Cheltenham Festival 2006

fozzybear · 13 Mar 2006 at 23:23

I just thought i'd post my tips for anyone wanting to back a few horses over the next 4 days. I'll give 1 in each race and state whether to back it to WIN or EW.

Tuesday:

2.00 - Buena Vista EW 3rd 14-1
2.35 - Missed That WIN 6th
3.10 - Hardy Eustace WIN 3rd
4.00 - A Glass In Thyne EW FELL :rolleyes:

4.40 - Just In Debt EW 10th
5.20 - Brandon Mountain EW PU

Remember, back for the fun of it and don't risk more than you can afford. Small stakes only.

I'll update the results after each race.

Good luck.

Youstolemyname · 13 Mar 2006 at 23:55

Cheers for those. I am off there tomorrow, leave here at 7am on a coach with 26 of us from our local boozer. If anyone watched 'Early Doors' it's like the 'Big Boys Beano' that they have, breakfast in the pub at 6.30 washed down with a pint. Should really be getting to bed now but can't sleep!

Nothing is leaping off the card for me to go mad on. I suppose Brave Inca is the banker of the day in the Champion Hurdle but we will have to see how the weather goes overnight.

The ones I have picked out so far are:

2.00 - Quatre Heures
2.35 - Voy Par Ustedes
3.15 - Hardy Eustace (Agree with you on that that it has a chance but Brave Inca will probably blast it)
4.00 - Dun Doire
4.40 - Good Step
5.20 - Ouste

el_dazza · 13 Mar 2006 at 23:59

Hmm.. havent looked at tomorrow's cards, thanks for the tips though, will bear them in mind :cool:

fozzybear · 14 Mar 2006 at 00:03

Youstolemyname said:
Cheers for those. I am off there tomorrow, leave here at 7am on a coach with 26 of us from our local boozer.

Ahh, lucky you.

It's a tough day to pick a winner and i'm not confident on any of my selections. I won't be able to resist having a bet though.

AJUK · 14 Mar 2006 at 07:58

Any tips for tommorrow?

I may have a flutter or two in between pints o' Guiness and a posh lunch.

fozzybear · 14 Mar 2006 at 10:46

AJUK said:
Any tips for tommorrow?

I may have a flutter or two in between pints o' Guiness and a posh lunch.

I'll put my Wednesday selections up later on.

It has been rumoured that the first ever £1,000,000 bet will be placed on a single horse today. The gambler and horse in question are RUMOURED to be JP McManus and Brave Inca in the Champion Hurdle (3.15). Crazy! :eek:

Mad old tory · 14 Mar 2006 at 11:22

Bah first festival in my lifetime that il be away from cheltenham

Have to put a couple of quid on to make up for it...

AJUK · 14 Mar 2006 at 11:48

fozzybear said:
I'll put my Wednesday selections up later on.

It has been rumoured that the first ever £1,000,000 bet will be placed on a single horse today. The gambler and horse in question are RUMOURED to be JP McManus and Brave Inca in the Champion Hurdle (3.15). Crazy!

It is my intention to try and drink 1 million pints of Guiness tommorrow.

Mad old tory · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:27

Cheers for the tip fozzy, put a couple each way on buena vista and it paid off

Zenith · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:57

Youstolemyname said:
2.35 - Voy Par Ustedes

Hope you bet on that, I won £80 on that horse

el_dazza · 14 Mar 2006 at 16:26

Brave inca lives up to his name eh :cool:

Brilliant race that was, hope you all had a few winners today

Mad old tory · 14 Mar 2006 at 16:31

el_dazza said:
Brave inca lives up to his name eh
Brilliant race that was, hope you all had a few winners today

Ah well a glass in thyne didnt come in. Never mind, still in profit for the day so that's it for me till friday i think.

fozzybear · 14 Mar 2006 at 16:43

Mad old tory said:
Ah well a glass in thyne didnt come in. Never mind, still in profit for the day so that's it for me till friday i think.

It fell early on so we didn't really get a run for our money. Thats racing!

Mad old tory · 14 Mar 2006 at 16:53

fozzybear said:
It fell early on so we didn't really get a run for our money. Thats racing!

No worries, wish id backed tht 66-1 for a place. still if we could make use of hindsight bookies wouldn't exist

fozzybear · 14 Mar 2006 at 17:37

Not the greatest of days, saved slightly by the EW on Buena Vista in the 1st race. Things got progessively worse. Lets hope tomorrow is more profitable.

fozzybear · 14 Mar 2006 at 20:24

Let's see if Wednesday is any more profitable than Tuesday was.

2.00 - Refinement 3rd 11-2 EW
2.35 - The Listener Fell :rolleyes:

3.15 - Dempsey Brought Down :rolleyes:

4.00 - Mr Quasimodo Unplaced
4.40 - Better Days Withdrawn at start :rolleyes:

5.20 - Perce Rock 4th

Good luck.

Youstolemyname · 15 Mar 2006 at 01:07

well i am just back from Cheltenham. Don't tell the missus but I touched lucky. The two winners I had were 8-1 an 6-1. The smart lads amongst us opened accounts with all the major bookies to take advantage of their free bets. Best one was Coral's with a 50 quid free bet for a 25 pound stake. Ladbrokes gave 60 for 30 and Willy Hills similar freebies.

Voy Par Ustedes and Dun Doire have done me proud. Might take the rest of the week off just to enjoy the racing. What a race the Champion Hurdle was, I really thought Hardy Eustace was going to nick it from AP but it wasn't to be.

Either way, great day. Great people. Great wins

fozzybear · 15 Mar 2006 at 01:50

Youstolemyname said:
well i am just back from Cheltenham. Don't tell the missus but I touched lucky. The two winners I had were 8-1 an 6-1. The smart lads amongst us opened accounts with all the major bookies to take advantage of their free bets. Best one was Coral's with a 50 quid free bet for a 25 pound stake. Ladbrokes gave 60 for 30 and Willy Hills similar freebies.

Voy Par Ustedes and Dun Doire have done me proud. Might take the rest of the week off just to enjoy the racing. What a race the Champion Hurdle was, I really thought Hardy Eustace was going to nick it from AP but it wasn't to be.

Either way, great day. Great people. Great wins

Good to hear you had an enjoyable AND profitable day.

I've never been to Cheltenham. I'm going to try and go next year. I already have a horse in mind for next years Gold Cup! I'll give you a clue...it runs tomorrow!

AJUK · 15 Mar 2006 at 07:06

Any tips for today, I may have a flutter in between the Guinesses?

fozzybear · 15 Mar 2006 at 11:13

AJUK said:
Any tips for today, I may have a flutter in between the Guinesses?

I've posted mine further up the page.

You might be best getting Youstolemyname to post his tips as well. He had a couple of winners yesterday and i didn't have any!