Cheltenham day 2 (wednesday 12th march)

[amberleaf]

1.30pm Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle
2.05pm RSA Chase
2.40pm Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle
3.20pm BetVictor Queen Mother Champion Chase
4.00pm Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase
4.40pm Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
5.15pm Weatherbys Champion Bumper

[amberleaf]

Notice black hercules is entered in gowran on thursday,still no entries for golantilla,Modus looked very decent on new years day,stephens has said he'll go straight to the champion bumper,would think there's worse 12/1 shots out there if he improves from that run.

[DeadParrot]

The Ante post prices on PP are frankly shocking

[amberleaf]

They nrnb look skinny enough alright,would think now is the time to take a nibble if your in the Black hercules camp,would think they'll knock a few points off come thursday when the black type gets under way.

[The Situation]

Do we think SS goes to the Champion Chase? Increasing bad feeling (from racing fans perspective) he doesn't.

Which horse at a decent price do we think has the soundest credentials? Considering a decent ew chunk on Captain Conan NRNB.

[The Situation]

Yup Sprinter confirmed out, vibes never seemed right tbh.

Diabolical standard race now it must be said. Wonder if there'll be any surprise entries.

[Wesley Harms]

Yup Sprinter confirmed out, vibes never seemed right tbh.

Diabolical standard race now it must be said. Wonder if there'll be any surprise entries.

SIMONSIG

[wicklowp]

I'd love to see Cue Card being supplemented

[Wesley Harms]

I'd love to see Cue Card being supplemented

Simonsig would destroy him

[HiCloy]

So should I just rip up my antepost Golantilla tickets now?

For QMCC, Sizing Europe will prob get a spin in it now, Al Ferof, Hinterland or Beneficcient maybe. Nicholls may as well run Hinterland here, looks about as tough as the Arkle

[Wesley Harms]

So should I just rip up my antepost Golantilla tickets now?

For QMCC, Sizing Europe will prob get a spin in it now, Al Ferof, Hinterland or Beneficcient maybe. Nicholls may as well run Hinterland here, looks about as tough as the Arkle

Golantilla was given a easy time today, don't think he will be wining any champion bumper but I wouldn't rule him out

[amberleaf]

Quote from willie mullins today after killultagh vic won

“It looks like we have four horses for the Cheltenham Bumper at the moment and along with this fellow, Shanes Hill, Black Hercules and yesterday's winner Westhorpe could all go.”

Nothing about royal caviar who is as low as 10/1.

[amberleaf]

Quote from willie mullins today after killultagh vic won

“It looks like we have four horses for the Cheltenham Bumper at the moment and along with this fellow, Shanes Hill, Black Hercules and yesterday's winner Westhorpe could all go.”

Nothing about royal caviar who is as low as 10/1.

Four turns to five with no entry for royal caviar,Aminabad getting the nod along with the above.

[NoRiverRequired]

Does Value at Risk run in the bumper? 14/1 looks huge if he runs.

[amberleaf]

re david pipe "Un Temps Pour Tout was lame after exercise today and is very doubtful for Cheltenham,"

[TonyCascarino]

I presume Bright New Dawn won't be running in cheltenham now seeing as he lines up in Naas tomorrow. Any ideas why he didn't travel over? Also, at a preview night the other night, the panel were less than enthusiastic towards Faugheen. Sentiments such as " the gun has never been put to his head" , "form is only on testing ground", "jumping is a bit slow" and "has beaten nothing" were put forward by the panel. They reckon the price is far too short for what he has achieved. What are people's thoughts? I have already backed him myself.

[skpmn]

A sporting Lucky 15

I believe the following four will pay modest dividends over the week. Dunquib, Kiltulagh Vic,Foxrock,Shotgun Paddy.Invest the price a short journey train ticket on a Lucky 15,and with luck it shall return the cost of a week long sojourn to Las Vegas.

[eamonhonda]

limited time 5/1 on Faugheen on paddy power cant link at work but its on their twitter

[DeadParrot]

If Faugheen loses tomorrow, it may well be the biggest loser of my betting career
I'm backing him consistently from Jan

[White Knight]

Ding Ding, Round 2 ...

Red Sherlock for me. Stayed on very well on his last visit albeit on different ground.

[Dice75]

Pretty Dire Tuesday. Totally unenjoyable after OC's demise.

Day 2 Team....

Faugheen (on @9/2 and in the DP camp)
Morning Assembly/Bailey Green E/W double
Shaneshill in the Bumper

Rest to be decided over breakfast

[Percy007]

Sire De Grugy pretty big for me and tempted by the double with Faugheen.

[elbows]

Selections for tomorrow

Royal boy
Don Cossack
Son of a Flicka
God only Knows
Balthazar King
God only Knows
Third Act

Good luck all

[Lplate]

Tomorrows treble is;

Faugheen
Smad Place
Module

[Jibzzzz]

Not the worst first day apart from the heartbreak with OC.

Tomorrow's choices are:

Balleycasey Win
Star Neuville win (for a bit)
Neck or Nothing @25s ew

Lucky 15 -
Balleycasey
Star Neuville
Cotton Mill
Faugheen

Then have Faugheen in first leg of doubles and trebles.

[White Knight]

Lucky 15

Red Sherlock 9/2
Smad Place 13/2
Meister Eckhart 20/1
Hinterland 12/1

[corkie123]

lucky 15
faugheen
bally casey
captain conan
dunguib

[dobby]

Same as today, just the two bets for tomorrow but slowly building up for Friday.

Lucky 15 with Faugheen, Smad Place, Wishfull thinking and Balthazar King.

And a big price EW double because my mother is a big Barry Geraghty fan (picked Jezki to win ) O' Faoilins Boy 14/1 and Joshua Lane 20/1, so hopefully her luck is still in.

[RBBlogger]

R1: Red Sherlock, Faugheen. Cant see past this two, Royal boy dangerous if he takes to the better ground
R2: Don Cossack, Morning Assembly. Question marks over lots of these except these two. process of elimination really
R3: Dell' Arca, Timesremembered, Bayan. All 3 have a good chance if they get a good run in the race. Spent way too long going over this race tonight.
R4: Hinterland, Sire De Grugy. Found negatives with all the rest.
R5: Didnt really have time for this
R6: Ivan Grozny, Gerdago, Dawalan, Solar Impluse in that order
R7: Shaneshill, Killultagh Vic, Definitely Red, Modus in that order

[Lplate]

Bayan has the look of a long term plot to me on the Coral. Will carry the loots.

[The Situation]

1- Famous last words but can't see Red Sherlock not contesting the places here, think its a rock solid ew bet to nothing.

3- Dunguib ew @12's

4- One of my two festival decent antepost bets on Captain Conan here before SS pulled put. Not all that bullish but happy i played the angle considering his price now.

7- Black Hercules.

[careca]

Bayan has the look of a long term plot to me on the Coral. Will carry the loots.

Yep I'd agree with this. Everything Elliott has said points that way.

Also think bolger/JP would love to win the x country for obv reasons and will go all out for it this year. Which one though?

[Wesley Harms]

If Annie Power doesn't get home tomorrow or get a wicked hard race then Mullins will have made a right cunt of things. I'll bet Annie Power runs in the Punchestown champion hurdle no matter the result tomorrow

[Strewelpeter]

Woke up this morning to hear Ruby Walsh making moronic comments on the radio whinging about peoples reaction to Our Conor's demise and making comments about JT and Jason Maguire and taalking about Horses living outside the back door and people living inside.

Some things just don't need to be said and comparisons like that don't need to be made He must think people are really stupid, what an utter prick that man is

Grrrrrrrr.

[Starvin Marvin]

Woke up this morning to hear Ruby Walsh making moronic comments on the radio whinging about peoples reaction to Our Conor's demise and making comments about JT and Jason Maguire and taalking about Horses living outside the back door and people living inside.

Some things just don't need to be said and comparisons like that don't need to be made He must think people are really stupid, what an utter prick that man is

Grrrrrrrr.

Really, disappointed to hear that.

Not sure he would have felt the same if it had been one of Mullins young top notchers.

[Strewelpeter]

his sentiment is correct but very likely that it suffered from poor delivery.

Absolutely.

[Wesley Harms]

That clearly wasn't Jennie's running yesterday Tony, ground maybe? Or what

[amberleaf]

No ante post bets for me today,in the bumper gone with killultagh vic @ 10/1 (4 places @ 1/4 the odds) & gone with Whisper @ 25/1(5 places @ 1/4 the odds) in the coral cup both with pp,bit of a "pays your money-takes your chance" about them both but worth a little poke at the odds.good luck all.

[Megatron]

Backed Faugheen in the first and had a little saver on Red Sherlock with Betfair.

After that I will wait until 5 mins before every race and back one with a nice name.

[poprock]

ew l15

Red Sherlock, 5/1 pipe yards waxes lyrical about this guy, just hope faugheen isnt a superstar
Can see him running his place at least

Le Bec, 14/1 Hope to have picked the best english one here, can beat sam winner who I think can beat smad place

Module not sure why he is 25 to 1 , Dodging Bullets wasnt that far away yesterday and trainer seems to think better ground will suit, its an 11 runner race with questions over alot of these

Vigil 7/1 Just watched his both races, runs with a touch of class and pedigree relations to back it up. Weld said he had better to choose for this bumper but smullen takes this one


The first 3 of 4 picks have won on the course which will help greatly in these horses placing

[Ed]

90% of my gambling today will be on the 1st - backed Faugheen with a small e/w on Red Sherlock.
Small bet on Smad Place and the rest will be random mini bets based on stealing from the posts in this thread (which is how all of my bets work because i know nowt)

[amberleaf]

Orgilgo Bay in the fred winter @ 16/1 for a little e/w poke.

[White Knight]

After that I will wait until 5 mins before every race and back one with a nice name.

FYI - Carlingford Lough in the 2nd

[eamonhonda]

On faugheen with the rest. Did the 5/1 special with pp earlier in week. Went in again last night at 9/4.

Dunguib e/w in 2.40
Captain conan in 3.20

Captain Conan, black hercules faugheen treble

Also a faugheen sire de grugy double.

So yeah faugheen needed basically

[NoRiverRequired]

Great day over there yesterday,what a beautiful setting & the hill really has to be seen to be believed! OC a bit of a dampener on the affair but someday out none the less.
Watching today from the couch , a lot to be said for it too.
Today im backing

R2- Don Cossack ew @12/1 (Have Carlingford lough backed @ 14/ ew after the Deloitte)

R3 Bayan 12/1

R4 Special tiara ew @ 16s

R5 Balthazar king 6's

R6 - prob chance top weigh noble Inn here 22/1 ew should improve for the ground

R7 Kilultagh Vic 10/1 ew

[Strewelpeter]

Any double for a nice profit

Cheltenham 12th Mar - 17:15 2m NHF
Backing: Neck Or Nothing

Cheltenham 12th Mar - 16:40 2m Hcap Hrd
Backing: Ivan Grozny

Cheltenham 12th Mar - 16:00 3m7f Hcap Chs
Backing: Star Neuville

Backing: Big Shu

Cheltenham 12th Mar - 15:20 2m Grd1 Chs
Backing: Baily Green

Cheltenham 12th Mar - 14:40 2m5f Hcap Hrd
Backing: Bayan

Cheltenham 12th Mar - 14:05 3m Grd1 Chs
Backing: Carlingford Lough

Cheltenham 12th Mar - 13:30 2m5f Grd1 Nov Hrd
Backing: Lieutenant Colonel

[mohican22]

Bayan has the look of a long term plot to me on the Coral. Will carry the loots.

Wholeheartedly agree Hope they pull it off

[Strewelpeter]

That clearly wasn't Jennie's running yesterday Tony, ground maybe? Or what

Yea I've been trying to convince myself for a year that she doesn't really need soft but thats out the window now. She just feels it too much and hopefully she won't be soured by a couple of runs on ground that was too good for her and racing her a run short of race ready a few weeks ago.

She'll probably stay in for another few weeks before having a break but will only run again if it comes up soft.

[NoRiverRequired]

Sire de Grugy has to be backed @ 4/1 with PP- that is a price

[jazzyfish]

day 2 place pot

race 1. faugheen
fennell bay
lieutenant colonel

race 2. sam winner
bally casy
don cossack

race 3. vendor think this should win
bayan
party rock
clondaw kaempfer

race 4 module
hinterland
sire de grugy

race 5 star neuville
any currency

race 6 ivan grozny

[Guest]

Thanks for that GAB

[DeadParrot]

The yard, get up it!

[Lplate]

WooHoo

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[DeadParrot]

Amateur hour, posted on FB, missus all over it

[eamonhonda]

Amateur hour, posted on FB, missus all over it

did ya tell her you had a tenner or 20 on it?

[DeadParrot]

5er ldo

[eamonhonda]

fair play GAB your some man

[DeadParrot]

Just did a small carlingford lough bet.
I've ballycasey in a ton of accums but not on its own, so through twisted logic if one fails and the other doesnt I dont feel too bad

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