Tips, punts , nods and winks

[Miss Demeanour]

2/6 isn't that bad for Cheltenham. Every horse has very good form and has a chance so finding the winner is is not easy. You'll just as likely to find the winner going by a name you like or a horse that you like the look of.

Having said that I once went to Cheltenham many years ago on a Corporate junket. We had a jockey come in to "mark our card" I collected a couple of quid from each person at the table and put it on a "placepot" accumulator. It was a great moment at the end when I counted out a couple of hundred pounds to each of us.

Well we are unlikely to get a jockey coming in and marking our cards  However we do have an advance party that are attending for the next couple of days and then the whole gang on Friday.

We also do a placepot accumluator within the group so if there are about 12 of us we all bung in about 20 or 30 quid and then mark our cards accordingly. We keep those and end of racing score the points according to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and the pot is divided between the gold, silver and bronze award winners.

We even have our own little piss taking presentation ceremony 

[Nick]

Why does this all sound so scarey to me?

[Pirate]

2/6 isn't that bad for Cheltenham. Every horse has very good form and has a chance so finding the winner is is not easy. You'll just as likely to find the winner going by a name you like or a horse that you like the look of.

Having said that I once went to Cheltenham many years ago on a Corporate junket. We had a jockey come in to "mark our card" I collected a couple of quid from each person at the table and put it on a "placepot" accumulator. It was a great moment at the end when I counted out a couple of hundred pounds to each of us.

Well we are unlikely to get a jockey coming in and marking our cards  However we do have an advance party that are attending for the next couple of days and then the whole gang on Friday.

We also do a placepot accumluator within the group so if there are about 12 of us we all bung in about 20 or 30 quid and then mark our cards accordingly. We keep those and end of racing score the points according to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and the pot is divided between the gold, silver and bronze award winners.

We even have our own little piss taking presentation ceremony 

You got as much chance as winning as Nick has of bagging a squirrel with his pop gun...

[Miss Demeanour]

It's not about winning hun, I believe they just call it having a bit of fun 

[Pirate]

Not for the squirrel...

[Pirate]

And 3 horses died today...

[Miss Demeanour]

 

I won't bet on them then 

[The Moan Ranger]

1.30 Teaforthree
2.05 Make Your Mark
2.40 Bobs Worth
3.20 Sizing Europe
4.00 Get me out of here
4.40 Kazlian
5.15 Champagne Fever

[Uncle Mort]

1:30 Harry The Viking
2:05 Sous Les Cieux
2:40 Join Together
3:20 Big Zeb
4:00 Get Me Out Of Here
4:40 Edeymi
5:15 Sir Johnson

[The Moan Ranger]

Unlucky Unc ;-)

[The Moan Ranger]

2 out of 3 for me so far...

[Uncle Mort]

Good man 

You're going to be Miss D's bestest friend at this rate.

[The Moan Ranger]

In the past 10 years I've only had 3 winners per Cheltenham festival. So I have only 1 left for this one. Miss D would be well advised not to take heed of my selections on Friday :-)

[Miss Demeanour]

You know far more about it than I do though - so on that basis 

[Uncle Mort]

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