Grand National

CHRISNOIR

Anyone else having a bit of a flutter on the Grand National? I think I'll take a punt on Bewleys Berry although the Grand National seems like a complete lottery really.

Any other tips from the more knowledgeable out there?

hammerite

I'm no expert. but I just pulled Hedgehunter and Chelsea Harbour out in the sweep at work. I'll probably stick a couple of quid on each of these and probably a few more on another at 100-1 (well I can dream!).

Tootler

No. I stopped bothering with the national a few years ago because I realised I hate horse racing.
What a load of nonsense it is. It should be banned from the tv.
And they should make their owners clear the sh1t up that they drop on the roads. The dirty ba****ds.

There is nothing better for spoiling a nice ride on country lanes than encountering one of these beasts and having to slow down so that they dont get 'scared' and throw their rider.
Well I think their riders should be thrown. Horses belong in fields not on roads.

Harry B

Tootler wrote:

No. I stopped bothering with the national a few years ago because I realised I hate horse racing.
What a load of nonsense it is. It should be banned from the tv.
And they should make their owners clear the sh1t up that they drop on the roads. The dirty ba****ds.

There is nothing better for spoiling a nice ride on country lanes than encountering one of these beasts and having to slow down so that they dont get 'scared' and throw their rider.
Well I think their riders should be thrown. Horses belong in fields not on roads.

Not a fan then :?

I might have a small bet but I don't even know what horses/riders are in it. I always used to watch the race but it seems to have slipped of the radar a bit over recent years. Anyone got any tips?

McBain_v1

The Grand National at Aintree is an awesome spectacle...

The orange coloured scouse tarts tottering around on totally daft high heels, showing acres of cleavage, mouthing off to one and all and drinking booze like it is going out of fashion, pretending to be posh and failing miserably...

...I love it

ean

McBain_v1 wrote:

The Grand National at Aintree is an awesome spectacle...

The orange coloured scouse tarts tottering around on totally daft high heels, showing acres of cleavage, mouthing off to one and all and drinking booze like it is going out of fashion, pretending to be posh and failing miserably...

...I love it

You should go on ' 'ladies' day' then - much more tartiness

nwallace

Tootler wrote:

No. I stopped bothering with the national a few years ago because I realised I hate horse racing.
What a load of nonsense it is. It should be banned from the tv.
And they should make their owners clear the sh1t up that they drop on the roads. The dirty ba****ds.

There is nothing better for spoiling a nice ride on country lanes than encountering one of these beasts and having to slow down so that they dont get 'scared' and throw their rider.
Well I think their riders should be thrown. Horses belong in fields not on roads.

Now now, just remember, horses have been a form of personal transportation for donkeys years, much longer than the bicycle.
They belong on the road (or pulling lumber, powering a mill, racing cross country etc) more than they belong penned up in a field. If you want wild horses, visit Patagonia (or some other place where wild horses aren't extinct due to domestication)

Tootler

Now now, just remember, that a horse is a dumb animal and has been a dumb animal long before it became a means of transport for an even dumber animal.
They should be left in fields. Plain and simple.

pedylan

nwallace wrote:

Now now, just remember, horses have been a form of personal transportation for donkeys years, much longer than the bicycle.
They belong on the road (or pulling lumber, powering a mill, racing cross country etc) more than they belong penned up in a field. If you want wild horses, visit Patagonia (or some other place where wild horses aren't extinct due to domestication)

And don't even get started on the poor donkeys.

Although certain contributions to this thread smack of asses commenting on horses.

hammerite

McBain_v1 wrote:

The Grand National at Aintree is an awesome spectacle...

The orange coloured scouse tarts tottering around on totally daft high heels, showing acres of cleavage, mouthing off to one and all and drinking booze like it is going out of fashion, pretending to be posh and failing miserably...

...I love it

A great example of this in todays Sun (bought purely for the runner and rider listing, and the fact that I only had 55 pence in my pocket at the time!).

I decided against backing Chelsea Harbour and went for Hedgehunter, Backbeat as my outsider and Comply or Die , after probably 20 years of grand national gambling this is my only first place!! Shame the odds were so short though.

SkyBlueKangaroo

My dear Hammerite, after 20 years gambling you should know about 'after-timing'. Were this a betting forum you would be run out of town!!

sonicred007

had a fiver on the winner

andy_winch

Come on oxford..........

Oh bugger, that was the boat race

giant_man

Cruelty to animals, should have been banned decades ago.

Lagavulin

I'm with giant on this one.

sonicred007

Online communities? The rules and values shift like sand

Lets hope the the threat of ISP discussed elsewhere in Cake Stop doesn't end open and frank debate between adults

redvee

The GPs done their usual 25p E/W on 8 horses and made £1.32 profit, I broke even cause I didn't bet

CHRISNOIR

Ar*e, b*llocks, sh*te, p*ss and poo - another twenty quid down the drain. Oh well, always next year etc...

hammerite

SkyBlueKangaroo wrote:

My dear Hammerite, after 20 years gambling you should know about 'after-timing'. Were this a betting forum you would be run out of town!!

I didn't quite say 20 years of gambling. I really only gamble on the Grand National (or if I go to a live meet) which as Chris says is a bit of a lottery!! But I've just had to look to see what "after timing" means and I get what you mean.

and around half of those years it was an illegal gamble as I was underage.

The one time I did have a proper bet was when my boss gave me a tip which was "like printing money". He was usually quite accurate with tips, it was very short odds, the horse (baracouda) hadn't lost for something like 2 years and I'd had a good bonus at work, suffice to say it put me off proper gambling for life as in the space of 20 mins my bank balance was £100 lighter. My boss then said, you can get that money back, bet on Phil Taylor to win the darts world champs, I didn't which was lucky as he lost to John Part in the final that year.