Sport of Kings discussion thread

killer kish said:

Fakenham 12.55 Zee Man
One of my horses running today and only had for about six weeks and purchase all done through Olly himself. His first report on the horse was we can win a couple handicap hurdles off his current mark but with his size and scope will make a better chaser. On to today and latest is that he has impressed Olly so much at home with his schooling over fences and that this is such an ordinary race we couldn't not run in it. He has added the fear is the track could be too tight as he is a big lad. 

Well done mate. The way he leaped that 2nd to last fence was very impressive. 

excellent, thanks for the tip 

And Olly said he will improve from that run!!!! 

Congrats KK. Didn't see the race but the summary paints an impressive picture.
Sounds like you are going to have some fun with him.

Just to confirm that my nickname of Lucky Alf remains, I turned down involvement in Zee Man 🤦‍♂️. And KK, no I didn’t back him today !

Pre-empting the handicapper. Great stuff.
But Bob's got a point. Rummy and the Tiger were flat bred of course and there's Wild Risk in that pedigree of yours. If he can score on Lingfield heavy, even if over the minimum, I'm expecting nothing less than Chepstow on the agenda next Christmas   
All the best Killer.

palarsehater said:

serious thoughts that cheltenham will be off this year
concerns over the irish being allowed to bring horses over and with whats going on it morally wrong to take medical teams away from hospitals etc. 

could well be behind the closed gates .. if the Irish are restricted to just  few horses and jockeys, so be it

Congratulation KK

PeanutsMolloy said:

bobmunro said:

Lincsaddick said:

palarsehater said:

serious thoughts that cheltenham will be off this year
concerns over the irish being allowed to bring horses over and with whats going on it morally wrong to take medical teams away from hospitals etc. 

could well be behind the closed gates .. if the Irish are restricted to just  few horses and jockeys, so be it

This. 
My view, it will either be behind closed doors (most likely) or with minimal attendance. 

Hope you don't mind me asking but would be Bet365's policy with antepost bets on Irish runners if they were prevented from coming over @bobmunro ?
Festival or (more pertinently for me) GN?
 
 

I don't know, Peanuts - sorry.
Generally, and I know you know, for ante-post bets unless the race doesn't take place or a selection is balloted out, non-runners are treated as losers.
If any horses cannot run because they are not allowed to travel then it might result in a concession but clearly a lot of the fancied runners (especially at Cheltenham) are Irish  and no Rule 4 on the English runners would smart!! 

If Ffos Las passes yet another inspection I will hopefully have a runner in the 2.58 Lily The Pink.
Anthony has said since beginning of the season on his current mark he can win a handicap hurdle then will go chasing once that’s happened.(hopefully today)

what's the chances of Honeyball's in the first ?

killer kish said:

If Ffos Las passes yet another inspection I will hopefully have a runner in the 2.58 Lily The Pink.
Anthony has said since beginning of the season on his current mark he can win a handicap hurdle then will go chasing once that’s happened.(hopefully today)

Great shame it's off today @KillerKish
She's nicely related, as I'm sure you know. Her dam's a half sister to Minella Indo. Also in the family: Central House, Chicago Grey, Rogue Angel and The Bunny Boiler.
Best of luck next time.
Sure we'll shortly be having (.....altogether now!) a drink a drink, a drink to Lily the Pink, the Pink, the Pink   

mid_life_crisis said:

PolzeathNick said:

They should be settled as losers but there'd be outcry from punters everywhere so they'll get their fivers and tenners back as a "goodwill gesture" from "bookmakers"
Exchange will settle as losers

Out of interest, why do say they should be settled as losers, if the Irish are not allowed to travel?

Gonna speak in hypotheticals here (i.e. assuming that the horses cannot travel).

You're betting on a horse to win: at the time of the bet being struck, it was possible for the horse to win. It is now not possible for the horse to win, and yes that's due to Irish restrictions/Brexit or whatever, but at the time it was. So, hard luck.

Of course, all the rules and Ts and Cs don't take into account this as a reason for NRs: as it's not strictly horse racing related, you'll probably see bookies make concessions in some way, as Nick says.

guinnessaddick said:

killer kish said:

PeanutsMolloy said:

Today Fakenham, tomorrow.................THE WORLD.
 Oh alright Plumpton
Many congrats @killer kish
 Onwards and upwards!!!

Close Peanuts.... Has an entry for Lingfield Friday

What time? He isn’t appearing at the moment.

Jumps meeting has been called off and replaced by an all weather jumpers for bumpers meeting