Cheltenham Festival 2013

Neck in a noose here. No pressure, Sprinter Sacre, no pressure.
 
Hell yeah! That's the Usain Bolt of horses all right! Take the noose, Coral!
 
Coral took such a battering from Sprinter Sacre that you can't log in to their site with the Coral Cup up next. #whenpromotionsgowrong
 
My worst day punting or a few years. I know it's bad with the amount I considered putting on sprinter sacre. Dangerous when chasing.
 
Won €130 on Briar Hill. 5 euro on him @ 25/1 :D
 
Sprinter Sacre was unreal yesterday. I count myself very lucky to have seen him in the flesh a couple of times. Took this in the parade ring at Sandown in December:

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Boston Bob's fall at the last in the RSA really stung. He was one of my main fancies of the week.

Today I have First Lieutenant in the Ryanair. He's only around 9/4 now but I took 10/1 a few weeks ago when there was a good chance he'd run in the Gold Cup instead. I've topped up and could do with him scoring.

I follow the Nick Williams stable and although it has been a good decision he has yet to have a Festival winner and has only had a couple of runners thus far. Today he has For Non Stop (also in the Ryanair) and Reve De Sivola in the World Hurdle. The former is a good each way price at 16s and the latter has to be backed at 5s. Again, I'm on ante-post at slightly bigger prices but they should both run well.

Dynaste should win the opener but Captain Conan is overpriced and he's worth putting in an each way double with something like For Non Stop or maybe Divers in the 4.00.
 
Taking it one fail at a time today.

Starting off with a tenner on Dynaste with Coral (so I can get it back win or lose). Lost my bottle over the past two days. If Dynaste comes through I'll allow myself to start betting like a man once more.
 
Another day of chasing my money back begins. Not learning my lesson here.
 
Didn't even bother with the second race and was right not to. Throwing it all on Oscar Whisky later.
 
Can anyone tell me which horse AP McCoy is riding some time between 15:00-16:00? Can't get on any gambling sites at work. Also the exact time of the race would be grand.
 
Goooose said:
Can anyone tell me which horse AP McCoy is riding some time between 15:00-16:00? Can't get on any gambling sites at work. Also the exact time of the race would be grand.
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He's riding 'Get me out of here' in the 15.20.

Currently 9's online with most, but fluctuating.
 
Right, I'm hedging my bets in the Ryanair chase.
€10 t/w on First Luitenant
€3 e/w on Ghizio (ruby on board and a decent record)
 
Reve De Sivola in this one for me.

Hunt Ball in the 16.00 too.
 
Covered myself at the last minute with my free £10 bet on Solwhit. Just as well coz Oscar Whisky was shite!
 
After three days of constant misery I can quite believe I've come out of this in profit. I've got money to mess around with.

These bookies, especially Coral, will regret all these generous free bets. They had me on my knees.
 
Betting like a chump with my spare change now BECAUSE I CAN.

4:00 Walkon
4:40 Same Difference
5:15 Uncle Junior
 
Note to self: No betting like a chump tomorrow. You've cost yourself a Kit Kat.
 
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