Thomass Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Nice vid to get excited about the Jumps festivals of festivals coming up https://twitter.com/GBRacing/status/1092731055843536896?s=20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Love Cheltenham....the creme de la creme.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Been to course once or twice but not during carnival. An absolutely magnificent racecourse. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagship uberalles Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Willy Mullins has a nice french import klassical dream in the supreme novice that I've had a wee punt on my UK Ladbrokes account. Great festival, been twice.... such an exciting build up and great racing......another great festival on the flat though and probably my favourite track of all time would be Chester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowley Mile Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 1 hour ago, pete said: Been to course once or twice but not during carnival. An absolutely magnificent racecourse. Me too Pete, would love to rectify that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weasel Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 now Thomass this is one of those(sadly too rare) occasions where you say something topical, relevant and positive that draw's a race-lover's attention to something they havent thought of ..in this case, me and the idea of tuning in to Cheltenham, a festival I have heard of many times and never bothered to watch (though I love the jumps and a sibling of mine was a very good rider over the sticks back in the day). Thanks Thomass for mentioning it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomass Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 Onya, you should stop reading the fake news though Wes Contrary to the contrary folk on here I post numerous topical relevant and interesting slots But you'll need a double shot of espresso with a side slop of V so your eye balls are sticking out like dogs...best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 An outbreak of E.I just announced in England....what odds the Cheltenham festival and maybe even the Grand National are affected? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardigras Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 9 minutes ago, Freda said: An outbreak of E.I just announced in England....what odds the Cheltenham festival and maybe even the Grand National are affected? Yes, no doubt you saw that all races cancelled today. Hopefully horse movement restrictions helps contain things and that spread is minimal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardigras Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 12 hours ago, mardigras said: Yes, no doubt you saw that all races cancelled today. Hopefully horse movement restrictions helps contain things and that spread is minimal. No BHA racing until February 13th at the earliest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooncoin Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 All stables on lock down.Vets doing overtime in next 3 days,Nicky Henderson has 6 vets testing at his stable today! Check out the replays from Leopards town 2/3 February, a lot of horse going to Cheltenham and with the events of the last couple of days are fighting fit with their last runs under their belts!!Some English trained horses may miss last lead up races now before the festival . The festival will be my first bet of the year!! "Bring it on"?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomass Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 No probs...an overreaction by the BHA by the looks How good is their marketing? Imagine NZTR doing something like this? yea na https://mobile.twitter.com/AtTheRaces/status/1095303765878599681 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooncoin Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 And we are racing again!!? Some of those nominated for Cheltenham are try to get their last run in at Ascot in the weekend and Newbury are looking at getting their card rescheduled which will help alot of Cheltenham bound horses also. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagship uberalles Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 13/02/2019 at 11:28 AM, Mooncoin said: And we are racing again!!? Some of those nominated for Cheltenham are try to get their last run in at Ascot in the weekend and Newbury are looking at getting their card rescheduled which will help alot of Cheltenham bound horses also. Things are heating up......... with the punters ....do you live up north Moonie...on a caravan site?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooncoin Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I'm down in what the northerners call a"southern softie" county.?From what I've seen on different courses, it's a 50/50 split of substance abuse and alcohol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagship uberalles Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 8 minutes ago, Mooncoin said: I'm down in what the northerners call a"southern softie" county.?From what I've seen on different courses, it's a 50/50 split of substance abuse and alcohol. How Far south mooncoin? I was in Cambridge for 20 years so Newmarket was my local in summer ... going down to Kempton Park boxing a normal ritual as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 26 minutes ago, Mooncoin said: .?From what I've seen on different courses, it's a 50/50 split of substance abuse and alcohol. And that's just the horses...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomass Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 Make that 3 weeks!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedley Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 That's an incredible muster of people..can anyone tell me the crowd count? ..is it 80,000? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomass Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 Last year was a sell out for Gold Cup day Hedley...60,000...and 260,000 over the 4 days! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedley Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 That means it was '' packed' for all 4 days :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooncoin Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 13 hours ago, Flagship uberalles said: How Far south mooncoin? I was in Cambridge for 20 years so Newmarket was my local in summer ... going down to Kempton Park boxing a normal ritual as well! Leafy Surrey Flagship Kempton Park Boxing Day a great day out indeed! Sandown Park,Epsom ,Lingfield and Kempton Park all easy commutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLB2.0 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 14 hours ago, Thomass said: Last year was a sell out for Gold Cup day Hedley...60,000...and 260,000 over the 4 days! They let more people through the gates on the other days? I thought a crowd maximum would be the same for every race meet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomass Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 Damn good spotting...typo! NEW RECORD TOTAL ATTENDANCE AT THE FESTIVAL 2018 Gold Cup Day, the fourth and final day of The Festival today, was attended by 70,684 racegoers - a sold-out crowd. Thanks to this and two record crowds earlier this week, the Home of Jump Racing has seen a new record total attendance at The Festival of 262,637. The crowd for yesterday's St Patrick's Thursday, the third day of The Festival, came to 66,384, a new record the day since The Festival expanded to four days in 2005. The total beat last year's 66,200 by 184, while 65,544 attended in 2016 and 60,495 in 2015. This was the second consecutive day of a record crowd as 58,959 racegoers came to Cheltenham on Wednesday, the second day of The Festival, Ladies Day. Tuesday's crowd of 66,110 was the second highest-ever on the opening day of The Festival, Champion Day. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomass Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 Got the tickets! The Princess doesn't want to come! The story of my f in life! Screw her... Write a ditty...preferably about how great a tipster moi is...and you could become my companion for the week...preferably only ladies...but I could tolerate crusty old f'ers who SHOUT Fill ya boots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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