I am trying to avoid watching, sticking to my "no tv until 7.30pm" rule. I never watch TV during the day as a general rule, have no interest in the stuff on but could easily make an exception for racing!
I tossed a coin in the end and came up with Kingman, seems to be only way I could do it. I won"t go each way though as guess the price will be VERY short.
Well I have a soft spot for Stoughty and James Doyle is up and coming , so they say, so you could do worse ! In the BF in^ RP ^ he is favourite. So you have to go with your gut instinct, ^Scotland is also running which tegan made mention of .
To me though, Gosden might be ready for a win, bet he will be in the final charge ! Still we will see how it turns out
Fancy Brockwell ew in the first [although not quite down to his winning weight yet, and my old friend Scotland is running in one race. Looking forward to the clash between Toronado and Kingman, but wouldn't rule out the Godolphin horse either. I'll check out Barnet Fair.
Well, I have made usual scan through for the "Jacks", found a couple here and there!
Any thoughts on Snow Sky? Odds don't suit me, but I've always liked her.
PS Word is that Barnet Fair, who didn't run yesterday is def. worth a punt on the next outing, which I think might be this coming Saturday. but could be wrong.
shabby; I used to take my dads bets to the illegal bookies up the road [she was called Laura].3x4 penny double and a 6 penny treble every Saturday. I now have 25p ew bets at our local bookies, but only have a bet if I'm passing that way; I daren't have an internet account because I don't trust myself to not get carried away. I used to prefer NH racing and still do in a lot of ways but I've learned to love flat racing over the past few years as well. We've recently been to Newmarket for a few days. Racing used to be a very solitary interest for me but I'm now in a Racing Club, have a partner who follows it and am on several racing forums which means I can talk about racing 7 days a week [have made some good friends on those forums also, and we meet up sometimes]. When I was young everyone was interested in racing. They say I take after my horse mad grandfather.
Some improvement with the elbows Nonu but early days as they have been neglected for a long time. I am so pleased to have found some other females who like horse racing. Whenever I mention it to my friends I can see their eyes gloss over. My family say that I take after my grandmother who loved horse racing in the Scobie Breasley, Ron Hutchinson and Lester Piggott era. She used to have a bet before betting shops became legal so she relied on the bookies runner coming to her house to pick up her bets. Lucky Kate was her nom de plume!
Didn't have a bet but had planned to back Noble Silk in the 3.40. Think he was very unlucky as he couldn't find a gap to get through; needed to win to get a penalty for the Ebor [which I also fancied him for]. Interesting that the Ch4 pundits mentioned the importance of course experience/form for the jockeys as Adam Kirby and George Baker won [their strike rate at Goodwood being very good]. Mark Johnsons horses are on fire at the moment; at least he mentioned Sennokian Star [the horse he doesn't mention seems to be the one that's going to win]. I may treat myself to a look at tomorrows runners but, since I stopped going to the gym I don't go near any bookies to place a bet. My 'follow over a cliff' horse for this year is Scotland and I think he's running this week; have backed him for the St Leger and the Ebor. Pleased to hear that Paul Hanagan isn't seriously injured after that fall; it looked really bad at first.
Not a bad start, I had Sennockian Star in the first race, came in first at 14/1, but I got 16/1. Didn't do all races, did Sheila's Buddy in the 4.50, no luck there. Have got 2 in the 5.20.