General Chat

[ComplyOrDie]

Between that and the kettle for hot water I'm golden

Don't worry about the kettle, just switch the hot tub on....

[Birds Nest]

Don't worry about the kettle, just switch the hot tub on....

Surely its just got a frozen overflow pipe, what with tdays temps, get a hairdryer on that plastic overflow pipe, you'll be golden...

[Kevloaf]

Surely its just got a frozen overflow pipe, what with tdays temps, get a hairdryer on that plastic overflow pipe, you'll be golden...

Unfortunately not... new part needed - coming tomorrow

At least it hasn't given -6 degrees tonight.... oh wait

[FinalFurlong91]

Unfortunately not... new part needed - coming tomorrow

At least it hasn't given -6 degrees tonight.... oh wait

You can have some of my antepost betting slips if you need something to start a fire with

[OverTheLast]

What podcasts do people listen to for racing? I've really disengaged from them generally (eats too much into my reading time, which I prefer) but they all seem to have faults; Duke is a terrible addition to Weighed In, which has just become myopic insider racing bubble moaning (in particular they whine about marketing a lot, and as a marketing professional I find their points infuriatingly stupid) - plus they couldn't tip a table these days, Off The Fence has Keenan who is always worth a listen but man alive Bazza is a potent insomnia cure, Racehour is ok but I find it too rough around the edges and headstrong at times, and the less said about the 3 hour kazakhstani national state broadcast the better.

What's good, particularly for Cheltenham. Wish list - mild craic, strong opinions lightly held

Couldn't agree more Robith - can't stand listening to Duke .. everything seems to be an attempt at witty banter

[Kevloaf]

You can have some of my antepost betting slips if you need something to start a fire with

Haha, got enough of my own. Too hot if anything actually

[FinalFurlong91]

Haha, got enough of my own. Too hot if anything actually

With the way the novice hurdles have gone we could have a Fatjockey bonfire in your garden

[Ice]

My boiler has broken. Need a new one. That is NOT ideal in January is it

I thought this was a great subtle joke kev, ideal and boilers !

[Cheltenham Novice Chase]

I thought this was a great subtle joke kev, ideal and boilers !

Certainly a good combi

[Cheltenham Novice Chase]

Certainly a good combi

Oh come on, that was a Vaillant attempt at humour

[Ice]

Oh come on, that was a Vaillant attempt at humour

I thought we were all out of boiler jokes and then bosch !

[HesTheOne]

What podcasts do people listen to for racing? I've really disengaged from them generally (eats too much into my reading time, which I prefer) but they all seem to have faults; Duke is a terrible addition to Weighed In, which has just become myopic insider racing bubble moaning (in particular they whine about marketing a lot, and as a marketing professional I find their points infuriatingly stupid) - plus they couldn't tip a table these days, Off The Fence has Keenan who is always worth a listen but man alive Bazza is a potent insomnia cure, Racehour is ok but I find it too rough around the edges and headstrong at times, and the less said about the 3 hour kazakhstani national state broadcast the better.

What's good, particularly for Cheltenham. Wish list - mild craic, strong opinions lightly held

Mainstream ones Uping The Ante, Paddy Power, RTC

Irish Racing - Take A Pull - Andy and Dec are great - shrewd, irishracing.com podcast can be pretty good with Emma Nagle, Vincent Fagen Donn McClean others, Champ TV are good they seam to be in the know a bit, two lads on Were Going Chasing are good obvs very close to Robcour and in the UK LTR and Cheltmental,

[Eggs]

After Jay jay reillys win in the lanzarote I think it's worth highlighting Calico for the betfair hurdle.
He's currently still 33/1 with william hill while being 16/1 with most other bookmakers.
After today I'm sure owner/trainer combo will be full of confidence in running calico back over hurdles, on a 10lb lower mark than his current chase mark.
I believe he's better still over fences, but even if 142 is his ceiling there's no reason to believe he can't reach a similar mark over hurdles.
His backform over hurdles isn't the worst, and i believe his improvement came about from wearing cheekpieces, something he's yet to wear over hurdles.
I'd say he has a minimum 8lbs in hand, probably more with better ground.
Running him in the betfair hurdle will be a good prep for the grand annual, without affecting his chase rating and going all out for the win.

I've Had a few points e/w myself, i'd certainly encourage anyone to have a good look at him before will hill realise their mistake

….Calico finally cut 14-1 by Hills.

[Speedy17]

The problem with The Finishing Line is they have a couple of pretty unlikeable people on it, and just sling out to anyone who doesn't agree with them.

I like LTR, The Jumps Show and The Race Hour, particularly the Race Hour with Dermo and when Don MacLean & Cass are on there... The Paddy Power one that's just started is great for Rory's selections, but Ruby couldn't tip a wheel barrow... His only two ante post picks are in the Ryanair FFS. UTA is brilliant imo but that's well renowned. The Betfair Cheltenham one with Daryl Carter and Kevin Blake is also fairly decent.

Might have to update this after LTR latest... Their ante post picks this week are questionable ABW needs to disconnect from his Stables he speaks to like Paul Nolan, too biased.

Also I've decided Halligan on The Finishing Line is unpalatable. Just my views.

[Eggs]

…A Plus Tard to enjoy a happy retirement.

https://www.attheraces.com/news/2024/January/18/cheltenham-gold-cup-hero-a-plus-tard-retired