Cheltenham Bumper

Certainly a race I leave well alone, unless you are privy to some inside info. Too little form to work on, and all of it unreliable. Impossible to make head nor tail of it.
 
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If anyone can tip up the winner of the Cheltenham bumper I will take my hat off to them but its arguably the hardest race of the festival to get right.
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I've lost the most in this race and won the most "cue card"...... My favourite race of the meeting by far.

I lose my head completely in this and sometimes back six:ninja:

I always get stuck in by the rails without fail every year

Because I'm going on the train this year it would be cheaper if I stayed in a bar with a bottle of Cristal Champagne:lol:
 
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Interesting to see if Mags Mullins sends her very very impressive Bumper winner The Westener Boy to the race - the most impressive such winner of the season so far for me :)
 
Just put small bets on at 69/1 and 54/1. What makes you think he'll be bigger on the day?
 
This is from Twitter.

RT @the666omen: are you having a crack at the bumper at Chelt this yr #askpaul Only 1, Vrai Vert. Heads to Betfair Newbury day.

He also said it on his Betfair blog, but the entry's not on there anymore because they only keep the most recent few.
 
Thanks;)

Just done 55/1 betfair....16/1 with Hills

My first bet for Cheltenham
 
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The form of Fenton's yoke looks better and better. Would be tempted to have a poke at it if I knew he was going to run. Anyone hear anything? Venture Capital is the name of the beast.
 
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On The Bridle said:
The form of Fenton's yoke looks better and better. Would be tempted to have a poke at it if I knew he was going to run. Anyone hear anything? Venture Capital is the name of the beast.
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Doesn't JP own it now. He's been doing a lot of re-stocking recently.
 
Zenyatta said:
Certainly a race I leave well alone, unless you are privy to some inside info. Too little form to work on, and all of it unreliable. Impossible to make head nor tail of it.
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You could say much the same about most flat races. The trick is to forget the hype and look at what horses have produced on the track with a cold eye.

Even the 40/1 outsider Cue Card had won very nicely on his debut, but because it was for an unfashionable trainer at an unfashionable venue, and he was the wrong age, he wasn't fancied. But phrases like "quickened well" and "came right away" don't appear in reports about your average bumper winner and we should have known he was in with a chance.

Some of you are keen on Vrai Vert, who was an "easy", "wide margin" winner at Hereford three days before Christmas on a soft surface. I have the impression that in testing conditions the ground at Hereford becomes very holding, and a lot of horses win by already getting away from (usually moderate) rivals who cannot handle the conditions before entering the straight and coming home on their own. I suspect that winning distances are higher than average there.
 
Grey said:
You could say much the same about most flat races. The trick is to forget the hype and look at what horses have produced on the track with a cold eye.

Even the 40/1 outsider Cue Card had won very nicely on his debut, but because it was for an unfashionable trainer at an unfashionable venue, and he was the wrong age, he wasn't fancied. But phrases like "quickened well" and "came right away" don't appear in reports about your average bumper winner and we should have known he was in with a chance.

Some of you are keen on Vrai Vert, who was an "easy", "wide margin" winner at Hereford three days before Christmas on a soft surface. I have the impression that in testing conditions the ground at Hereford becomes very holding, and a lot of horses win by already getting away from (usually moderate) rivals who cannot handle the conditions before entering the straight and coming home on their own. I suspect that winning distances are higher than average there.
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Grey, don't spoil my dreams of a fortune:mad:....let me live in fantasy for a few more days :lol:
 
I suppose we'll see how good he is next weekend, he's running in the Listed bumper at Newbury. If he wins, the 70s and 55s I took will look massive, if he's beaten then we'll know where we stand. I think Ditcheat think a bit of him.
 
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