William Hill restricting Cheltenham antepost double to £100

By eck and no mistake

By eck and no mistake

A sed ey lad as not avin that thee must be pullin me plonker iacuddent buy a perra socks these dayswi that

E sed aye lad yi wanna rell Shaan Been abowdit e’ll  sawt em out

Then e gev es a proper brew oft counter

What were the two horses, Eric?

will i eck as like a carnt tellya its morn me lifes wuth

a can se one wus Jonbon but i wud advise ya tae not backim, wuk tha wan owt !

bedwetting about a bookie not taking a grand double but wont tell a horse racing forum what the bet was

Me lay 10s

prob .2 under on here?, if over would accept

yeah that’s right you got me bedwetter mwahaha

So 1st time poster,  i am a bedwetter with a £1k double (i got on elsewhere) one of which is Jonbon 7/2.

Funny that eric, being as you claimed the double was in three months time!!!  Think 1st TP has you well sussed tbh!!

Before you wet the bed, what race was Jonbon in and the second leg race?

Ok so it December and its 3 months to the Festival. Is there a parallel universe others are in i dont understand?

Jonbon for the Champion Chase what else would you back him for? It has been a 2 horse race for a very long time.

You don't understand the essence of betting and porkie pies eric. What price the second leg?

Seems to be taking you a long time to work it out eric so just so we know, who is the second horse in the two horse race of the Champion Chase?

You need to work things out for yourself. Antepost is about experience watching horses and reading trainers. Why not start now guys and keep the art alive?

I started backing antepost 42 years agoso youmight have a bit of catching up to do

Why not just post the price of the second leg or name the horse you thinks is the only danger to Jonbon, not giving anything away are you?

Time to start learning guys. It’s a fantastic art it’s a shame it’s dying out.

Sounds like it died out like your definition of honesty 47 years ago tbf eric!!

Btw I suspect your mobile phone is still analogue and you haven't figured out why it does not work!! Why else would you go to a Ladcrooks high street shop because your bet was refused by Billy?

Are you ok lol?

LOL, enjoy your confinement on recall or are you planning on visiting Ricardo to prolong your fantasy?

i had a £1000 double in 1986 "antepost....Powerbender 12/1  Dancing Brave 7/2

Bet was taken
Powerbender finished 2nd to Dallas
Dancing Brave won the Arc...

nice aberdonia close miss there

Best doubles i can remember

3k double 2004
Azertyuiop 9/2 Champion Chase
Best Mate 2/1 Gold Cup

1k double
Motivator 3/1 The Derby
Shamradal 4/1 French Derby

Shamardal even

and Azertyuiop was 5/1

ive had a few great doubles come up, not ante post....my favourite was a 20 quid double...lol Aventino and Kalshan  got £920 back for my 20 quid.

My biggest win on a double, 500 quid double, spring to glory , who i think was John Dunlop and Kudz, Henry Cecil, Kudz was a semi decent stayer.....won £6300....Bookie paid me out in £100 notes....not ante post of course those 2.


i backed the Thinker to win the Grand National, 3OO at 25s,  he then goes and wins the snowbound Gold Cup that year and does not run in the national...lol
Backed Pennekamp to win the Guineas ante post, but hardly beat the price...500 at 5s...did enjoy that race though..Pennekamp was a fantastic horse....injured in the derby when favourite.

Oh and i had 2 grand on Hernando to win the arc antepost at 13/2.....Hernando should have won that arc imo...Carnegie won it.

Nice bets aberdonia and some great names from the past. Kudz was a good horse for the legend HRAC.

The Thinker from the days when numerous stables could have the fav for a Gold Cup it made it a bit more interesting even small stables eg Jodami could have a top horse with a leading chance.

Hernando yes he was class.

Too many bets to mention antepost it all  started proper in 1989 with Desert Orchid 7/1 for the Gold Cup and Musical Bliss 12/1 the 1000 Guineas also in Pennekamp colours pf Sheikh Mo.

I was betting antepost from 1983 but it took around 6 years to get a bit better at it.

Oh on having the Thinker for the National then him going Gold Cup it is one of the many factors you have to nail to get it right antepost we have all been there.

An example i can think of was going to the bookies to see this horse of HRAC’s in the last race at Kempton over a mile. He won hands and heels in Abdulla colours and i believe the ground was fairly slow with rain. Of course i was hugely impressed and it was obvious enough he would go for the Derby tripwise. So i rushed home and got on the phone and placed £1,000 on at best priced 33/1 for the Derby. Of course we all know now the form of that race at Kempton where Frankel beat Nathaniel was pretty good.
It took a while for the penny to drop about his his versatility and i was in a bit of denial as he looked a massive chance at 33/1 in the Derby to me. Reluctantly i took £1,000 at 7/1 the Guineas later as he shrunk for that. We all know HRAC didnt do dual distance with his classic colts so i knew my fate soon for the Derby.

My counting money on the carpet memory was the £500 i had antepost on Carvill’s Hill 4/1 at a Ladbrokes for the Coral Welsh National.

He looked a monster i backed him in the Rehearsal Chase before that and knew i had to follow him. Also had a grand at 10s the Gold Cup and went to watch him he was Evens. We all know the story of that :)

We all know it wasnt Frankel you saw in the last race @ Kempton.

Looking forward to 2034 to read about the double you have running this year.

Yes it was Newmarket my mistake.

I tell who i want what bets i have on i am not a tipster. If historical bets are so offensive to you then best dont read aberdonia or my posts above. We didnt know it was going to be discussed in advance aberdonia seems an interesting poster.

Just find it bizarre that you come on to say you are having a grand double but don't say who the horses are.
Why do you want everyone to know you are having a thousand pounds on a bet?

The other horse was lossiemouth at 15/8 making a 12/1 double with 7/2 Jonbon

Just find it bizarre that you come on to say you are having a grand double but don't say who the horses are.
Why do you want everyone to know you are having a thousand pounds on a bet?

     Those were my first thoughts Brandy, seems strange behaviour telling a World Wide forum about his bets, then goes onto say he cant name the selections. ??

This is a very interesting thread , only spoiled by nosy guessers going on about Eric's bet , which he doesn't want to share . I suggest you ignore them Eric,,,hopefully they'll go away .

Would have tried 4 shops myself @ £250 a pop.

11 shops at 90

Dec 8, 2024 -- 12:10PM, fullset wrote:

This is a very interesting thread , only spoiled by nosy guessers going on about Eric's bet , which he doesn't want to share . I suggest you ignore them Eric,,,hopefully they'll go away .

He was quick enough to mention one was Jonbon "after" it won yesterday.

How is it interesting without horse names

Did they ask u to prove were the grand came from

Any punter who throws a grand down these days on counter is going to have to jump through hopps

The OP spent most of 2016 on here tipping up brexit I seem to remember.  That went well.

GLASGOWCALLING08 Dec 24 12:34Joined: 11 Jan 11 | Topic/replies: 29,227 | Blogger: GLASGOWCALLING's blog
Would have tried 4 shops myself @ £250 a pop.


waste of time is that, shops tend to speak to each other, even back in the 80s, now it would be on their computer screen i would have thought.......and nowadays 250 doubles would be noted immediately.

freddiewilliams08 Dec 24 12:48Joined: 12 Mar 06 | Topic/replies: 14,760 | Blogger: freddiewilliams's blog
Any punter who throws a grand down these days on counter is going to have to jump through hopps

thnk ive been a bookies max 10 times last decade.

i went in to place 100 quid on at evens, in a 2 ball golf bet, this would be about 5 years ago...PTL....before taking the bet.

The tills behind the counter now incorporates a ssbt terminal, so all prices available are on them. All antepost bets would or should be placed through them. This means they can be seen immediately by the traders. It's the same procedure for large bets and bets placed in the shop on the betting terminals. You don't need to phone anything now. You get on or get the stake too high message.

First time i havent wet the bed in ages last night