General Chat

[Glasgow Ronnie]

Bet365 had betting at 10.02 so took the price for Lossiemouth

[Liammet]

4/6 Lossiemouth Irish Champion Hurdle now

[Wayward Lad]

From the BHA admin site;

"Ahead of the closing date for handicap entries at the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday, 18th February, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has issued two clarifications regarding eligibility criteria:

Run Requirements

The stipulation that horses must have completed at least four runs (chases) or five runs (hurdles) to qualify for non-novice handicap races at The Festival applies to both novice and non-novice horses.

Deadline for Meeting Run Requirements

Horses entered into any handicap race at The Festival must meet the required number of chase or hurdle runs by Sunday, 23rd February, inclusive of any races on that date, ahead of the publication of race weights on Tuesday, 25^th February.

For the avoidance of doubt, both points are included where relevant in the race conditions for handicap races at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival."

Clarification my ****! ……the previous comm said otherwise and someone has challenged it !……..it didn’t say ‘and non novices’

So now the County ‘good thing’ Kitzbuhel will have to run again before Feb 23rd to be able to run in the County.

Unfortunately he will have to show his hand before the festival and leave himself open to the handicapper, whether he run in Ireland or Britain…….

Think I may cash out

[Lobos]

Clarification my ****! ……the previous comm said otherwise and someone has challenged it !……..it didn’t say ‘and non novices’

So now the County ‘good thing’ Kitzbuhel will have to run again before Feb 23rd to be able to run in the County.

Unfortunately he will have to show his hand before the festival and leave himself open to the handicapper, whether he run in Ireland or Britain…….

Think I may cash out

Clearly that's exactly the reason they've done it so the capper can throw more lead on. Willie and Gordon will be livid.

[Big Bucks]

Red weather warning for us in Northern Ireland tomorrow, please God no snow, Covid, foot and mouth or any other random shite to put our Festival in doubt in 7 weeks time! Please and thank you

[That Horse]

Red weather warning for us in Northern Ireland tomorrow, please God no snow, Covid, foot and mouth or any other random shite to put our Festival in doubt in 7 weeks time! Please and thank you

Shouldn't hopefully impact the Fairyhouse fixture on Saturday as the worst of it all appears to be on Friday

[Runragged]

From the BHA admin site;

"Ahead of the closing date for handicap entries at the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday, 18th February, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has issued two clarifications regarding eligibility criteria:

Run Requirements

The stipulation that horses must have completed at least four runs (chases) or five runs (hurdles) to qualify for non-novice handicap races at The Festival applies to both novice and non-novice horses.

Deadline for Meeting Run Requirements

Horses entered into any handicap race at The Festival must meet the required number of chase or hurdle runs by Sunday, 23rd February, inclusive of any races on that date, ahead of the publication of race weights on Tuesday, 25^th February.

For the avoidance of doubt, both points are included where relevant in the race conditions for handicap races at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival."

What an absolute shit show from the BHA and the Jockey Club! Hopefully this is the last of it...

[Quevega]

What an absolute shit show from the BHA and the Jockey Club! Hopefully this is the last of it...

They should be made to refund any antepost bets that fit into this if the bookies don't void.

[Rooster Booster]

The percentage of Gary and Josh Moore horses that pull and run too free is alarmingly high. I’ve no idea the reason and maybe those with a better handle on training techniques could add some perspective but it’s getting beyond a joke now.

[Quevega]

The percentage of Gary and Josh Moore horses that pull and run too free is alarmingly high. I’ve no idea the reason and maybe those with a better handle on training techniques could add some perspective but it’s getting beyond a joke now.

cocaine bear ?
funny film

[Rooster Booster]

cocaine bear ?
funny film

It’s a theory

[Quevega]

It’s a theory

Old Gary looks like he's had his fair share IMO
Like his namesake who played guitar.

[That Horse]

Old Gary looks like he's had his fair share IMO
Like his namesake who played guitar.

Have to go listen to out in the fields now

[Zachx02]

Can't remember what thread it was, but I said I'd post what my AI model I have been creating gives for trials day, while I can't go into much detail of how it works before it is marked around May time, it primarily focused on raw stats such as win rates and RPRs to figure by assigning each feature "weights" in the AI depending on how important it believes they are.

Resplendent Grey
Sauvignon
Ginny's Destiny
Chantry House
Constitution Hill
Monmiral
Kdeux Saint Fray

[Kevloaf]

How shite is the Thursday of the festival (not that some of these races can't or won't be fun or interesting as one offs and it's all relative) ... but....




1. Mares Novice Hurdle ... the 5th best novice hurdle race? Was exciting last year with some potential stars and even that was a let down..... rubbish way to kick off a day

2. Novice Handicap Chase ......... No longer a Grade 1, so no star .... not against it as a change in general but it's still a handicap chase for novice

3. Pertemps - it's fine, but just fodder race really given the qualifying ...

4. Ryanair - I know it has its fans, but it's still the Ryanair.

5. Stayers Hurdle - Teahupoo versus nothing ... no-one is getting exited about this

6. Handicap Chase - the mid distance one, just meh

7. Kim Muir - even worse this year with the NH Chase as a handicap?




4x handicaps, the Ryanair and Stayers and the worst novice hurdle

Hard to imagine anyone with really strong ante post bets for this day either really, Ryanair is always tough and the Stayers this year has been a one horse race so far? Doesn't look a lot of depth?



I might unbook the day off