General Chat

[ToniC]

Party Central, Ginto, Hollow Games, Au Fleron left for them.

Dare say Ginto would have won yesterdays Ballymore?

[FinalFurlong91]

Dare say Ginto would have won yesterdays Ballymore?

Really think 3 miles will suit him better myself

[FinalFurlong91]

So there's been 18 races

5 handicaps and 13 graded races

I'm 0 from 5 in the handicaps
9 from 13 in the graded races

Feel there's a lesson to be learned there somewhere

[opatcho]

So there's been 18 races

5 handicaps and 13 graded races

I'm 0 from 5 in the handicaps
9 from 13 in the graded races

Feel there's a lesson to be learned there somewhere

I'm up in the handicaps and think I'm 2 from 13 graded races
Defo lessons learnt, its like I'm keen to take on the favourites/2nd favs in every graded race....

[Irish Rugby]

I'm up in the handicaps and think I'm 2 from 13 graded races
Defo lessons learnt, its like I'm keen to take on the favourites/2nd favs in every graded race....

Me too. The graded races have gone to those to the head of the market, horses that if you've been backing ante post, you'd have bettered that price on the day. The handicaps are another matter. A lottery so far, with the Plate and Kim Muir to come today.

[opatcho]

Me too. The graded races have gone to those to the head of the market, horses that if you've been backing ante post, you'd have bettered that price on the day. The handicaps are another matter. A lottery so far, with the Plate and Kim Muir to come today.

I'm sat here and cant believe how many favs and 2nd favs have gone in the graded races.
This festival, just over thinking it

I'm watching ITV, and it appears evertime they cut to someone placing ?0000 bet, its flipping coming in. Wondering why I'm sending all this time studying, should just following the market

You watch, I start backing the favs and 2nd favs tomorrow, and it will be a bookies day. Tbh, Friday tend to go to the bookies so probably remain with my over complicate losing methods lol

[opatcho]

Oh.... I've just back the fav in the novice mares (final leg of an acca)
I can please enjoy one fav winning lol

[FinalFurlong91]

I'm up in the handicaps and think I'm 2 from 13 graded races
Defo lessons learnt, its like I'm keen to take on the favourites/2nd favs in every graded race....

The only reason I bother getting so stuck in ante post is to try and end up with 2 of the top 3 in the betting backed at much bigger prices

So it's the one week of the year I'm cheering on the shorties

I find this is the week where the cream rises to the top and being on the top 3 or 4 in the betting pays

My handicap picks have been absolutely hopeless so far, the jockeys keep holding them up and they just aren't getting into the races

[opatcho]

The only one that paid off for me was Sir Gerhard (AR), and I didnt fancy it yesterday
Shishkin would have gone me in trouble if I went hard on him like I did last year when he won the Arkle.
I probably would have gone hard on Bob
Honeysuckle, didnt have anything on, same with Altior. Again, I think I would have been busted with them by trying to play acca via Shishkin.

[Bonjers]

My best result of the day is El Barra finishing 3rd in a race with 3 finishers, 28 lengths behind the rag in 2nd. I should probably leave the game alone.

[Irish Rugby]

I remember back in the day some old hands reminding me that the handicaps at this meeting were just too competitive unless you had an angle, that angle being that you were close to the yard and were a party to what they were up to, with the warning that there would be a number of other yards who believed they too had the right plot horse.

I think with the work done by the handicapper this year, also it really has righted the ship. That's great for all of you who relish the challenge of finding one, but for this correspondent, it's all about getting value in advance on the graded races and if I'm ever back at the festival, it is when the handicaps are on when I will be heading to the bar.

[JackieMoon33]

Dare say Ginto would have won yesterdays Ballymore?

Flat no from me.

[opatcho]

Antepost is getting harder and harder with the bookies shortening everything up before they even run
Then you have Mullins bingo, Nichols who likes to pull out (extra extra safe he is), and then ground concerns on the day

The handicaps tend to be easier, but more time is needed to sort out the form, I actually ignore the handicaps as you have to weed in and out why horses have ran in certain races, whos in the race etc. Third Wind was interesting as he ran in the Warwick qualifer which only had 7 runners, so pretty much auto entry if completed, and then ran in graded race, assuming that was just a blower. They can be interesting but defo a different way of selection, graded race all about RPR, improvement, form, jumping etc. Had to switch between the two, the problem I've had this week

[DenmanSacre]

I remember back in the day some old hands reminding me that the handicaps at this meeting were just too competitive unless you had an angle, that angle being that you were close to the yard and were a party to what they were up to, with the warning that there would be a number of other yards who believed they too had the right plot horse.

I think with the work done by the handicapper this year, also it really has righted the ship. That's great for all of you who relish the challenge of finding one, but for this correspondent, it's all about getting value in advance on the graded races and if I'm ever back at the festival, it is when the handicaps are on when I will be heading to the bar.

Handicaps have been brilliant this year for on the day betting. Looking back at the prices a month ago and comparing to today, most runners ended up at better odds with better place terms.

There are a few things I'm taking from this festival for next year but no1 is to severely limit my antepost handicap bets, followed closely by limiting the number of multiples I do.

[ComplyOrDie]

Are there any odds on the Prestbury Cup still available?