Grand National 2016

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Who you going for then?

I'm gonna go for Many Clouds as I would love to see Leighton Aspell do the treble. I'm also going to have a few quid on Shutthefrontdoor. Good strong stayer and if you need a strong jockey to push a horse home, Barry Geraghtys your man.
 
Noo not Many Clouds!! Still have nightmares from last year!! Given it was locally trained (Lambourn) and every man woman goldfish et al was on board!
Not betting this year, can't tip wheelbarrows even though I run a bookies lol (and no tips to give so don't ask!)
Kinda worrying actually top 2 in the betting are locally trained actually....
 
im not a fan of the national as there are so many runners i think that my chances of winning are too slim,
yet i play the euromillions which to win that would be the same as 116.5 MILLION horses on the start line, lol.
 
Kruzlinin and Goonyella £50 e/w here

I dont think Many Clouds will do it again, he was lucky last year. If Druids Nephew hadn't fallen i seriously think the result would have been different.
 
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Ive gone for the following... Theory being if any 1 of those first six horses place in the top six I'll get my money back :) Clever you see :D
09/04/2016 GBP 2.50 Each Way Single: 38 SAINT ARE @ 14/1
09/04/2016 GBP 2.50 Each Way Single: 15 SOLL @ 66/1
09/04/2016 GBP 2.50 Each Way Single: 16 BUYWISE @ 50/1
09/04/2016 GBP 2.50 Each Way Single: 40 THE ROMFORD PELE @ 40/1
09/04/2016 GBP 2.50 Each Way Single: 6 O'FAOLAINS BOY @ 33/1
09/04/2016 GBP 2.50 Each Way Single: 9 THE DRUIDS NEPHEW @ 16/1
09/04/2016 GBP 5.00 Single: 27 THE LAST SAMURI @ 11/1
09/04/2016 GBP 5.00 Single: 1 MANY CLOUDS @ 8/1
 
Home Farm £1 each way at 100/1 :p

Just a Par £1 each way at 50/1 (golf's on just now don't you know!)

Goonyella £1 each way at 20/1 (footy link (not an arsenal fan by the way))

Saint Are £1 each way at 16/1 (usually bet on horses with these type of odds)

Shutthefrontdoor £5 each way at 16/1
 
Many Clouds 8/1 - Win £4
Silviniaco Conti 12/1 - Win £4
The Druids Nephew 14/1 - Win £4
Shutthefrontdoor 14/1 - Win £4
Saint Are 16/1 - E/W £2
Boston Bob 25/1 - E/W £2
On His Own 50/1 - E/W £1
First Lieutenant 40/1 - E/W £1
Soll 50/1 - Win £1

All a bit of a flutter, spent £29 in total. Hopefully win at least a little more than I put in
 
robfosters said:
Who you going for then?

I'm gonna go for Many Clouds as I would love to see Leighton Aspell do the treble. I'm also going to have a few quid on Shutthefrontdoor. Good strong stayer and if you need a strong jockey to push a horse home, Barry Geraghtys your man.
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I know nothing about horses but this one will do!

Shutthefrontdoor it is :D
 
Many clouds £10 win
The last samurai £10 win
Goonyella £5 ew
Rocky creek £5 ew

The last two I've picked out in the works sweepstake
 
Shutthefrontdoor was my random pick yesterday at £4.50 e/w, just popped £10 e/w on Just a Par and Goonyella for a "what the hell" punt.
 
£10 e/w on both hadrians approach and ballycassey.

you do all know the national is a handicapped race? therefore every horse has an equal chance of winning therefore your better off going for ones with higher odds.

the better horses are weighted down. so the favorites are heavier
 
Jimbeam3678 said:
LOL Oh Sonny:p
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handicap_race

A handicap race in horse racing is a race in which horses carry different weights, allocated by the handicapper. A better horse will carry a heavier weight, to give him or her a disadvantage when racing against slower horses. The handicapper's goal in assigning handicap weights is to enable all the horses to finish together (in a dead heat).

The skill in betting on a handicap race lies in guessing which horse can overcome his or her handicap.[1] Although most handicap races are run for older, less valuable horses, this is not true in all cases; some great races are handicaps, such as the Grand National steeplechase in England and the Melbourne Cup in Australia. In the United States over 30 handicap races are classified as Grade I, the top level of the North American grading system.
 
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