd guess that many people would think that Spring Double was a type of mattress if given that as a possible answer.Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:52:20 -0500Thanks Dave, beat me to it, but i realised after reading the question againhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31811245/impossible-bbc?post_id=563319021#563319021Thanks Dave, beat me to it, but i realised after reading the question againWed, 26 Jul 2023 09:07:28 -0500I actually see my mistake PART of the Spring Doublehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31811245/impossible-bbc?post_id=563319017#563319017I actually see my mistake PART of the Spring DoubleWed, 26 Jul 2023 09:06:36 -0500the question "was forms part of"https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31811245/impossible-bbc?post_id=563319013#563319013the question "was forms part of"Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:06:23 -0500Certainly in the 60s, the Spring Double was very big, Even if you didn't do the double , most people I knew would have known what it was. I loved getting the large white voucher back from bookies's head office with the bet and potential winnings.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31811245/impossible-bbc?post_id=563319011#563319011Certainly in the 60s, the Spring Double was very big, Even if you didn't do the double , most people I knew would have known what it was. I loved getting the large white voucher back from bookies's head office with the bet and potential winnings.Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:06:13 -0500LongbridgeNo quibble at all, apologies if i wasn't clear. If older racing fans were asked what the Spring Double is, many would answer correctly, Lincoln and GN, but the BBC question adds a proviso in 'flat' and 'mile' that invalidates the correct ahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31811245/impossible-bbc?post_id=563319005#563319005LongbridgeNo quibble at all, apologies if i wasn't clear. If older racing fans were asked what the Spring Double is, many would answer correctly, Lincoln and GN, but the BBC question adds a proviso in 'flat' and 'mile' that invalidates the correct aWed, 26 Jul 2023 09:05:11 -0500That made me smile Hayden.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31811245/impossible-bbc?post_id=563318981#563318981That made me smile Hayden.Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:00:57 -0500I worked in LBOs from 70s to early 80s, those days the Ante post lists were in the Life and Chronicle daily from probably February, do agree with the decline in Betting offices since BF got off the ground has stopped people talking to one another andhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31811245/impossible-bbc?post_id=563318967#563318967I worked in LBOs from 70s to early 80s, those days the Ante post lists were in the Life and Chronicle daily from probably February, do agree with the decline in Betting offices since BF got off the ground has stopped people talking to one another andWed, 26 Jul 2023 08:49:52 -0500