*** The Shrewdies Pre Season Get Together***

WD onthehoy

Put crema inglesa up

Another one I’ve been following in decent form so hopefully another good run from this tomorrow

Doing everything on an iPhone at the minute and it’s a pain with the stupid clicking and auto text trying to take over

And well done to jinxy as well great scoring

And to all points scorers this week

Lovely stuff OTH

Morning all. Have gone for Noble Truth to get us off to a good start in the 2.00 Newbury, ran really well in poor conditions at Longchamp last time in a Grade 1, head and shoulders above these (I hope )

Good luck to those left to play.

I've fancies for Flaming Rib and Emblem Empire today but will wait and see how we are doing nearer the 3pm cut off before selecting, have a fancy for a couple of others too. Good luck everyone.

Gone for one at a price in the first at Cheltenham.

Ah well....I'll go for an each way against the hotpot Luxembourg, which could be anything or nothing so worth taking on, fancy Bayside Boy but equally Royal Patronage who could still be improving and is a bigger price

I made right balls of it yesterday with both Flaming and Emblem winning and me picking something totally different. Sorry about that. I've a fancy for PoundingPoet in the 4.10 with second thoughts though after going the wrong way yesterday.

wouldnt have made much difference plat,our form has dipped the last 2 matches.

whilst this week we aim to win,our fate will be decided next week when we play solo.

onwards and upwards...(hopefully)

gone for the following in NAPS comp., reckon a banker to make the frame
so, have to put in this comp also (currently 13/2)

Rintulla – 2:48 Bangor  EW

ul oth.

Have gone for Nurse Florence ew in the 4.40 Kempton. Has a bit to find at the weights but arguably could be rated higher after a couple of unlucky losses. Was pretty excited yesterday when Callum Shepherd was declared to ride it but they have resorted to Shane Kelly again in the end which is the negative for me. Still she's a filly in form which is always a bonus in claiming races.

Was gonna go for Mi Laddo in the 3.40 Taunton being a cd winner and having it's favoured ground. Got a bit of 4/1 yesterday (10p r4) but is now just 7/4, so favour Florence at the likely prices. GL.

Picked the wrong un

Yawn didnt even see Wild Mountain was re entered.

Ive put Desert Dreamer up, gone each way as its a low scoring affair to say the least at the moment, just as well as she got no sort of run and was blocked off three times, still its a few points on the board.

Put Thunder Lily up EW in 450 would have gone much closer last time out for not being boxed in

Good luck SS, this is a harder race than she was in last time but its a lovely price

Wow, it really is a low scoring affair, w/d Platinum putting some points on the board, going for Cyrname tomorrow, is it really odds against? Took 2.52 on here. Good luck to everyone left to play.

Swad get yourself signed up for a horse tracker. I use Timeform. It's Free to sign up and you can also keep extensive notes for each horse.

Like Raffles myself. I was at abbot for his reappearance run. He travelled and jumped well and he wasn't given a hard time of it. He should be spot on for this race.

FFs lads dont know the exact rules, dont know if i am late this week.

I do use a tracker, RP one, just had a brain fart.

Hope my selection will stand.

6pm Wolves , Split elevens, I promise that was my pick regardless.

You will get dq Swaddle, no doubt, and we have just been done by a default favourite I think.

Only joking Swaddle, you are in and we have you as our last chance Good luck. Better if it was ew.

Lets hope Swad can get his one over the line.....but as a team on a whole, we are bang out of form. Whatever happens, we will need a big solo round.

Oh wow sorry just seen, bad game management...good job they had a winner and a place wouldnt therefore of been enough, grim if it was.

Mine a complete none jigger tonight btw (sour grapes) check for yourself.

Reap what you sow when you are backing John Butler ones.

Throwing my dart today not sure ill get a beter oppurtunity.

Its a fair price.

15:25 CC Royal Cygnet 16 ish to 1.

Hopefully not running for a mark here. Done plenty wrong previous runs and still finishing in the frame.

A better race today but will take the Ew.

I will take a chance with Van Dijk (11/1) 3:00 Newcastle  EW

He has been “reluctant to race” in recent outings, but at least decided to take part in his last run! (5 lengths 6th of 12), so I reckon if he is in the mood to run today he could get some points on the board for us Shrewdies

Mine ran a load o bollox, gl everyone left to go

ItsMeSwaddle, my selection made yours look top class. I will stick with mine for a couple of runs as I am sure he will come good soon!!
I am confident the rest of the team will bring the points in.

Afters all, we aint qualifying for the last 4 at this rate I dont think. I'll wiat and see how the selection of SS does in the 12.55 before deciding what I put up. Good luck SS.

Like Sceau Royal but might have to go for one at a bigger price.

Lots of late money coming in for SS's selection, good luck SS. I like that one too SS but will probably go for Summerville Boy.

Summerville Boy has already been selected I think. ??

.. Ignore that jinxy, sorry looking at wrong team. !

Plumped for Summerville Boy over Ricketygate as his price was slightly higher, fingers crossed. Did think about win and place as its half the odds six runners but went for the win.

Played a little tactical with my pick.

Ah well, down the WP now.

Hoping he would stay around the 5/6 - 10/11 mark....only a win will do now

Wonderful horse!

Has a QM in him

Looks like we've limped over the line on 3 wheels. lol See you back here for Semi Final, refreshed and raring to go.

wd all,hopefully our form returns in the SF

WD all!!

WP WD

Well done to the lads that got the team there

As you can probably gather horse racing is not my number 1 knowledgeable sport

I’ll try my best to a winner or two but can’t promise it

I had a 20/1 correct score in dragons comp yesterday but would have swapped it for a winner in this

Cheers Swad. No worries SS, just a bit of fun so don't be hard on yourself. I might put one up early this week. GL chaps!

Great work guys .... Very best of luck for the Semi-Finals

Cheers Noc. Hope you're doing well matey

Well done making the semis team. I'll try and kick us off with some points on the board with Yagood each way in the 8.00 Kempton. Ideally wants a stronger pace than it got last time and with 13 in the field one would hope it would get it and if so, I'd be very surprised if out of the frame.

Good luck HGS, I'm rooting for ya

Looks like a lot of dosh coming in for Yagood, ruining the price a bit.

Brave effort but place points will do.

No pace which was annoying, but at least he tried and took it on. Place money fwiw on the board.

My selection wasnt very shrewd I'm afraid, unplaced.

Hi lads, struggling for a pick this week, not great timing I know.

Anyway less of the f-ing around ive took a look @ local Weth tomorrow.

The 1250 is a 4 horse race and more process of elimination I have came up with MAGIC DANCER

Its won a chase before on GS, it would need to be better than that to win this, but promising.

The next race on its form line (most recent) is possibly better indication that this might go close, a good run 8L behind Minella Drama in a decent time at Uttox on GS who is now 149 rated, if he runs to 140 himself for this Weth race must be the one to beat? The Minella horse by the way finished within 10L of My Drogo at the back of last season, so theoretically ofc it doesnt work like this but this one is 18L worse than My Drogo . Hence a good bet.


Infact I cant even claim it is a good bet as I havent seen the price!

Thought it was best to try something at lower odds rather than anything extravagant to nudge us towards the final, GL all players tomorrow, and also to our opponents, I know you are reading this drivel .

PS i hope there is no 3rd place playoff

Finally got one sorted for today, currently 6/1, 8 runners so hoping no non runners later

Schiehallion Munro – 2:00 Wetherby EW


Good Luck all and well done to the points scorers who got us through to the semis

Firstly Impression in the 3.10 for me. Good luck everyone.

Just spotted your Magic Dancer is nr.

If you want to replace that nr you need to do it before 12.50, otherwise you get the fav same race.

Sorry all, made a decison to do all gambling off a PC (spending too many hours a day glaring at a phone if wasnt at PC on gambling related stuff that I didnt need to be) so could see what was going on but couldnt change NR, so undecided to use very little skill in the process of a winner, heres good aftertiming but would have quite fancied the fav I inherited to beat plodder Cornerstone Lad that is a fair horse but seems to be regressing.

GL today all, sorry opponents if you see this.

Sorry undecided *

Very unlucky Onthehoy.

I've gone for STD's horse in the next at Chelters. Hopefully he can outstay them up the hill.

Well done Jinyx. I couldn't chip in unfortunately.

Put the wrong STD up

Well played jinxy

Another shocker selection personally

Hopefully the luck changes soon

Nice one lads. We would have been unlucky losers if we didn't go through. OTH's selection would have won if it had stayed on his feet.

nice one folks. One of those days where I picked 4 out they all won. The one I picked out was 7/4 at the time but 5/4 will do. Well done everyone.

I feel pretty grim advancing like that, do you think its fair game?

As I said on our thread, don't worry about it, could have easily gone against you as the fav was a drifter and nearly swapped over with 2nd. We beat you on same rule in group stages, just how it goes.

Well played guys and best of luck in the final.

WD lads - good luck in the final

Very well done to the team

Hopefully I can contribute in the final

Very well done to the lads getting the team into the final you should proud of your efforts

I thought it was going to be a loss though as they were unstoppable in the groups

Well done all in making the final
Hopefully we've got some big scores in us this week (or 6 small scores

ItsMeSwaddle, there is not the slightest doubt that you won fairly, so there is no need for you to think otherwise. Because of the Betfair SP showing Cornerstone Lad as favourite, I was watching the race, not having any financial interest, cheering on Fransham and was somewhat surprised when I saw the SP. As anyone who has been involved in this game for any length of time, realise it is governed by small margins and perhaps if we had managed to win, you would be nursing grievances of your team's selection who fell at the last when in the lead. In last year's competition I remember in the last race my selection was given a dead-heat at Aintree because the light was not good enough when the general consensus was that it should have been placed 2nd. Swings and roundabouts. The best of luck in the final, then we can at least say that we were beaten by the winners.

Heres hoping for a good Final guys
If the past is anything to go by it will be a tight time 
Hers hoping its a fair time for all and bad luck doesnt have any part in it

Cheers to the lads (Stew Aqua,Sawyer & UD) And good luck to my team this week.

I will go for my selection to put his latest poor (chase) effort well behind him on his return to hurdles today and, hopefully, put in a good effort at a decent price  (8/1)

EW Reallyradical  12:20 Lingfield

Not looking good on the books for my selection, Reallyradical has drifted out to 45 (25/1 on sportsbook)with only 15mins to off!!  unless of course it makes the frame for us

Well, he ran as expected for a big drifter, under pressure with a circuit to go and probably pulled up (I didn’t watch the race to the end)

Good luck all for the remaining selections

Lads struggled with no AW again this week

Got some Dundalk tonight.

With the state of the tie I will attempt to put something up that will draw us level or near level going into the final day.

The last race at Dundalk is of horrendous quality. If the fav can produce the run it has the last twice it will be right in the shakeup (obvious right as its 7/4 fav )

Always seem to find 1 too good in these races lets hope for the best.

GL tomorrow all, a good season.

You only play in the classy races, Swad! GL man.

I realaise its his first run of the season but with the stable amongst the winners and the going on the good side I cant see past A Plus Tard in the Betfair Chase tomorrow. Helped myself to some of the 2.92 yesterday. Lets hope for a good day everyone

How are we playing tomorrow ? Big prices EW or 5/1 shots straight win (or EW depending on how the table looks after tonight)

If it’s tight do we I try a smaller price fav?

I’ve stuck Buzz up in the 2:40

I was about to stick jinxes in but he beat me to the punch

Looks like we  gotta try and pull summat from the fire. Would have done this ew but is only a fifth of the odds, so going all in on Silva Eclipse in the 12.40 Haydock, currently 9 on the exchange. I would have liked the ground a bit softer but should run it's race. Good luck all, it's been most enjoyable.

Really sweet on one at lingers. Got on last night at an acceptable price, it probably won't help us now so I'll look for something at a bigger price.

GL lads

Just managed to log on for the first time in three bloody days! Missed a winner but what the hell, was thinking of putting one up in the 2.40 but see that SS already has one in that race so I'll look for something else, fingers crossed, good luck today everybody.

Have put up Orbys Legend in the 2.25, I definitely wouldnt want to lay that one so have gone for a straight win at around the 4/1 mark, did think of going each way but what the hell, its the final.

Gone for one at Wolves tonight. I'm hoping the first time cheek pieces might be enough to eke out a little more improvement from my selection. WD Sonny GL Jinx

Nice one Jinx, looks like the GC winner to me.

Well done guys
two Group Class selections

Commiserations guys but a valiant effort from the late starters which very nearly put you in front….

Unlucky lads.

Great Captains pick so nearly clinched it guys
certainly down to the wire
well Played

Cheers Exacta. Thank you team for all your efforts, it was fun.

Decent effort but congrats to EWT

I did poorly individually

Feel a bit for the lads that got the team this far

Hopefully we go the extra bit next time

Really enjoyed this. Well done team, it's been a pleasure!

Well done to all the point scorers for getting us to the final.
A poor effort from me with only 1 winner, but hopefully i can return for the next comp. in better form after a break (assuming i am given a new contract with The Shrewdies