WandererSkyLight
Amateur Rider
OH I WATCHED THE REPLAY (I was going to watch it live, but I went to sleep and missed it), ADMIRE TERRA LOST THEIR JOCKEY AND SOMEHOW KEPT THEIR LINES TOGETHER!!
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The 2025 Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle
- Thread starter Ian_Davies
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WandererSkyLight
Amateur Rider
Hey, you know what they say. Anyone can restart a dying star
Ian_Davies
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Neatly getting back on topic, I see the ground at Ascot (like Danny's sex drive nowadays apparently) is now officially Soft.
My spies on Ascot High Street tell me they've had an inch of rain in the last 24 hours.
The Ascot Jumps course takes rain well, they don't water it during the Flat season, in hot summers the grass turns as yellow as Devon & Exeter did in August back in the day, and they trample all over the home straight in one of the cheap seats enclosures on the inside at the Royal meeting.
But I think there will still be more give than usual - Friday's race times will give a clue.
It's going to be a nice day, weather wise, there tomorrow.
My spies on Ascot High Street tell me they've had an inch of rain in the last 24 hours.
The Ascot Jumps course takes rain well, they don't water it during the Flat season, in hot summers the grass turns as yellow as Devon & Exeter did in August back in the day, and they trample all over the home straight in one of the cheap seats enclosures on the inside at the Royal meeting.
But I think there will still be more give than usual - Friday's race times will give a clue.
It's going to be a nice day, weather wise, there tomorrow.
WandererSkyLight
Amateur Rider
Ill be giving Ascot a watch tomorrow as I have to take care of My Nan's dog whilst the Father goes and takes Nan to get Helium Balloons (Before you ask, not to suck on and gain funny voices), presumably for Christmas I don't know
WandererSkyLight
Amateur Rider
I could always start you like a lawnmower, or do I have to dig for the handle to pull on like some buried treasure, or maybe you'd be out of fuel and I'd have to use the petrol canister (In that context that would be Viagra)
WandererSkyLight
Amateur Rider
You're the one who started the talk about sex you blithering idiot LMAO
Ian_Davies
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How (pansexually) rude!
WandererSkyLight
Amateur Rider
Did that sound too mean, I meant it in good jest Im not offended lmao.
WandererSkyLight
Amateur Rider
hey if the man can cook up a storm then thats attractive as hell.
Desert Orchid
Senior Jockey
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Reminds me of the one about the husband and wife (Scottish only because I think it's funnier in the dialect) the morning after a night of Viagra-fuelled activity:
Her: Can Ah fix you somethin for breakfast?
Him: Naw, Ah reckon yon Viagra's killed ma appetite.
Come 1pm...
Her: Want me to make you a sandwich or a tin o' soup for lunch?
Him: Naww, I've still no' got any appetite. Definitely must be yon Viagra Ah took last night.
Later...
Her: That's efter six o'cloak. There's mince in the fridge. Will Ah heat it up fur ye wi' some mashed potatoes?
Him: Naw, hen, I'm still no' hungry. MUST be yon Viagra fae last night.
Her: Well Ah'm starvin'. Gonnae get the fvck affa me!
WandererSkyLight
Amateur Rider
wait they were still f$%^ing?!
That man must see a doctor because thats way past 4 hours even for viagra
Danny
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I see Ians attempt to get the thread back on track worked well.
I have to say when i woke up this morning i never expected to have someone offer to restart my star. That's made me smile.
For those who struggle in the dating world just remember as strange as it may seem describing yourself as a drunken piece of dog turd whilst you may think it might perturb someones advances it only seems to stoke their fire all the more.
I'm never quite sure how i get myself into these situations.
I have to say when i woke up this morning i never expected to have someone offer to restart my star. That's made me smile.
For those who struggle in the dating world just remember as strange as it may seem describing yourself as a drunken piece of dog turd whilst you may think it might perturb someones advances it only seems to stoke their fire all the more.
I'm never quite sure how i get myself into these situations.
WandererSkyLight
Amateur Rider
Yeah I never thought that too to be honest, let alone in a Horse forum. but hey life finds a way
chaumi
Rookie
I would say Conti (very likely) definitely runs...
"Harry [Skelton] rides Live Conti, who brings forward grade one juvenile form from last year. He was second in the juvenile hurdle at Aintree, and we've waited for the right time to run him since. He did go to Newbury three weeks ago, but we didn't run him on the day in the end. We've done loads of work with him, but this is going to be hard under a pretty big weight... he's not got top weight, but he has plenty of weight nonetheless. It's very hard for four-year-olds in big handicaps, as well, so I'm aware of how difficult this is going to be. But this is a good horse; he's had a good preparation, and I'd like to think he'll still go well despite that weight and age".
"Harry [Skelton] rides Live Conti, who brings forward grade one juvenile form from last year. He was second in the juvenile hurdle at Aintree, and we've waited for the right time to run him since. He did go to Newbury three weeks ago, but we didn't run him on the day in the end. We've done loads of work with him, but this is going to be hard under a pretty big weight... he's not got top weight, but he has plenty of weight nonetheless. It's very hard for four-year-olds in big handicaps, as well, so I'm aware of how difficult this is going to be. But this is a good horse; he's had a good preparation, and I'd like to think he'll still go well despite that weight and age".
Matt Brocklebank at Sporting Life has put this up. Currently 16/1 with Lads/Coral
Desert Orchid
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As others have said on the chase race thread, I tend not to pay much attention to pundits. There are one or two whose opinions I respect but would only 'follow' if their selection coincided with mine.
Curiosity does make me want to know what the likes of Timeform put up mainly because I think the industry sets a lot of store by them and it helps me anticipate potential market moves.
When I was doing a lot of races for myself I always included RPRs because in the general scheme of things I liked comparing how my figures stacked up against them. Being entirely honest about it, if my ratings coincide with RPRs and Timeform it does tend to make me feel more confident but it should always be borne in mind what I referred to last week, namely that ratings are a measure of what horses have achieved, not of what they can achieve going forward.
Curiosity does make me want to know what the likes of Timeform put up mainly because I think the industry sets a lot of store by them and it helps me anticipate potential market moves.
When I was doing a lot of races for myself I always included RPRs because in the general scheme of things I liked comparing how my figures stacked up against them. Being entirely honest about it, if my ratings coincide with RPRs and Timeform it does tend to make me feel more confident but it should always be borne in mind what I referred to last week, namely that ratings are a measure of what horses have achieved, not of what they can achieve going forward.
