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Cheltenham Festival
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:25 pm
by rook1984
With Cheltenham being a little over 2 weeks away. What does everybody fancy?
A lot of the favourites look good but it surely can't be that easy. Can it????
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:36 pm
by degeneration
gonna follow big alan kings hosses
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:57 pm
by BFK
I'm there for the last day(Gold Cup day)
I'll be following one of the guys I went with last year. He was £18k up last year so I trust his judgement!!
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:22 pm
by maverick69
ive been given 2 tips,,,,from a big punter. u can pm me if u want them
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:45 pm
by mr lugsy
you wanna try living in cheltenham.
everybody and i mean everybody reckons they inside info on the festival!!!!
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:14 pm
by maverick69
mr lugsy wrote:you wanna try living in cheltenham.
everybody and i mean everybody reckons they inside info on the festival!!!!
Its quite a nice place actually.....ive passed through in the past on stuff.
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:19 pm
by johncluedo
BFK wrote:I'm there for the last day(Gold Cup day)
I'll be following one of the guys I went with last year. He was £18k up last year so I trust his judgement!!
If you copy him he will probably end up 180k down with your luck!
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:31 pm
by BFK
Most of his bets are done ante post(is that the phrase?)
I remember last year when baby run fell at the last from a winning position, I was fucked off cos I had a bullseye on him, I believe it cost him about £3.5k!! But he was £11k up on the first day so easy come easy go!!
He told me that he starts his research for the next year as soon as the current one ends. By betting early he's able to get some great odds which comes with big risks for obvious reasons. But gives you the option to lay plenty off if indeed the horse is still running well and one of the favourites. Lots of confusing lingo and strange bets for a novice like me to take in, but it's fascinating to listen and watch the outcomes.
He was equally fascinated when I took an alien for 5 and an Indy for 2 off peanuts in a strip club!!
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:36 pm
by BFK
maverick69 wrote:Its quite a nice place actually.....ive passed through in the past on stuff.
It's a wonderful place to be during the festival itself, plenty of lovely ladies about the town, plenty of pubs that are rammed with people with money to burn(I even got a big reds off less than a score 3 times in one night!!) but it's people who can drink without turning into a cunt and wanting to fight everyone.
I love it.
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:53 pm
by mr lugsy
the council grant special licenses that last the duration of the festival for lap dancing and strip bars. hundreds of extra brasses are in town too.
the pub opposite the railway station becomes the betfair arms for the duration and every single place ups their prices significantly for the week.
if i wanted to , i could rent my sofa out for a few hundred quid for the week!
the montpelier end of town is probably the best place to be after the racing but it's absolutely heaving everywhere.
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:58 pm
by johncluedo
im gonna be there for the whole festival!
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:04 pm
by BFK
Just don't burn everything in the centre!!
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:13 am
by harry2
mr lugsy wrote:the council grant special licenses that last the duration of the festival for lap dancing and strip bars. hundreds of extra brasses are in town too.
the pub opposite the railway station becomes the betfair arms for the duration and every single place ups their prices significantly for the week.
if i wanted to , i could rent my sofa out for a few hundred quid for the week!
the montpelier end of town is probably the best place to be after the racing but it's absolutely heaving everywhere.
Ascot's the same!!
A friends next door neighbour rents their house out for Ascot week every year to a bunch of Americans. They pay £4,000 for seven days and the owners have a week in Spain.