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Morning all, can't see this has its own thread yet and as its only two weeks away and I am bursting with excitement I thought id start one!

Any one got any early thoughts? I am wondering if all may not be tip top in the Mullins yard, he's had a few pull out of the festival (gutted about Faugheen) and there seems to be a lot of decisions about where horses will run still to make. I know it's normal for a horse to hold several entries but Vautour for example could be GC, could be Ryanair - two very different races, Black Hercules could be the 4 miler, could be JLT, huge differences!

Apart from UDS and Douvan, my bankers of the week are; Yanworth and Thistlecrack, if either were trained by Mullins they'd be massive odds on! I also really like the Jonjo trained pair of Spookydooky (handicap chase somewhere) and Minella Rocco (4 miler).

Anyway, roll on two weeks time - I'll be on the train to Prestbury!!
 
Insomnia

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I'm going on the thursday & friday, cant wait, this is my favourite event on the horse racing calendar
 
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still pissed my 4 timer that I did back in Nov when it was 40/1 is down the drain.

Min - Douvan - Faugheen and Annie Power on Day 1 ( had £50 on it so would have collected £2k if came in )

Haven't done any other antepost and will wait till the week now before checking out exactly who runs where and who is left in the handicaps.

I think Vautour is a Cheltenham horse and if it lines up in the Gold Cup it will win.
 
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tototoner said:
still pissed my 4 timer that I did back in Nov when it was 40/1 is down the drain.

Min - Douvan - Faugheen and Annie Power on Day 1 ( had £50 on it so would have collected £2k if came in )

Haven't done any other antepost and will wait till the week now before checking out exactly who runs where and who is left in the handicaps.

I think Vautour is a Cheltenham horse and if it lines up in the Gold Cup it will win.
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I had the same @ £20.00, ante post betting can bite you in the arse
 
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£5 each /way yankee done on 5th jan.... with paddy.

tues... supreme novices............ altior 8/1

tues .. ultima chase ...................young master 20/1

weds..champion chase..............dodging bullets 14/1

fri.... jcb triumph hurdle.............gibralfaro 14/1
 
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class of 62 said:
£5 each /way yankee done on 5th jan.... with paddy.

tues... supreme novices............ altior 8/1

tues .. ultima chase ...................young master 20/1

weds..champion chase..............dodging bullets 14/1

fri.... jcb triumph hurdle.............gibralfaro 14/1
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Nice. Like the look of Young Master, he's following a tried and tested route to the race and is on a good mark. Dodging Bullets you need to trust PFN that he'll improve for his poor return - there could be a few blow their chance by going after UDS so he might stay for a place or maybe even better if UDS crashes.
 
kr1978

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@Houdini

Will we be doing the tipsters comp for this?

I say we but I clearly mean you ;)

Edit- and cosmic of course
 
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Yep, there is a thread in sports & Gambling somewhere!
 
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Paddy Power say that non runners are essentially voided from the bet so four fold becomes a treble, trebles become doubles. I don't think it matters whether NRNB applies or not.

If AP doesn't run then you'll have a £50 double on Min and Douvan - which should be a banker @tototoner @Insomnia

I'm trying to post a pic of PPs help page but can't - have a look under ante post help - multiple bets.
 
dagraham

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I'm sure most of you know, but if you don't PP are refunding all win stakes as a free bet if your horse finishes 2nd. And this is for every race at the festival.

I've been betting mostly on golf recently, but I'm going to have to make sure I keep a bit back for Cheltenham. Have to be careful not to go mad though with their being so many races.
 
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dagraham said:
I'm sure most of you know, but if you don't PP are refunding all win stakes as a free bet if your horse finishes 2nd. And this is for every race at the festival.

I've been betting mostly on golf recently, but I'm going to have to make sure I keep a bit back for Cheltenham. Have to be careful not to go mad though with their being so many races.
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Skybet also gone money back as a free bet for any losing horse in the first race of each day.

Anyway, I'll be there on the Tuesday (an annual ritual these days!). Cannot bloody wait.
 
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