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Cheltenham festival 2022

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  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    2.10 I Like To Move It
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    Day 4

    2:10.  State Man  / Tempo Chapter Two EW

    2.50.  Hillcrest

    3.30.  Galvin 

    4.10.  Winged Leader

    4.50.  Mount Ida 

    5.30.  Hollow Games / Adamantly Chosen 


    Fuck me... .a winner!!
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,035
    Thought State Man was gonna be in trouble given every man and his dog was on him, but... whew! We love it
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,992
    edited March 2022
    https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/cheltenham-festival-sees-largest-ever-6822422.amp

    No wonder it seemed the busiest ever yesterday. It was - record crowd.

    We got a couple of early pints around midday in the Istabrook Bar, but after that it was verging on the impossible for a few hours.
    Still managed to mind you  :p
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,728
    Yet another heavy favourite pulled up 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    Chantry House for the GC @ 18/1
  • WelshAddick
    WelshAddick Posts: 1,321
    Ginto. Was hard viewing. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    edited March 2022
    Addick Addict said:
    Chantry House for the GC @ 18/1
    Another Henderson horse never travelling. Fortunately had A Plus Tard ante post (only 3/1) with Constitution Hill (4/1), Edwardstone (10/1) and Honeysuckle (4/5) sadly with Shishkin (7/4) who ran a stinker and Hollow Games (10/1) in the Albert Bartlett - who runs in the Martin Pipe  instead!!!
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,977
    What a woman 
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,766
    Nerves of steel from Rachael Blackmore in that race. I thought that there was no catching Minella Indo there and she slaughtered him in the end.
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  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,728
    Yet another PU. Had this last year as well, Gold Cup day just ruins an otherwise successful week
  • Addickted2U
    Addickted2U Posts: 3,080
    OMG. Lumped on Winged Leader. 
    Just short of heartbreak 🤦🏻‍♂️
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Fuck sake
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,977
    3 places and a winner in my L15 paid £201. Thought Mighty Stowaway was gonna win me a nice amount 3 out!
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,705
    edited March 2022
    Mount Ida is a massive threat but I'm siding with Concertista and e/w Vienna Court in the Mares Chase.

    EDIT:
    Apologies, more duds (Vienna Court will shine over further IMHO) but another great run by Venetia's outsider.

    Oh well, 4 Nationals over the next month. Plenty of time to perform a cashectomy on Bob.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,728
    Langer Dan sums up my Friday 😂
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    As much as Hollow Games not winning is a double whammy for me, there has to be some comfort in the knowledge that Elliott brought over 66 horses in 25 races this week and ended up just winning 2 of them. To put his achievement in perspective, Venetia Williams had the same number of winners from just 11 runners.

    Would love to be a fly on the wall when O'Leary sits down with Elliott for their post mortem. Equally, Willie Mullins, with his 10 winners this week, must be having a little chuckle to himself given how O'Leary tried to play hard ball with him over training fees and took all his horses away from him as a result. 
  • Addickted2U
    Addickted2U Posts: 3,080
    Cobbler’s Dream at 16/1 in the last. 
    I’m gutted 🤦🏻‍♂️
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    PeanutsMolloy said:
    Mount Ida is a massive threat but I'm siding with Concertista and e/w Vienna Court in the Mares Chase.

    EDIT:
    Apologies, more duds (Vienna Court will shine over further IMHO) but another great run by Venetia's outsider.

    Oh well, 4 Nationals over the next month. Plenty of time to perform a cashectomy on Bob.
    Scifi geek sundry vast GIF on GIFER - by Grigamand
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,977
    Had Bambridge so ended the day about 300 up. Always nice on the final day.
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  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    In 4 days I had

    1 winner 
    2 done on the line 
    2 fallers at the last hurdle when leading.

    Frustrating week
  • RobinKeepsBobbin
    RobinKeepsBobbin Posts: 154
    The Skeltons seem very confident that Protektorat will win next years Gold Cup
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,766
    RobinKeepsBobbin said:
    The Skeltons seem very confident that Protektorat will win next years Gold Cup
    The bookies don't seem to agree. About 12th or 13th in the betting.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    edited March 2022
    This lad didn’t seem to do too badly. Kind of thing you dream of!
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    edited March 2022
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    In 4 days I had

    1 winner 
    2 done on the line 
    2 fallers at the last hurdle when leading.

    Frustrating week
    Only had two winners myself across four days (Delta Work and Flooring Porter) but somehow managed to do alright thanks to 18 placed horses including one in every race on the Friday. It could’ve been a lot better!

    Oscar Elite 3rd
    Tea Clipper 4th
    Epatante 2nd

    Ahoy Senor 2nd 
    Ashdale Bob 3rd
    Envoi Allen 3rd
    James’s Gate 3rd

    Janidil 2nd
    Stolen Silver 4th
    Grangee 3rd
    Mister Coffey 2nd

    Fil Dor 2nd
    West Cork 4th
    Bardenstown Lad 3rd
    Protektorat 3rd
    Winged Leader 2nd
    Pink Legend 2nd
    Freedom to Dream 4th

    Also a handful of others that were never in the frame of course. 

    A couple of unfortunate ones chinned on the line like Gaelic Warrior (win only) and Winged Legend. Plus Galopin des Champs who fell at the last with a big lead. That’s the way it goes sometimes!
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    Dream of @Callumcafc but I’d never put £20 on a 9 horse accy. Makes me wonder just how much people bet if that’s just one of their festival bets. 
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    Just on our way home. Can't believe Paul Nicholls only had one third place the whole festival. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    falconwood_1 said:
    Just on our way home. Can't believe Paul Nicholls only had one third place the whole festival. 
    This is what I said previously and as indicated below Nicholls only had nine runners over the four days as opposed to Mullins (61) and Elliott (66):

    I still find it difficult to rationalise how the trainer bias has changed so much over the course of the last decade or so. The British have, admittedly, done better than I thought we would but it is staggering to think that such a high profile trainer such as Paul Nicholls has the one runner on Gold Cup day at Cheltenham when Messrs Mullins and Elliott have 20 and 17 runners respectively. Nicholls' runner is in the Hunter Chase which means that stable jockey, Harry Cobden, doesn't have a Cheltenham ride so he's off to Doncaster instead where he has three of them.

    Mullins and Elliott sent no less than 127 runners over to the Festival between them this year - Nicholls will have had just nine. Little wonder they dominate but this is also, perhaps, a reflection of the fact that he has probably lost the patronage of some of his owners to two of his former assistants namely Harry Fry and Dan Skelton as well as some bigger owners who have ceased to own horses. The days of Master Minded, Kauto Star, Denman, Neptune Collonges, Big Buck's, Azertioup, See More Business etc etc must be something of a memory for him especially as he hasn't had a winner in the last two years at Cheltenham. Sad to see really. 
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    What does make me laugh is he has all the media round for the stable tour etc promoting his sponsors etc and then hardly has any runners. 

    Maybe he is missing his usual *special* feed 🤣

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/racing/article-10486977/amp/Champion-trainer-Paul-Nicholls-checking-feed-stable-slump-form.html
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    What does make me laugh is he has all the media round for the stable tour etc promoting his sponsors etc and then hardly has any runners. 

    Maybe he is missing his usual *special* feed 🤣

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/racing/article-10486977/amp/Champion-trainer-Paul-Nicholls-checking-feed-stable-slump-form.html

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