Good to hear you think the same Maxbet.
What do you think about his handicap mark though.
Apparantly he could run off higher than 150.
Good to hear you think the same Maxbet.
What do you think about his handicap mark though.
Apparantly he could run off higher than 150.
Last edited by Marb; 20th February 2020 at 9:24 PM.
He was raised 5Lb's in his qualifier for coming 2'nd. That surely has to be it, not many get much more for not winning.
Lets hope so.
Icy tentacles etc but Glenloe reported out of festival.
5/1 fav Glenloe out..misses Cheltenham after a set back.
Last edited by luckyme; 21st February 2020 at 11:21 AM.
It would have been interesting for sure because they way he'd been campaigned this season you'd think the Irish tax could easily have been about 7lb, which putting him up to 142 would have definitely seen him get in but if the BHA decided to give him less than that he'd have missed out.
So in contrary to most Irish connections they'd have actually wanted the increase. There was a case within the last couple of years IIRC (Mullins horse ?) where the horse was actually left alone on it's HRI mark, arguably just to deny it a run and make a mockery of the BHA by hosing up.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
The Crafty Butcher. I think he was actually dropped a pound.
wilsonl (21st February 2020)
Maxbet (21st February 2020)
No Glenloe. Glenloe out.
Will need the rest of the day to count the damage.
I’m beggining to question AP punting.
Don’t get me wrong, I stand in very healthy positions in some races, but have had my pants down in others. I’ll see what my P/L is at the end of the festival regarding it. For my nice 25/1s about Notebook and A Plus Tard, there is a Glenloe, Gypsy Island etc to go with them.
Glenloe particularly has fucked a few multiples. That’s the risk!!
I’m however quietly confident of finding winners on the day anyhow. Very much looking forward to it.
I had 4 losing years in a row on my antepost books for Cheltenham. 2015 - 2018. And like you, at that point was really questioning the sanity of it.
To a degree, I can't help myself, but I swore to myself heading into last year's 2019 festival, that if it was the same old story again, I really needed to reel it in for 2020.
But then all you need is one good year to reinvigorate your love for the antepost game. As luck would have it last year I had Espoir D'allen 36/1, Topofthegame 16/1, Al Boum photo 20/1 and Early Doors 16/1 (Thanks Slim).
None in the same multiple, but decent ew singles on all 4 which left me +€3k on my antepost book. And in turn it made my festival. Landing Espoir on Day 1 and TOTG early on day 2 freed me up to have a run at the rest of the festival.