Grand National 2018/Aintree meeting

[Paulie Dangerously]

My cars fucked so I'm.sat in a tesco car park waiting for green flag. Hope its a good race

[tokyojoe]

My cars fucked so I'm.sat in a tesco car park waiting for green flag. Hope its a good race

It's not Liverpool Lads's old car is it?

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

We're less than 24 hours from the opening day of the festival.

 

And just under 48 hours away from the Daily Mail publishing pervy, voyeuristic "upskirt" photos.

 

Anyway, the gee-gees...

 

Tips. Fancies. Go....

 

National wise, I've got a shortlist (liable to change) of:

 

Tiger Roll

Seeyouatmidnight

Ucello Conti - previous decent National form, unlucky in running last year

Saint Are - seems to improve for running at Aintree

Total Recall

Vicente - stays well

Yeah. Never change your mind!

 

Bollocks!

[Jairzinho]

Get in.

[Vincent Vega]

Bastard. I backed Pleasant Company, another 5 metres and it would have won.

[Strontium]

Had £5 e/w on Tiger Roll (14/1) and £3 e/w on Milansbar (25/1) so that's a good result in this household.

 

(In the interests of completeness, losing bets were £2.50 e/w on Maggio and Warriors Tale and £2 e/w on Virgilio)

[Oh Buoy]

I'm adding another to the list.

 

Maggio - 100/1.

 

The owners have been trying to get this in to the National for a few years now. It's missed out and been an unused reserve a couple of times.

 

The National is a handicap. In the years when it's missed out, the owners have ran it in hurdles races to keep it fit but get it's jumps handicap mark down with a view to getting it in the National with a decent weight. They've finally succeeded this year.

 

It's got round the National fences before in the Topham, which was too short/fast for it. It's also won at Aintree over the standard fences in 2016 on soft ground. It did so impressively. Stayed out the back of the field for most of the race then produced a late surge to win by 12 lengths. That was over 3 miles. It's got an extra mile and a half to run tomorrow, but it could easily adopt similar tactics, hanging back, then kicking on in the final stages.

 

I'm going in on the 7 places market on Bet365. Price drops down to 66/1 though.

 

Shite advice this. 

[Vincent Vega]

I had £2 ew on Pleasant Company so I’ll get a few quid back.

 

My other horses were Total Recall and Seeyouatmidnight, both £3 ew.

[Oh Buoy]

37 horses back in the stables - 1 receiving a medical check. 

 

1 horse still undergoing assessment (Saint Are) - Green tent. 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Shite advice this.

Damn straight!

[Jairzinho]

Get in, just had Havana Beat at 16s as well.

 

Meeting saved by the last two races. Quids in now.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

A certain Egyptian has just doubled my Anibale Fly place winnings.

 

Anybody heard more about the injured horses? No fatalities, apparently. Great news.

[Oh Buoy]

A certain Egyptian has just doubled my Anibale Fly place winnings.

 

Anybody heard more about the injured horses? No fatalities, apparently. Great news.

 

Saint Are back in the stables getting checked by the vets. 

 

37 horses all sound bar the one of who needed a medical check. 

 

Positive considering the amount of falls. They need to really review Brooks corner though - it's fucking awful watching them fall. 

[PestiRed]

Anything that makes Michael O'Leary happy is a bad thing

[s(k)aturation]

Tiger Roll might do well at 12s?

 

 

Quite well indeed.

Well done.

Hope you had a tenner.

[Jairzinho]

Sorry, Skaro, mate. Did have a look in the end and put three up for the National I liked.

[s(k)aturation]

Sorry, Skaro, mate. Did have a look in the end and put three up for the National I liked.

 

 

Cheers, mate.  

 

I got very good entertainment value at the Sydney Cup meeting at Randwick today.

 

I put a nice wedge - the place - on an 81/1 shot that Damien Oliver was on.

 

3rd.  Paid 15s.  

 

So I got my "Tiger Roll" anyway.

[tokyojoe]

Her Indoors did Tiger Roll. £1 each way.

 

Megabucks.

[Jairzinho]

Cheers, mate.  

 

I got very good entertainment value at the Sydney Cup meeting at Randwick today.

 

I put a nice wedge - the place - on an 81/1 shot that Damien Oliver was on.

 

3rd.  Paid 15s.  

 

So I got my "Tiger Roll" anyway.

 

Nicely done.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Only 12 finishers.

 

But, of the 26 non-finishers, only 9 were fallers or brought down, the other 17 were either pulled up or unseated riders.

 

It's good to see that the race appears to be getting safer, while still maintaining some of its excitement and uniqueness.

[halewood pete]

Her Indoors did Tiger Roll. £1 each way.

 

Megabucks.

Me too.14/1 with Paddy power

[Raymond Duck]

I had the winner, 5 EW for 85 quid. Neigh bad.

[kop77]

[General Dryness]

Where's the Aintree slags thread?

Don't be so fucking mysoginananistic. Now go and start a thread titled "Lovely Humans of All Races and Genders Having an Inclusive Time Watching Some Horse Racing".

[s(k)aturation]

Don't be so fucking mysoginananistic. Now go and start a thread titled "Lovely Humans of All Races and Genders Having an Inclusive Time Watching Some Horse Racing".

 

 

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