Countdown To Ecstacy ! Well, that was the title of a 'Steely Dan' Album, and on Tuesday we get the best weeks racing in the year ..The Cheltenham Festival !
Final preparations and countdown are now in place and the best news for me is Jonjo has nailed his colours to the mast as far as 'Get Me Out Of Here" is concerned , he's a definite for the Supreme Novice on the first day ...
Any doubts over Get Me Out Of Here's target for Cheltenham disappeared when he didn't feature among the six-day acceptors for the Vincent O'Brien County Hurdle. Jonjo O'Neill's charge will run in the opening race of the Festival, the Spinal Research Supreme Novices' Hurdle.
However the master of Jackdaws Castle is still responsible for the top-weight in Friday's handicap, the recent French import Rock Noir.
Quantatitiveasing's Festival options were reduced by one when he was taken out of the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle as was another leading fancy Bygones Of Brid.
Other good news is from Ireland where Andrew McNamara feels "Tranquil Sea" and "Alaivan" are his two best chances of glory at Cheltenham.
The Irish jockey teams up with the Edward O'Grady-trained duo in Thursday's Ryanair Chase and the JCB Triumph Hurdle on Friday respectively.
"All's very well with Tranquil Sea. He did a piece of work yesterday. I didn't ride him but I saw him and he was in great form," said McNamara .
This week is definitely Bennys favourite week of the year !!
Good Luck Benny i can't wait for Cheltenham to start either and will be cheering on some of your selections....! Arkle - Sizing Europe (on at 16/1 from before his 1st race this season!) Champion Hurdle - Go Native (on at 8/1,might have saver on Zaynar he has to have a great chance and wouldn't worry about last run on that ground) Mares Hurdle - Voler la Vedette (on 9/2 the way she beat go native whose fav for champ hurdle was impressive) Ryan Air - Tranquil sea (cheer with you) Neptune Novice Hurdle - Rite of Passage (cheer with you) Triumph Hurdle - Alaivan (on at 8/1 cheer with you, but also had tip for According a few months back same ownership as zaynars but think its out to 40/1.I have heard that According is the worst winning result on ladbrokes books!) Champion Bumper - Shot from the hip
Have a great festival and be lucky!!!!!Cheers Dave.
well....seemed to have turned the corner and coming up out of the poker doldrums.
This week has seen me play five tournements and final table twice [ 3rd and 9th] the other 3 finishes were either on the bubble or just outside it. ......Just can't crack that number 1 spot though!
Still, if my luck is in I might put some of my winnings on Benny's CHELTENHAM tips!
hiya m8 many thanks for chelthnam tips have backed them as a patent & a win on dtw National Hunt Novices Chase - NR Money Back Poker De Sivola @ 14/1 Triumph Hurdle - NR Money Back Alaivan @ 4/1 Ryanair Chase - NR Money Back Tranquil Sea @ 4/1 Queen Mother Champion Chase- NR Money Back Big Zeb @ 15/2 Posted by DTWBANDIT
Hi ya mate ..Well good luck us all, I'll be at the course tomorrow (St Patricks Day) My fancies are ..
..... no-bet ..........13:30 Cheltenham
4/1 Rite Of Passage...14:05 Cheltenham
6/1 Diamond Harry...14:40 Cheltenham + Long Run
10/1 Big Zeb ...15:20 Cheltenham + Master Minded
8/1 Quantitativeeasing...16:00 Cheltenham
6/1 Sanctuaire ...16:40 Cheltenham (nap . my one big bet of the day)
AN IRISH BLONDE IN A CASINO An attractive blonde from Cork , Ireland arrived at the casino. She seemed a little intoxicated and bet twenty-thousand Euros on a single roll of the dice.
She said, 'I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude'.
With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and with an Irish brogue yelled, 'Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!'
As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down and squealed...'YES! YES! I WON, I WON!'
She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed.
The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded. Finally, one of them asked, 'What did she roll?'
The other answered, 'I don't know - I thought you were watching.'
I went down this morning to sign up my Dog for welfare. At first the lady said, "Dogs are not eligible to draw welfare". So I explained to her that my Dog is, unemployed, lazy, can't speak English and has not a clue who his Daddy is.
So she looked in her policy book to see what it takes to qualify.
The last day of 'The Cheltenham Festival' Friday, see's the climax of a brilliant weeks racing .... I'm still trying to sober up after seeing 'Sanctuaire' and Ruby Walsh steel the show on Wednesday, so whatever happens today (Friday), will just be the 'icing on the cake' for this great spectacle of the horse racing calender.... So my bets are....
'Alaivan ' 1.30pm (win) 3rd
'Bellvano' 2.05pm (small e/w) (0) ) 'Restless Harry' 2.40pm (win) ( doh fell at the last)
2nd dog; Because i saw the postman walking up the path so i bit him as hard as i could..... What are you in here for?
1st dog; Well, my mistress was getting dressed and i was in the bedroom with her. She bent right over with her bottom facing me to pull up her knickers and i couldn't resist it. I ran over and jumped on her and started to give her one.
2nd dog; My god thats really bad, so you're here to be put down as well?
1st dog; No, i'm here to have my toenails clipped!!!!!!
ive got £50 ew on denman benny,surely its gotta come in top 3????? Posted by DAVEYZZ
Yes Davey, Denman ran a great race for you, well done... As you see I managed to find the winner , Imperial Commander(ty Paddy) and even did the reverse fcst with the 2 Nichols horses ............
Someone asked me in a post here earlier this year, about the WSOP and would I like to go there ... well, I told them, "If its a choice between The Cheltenham Festival or Las Vegas, give me Cheltenham every time" !! These people (racing people) have a different outlook to life, they enjoy life and I just love being in their company...That's not to say that I dont like the company of poker players, but the 'bad-beat' stories are always the same .. In racing, the stories are always different and you can enjoy an evening drinking and laughing at some of the most funniest tales of the turf..
A funny one for me this week was the legendary layer in the ring Helen Mason, she was offering 13/2 "Sanctuarie", I asked her for 7/1...? her answer , "For you young man, i'll lay ya"!! Well you can imagine .. my mates never stopped all night, taking the 'Michael' out of me (young man, I'll lay ya !! yeaaaa in your dreams Benny....) Needless to say we got smashed on the night, singing, Ruby Ruby Ruby Rubyyyy....after all in was St Patrick's Day.......and "Sanctuaire" had won by 9 lengths .
glk guys and gals keep the jokes coming .....
Paddy walks into the surgery and punches the doctor on the nose' ! "You bassa , telling my wife she had a lovely fan ny" .. Doctor says, "Ouch...No... I told her she had 'acute angina' ...
As the evening closed over The Cheltenham Festival, it was time to put the racing memories on hold and head for the poker tables that is SkyPoker !
Would the "poker fairy' be as kind as 'lady luck' at the races ?
Well, she sat on my shoulder for the WSOP quarter final satellite to gain entry into Sunday nights semi, to finish in the top 10 ....
So I asked her, "Do you want to hang around for the "Midnight 300gtd" ? She said , "Well come on then , get some chips and I'll sit a while "
And this is what happened ...
£300 GuaranteedTournament CompleteFinished at 02:17 - 20 Mar This is a TV-only gameStarts AtStarted AtBuy-InRunning ForPrize PoolRegisteredPlayers LeftChipsBlind LimitsBlinds CurrentNextInStacks LargestAverageSmallest1bennydip2 - £192 + 30 League Points2CALSO - £120 + 26 League Points3Avster - £72 + 18 League Points4welp - £52.80 + 12 League Points5bigurn - £43.20 + 6 League PointsRebuys/Addons available
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Never Lose Your Grandson!
A heartwarming story . . .
A small boy was lost at a large shopping mall.
He approached a uniformed policeman and said,
"I've lost grandpaay grandpa!"
"The cop asked,
"What's he like?"
The little boy hesitated for a moment and then replied,
"Jack Daniels and women with big **** s."
Final preparations and countdown are now in place and the best news for me is Jonjo has nailed his colours to the mast as far as 'Get Me Out Of Here" is concerned , he's a definite for the Supreme Novice on the first day ...
Any doubts over Get Me Out Of Here's target for Cheltenham disappeared when he didn't feature among the six-day acceptors for the Vincent O'Brien County Hurdle. Jonjo O'Neill's charge will run in the opening race of the Festival, the Spinal Research Supreme Novices' Hurdle.
However the master of Jackdaws Castle is still responsible for the top-weight in Friday's handicap, the recent French import Rock Noir.
Quantatitiveasing's Festival options were reduced by one when he was taken out of the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle as was another leading fancy Bygones Of Brid.
Other good news is from Ireland where Andrew McNamara feels "Tranquil Sea" and "Alaivan" are his two best chances of glory at Cheltenham.
The Irish jockey teams up with the Edward O'Grady-trained duo in Thursday's Ryanair Chase and the JCB Triumph Hurdle on Friday respectively.
"All's very well with Tranquil Sea. He did a piece of work yesterday. I didn't ride him but I saw him and he was in great form," said McNamara .
This week is definitely Bennys favourite week of the year !!
Champion Hurdle - Go Native (on at 8/1,might have saver on Zaynar he has to have a great chance and wouldn't worry about last run on that ground)
Mares Hurdle - Voler la Vedette (on 9/2 the way she beat go native whose fav for champ hurdle was impressive)
Ryan Air - Tranquil sea (cheer with you)
Neptune Novice Hurdle - Rite of Passage (cheer with you)
Triumph Hurdle - Alaivan (on at 8/1 cheer with you, but also had tip for According a few months back same ownership as zaynars but think its out to 40/1.I have heard that According is the worst winning result on ladbrokes books!)
Champion Bumper - Shot from the hip
Have a great festival and be lucky!!!!!Cheers Dave.
Have sent you a pm regarding Cheltenham!
All the best,
Craig
(aka: OnlyOneCT)
This week has seen me play five tournements and final table twice [ 3rd and 9th] the other 3 finishes were either on the bubble or just outside it. ......Just can't crack that number 1 spot though!
Still, if my luck is in I might put some of my winnings on Benny's CHELTENHAM tips!
hiya m8 many thanks for chelthnam tips have backed them as a patent & a win on dtw
My fancies are ..
..... no-bet ..........13:30 Cheltenham
4/1 Rite Of Passage...14:05 Cheltenham
6/1 Diamond Harry...14:40 Cheltenham + Long Run
10/1 Big Zeb ...15:20 Cheltenham + Master Minded
8/1 Quantitativeeasing...16:00 Cheltenham
6/1 Sanctuaire ...16:40 Cheltenham (nap . my one big bet of the day)
10/1 Day Of A Lifetime ...17:15 Cheltenham
glk all
Enjoy the Festival
6/1 Diamond Harry...14:40 Cheltenham + Long Run 0
10/1 Big Zeb ...15:20 Cheltenham + Master Minded 1st
8/1 Quantitativeeasing...16:00 Cheltenham 0
6/1 Sanctuaire ...16:40 Cheltenham (nap . my one big bet of the day) 1st ..(Get In)
as 'webby' would say , "hope this helped" !!
AN IRISH BLONDE IN A CASINO
An attractive blonde from Cork , Ireland arrived at the casino. She seemed a little intoxicated and bet twenty-thousand Euros on a single roll of the dice.
She said, 'I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude'.
With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and with an Irish brogue yelled, 'Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!'
As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down and squealed...'YES! YES! I WON, I WON!'
She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed.
The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded.
Finally, one of them asked, 'What did she roll?'
The other answered,
'I don't know - I thought you were watching.'
MORAL OF THE STORY -
Not all Irish are drunks,
not all blondes are dumb,
but all men... are men !!
12/1 - Jered ...13:30 8/1 - Ainama ...14:05
4/1 - Tranquil Sea ...14:40
9/1 - Karabak ...15:20 + (Rvse Fcst with "Big Bucks")
16/1 - My Petra ...16:00 (nap)
all e/w betting .. glk all
I went down this morning to sign up my Dog for welfare. At first the lady said, "Dogs are not eligible to draw welfare". So I explained to her that my Dog is, unemployed, lazy, can't speak English and has not a clue who his Daddy is.
So she looked in her policy book to see what it takes to qualify.
My Dog gets his first cheque Friday.
What a great country this is !
I'm still trying to sober up after seeing 'Sanctuaire' and Ruby Walsh steel the show on Wednesday, so whatever happens today (Friday),
will just be the 'icing on the cake' for this great spectacle of the horse racing calender.... So my bets are....
'Alaivan ' 1.30pm (win) 3rd
'Bellvano' 2.05pm (small e/w) (0)
)
'Restless Harry' 2.40pm (win) ( doh fell at the last)
'Imperial Commander' 3.20pm (small e/w) ....... 1st (get in)
'Dun Doire' 4.00pm (small e/w) (0 )
'Peveril' 4.40pm (win) (nap) (4th did e/w in the end)
glk all ....
"Sanctuaire" above, jumps the last at Cheltenham on Wednesday to win by 9 lengths !
1st dog; What are you in here for?
2nd dog; I am here to be put down.
1st dog; Why?
2nd dog; Because i saw the postman walking up the path so i bit him as hard as i could..... What are you in here for?
1st dog; Well, my mistress was getting dressed and i was in the bedroom with her. She bent right over with her bottom facing me to pull up her knickers and i couldn't resist it. I ran over and jumped on her and started to give her one.
2nd dog; My god thats really bad, so you're here to be put down as well?
1st dog; No, i'm here to have my toenails clipped!!!!!!
Because they've got no balls to scratch !!!
One says to he other..'If this plane tipped upside down do you think we'd fall out?'
The other one said..'No bruv...I think we'll always be friends'
As you see I managed to find the winner , Imperial Commander(ty Paddy) and even did the reverse fcst with the 2 Nichols horses ............
Someone asked me in a post here earlier this year, about the WSOP and would I like to go there ... well, I told them,
"If its a choice between The Cheltenham Festival or Las Vegas, give me Cheltenham every time" !!
These people (racing people) have a different outlook to life, they enjoy life and I just love being in their company...That's not to say that I dont like the company of poker players, but the 'bad-beat' stories are always the same .. In racing, the stories are always different and you can enjoy an evening drinking and laughing at some of the most funniest tales of the turf..
A funny one for me this week was the legendary layer in the ring Helen Mason, she was offering 13/2 "Sanctuarie", I asked her for 7/1...? her answer ,
"For you young man, i'll lay ya"!!
Well you can imagine .. my mates never stopped all night, taking the 'Michael' out of me (young man, I'll lay ya !! yeaaaa in your dreams Benny....)
Needless to say we got smashed on the night, singing, Ruby Ruby Ruby Rubyyyy....after all in was St Patrick's Day.......and "Sanctuaire" had won by 9 lengths .
glk guys and gals keep the jokes coming .....
Paddy walks into the surgery and punches the doctor on the nose' !
"You bassa , telling my wife she had a lovely fan ny" ..
Doctor says,
"Ouch...No... I told her she had 'acute angina' ...
Would the "poker fairy' be as kind as 'lady luck' at the races ?
Well, she sat on my shoulder for the WSOP quarter final satellite to gain entry into Sunday nights semi, to finish in the top 10 ....
So I asked her,
"Do you want to hang around for the "Midnight 300gtd" ?
She said ,
"Well come on then , get some chips and I'll sit a while "
And this is what happened ...
£300 GuaranteedTournament CompleteFinished at 02:17 - 20 Mar This is a TV-only gameStarts AtStarted AtBuy-InRunning ForPrize PoolRegisteredPlayers LeftChipsBlind LimitsBlinds CurrentNextInStacks LargestAverageSmallest1bennydip2 - £192 + 30 League Points2CALSO - £120 + 26 League Points3Avster - £72 + 18 League Points4welp - £52.80 + 12 League Points5bigurn - £43.20 + 6 League PointsRebuys/Addons available