How many Festival caps do you have?

[archie]

Someone (sorry, can't remember who) posted the other day that they had x number of caps where x = number of Festival days attended. My tally is
Gold Cup day 1979 - 1
All 3 days 1983-2000 apart from 1994 Champion Hurdle day - 53
First 2 days 2002-2019 - 36
Thursday 2017 & Friday 2019 - 2

x = 92 so I'm probably no better than evens to get to the ton. This year, 2 for definite and maybe Thursday with Cadmium and/or Friday with Kemboy.

[Craigy14]

Haha good idea of a thread Archie.

Just the 1 cap for me, gold cup 2018 native river vs mite bite.

Getting called up again this year for gold cup day and if able to get down in time possibly the Thursday as well.

[archie]

Before anyone else says it, x has absolutely no connection to anything in terms of opinion on future races!

[TC2]

dont think i've missed any days since '08. bloody hope they dont go to 5 days!

[Leman14]

12 caps for me so far.
Been Thursday and Friday every year since 2014 and plan to also do the Tuesday this year.

[ryanh97]

Someone (sorry, can't remember who) posted the other day that they had x number of caps where x = number of Festival days attended. My tally is
Gold Cup day 1979 - 1
All 3 days 1983-2000 apart from 1994 Champion Hurdle day - 53
First 2 days 2002-2019 - 36
Thursday 2017 & Friday 2019 - 2

x = 92 so I'm probably no better than evens to get to the ton. This year, 2 for definite and maybe Thursday with Cadmium and/or Friday with Kemboy.

Long odds on to get 100 surely archie?

Im uncapped and making me debut this year on Tuesday and Wednesday

[Saxon Warrior]

Someone (sorry, can't remember who) posted the other day that they had x number of caps where x = number of Festival days attended. My tally is
Gold Cup day 1979 - 1
All 3 days 1983-2000 apart from 1994 Champion Hurdle day - 53
First 2 days 2002-2019 - 36
Thursday 2017 & Friday 2019 - 2

x = 92 so I'm probably no better than evens to get to the ton. This year, 2 for definite and maybe Thursday with Cadmium and/or Friday with Kemboy.

That was me Archie, on the England international caps analogy.

Checked back on when I first went, which was 2007 Kauto Star’s Gold Cup year, so I’ve done thirteen so far, which makes 51 caps so far (52 caps less one day when the storm blew the roof off the Guinness village and was abandoned for the day, races caught up following days). 55 caps after this years festival.

On the England international caps list at 51 makes me a Teddy Sheringham at the moment, going up to 55 I would be a Jordan Henderson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_England_international_footballers

Archie at 92 caps you are between a Bryan Robson and a Billy Wright.

[archie]

going up to 55 I would be a Jordan Henderson[/B].

Oh, bad luck.

[Eggs]

....I wouldn’t go these days, but I have been a periodic visitor over the years. No idea how many times, although I was there in ‘87 when The Thinker won in the snow and Eddie the Eagle opened a new stand.

I backed Fred Winter’s Observe ridden by John Francome to win the first race that day @ 16-1, pity the meeting wasn’t cancelled immediately after that!!

[Saxon Warrior]

Oh, bad luck.

True dat.....

[Istabraq]

First festival was 1990, did all three days up to the introduction of the four day festival.
Did all four days until Imperial Commander's Gold Cup when it lashed down all day and was so busy the only place to get out of the rain was the portable toilet by the burger stand in the middle of the course, vowed that day never to attend Gold Cup day again.
Since that year I've done first three days each year.
Not sure how many caps that gives me, might have notched up the century ?

[Can't Catch Me]

Good idea archie!

I went for the first time on Tuesday in 1993, the Tuesday in 1994, Tuesday and Wednesday 95-98 then haven't missed a day since the first day of 1999. With 2001 being cancelled and the fourth day coming in from 2006, by my maths that's 84 caps.

So by 2023, I should have the ton up

[Faugheen_Machine]

I'll be getting caps 12, 13 (and possibly 14) this year!

'99 was the first Cheltenham festival that I watched in full (in the pub). Sprinter Sacre's Arkle win was my first visit to Prestbury Park and I wouldn't miss making trip for anything these days.

[Lobos]

Been going every day, every year since 1982, apart from missing whole week in 1987 when I was saving to get married and of course F&M year. Can't possibly work it out but it's a lot !!!

[Saxon Warrior]

Been going every day, every year since 1982, apart from missing whole week in 1987 when I was saving to get married and of course F&M year. Can't possibly work it out but it's a lot !!!

It’s been 59 caps since it went 4 days in 2005. So 18 years x 3 days for 1987 to 2004 is 54 more caps, that’s a mighty 113 caps so far.
Spectacular stuff.

That’s one cap off being a Steven Gerrard.