Palladas - 7PM Kempton

Over £1.5 million pounds worth of "talent" in the field,

oh, ye, this is the Opera Ballo race

On what basis have you "Guestimated" 80,Bertie?

A 50Rated horse is now 4.0

gone for exmoor and emphirical win and places on here good luck.

well done wooton won like a 2s on shot

Great call, won with ease

Great call?
It was an absolute guess

Cheers lads.

uptheirons 28 Jan 26 19:09 
Great call?
It was an absolute guess

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I'd have said well done, or nowt.

Not necessarily irons. I wouldn't call it a guess. the profile was all there. Trainer, owner, sire, price tag, market strength. Stable well known for readying their better juveniles for a run at kempton.

That is entirely up to you,saddo.
The horse had never run before.
What else is it other than a guess?
Well done,Bertie

Jan 28, 2026 -- 7:21PM, ThePomp wrote:

Not necessarily irons. I wouldn't call it a guess. the profile was all there. Trainer, owner, sire, price tag, market strength. Stable well known for readying their better juveniles for a run at kempton.

This. Irons is a sad case. Best ignored.

Why not do so then,Bertie?
It was a guess because that is all it could be without "inside"

Is it not that every sports bet placed before the event has started is nothing but a guess , some are educated some are not , there are so many questions and probabilities that can only be answered once the result is known.

I would class this instance as a well educated guess and congrats to the op on same

Jan 28, 2026 -- 7:32PM, Jacko2017 wrote:

Is it not that every sports bet placed before the event has started is nothing but a guess , some are educated some are not , there are so many questions and probabilities that can only be answered once the result is known.I would class this instance as a well educated guess and congrats to the op on same

Exactly. It's called trends. Data. Its what all the big players on here are inputing into models. Inside info nice If you can get it, the rest of us must speculate.

I agree with Jacko.

Each to their own,Bertie.
I can estimate what a horse has run to but could only guess as to what a newcomer can put up

I understand your point irons. There are any amount of variables taken into account when pricing a race. It not having raced before would certainly be one. Ultimately any bet placed could be called a guess. Or choice, or selection etc. I wasn't involved in the race but godolphin juveniles unraced or not have done me well very the past 5/6 years. Quorto,native trail, corebous, Pinatubo to name a few. Quorto was a shame. Unbeaten as a two year old & looked like he would improve exponentially as a 3 year old. Kept in training until 4 but fatally injured on the gallops I think.

Uptheirons proves himself yet again to be a social freak.

Uses dozens of laughing emojis every day but never says anything remotely funny.

Sad f*cker sits in his chair for 16 hours a day.

Scrub buddy boy is hardly a breath of fresh air

Iron hung drawn and quartered……hideous individual…..

Seriously Iron i think you are Scottish bred……all this West Ham p!ss

Any more advice on the DRF being on,"two bobber"?

It won well from the car park draw and looked useful. Hard to say what it achieved though, they looked to crawl, beat the 2nd in the betting but not sure that is any good. The proximity of the 3rd, finished well giving loads of weight.
Will be really interesting to see how the race works out, the mark it gets and how far it can improve,

Oh and WD

the dealer, I wasn't overly impressed with last year's winner , on times and weights etc, but he turned out OK, he's just won a group 1.

I will now be following Palladas

BTW,You are the only one mentioning West Ham.
You are blessed that you don't take your own advice.
"The DRF is a million to be on".
You utter cretin

thats a new one aceform

hes not. hes narsty but not sweaty

imo. sorry, imv

The utter stupidity of Aceform  knows no bounds,busy
Luckily for him he is a "two bob punter"

It might well be one to follow swifty, it is strange it went off odds against, although it did shorten last few minutes.

The only person on here following West Ham in all my time on here was Sparrow, Maybe UTI has just jumped on the Moyes bandwagon. " Plastic Irons " I think they call them.

Great call?
It was an absolute guess

I was born in Barking,Glasgow.
Unlike today we tended to follow teams close by,not teams 200 miles away as is now common.
Not that either of your two bobbers in Sweaty Land could ever compete

barking indeed

Barking and the April 1st joining date !!!! I see a pattern emerging.

  ( been living in Chester the past 10yrs hth )

but it is strange how people follow teams despite having no connection aside from seeing them on the tv

where is the thrill or association or feeling of belonging?

i can understand some fans without a team like those in cornwall or ireland having a liking because the pl is a monster, like it or not

but i see liverpool or man u fans in london who live next door to arsenal or spurs, or whoever (my fave is leyton orient, i luv em, and a great ground also)

if your old man is a fan i get it, mine was and i followed him but these others i just dont see it

honest q GC

What is the worst thing about chester. asked to me by a cestrian

Never made sense to me, I was born in Southampton and they have always been the only team I have been intrested in. Backing them to win the 76 Fa Cup at 150/1 has only hardened that support.

If you think I joined BF in April last year you are a bigger fool than I thought,Glasgow.
BTW,an exquisite aftertime on Southampton

Did I mention that I backed West Ham to beat Arsenal in the FA Cup

Honest reply, I have only been here about 10yrs but the one thing that does pish me off is that most of the pubs and restaurants assume you are well off and like to charge accordingly, the racetrack is another fine example .

  Nice area though, I am about 1 mile from the course and 1/2 mile from the River Dee.

that game is close to being my first memory of anything gc

bobby stokes against man u i was so chuffed

im not a southampton fan btw

heres one for you ironlady

i backed west ham to beat man u at old trafford in the cup and had my only first goaslcorer and correct score bet on wham 1-0 and decanio

100/1

never had another. me and mitolo(rip) had a right ol party after that. and we can have it

Trevor Brooking's header in the final against (the certanties)Arsenal was one I treasured

probably the only header is my guess

remember when the loonies turned on the board and starting shouting abuse at them?

brooking just sat there, unperturbed and they aimed their vitriol as far from him as they could

people talk of club legends too easy but hes a real one

I first paid attention to the huge attributes of Trevor Brooking when, for sone reason I can’t now recall, England played a “friendly” against Italy, I think it was in New York.  Italy were at their cynical worst and went out of their way to target him and kick him off the park.  Literally.  Never once lost his temper, or played into their hands by retaliating but still kept trying to play football.  Great resolve and determination shone through.  And of course his ability.  Terrific player.

West Ham were 150/1 in the 3rd round drawn away to West Brom to win the FA Cup

that sounds mad. wba were a good team then but still

how much did you have on?

He scored an important header against E Frankfurt.

For the Newbies amonst us. .....

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Jimnast 1976 was indeed a great year to be a Southampton fan, me and a friend had a £1 e/way at 150/1 ( half the odds to reach the final ), believe  it or not I wasn't quite old enough to bet when I placed the bet, but was old enough (18) to collect the winnings in May.

my fave player of all time went to the saints

big loss imo. jimmy case

... Great player, always put a shift in win or lose, some of his tackles

Bruno (the teeth)Fernandez now wants £400K per  week to stay at ManUre.
The World has truly gone mad

Jaysus H.  Incredible.

james was not a fairy but he could play also

there are rumours about why he was moved on but i believe none of them. he must have been sick after what happened when he was released

it cant have been a football decison imvho

he is also a great advert for non-league football, similar to vardy or ian wright. case played for south liverpool, who were rubbish

Will probably get it Honcho.
I would offer him half in carrots

WOW, just seen the Benfica goalkeeper score with a diving header. some game.

I’ve seen so many goalies go up in those circumstances and that is the first time I’ve ever seen it work.  Roy of the Rovers stuff!  And his celebration was brilliant too.  Great entertainment for us.

As good as any centre forward imo, I still havent got my small brain around the format but there have been some good games.