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Brital

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A number of us appear to have Sky accounts and the Cheltenham forum Yankees are popular presumably because we enjoy the thought of us all winning together.

I thought we might enjoy a Sky thread where each week we post the best value horses for next years Cheltenham at the odds Sky are offering?

It would also have the added bonus of helping to maintain traffic during the quieter flat months.

As a starter for ten.

Road to Respect is 25/1 for the Gold Cup. I thought he ran creditably on ground that was too easy for him and with hopefully firmer going next year would come into the equation.
 
Brital - Sky were doing a number of festival enhancements from a fair way out, worth tracking these as they appear.
They also went NRNB first I think, at least on champs races...
 
Istabraq said:
Brital - Sky were doing a number of festival enhancements from a fair way out, worth tracking these as they appear.
They also went NRNB first I think, at least on champs races...
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I’m pretty sure they were NRNB on the Supreme around Christmas as well.
 
Anybody have an indication as to what race douvan will be aimed at for next years festival??surely gold cup now..25s cud be gud price with pp...
 
I don't know of anything Weldo. I've pencilled him in for the Gold Cup though. When WM talks of Footpad as a future Gold Cup contender and going up in distance I think thats for 2020. IMO Douvan is still the best Chaser and was travelling better than anything I saw running at the Festival this year. He needs to be going at a slower pace though and he's bred to stay. I believe that now is the right time for him to be tried at 3M + to see if he's a contender. If he stays he wins I reckon.
 
Reading several threads the 2 horses receiving a degree of attention are Douvan and Balko des Flos both for the Gold Cup and both 25/1.

I like the BdF suggestion but unfortunately he’s only 20/1 with Sky so this week’s Monday free bet will go on RTR.

Week 1: Gold Cup - Road to Respect 25/1.

Week 2 shout outs start now and I promise not to select one of my own this week :devilish:
 
Altior, Buveur D’Air, Presenting Percy trebles for the free fivers for me...
 
Good idea for a thread this. I’ll update as I’m going along each week on what I use the free bet on. Some weeks I won’t qualify for it as I don’t always bet with skybet. Most weeks I qualify and stick them on multiples for Cheltenham but occasionally I top up bets for the Grand National, Royal Ascot or Epsom.

So far:
Week 1 - Canadian: Next Destination (RSA) 12/1, Altior (CC) 6/4, Samcro (JLT) 4/1, Monalee (Ryanair) 14/1, Might Bite (GC) 6/1
Week 2 - Gold Present (Grand National) 22/1 e/w
 
Middle_Of_March said:
Good idea for a thread this. I’ll update as I’m going along each week on what I use the free bet on. Some weeks I won’t qualify for it as I don’t always bet with skybet. Most weeks I qualify and stick them on multiples for Cheltenham but occasionally I top up bets for the Grand National, Royal Ascot or Epsom.

So far:
Week 1 - Canadian: Next Destination (RSA) 12/1, Altior (CC) 6/4, Samcro (JLT) 4/1, Monalee (Ryanair) 14/1, Might Bite (GC) 6/1
Week 2 - Gold Present (Grand National) 22/1 e/w
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MoM, I’d be careful using your free bets for e/w plays.
For example, I presume you’ve done £2.50 ew so if GP places, then at a quarter odds you’re getting 5.5 but you don’t get your stake back, plus I believe they take the rest of the £5 free bet (another £2.50) off your winnings so that will knock that back down by another point.

I very rarely use FB for e/w stakes, but will be happy to hear if I’ve got that wrong.
 
Brital said:
Hi Istabraq, that’s a decent shout - what were your odds for that treble?
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6/4, 5/2 and 6/1, which doesn't represent huge value but it's a free bet and a few fivers in it becomes a nice interest...
 
Brital said:
MoM, I’d be careful using your free bets for e/w plays.
For example, I presume you’ve done £2.50 ew so if GP places, then at a quarter odds you’re getting 5.5 but you don’t get your stake back, plus I believe they take the rest of the £5 free bet (another £2.50) off your winnings so that will knock that back down by another point.

I very rarely use FB for e/w stakes, but will be happy to hear if I’ve got that wrong.
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Anyone who knows me from The Racing Forum, would know I was all over One For Arthur in the National last year and was backing him pretty much all season. But I really don’t fancy anything this year but as it’s the national, I feel obliged to at least have an interest. So I thought a few quid each way on Gold Present and Bellshill (the latter I’ll bet if he runs), will do me. I thought I’d start off by using that free bet and I’ll probably do the same next week. At least then my interest isnt costing me my own money (as silly as that sounds for a few quid).

So I’ve used a few free bets on Gold Present this week (one of which was that skybet fiver). Your point about the each way is a good one but I didn’t think about it. Tbh I rarely bet each way but I’d take an each way return this year. Not seen a National as wide open as it is this year. It’s a stark contrast to last year as I fancied OFA more than any horse in my life.

I used my free bets from November onwards on multiples for Cheltenham this year. Many were trixies if Altior, Samcro and apples Shakira. That tactic nearly worked but I like the idea mentioned of varying it up. A few doubles, some Yankees, the any race market etc. If I can use 35 Free skybet fivers over the course of the year on Cheltenham 2019, that’ll do me nicely.
 
Exactly MOM.
I have Kev to thank for my free bets, always used to get them and not use them, didn’t consider fivers to be worthwhile but I realised if I found a nice 16/1 or thereabouts bet and kept pressing the same bet for a few weeks it became a nice interest...
 
Istabraq said:
Exactly MOM.
I have Kev to thank for my free bets, always used to get them and not use them, didn’t consider fivers to be worthwhile but I realised if I found a nice 16/1 or thereabouts bet and kept pressing the same bet for a few weeks it became a nice interest...
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I think the PP offer of 5x £10 bets (£50 stake) for a £10 free bet is also worth people thinking about if they're going to do similar. £15 a week adds up quite quickly ....over a year....

As a general rule - any "free bet" I get goes on Cheltenham.

I would always punt more than £75 a weekend on the Saturday action so I tend to find I do it without thinking although often forget to use PP


A couple of my friends go for life changing acca's and while I wish them good luck ... I would always try to imagine it was "real" money and if I wouldn't place a real £5, £10 or whatever on the "acca"... I wouldn't put a free bet on it....

That said, I do also use them on horses where the price is only good because of the chance of another race.

An example would be Douvan at 25/1 in the Gold Cup with Sky.
NO CHANCE he'd be a 25/1 shot....
NO CHANCE I'd put any money on it at this stage regardless of the price.
 
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Kevloaf said:
I think the PP offer of 5x £10 bets (£50 stake) for a £10 free bet is also worth people thinking about if they're going to do similar. £15 a week adds up quite quickly ....over a year....
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Handy if you haven't had your account shut down/restricted to pitiful levels...
 
Kevloaf said:
I think the PP offer of 5x £10 bets (£50 stake) for a £10 free bet is also worth people thinking about if they're going to do similar. £15 a week adds up quite quickly ....over a year....

As a general rule - any "free bet" I get goes on Cheltenham.

I would always punt more than £75 a weekend on the Saturday action so I tend to find I do it without thinking although often forget to use PP


A couple of my friends go for life changing acca's and while I wish them good luck ... I would always try to imagine it was "real" money and if I wouldn't place a real £5, £10 or whatever on the "acca"... I wouldn't put a free bet on it....

That said, I do also use them on horses where the price is only good because of the chance of another race.

An example would be Douvan at 25/1 in the Gold Cup with Sky.
NO CHANCE he'd be a 25/1 shot....
NO CHANCE I'd put any money on it at this stage regardless of the price.
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Coral do an offer for bet £25 online and you get a fiver online freebet and a fiver in shop freebet
 
Hi MoM,

Is that a new promotion from Coral?
I’d never noticed that before but it’s definitely one to consider.

Al.
 
My £5 free just went on Santini RSA 16/1.

Two so far have gone on Douvan 25/1 Gold Cup

Two have gone on Laurina, Altior, Samcro 25/1 any race

(I've got more than one Sky account - although from now on will only be using one because of the relative effort and I'm actually going to change my staking plan after the GN I think)
 
Brital said:
Hi MoM,

Is that a new promotion from Coral?
I’d never noticed that before but it’s definitely one to consider.

Al.
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Hi,

I’m not sure how long it’s been going tbh. You have to opt in to it and bets only qualify if placed between Monday and Thursday. Free bet is credited on Friday to be used over that weekend but the bet can be on something antepost.
 
Kevloaf said:
My £5 free just went on Santini RSA 16/1.

Two so far have gone on Douvan 25/1 Gold Cup

Two have gone on Laurina, Altior, Samcro 25/1 any race

(I've got more than one Sky account - although from now on will only be using one because of the relative effort and I'm actually going to change my staking plan after the GN I think)
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I look forward to the write up of the new staking plan kev
 
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