The Grand National
 

Who's going to win then?

I've a £1 on the Irish National winner - sweepstake at work. Also put £4 each way on it.

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Hopefully the horse that I backed ;)

Should this be in the sports forum?

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There's a sports forum :erm:

[edit] Oh yeah :D

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Typical!!The only male on CF not to realise the recent addition of a sports forum...:D

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well I fancy ebony light for a win

ik

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We've got a sweepstake at work... just my luck i got a horse that is 100 to 1. :(

Think it is called "Take on me" or similar....

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You never know...you could be taking us all out for a drink on Sunday ;)

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Im undecided who to put my money on,
"Dirty Carpet" has never been beaten although "Creosote" is good over fences!:D

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I have traumatic memories of sport at school, so it's all blocked out :D


Oh dear :rolleyes: :D

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It takes time?

They're all here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/othe...ng/4849444.stm

Mine is "NUMBERSIXVALVERDE", which I can't even pronounce but it's tipped 1st or 2nd.

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Guess which horse won? :D :hyper: :D

£4 at 12/1 and £4 at 1/4 odds (which I think is 3/1), plus the sweepstake. I can't get over it - I never win anything.

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hehe, i had a dabble on numbersix too, nice £50 in the old sky rocket.

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I was a bit fed up at first - would have been better betting on a tin of corned beef. Right at the back - commentators not even mentioning it. My mum asked it was still running :rolleyes: Then gradually the commentators started mentioning it more and I thought, "Hang on a mo - it's making a bit of an effort". Then it's in 3rd place and I'm thinking, "Cooo - few quid if it finishes. Better than nothing. Liable to break a leg at the last fence knowing my luck, though". Then it's neck and neck with hedgehunter and it jumps the last fence much better. And it just goes - couple of horse lengths ahead! The old corned beef is going to win. Was on the edge of the sofa. All terribly sad and working class :D

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You can really go off some people!!!!

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:D

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My missus won on that as well.

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A lady of sound judgement :D

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Damn. £20 down the drain again this year !

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Well, I backed Clan Royal and Hedge Hunter to win, and then did 'numbersix...' and Nil Desperandum each way, so I got 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th (though only got anything for 1st and 4th) -so won about 40 quid, which wasn't bad.. which put me about £22 quid up...

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Guess what!!! I won as well! The GF picked hosres for herself me and her dad - and she's gutted that mine came romping home the winner...

£78 - so thats two weeks running now - last week £80 on Oxford wining the boat race and now the gee gee's! Whats next week..... :D

Suppose I'll have to take the GF out for dinner one night....Maccy D's here we come!!!

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All the right horses, not necessarily the right order :D My mate, if he was still here, would have bet on the exact order - picked 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. More cash that way. I think they call it an accumalator :erm:


Steady now - don't spend all the winnings :D

Come to think of it, if you get Park Lane and Mayfair, you'll be well sorted.

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Yeah but mine was more luck than judgement - the classic 'ohhh thats a nice name' style of choosing :)

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I picked the winner out in the sweepstake at work - totally random, pick a bit of paper out of a plastic cup. I knew nothing about the horses running. Nippped onto the BBC website and saw that it was a decent horse - won the Irish National. Not an old nag with lead shoes. Quite a few tipsters tipping it. So I thought it must be a sign from Him upstairs - just not like me to have luck - and put £4 ew on it when I got home.

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Well done you lucky sod :p: :D

And everyone else who won :D

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i won £48 ! What a great race!

Rubbish start though!

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Yes - bit unfortunate about the start.

Collected my sweepstake winnings from work :D Boss even sent me home with me having cold. Some days are great :D

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It's that time of year again...which horsey should I place a bet on?

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Don't like to boast but the only time I haven't won anything on this race since 1987 was one year when I worked nights and forgot to get up in time

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Oh and when it was void ;)

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So who are you betting on then :)

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NumberSix is running again - more weight this time, but the jockey is saying this doesn't matter due to the length by which it won last time. That said, no horse has won twice in a row since Red Rum... I might have a few quid each way. The Irish horses are supposed to be favoured. Oh and there's HedgeHunter running.

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I like Joe's Edge -

he's a quality horse, won a big race at Cheltenham at massive odds and has been bred specifically for the Grand National...

Odds on him aren't great though... But if you're going to get on him, get on him now as i suggest they'll only keep falling...

And thus ends the Satellitetvtalk.info betting tips for the day - heh heh

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My Tips for some good betting is:

NumberSixValVerde - A good each way bet but with low odds it doesn't seem worth it!

Liberthine - Female horse, pregnant, amateur jockey who has won 3 from 5 runs round the fences at Aintree. Need I say more! Fantastic story - odds of around 25/1 (can get 33/1). My tip to win the Grand National!! (If there is any doubt it's over Stamina) :(

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BILLYVODDAN - perfect ground for it ;)

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I heard on Radio 1 today some medium has spoken to Red Rum and knows who is going to win the GN today :rofl:

I can't remember which horse she said, and can't find it, but if we can, its gotta be worth £1 for a laff surely.

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I believe Red Rum's trainer's son (if that makes any sense!) trains another one in the race. I bet its that horse.

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Donald McCain trains 'Idle Talk' which has a good chance as far as I think.

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It is banned in our house I wont even have it on the tele, all those that have money on it good luck :tu: :)

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My money is on Idle Talk, Mr Tink thinks Dun Doire stands a good chance. IMHO this is a race that could be won by any of the horses, there are always so many fallers, and loose horses that get in the way of the contenders. Good luck everyone, hope you win!

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When you see horses like that in the National I always think they have low odds due to the amount of people called Joe or know a Joe who bet on them.

I've a fiver each way on Bothar Na

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Also if your doing an each way bet make sure you find a bookie who pays top 5.

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Joe's Edge looks favourite - odds have fallen. With this warm weather, the ground is likely to be firm. I picked a couple of horses at work - Jack High and Simon. Couple of old nags :rolleyes:

Joes Edge 10.00
Point Barrow 11.00
Hedgehunter 12.00
Mckelvey 15.00
Numbersixvalver 15.00
Dun Doire 17.00
Idle Talk 19.00
Billyvoddan 19.00

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not 'banned' here, and I'm not against steeplechase, per se, but I do think this particular race is actually too cruel to the horses & too dangerous for the jockeys...

- just my opinion, though, not implied criticism, like Jules said, good luck to those having a flutter :tu:

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Personally, I'm in two minds about it. I share your sentiments, but I also find the 15 minutes of carnage that the National is a fascinating spectacle.

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I don't disagree, danielf, but I also think there are a few too many runners, some fences might be just a bit easier if there wasn't such a crowd at each one - my objection towards it, is that the jockeys choose to do the race, the horses don't :)

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True, but it's the horses that decide they won't attempt the fence, and send the jockeys flying....

As I said, I'm in two minds about it. Part of me says its just wrong. However, that is precisely why I watch it (I'm not interested in horse racing at all). It's like watching Formula 1 with guaranteed crashes :disturbd:

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I hope you aren't presentient about Bahrain ;)

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That's the next F1 race, presumably? (I don't find any of the motorised sports particularly appealing tbh).

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Latest odds - my few quid on Point Barrow is looking good :D

Joes Edge 3.25
Point Barrow 3.50
Hedgehunter 4.00
Numbersixvalverde 4.50
Mckelvey 5.00
Dun Doire 5.00
L'ami 5.50
Idle Talk 5.50
Billyvoddan 5.50

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I took Idle Talk £1 e.w. at 16/1, I have since changed my mind and want to do L'ami instead, but don't want to change horses in mid stream lol.

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Got £10 on Point Barrow at 11/1. Also drew last years winnner in the works sweepstake. :D

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Good old Hedge Hunter the old boy never lets you down, although after my earlier boasting I really do deserve to fall flat on my face, lets hope the horse is all right after though ;). Also a friend has a 'really good feeling' :erm: about a horse named Gallant Approach and the last time he had he had such a feeling Royal Athlete romped home at 50-1, mind you this nag is out at 100-1 so it a long shot to say the least :disturbd:

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Looking in the Sun bloody Templegate has backed it, hmm I sense a conspiracy, still got to be worth a fiver e/w

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Pedantics Picks

EUROTREK

POINT BARROW

HOMER WELLS

MCKELVEY

Quick, get yer dosh on ! :D


Disclaimer : I've never won a sausage on this damn race.

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1. Silver Birch (R Power) 33-1
2. McKelvey (TJ O'Brien) 12-1
3. Slim Pickings (B Geraghty) 33-1
4. Philson Run (D Jacob) 100-1
5. Liberthine (Mr S Waley-Cohen) 40-1

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I won £34 with Silver Birch..... First time I have won on the national :D

ik

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Not so much as a penny :mis: Point Barrow fell at the first fence. Not fit for dog food. Numbersix could have stayed in the stable.

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I bloody know, first time I have won nothing for literally decades and it could've been worse, when I came out of the bookies some council jobsworth was trying to get my car removed! Apparently 'your not allowed to park here on market day' :rolleyes: