Christmas Present for Horse racing fan

flowerpot

Wondering if you have any gift ideas for a big horse racing fan. Max to spend is about 100 euros .. Wondering is there a good magazine that I could get a yearly subscription to? Or maybe a good book that you can recommend ..Any gift ideas would be wonderful .Thanks in advance

gscully

flowerpot wrote: »

Wondering if you have any gift ideas for a big horse racing fan. Max to spend is about 100 euros .. Wondering is there a good magazine that I could get a yearly subscription to? Or maybe a good book that you can recommend ..Any gift ideas would be wonderful .Thanks in advance

Try www.cheltenhamcollection.co.uk

They've some good stuff on there.

I bought my dad the Cheltenham Hall of Fame Trilogy DVD. Hope he's not reading this!!!

RichieLawlor

Go to a betting office, obtain a betting slip, Write Captain Cee Bee to win the Arkle, take the price, hand over betting slip to cashier with 100 euro.

Fantasic present imo

mdwexford

RichieLawlor wrote: »

Go to a betting office, obtain a betting slip, Write Captain Cee Bee to win the Arkle, take the price, hand over betting slip to cashier with 100 euro.

Fantasic present imo

You're so easily impressed, what a fish.

careca

Tickets for his local/fav racetrack.
Paul Nicholls new book (decent).
Bookie vouchers.
Subscription to Racing UK.

Whyno

PP vouchures
Mick Fitz auto-biography
Paul Nicholls book

Morgans

flowerpot wrote: »

Wondering if you have any gift ideas for a big horse racing fan. Max to spend is about 100 euros .. Wondering is there a good magazine that I could get a yearly subscription to? Or maybe a good book that you can recommend ..Any gift ideas would be wonderful .Thanks in advance

One present that you could do is a photo/painting of his favourite horse/personality. Got a present of a Moscow Flyer photo a few years back. Nice thought. http://www.racingpostpix.co.uk/ is probably the handiest.

Whyno

Morgans wrote: »

One present that you could do is a photo/painting of his favourite horse/personality. Got a present of a Moscow Flyer photo a few years back. Nice thought. http://www.racingpostpix.co.uk/ is probably the handiest.

These do be on sale in Leopardstown when the racing does be on. I bought a load of then and a large portrait of Best Mates 2nd Gold Cup win.

Morgans

Some of them are. Huge variety on the racing post site. Its only making some of their good photos available to buy. There are relatively few of the paintings that are often available at the racecourses on the site.

United1

http://www.irishracingcalendar.ie/

bit of a bogey

I love pictures like that, either paintings or photographs. I have a great one of Istabraqq. If theres a particular horse he likes thats racing at the moment, you can get great photographs at healyracing.com. Bang it in a frame and bobs your uncle! Could save a few quid that way!?

(However I would only suggest this if he has a fondness of a particular horse. i.e. dont just get a photo of a horse!)

racingfan

Tote vouchers or a Tote account are a lovely pressie for a racing fan

Johner

gscully wrote: »

Try www.cheltenhamcollection.co.uk

They've some good stuff on there.

I bought my dad the Cheltenham Hall of Fame Trilogy DVD. Hope he's not reading this!!!

Might have to do the same for the aul lad!

th hen

get yourself on to www.ownaracehorse.co.uk, ya buy a share in a racehorse in england for the year at a one off price from 80 euro upwards. i have a share in friendship bay and already won at 8/1. ya dont really get very much prize money, something like .5% for every share but they can organise a trip of the yard where horse is trained and passes for races. you may never take up the offer as horses all in england but ya get monthly updates on how the horse is performing and a detailed report before it is due to run as well as a starter pack. its a cheap way of owning a share in a horse and gives ya plenty of fun throughout the year. if the horse has one win in the year and ya have it backed you are getting your money back at the very least from your bet......

racingfan

Hi there. Does he bet at all? I got a friend some Tote Betting vouchers for his birthday and he was delighted with them. Call 045 455673 to order. They were really handy gift!

docmartin

A €20 BET ON KAUTO STAR IN THE KING GEAORGE ON THE 26TH.
alternitavely the injured jockeys fund sell calenders at all the race meetings and the jockeys will sign them for ya and all. €15.00

Johner

This guy has all the recent big meetings on DVD a low prices,

http://shop.ebay.ie/pricewise987/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25

sting60

flowerpot wrote: »

Wondering if you have any gift ideas for a big horse racing fan. Max to spend is about 100 euros .. Wondering is there a good magazine that I could get a yearly subscription to? Or maybe a good book that you can recommend ..Any gift ideas would be wonderful .Thanks in advance

i can send you the book about northern dancer for nothing.

ghosttown

the Irish Racing Annual is always good, 2010 out now, also he'll enjoy reading the Patrick Veitch book, Enemy Number One, the secets of the UK's most feared professional punter. Add in Mick Fitzgeralds autobiography and the official autobiography of Vincent O'Brien by Jacqueline O'Brien and Ivor Herbert and you should be alright. Anything left over stick on Kauto Star as per above !

Nulty

sting60 wrote: »

i can send you the book about northern dancer for nothing.

I'll take that off you if the OP doesn't fancy it!

I'm a racing fan and I'd like a print of Susan Crawfords 'we three kings'. I'm sure your person would appreciate it to. you could get it framed aswell for under e100. Don't get betting vouchers! That can hardly count as a Christmas present.

Loveracing

Hi there. I see someone already mentioned it earlier, but Tote betting vouchers are great. I got some for my birthday during the Summer and used them at Galway. They came in a nice little pack and all.