Cheltenham Festival

rook1984 · Post by **rook1984** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:25 pm

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????

degeneration · Post by **degeneration** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:36 pm

gonna follow big alan kings hosses

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:57 pm

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!!

maverick69 · Post by **maverick69** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:22 pm

ive been given 2 tips,,,,from a big punter. u can pm me if u want them

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:45 pm

you wanna try living in cheltenham.

everybody and i mean everybody reckons they inside info on the festival!!!!

maverick69 · Post by **maverick69** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:14 pm

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.

johncluedo · Post by **johncluedo** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:19 pm

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!

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:31 pm

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!!

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:36 pm

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.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:53 pm

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.

johncluedo · Post by **johncluedo** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:58 pm

im gonna be there for the whole festival!

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:04 pm

Just don't burn everything in the centre!!

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:13 am

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.