367 Days

Plasandrunt

Janidil has the option of the Marsh or the Arkle yet entered in neither. #rolleyes

naraicjul

That's gas Plasandrunt

What would be involved in supplementing at this stage?

The Hoarse Whisperer

Anyone else a bit worried the betting apps will crash Cheltenham week now that the shops will not be open?

RivetingRoger

The Hoarse Whisperer wrote: »

Anyone else a bit worried the betting apps will crash Cheltenham week now that the shops will not be open?

I AM NOW!!!!!!!!!!

Lost Ormond

The Hoarse Whisperer wrote: »

Anyone else a bit worried the betting apps will crash Cheltenham week now that the shops will not be open?

No because bookies will have been prepping for some time that the shops mightnt be open and they'll have overhauled the hosting of the site/apps to cater for all the extra traffic theyll be getting from not having shops open

Plasandrunt

It will take ages for your accounts to be credited with winnings so don't rely on them for a days betting.

RivetingRoger

Plasandrunt wrote: »

It will take ages for your accounts to be credited with winnings so don't rely on them for a days betting.

Why would it. Its all algorithms
There isn't a lad in an office with a calculator

Plasandrunt

I understand that, it generally takes a lot longer for accounts to be credited during Cheltenham week. There'll be so many more bets to be done online this year that it'll take even longer again

RivetingRoger

Plasandrunt wrote: »

I understand that, it generally takes a lot longer for accounts to be credited during Cheltenham week. There'll be so many more bets to be done online this year that it'll take even longer again

What are we talking? Hours?

Earendil

Plasandrunt wrote: »

It will take ages for your accounts to be credited with winnings so don't rely on them for a days betting.

Never a problem for me pal :pac:

Plasandrunt

RivetingRoger wrote: »

What are we talking? Hours?

Ah yeah few hours, I just wouldn't be relying on winnings in order to have a bet in the next race on Cheltenham week normally and I'd imagine it'll take longer this year.

hawaii501

The specials take even longer to process so I would imagine it'll be considerably longer this year with the extra traffic

Gavin "shels"

Getting very giddy now!!

del roy

Kim Bailey

First Flow
Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase
His greatest asset on the track has always been his jumping. We've struggled to get him to jump properly at home – we don't school over fences because I was fed up of repairing them! – but at Ascot he jumped so well. The important thing for him is getting into a rhythm and I hope he does the same at Cheltenham. I hope he will handle the course – if you go back to his novice days he lugged right at every hurdle whereas at Ascot he went slightly left, so perhaps age has made it a different matter. There are so many phenomenal horses in there, but I know First Flow will try his guts out, he's a freak.

Happygolucky
Ultima Handicap Chase
I'm very happy with him and, although he's been left in the novice races, the plan is to go for the Ultima. He's rated 147 and on form he can't win the others, but we left him in because anything can happen before Cheltenham.

Imperial Aura
Ryanair Chase
He looks very well and did his first pre-Cheltenham work on Monday last week, which set him off. He had a break after his Kempton demise but all has been good since. David [Bass] said his eye was taken off the fence by something on the inside of it and his head definitely moved towards something. Under normal circumstances, he's a sound jumper and good traveller. He won at the meeting last year and I don't see why him racing on the New course will make a huge amount of difference. Wherever you run him, he's very adaptable.

Vinndication
Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle, WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup
He worked with Imperial Aura last Monday and I was really happy with him. That was his first piece of work as he was lame after Newbury and had a break. My problem is that I'm not 100 per cent sure which race he wants to go for, so we're sitting on the fence at the moment.

Gavin Cromwell

Flooring Porter
Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle
We’re really happy with him and he runs well fresh. It’s a small bit of a concern not having a true running rail. He’s not ungenuine or anything but that’s a concern. I think we’ll be keeping tactics the same with him and we’re looking forward to running him there.

Darver Star
Sporting Life Arkle, Marsh Novices' Chase
We’re not sure if we go for Cheltenham or wait for the Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse. We could step him up in trip in the Marsh, but is Envoi Allen beatable? We’re not ruling out the Arkle. If it was nice ground, he could run in the Arkle. The ground would be the key factor. He shows a lot more class and speed on nice ground. Slow ground makes him look slow, but he’s clearly not because he ran well in the Champion Hurdle last year.

Letsbeclearaboutit
Weatherbys Champion Bumper
He has been beaten by Kilcruit and Sir Gerhard and whether he can turn the form around with them, I don’t know. His grand dam [Refinement] was second in it and he has plenty of experience. He’s in good nick and I wouldn’t rule it out.

Gabynako
Coral Cup, Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle,
He’s likely to go for the Martin Pipe. He gained a bit of handicap experience over the Christmas and we’re happy with him.

Rebecca Curtis

Lisnagar Oscar
Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle
We were trying to get a run into him before the Stayers' Hurdle, but there wasn't much for him after the Cleeve Hurdle was off. We found a race at Exeter, but the ground went against us so he went to Haydock on Saturday and finished second. I thought he might just win but he did himself justice. We'd had his wind done, which should help as I think that was the problem on his previous two runs. My faith hasn't been dented and I think he's as good as when he won last year.

Peter Fahey

Royal Kahala
Parnell Properties Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle
I was a little disappointed with her at Fairyhouse and there's no point saying I wasn't because we went there expecting to win. Dropping back to two miles won't be as much of a problem for her this year because it's on the New course and it could be a help to her more than anything. This is more of a staying track. She's in great form so fingers crossed. I think she can run a huge race.

Harry Fry

If The Cap Fits
Brown Advisory Novices' Chase, Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle
We tried him up in trip last time at Taunton but he bumped into a very consistent, tough opponent in Yala Enki. However, that was only our fourth start over fences. He's running well without winning – at Christmas he did look laboured but the final result looks better than the race actually went. The Brown Advisory Novices' Chase is his only engagement over fences as we scratched him from both the Marsh and the National Hunt Chase.

Metier
Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle
We've kept our powder dry and skipped the rearranged Betfair Hurdle to head straight for the Supreme. It was an easy decision to make as he would have had quite a tough task being a Grade 1 winner and it's just over three weeks to Cheltenham. We're delighted with the progress he's made and he'll go there all guns blazing. What excites us is that he has a very high cruising speed and his jumping is a strong asset, particularly when it matters most. He ticks all the boxes and, while he has a bit to find with Appreciate It, the favourites don't win every race and we have plenty of confidence.

Jessica Harrington

Ashdale Bob
Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle
It wasn't his true running last time at Leopardstown. I don't know whether he'll go to Cheltenham or not, but we'll see how things are closer to the time.

Emma Lavelle

Paisley Park
Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle
Touch wood, he's good to go. We went to Newbury to have a proper racecourse gallop as it was a shame he didn't get to run in the Cleeve Hurdle, and all went extremely well. The weather hasn't made it easy, but we're really looking forward to getting back to Cheltenham. He's been great this year all round, so straightforward, and hopefully his troubles are behind him. There were concerns about where we would be this season, but he gave us so much confidence at Newbury and it was heartwarming to see his old desire and battle to win at Ascot. We'll have him spot on and we have nervous excitement, we're counting down the days.

Nicky Martin

Bear Ghylls
Ballymore Novices' Hurdle
He's in seriously good form, but we're on to Plan H with him. There's nothing for him so he's going straight to Cheltenham. He does need mileage on the clock and I really wanted him to go to Cheltenham to have a run around there before the festival because it is different from elsewhere, but I know he's good. We haven't been able to prove it yet and, being such a small yard, we haven't got anything like Nicky Henderson has to compare him against. He's probably the best chance we've ever had; he's very exciting.

Gary Moore

Goshen
Unibet Champion Hurdle
He trotted up sound the day after Wincanton and he came out of the race with no cuts, bruises or any problems. It was fantastic to see what he did, he couldn't do any more than win in the manner he did and it was a massive relief. I know it wasn't the Champion Hurdle but it meant a lot to see the horse back and it's lovely to have something like Cheltenham to look forward to with him. There will still be some worry on the way to get him there healthy and sound, but fingers crossed he'll show his true colours again against two great mares [Epatante and Honeysuckle].

Jonjo O'Neill

Annie Mc
Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Chase
She came out of her Warwick win great and it's all systems go. Soft ground does help her, but everything has fallen right recently and she's been doing the job nicely. She's a grand jumper and is more than entitled to be there. As we saw with Benie Des Dieux, it's a long way to go until Cheltenham, but if she gets there safe and sound she's got a great chance.

Sky Pirate
Sporting Life Arkle, Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase
He knows he had a race last time and was more than entitled to be a bit tired. The winner is a very good horse so I was delighted to finish second. We'll leave him in the races until much closer to the time, but the Arkle is very hot looking – Energumene and Shishkin look like superstars and I think Allmankind is an underrated horse.

Joseph O'Brien

Keskonrisk
Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle, Ballymore Novices' Hurdle
If he's to go to Cheltenham, it'll be a case of heading straight there. Given he hasn't had a third run over hurdles, it'll be in a Graded race if he does run at the festival. We'll keep our options open.

David Pipe

Adagio
JCB Triumph Hurdle
He's in really good form and all roads lead to the Triumph Hurdle. I wasn't sure he was up to that quality but he performed with that class at Chepstow and keeps improving. The Irish have a strong hold on the race but he doesn't mind any ground, travels and jumps well. He has to be one of the best British challengers.

Harry Whittington

Rouge Vif
Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase
He's in exceptional form and had a little break since Kempton, but we'll need the ground to dry out. The plan is for him to run as long as conditions are suitable, but if not we're more than happy to wait for Aintree or Sandown at the end of the season.

Saint Calvados
Ryanair Chase, WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup
He came out of his Sandown unseat absolutely fine thankfully. There's no doubt he loves Cheltenham, he's much better left-handed and is a very good horse when fresh, so we'll go straight there. He's been left in both races and we'll keep both in mind, but he's much shorter for the Ryanair and was only beaten a neck last year, so we'd assume that's his greater chance. One may become a weaker race, but we'll make sure he's ready wherever he goes.

Evan Williams

Coole Cody
Paddy Power Plate
He's happy and I wanted to run him last week but the ground was a bit too deep. I'm very keen to run him this weekend as a pipe-opener and then he'll go for the handicap. He's a grand horse who's good fresh and hopefully he can have a busy spring campaign.

Secret Reprieve
National Hunt Chase, Brown Advisory Novices' Chase
I'd be in no rush to go to Cheltenham as I'd like to go for the Grand National and personally want to go straight there. We'll decide what we want to do in a couple of weeks with the owners.

Silver Streak
Unibet Champion Hurdle
Everything with him has gone smoothly so far. The beauty of my job is that I always hoped he'd win a Grade 1 and it was very satisfying to do so. There's no doubt Epatante ran below par at Kempton and I expect her to be far better at Cheltenham – she will be very difficult to beat again. He needs a lot of improvement to keep tabs on the principals, it's almost an impossible task as they set such a high standard. If he could finish in the first six we'd be delighted, but he owes us nothing. Horses like him are very difficult to find.

Venetia Williams

Royale Pagaille
National Hunt Chase, Brown Advisory Novices' Chase, WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup
He came out of Haydock very well and retains three entries. I need to talk to connections and a target will be decided in the near future.

Mick Winters

Chatham Street Lad
Marsh Novices' Chase and other entries
He's fit and well and the plan is the Marsh. He was a small bit stiff and sore after the Dan Moore, but we've been taking him to the beach and walking him in the water. It's working wonders for him and he's a lot stronger in himself.

Doctors room ghost

GO ON THE AINTREE PERCY

RivetingRoger

Getting SERIOUS Cheltenham goosebumps today lads!!!!!!!!
COME ON!!!!

akelly02

whats the NAP rog

RivetingRoger

akelly02 wrote: »

whats the NAP rog

Well it's basically the horse you think has the best chance of winning on the given day, preferably at a non prohibitive price AK ........

Dr. Bre

The Monday before Cheltenham is like Christmas Eve for me

BurtMacklin

The adrenaline dump on the Friday when it's all over is tough though, ha. I'll have to stock the fridge with cans for the Friday to keep my own buzz going.

Dr. Bre

BurtMacklin wrote: »

The adrenaline dump on the Friday when it's all over is tough though, ha. I'll have to stock the fridge with cans for the Friday to keep my own buzz going.

Uttoxeter the next day midlands national keeps me going

Shemale

Can anyone sign into ATR, have horses I want to add to tracker but flippin thing hasn't let me log in for about a week now

maximo31

Shemale wrote: »

Can anyone sign into ATR, have horses I want to add to tracker but flippin thing hasn't let me log in for about a week now

Just logged in there no prob.

Limestone1

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Uttoxeter the next day midlands national keeps me going

Hard core ...............

Shemale

maximo31 wrote: »

Just logged in there no prob.

Thanks, I tried search a horse an that didn't work either. I hope I amn't blocked :eek:

mick malones mauser

Shemale wrote: »

Can anyone sign into ATR, have horses I want to add to tracker but flippin thing hasn't let me log in for about a week now

Irish Racing.com has a good horse tracker facility

Shemale

mick malones mauser wrote: »

Irish Racing.com has a good horse tracker facility

Thanks I will give that a go

Slattsy

mick malones mauser wrote: »

Irish Racing.com has a good horse tracker facility

Find this the best of the lot

akelly02

RivetingRoger wrote: »

Well it's basically the horse you think has the best chance of winning on the given day, preferably at a non prohibitive price AK ........

Grrrr

RivetingRoger

15 days

couldn't care less

buzz gone