Morning.
I'm all behind today & have loads to do so today will be singularly brief.
Traffic was typically Monday, & as was the case all of last week (weekend excepted) the late night stuff performed poorly.
Cheltenham starts today. The fields are a bit meh, but even so it's hugely exciting, though less so without spectators. And if ITV Racing produce an "artificial crowd roar" I think I might just throw something at the TV.
£700 7 @ 7 £1,176
£1,000 BH £1,600
£8,000 Marksman £8,550
£2,000 Mini £2,125
£1,500 Mega £1,580
£2,500 Sheriff £2,500
£1,500 Reload £1,854
£2,000 Turbo £2,000
£2,000 Quicky £2,000
£1,500 MidEx £1,500
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7 at 7 Bounty Hunter (£1,176)
Arcticsham, a freezeout specialist, took 7 @ 7, and completed a double early this morning when winning a 34 runner £50 Turbo BH.
The rail were rooting for PKRPar but the likeable Scot was always a little low on chips in the Final & could not quite find the 2XUp he needed.
@Arcticsham 336000 1 £160.23 + £84.46 Head Prizes 10
@ossieboy 0 2 £96.14 + £48 Head Prizes 11
@Arrogant 0 3 £58.80 + £7.89 Head Prizes 3
@PKRPar 0 4 £46.16 + £33.18 Head Prizes 7
@AMB0808 0 5 £39.40 + £26.90 Head Prizes 8
@crusaders 0 6 £33.16 + £7.86 Head Prizes 1
£1,000 Bounty Hunter (£1,600)
At long last The Bates is returning to form, like a sleeping giant awakening, though he's not often referred to as a giant. He was winning this for the 2nd time in 6 nights & if his form continues he'll have a good UKOPS.
In 6th, blondie505 was making this Final for the third time inside a month.
@MattBates 240000 1 £228 + £157.55 Head Prizes 7
@scott1904 0 2 £146.40 + £58.59 Head Prizes 7
@GFKIJKLL 0 3 £91.20 + £31.99 Head Prizes 3
@jessicash 0 4 £74 + £84.02 Head Prizes 6
@aub 0 5 £60.40 + £15 Head Prizes 2
@blondie505 0 6 £50.40 + £26.26 Head Prizes 3
£8,000 Marksman Bounty Hunter (£8,550)
A second Main Event win in 4 nights for the 92 rated roddy28, Avenger on Friday for some £2,600, & now Marksman for £1580. That's Cheltenham paid for.
waller02, who is a bit of an Avenger specialist, with two recent finals (2nd & 4th) was runner-up, a very fine effort all things considered. His form improved dramatically a few weeks ago when he gave up drinking, but it was only a temporary improvement as he resumed drinking at about noon the following day. He has a side income these days helping poker players overcome anger management issues now that he's super zen.
Good to see Villa fan 68 Trebor making an appearance.
@roddy28 1425000 1 £1132.88 + £449.42 Head Prizes 11
@waller02 0 2 £675.45 + £11.25 Head Prizes 1
@sadierose 0 3 £406.12 + £299.49 Head Prizes 15
@al873killl 0 4 £320.62 + £194.61 Head Prizes 10
@STAN1980 0 5 £271.46 + £15.47 Head Prizes 1
@68Trebor 0 6 £226.57 + £97.26 Head Prizes 6
£2,000 Mini Marksman (£2,125)
We have seen very little of liamboi11 this year & he had been AWOL for almost a week when showing up last night & taking down the Mini.
A few weeks ago the ever-lovable & chunky @shrimpy28, a James Corden lookalike if I ever saw one, had a wonderful night, winning Avenger, 3rd in BWBH & 4th in Midex. He returned to form here with 3rd in the Mini, money which I'm sure he will invest wisely at Cheltenham.
6th was HONEYBUSH, & so those who back "names" in horse races might have to bet Honeysuckle in the Unibet at Cheltenham today.
@liamboi11 850000 1 £265.62 + £58.54 Head Prizes 6
@ddomo 0 2 £148.75 + £58.72 Head Prizes 12
@Shrimpy28 0 3 £87.76 + £14.38 Head Prizes 5
@Benjy98 0 4 £69.59 + £23.89 Head Prizes 6
@johnnyy 0 5 £58.44 + £12.54 Head Prizes 5
@HONEYBUSH 0 6 £47.28 + £33.23 Head Prizes 8
£1,500 Mega Stack B/Hunter (£1,580)
duncan1979 had some big scores last year, including a Sharpshooter win & 2nd in BWBH, but we've heard very little of him since.
3rd was Duesenberg, aka One Plain, One Pearl, as he loves nitting. Nerd alert there for readers of knitting patterns. And if you want lessons on how to knit, this is how you knit plain stitch;
Over, under, through, round.
True, check it out. Did not google it either.
@duncan1979 790000 1 £229.10 + £156 Head Prizes 8
@rudders602 0 2 £150.10 + £37.50 Head Prizes 5
@Duesenberg 0 3 £92.83 + £64.93 Head Prizes 4
@Makaka 0 4 £75.05 + £69.37 Head Prizes 8
@heddoh18 0 5 £61.23 + £68.90 Head Prizes 7
@-LEON- 0 6 £51.35 + £63.27 Head Prizes 7
£2,500 Sheriff Bounty Hunter (£2,500)
cabbaz has been prolific in March, a Sharpshooter win, 4th in the Major, & wins in Sheriff, Turbo & Quicky.
@cabbaz 250000 1 £462.50 + £341.77 Head Prizes 7
@lolufold 0 2 £275 + £205.09 Head Prizes 8
@railtard11 0 3 £187.50 + £67.97 Head Prizes 3
@GFKIJKLL 0 4 £137.50 + £18.75 Head Prizes 1
@DivsDreams 0 5 £100 + £46.88 Head Prizes 2
@Francotir 0 6 £87.50 + £72.65 Head Prizes 3
£1,500 Reload Rebuy B/Hunter (£1,854)
This went to ribeiro66, his b4eat score since winning Sharpshooter Mini late last year.
The much-improved form of hendry01 continues to impress, two wins in 4 night recently, and a handful of FT's.
@ribeiro66 1674000 1 £245.66 + £93.75 Head Prizes 12
@hendry1 0 2 £146.47 + £34.95 Head Prizes 9
@Rynn17 0 3 £88.06 + £31.87 Head Prizes 6
@ebb69 0 4 £69.53 + £29.63 Head Prizes 5
@GFKIJKLL 0 5 £58.86 + £28.26 Head Prizes 5
@Thompson 0 6 £49.13 + £16.41 Head Prizes 4
£2,000 Turbo Bounty Hunter (£2,000)
thoughtfox took Turbo, with tonyp142 making his 2nd late night FT in 3 nights.
Poor old KLL-y, that's THREE consecutive Finals, finishing 4th, 5th & 5th. Later, he ran 3rd in MidEx too.
@thoughtfox 280000 1 £429.20 + £195.76 Head Prizes 6
@Easybluff 0 2 £255.20 + £43.08 Head Prizes 2
@tonyp142 0 3 £174 + £59.77 Head Prizes 4
@darsum333 0 4 £127.60 + £59.76 Head Prizes 3
@GFKIJKLL 0 5 £92.80 + £59.06 Head Prizes 5
@billtackle 0 6 £81.20 + £14.06 Head Prizes 1
2,000 Quickdraw (£2,000)
wizzer89, playing just his 8th MTT in two months, took Quicky, with railtard 2nd, yet another cash by AKAscotty in 4th & destinycod 6th.
@Wizzer89 246000 1 £381.10 + £286.96 Head Prizes 10
@railtard11 0 2 £226.60 + £60.27 Head Prizes 2
@wolvercat 0 3 £154.50 + £37.50 Head Prizes 4
@AKAscotty 0 4 £113.30 + £121.07 Head Prizes 5
@K_1rving 0 5 £82.40 0
@destinycod 0 6 £72.10 + £129.97 Head Prizes 5
£1,500 Midnight Express B/Hunter (£1,500)
As I suggested at the top of the thread, I'm short of time today, so no write up on Midex today, though a momentary peruse suggests it was a weak renewal.
@NOSTRI 171000 1 £344.10 + £173.38 Head Prizes 9
@SPURS20251 0 2 £204.60 + £78.76 Head Prizes 9
@GFKIJKLL 0 3 £139.50 + £28.60 Head Prizes 3
@smirnoff65 0 4 £102.30 + £31.89 Head Prizes 3
@lolufold 0 5 £74.40 + £41.73 Head Prizes 4
@Francotir 0 6 £65.10 + £7.50 Head Prizes 1
UKOPS Main Event Semi (19 entries)
@CT501 17122.50 1 UKOPS 34 £30,000 MAIN EVENT
@lolufold 8450 2 UKOPS 34 £30,000 MAIN EVENT
@roddy28 8345 3 UKOPS 34 £30,000 MAIN EVENT
@Simmoducks 4082.50 4 UKOPS 34 £30,000 MAIN EVENT
Hon Mentions
For terrific efforts in Main & Mini...
@waller02
@Shrimpy28
POTD
Wining the Main for the 2nd time in 4 nights is exceptional, so this goes to;
@roddy28
900 million views on You Tube. Absolute belter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A
Cheltenham starts today. The fields are a bit meh, but even so it's hugely exciting, though less so without spectators. And if ITV Racing produce an "artificial crowd roar" I think I might just throw something at the TV."
Telly duly smashed.