Grand National Tomorrow

[leeroybrown]

Just been around the office for the annual Grand National Sweep.

I got No.23 No Full with odd 20-1

Anyone else ever back a horse on the national and if so which one are you going for this year?

[saxodan]

I feel a £1 bet coming on

[Tupps]

Holy shit i'm meant to be going to this!

Forgot all about it

[Peejous]

Might aswell have a lucky £5

[nazz1]

mcelvy

im in germany so only a flutter on the net

[Oli_K]

Think my bet will go on tomorrow, waiting for the tips to come in....

[laura_g]

Im heading down the bookies in a mo never betted before so im just gona go for the one with the bestest name only messing im gona pick randomies with the highest odds

[Tupps]

I'll stick a few fivers on which ever names stick out at me and say "hey, i'm gonna win"

[Peejous]

According to BBC website:

Pinstickers' choice:
1 Comply or Die 2 Kelami 3 Hedgehunter 4 Cloudy Lane

all the runners and their odds here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/7310650.stm)

[Oli_K]

im gona pick randomies with the highest odds


Your obviously going to win then.

Get someone to help you study the horses form.

Or put a quid on an outsider and then maybe an each way bet on a decent horse.

[Tupps]

hedgehunter is a mint horse

[laura_g]

ok cheers bear werent gona bet mega bucks anyway

[Clouds_mate]

i got 'Bob Hall' sounds like a fecking pornstar

[GrantW]

Get someone to help you study the horses form.


Form doesnt really count for much in this race, its more of a lottery! Although I do agree that decent horses stand a much better chance than a 100-1 outsider.

hedgehunter is a mint horse

It is indeed, feel a wee fiver each way on that maybe.

[Oli_K]

Form doesnt really count for much in this race, its more of a lottery! Although I do agree that decent horses stand a much better chance than a 100-1 outsider.



Yeah your right tbh, lottery.

I think im gonna have 50 quid each way on hedgehunter.

And im thinking a pretty big stake on kelami, unless i get told something between now and the race i dont know.

[Robb]

Havent thought about it really, Gonna have a good read of the paper this evening/tomorrow morning.

You can bet your bottom dollar that a horse with over 50/1 odds will finish in the top three though.

[nazz1]

Form doesnt really count for much in this race, its more of a lottery! Although I do agree that decent horses stand a much better chance than a 100-1 outsider.



It is indeed, feel a wee fiver each way on that maybe.

decent horse, more chance than a pregnant horse any day

[GrantW]

Yeah your right tbh, lottery.

I think im gonna have 50 quid each way on hedgehunter.

And im thinking a pretty big stake on kelami, unless i get told something between now and the race i dont know.

Im not really a betting man, 50quid each way is out of my league lol. Hedgehunters at 20/1 on ladbrokes just now. Kelami is 40/1, so both are worth a punt. Cloudy Lane is 9/2 and Comply or Die is 10/1. Cloudy Lane is favourite.

[Oli_K]

I have been told some good things about Kelami.

Might put it on each way but got a good feeling about it.

[AdamW]

Its got Cloudy Lane name allover it this year......Jumped from 25-1 this morning up to favourite......dodgy as

[Robb]

Ive also got some big losses to recoup from cheltenham.....

[Clouds_mate]

25 2-360P BOB HALL 7 10-11
Noel Fehily Jonjo O'Neill
Form has declined worryingly over the course of the season, and nothing indicates he will stay the trip.
Rating: 4/10 Odds: 100-1


Great

[Japman]

dont do betting

[laura_g]

how much do you lot usually bet then?

[AdamW]

My life savings and other peoples possesions

[DamoVTS]

Coming from someone who works in a bookies and is working tomorrow >< *me lol*

Form wise for national is a out of the window jobby,..

Tbh hedgehunter wont win, the other horses are way out of his league now.. Just go by names on the national, best way to win

[jaybiss]

22 2-P014 D'ARGENT 11 10-12
Robert Thornton Alan King
An out-and-out stayer who goes well in long-distance slogs but has seen his overall record marred by some erratic jumping. Unlikely to be improving that discipline at the age of 11.
Rating: 6/10 Odds: 25-1

awesome, erratic jumping? ive got a fucking deer

[Peejous]

22 2-P014 D'ARGENT 11 10-12
Robert Thornton Alan King
An out-and-out stayer who goes well in long-distance slogs but has seen his overall record marred by some erratic jumping. Unlikely to be improving that discipline at the age of 11.
Rating: 6/10 Odds: 25-1

awesome, erratic jumping? ive got a fucking deer

LMAO! Bambi FTW

[Tupps]

pmsl ahahaha!

[james__vts]

i work in a bookies and have a no tips this year:n:

but a lot of people are backing cloudy lane.

im looking forward tomorrow as its the busy day of the year and its a good larf.:y:

[Nathan_M]

a put £2 on a horse was a 100-1 cornish set a think its called

[nazz1]

my bets:

comply or die
mckelvey
kelami
hedgehunter
oss moses

if cloudy lane is favourite I cant see him winning tbh

not in the national

[Oli_K]

i have bets on both hedgehunter (expecting a 2nd or 3rd placing) and kelami.

[Robin91]

Well the race is soon to begin! Good luck to everyone! Hopefully everyone enjoys it whether they win or lose. :y:

[leeroybrown]

comply or die

just put a bet on him

COMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE on i shall be screaming at the tv in 3 mins or so lol

[Spanky]

my girl got £2 on alipcahe summit or other lol
66/1 but hey if it comes in she laffing

she bet on a 30/1 last year and it wont or summit lol

[Robin91]

Comply or die has won the grand national!

Had 2.50 e/w on him! :y:

[leeroybrown]

haha mint i wont 20 quid

[Robin91]

haha mint i wont 20 quid

Congratoulations :D Dno how much i've won yet, need to wait for Ladbrokes to sort it out but probably around that I hope. :p

[leeroybrown]

odds where 1-9

[Spanky]

haha mint i wont 20 quid

its now you wish you had put a bigger bet on lol

[leeroybrown]

i no tenner would have done

[Spanky]

how much did you put on ?

i no my lass put a fiver on last year and come out with 120quid, then she wished she had put 20 on lol

[leeroybrown]

2 quid my tight father put on

so its 20 quid i get back

[Robin91]

I put £2.50 each way on comply or die, don't know how much i've won though because Ladbrokes hasn't updated! :panic:

[Craddock]

put £6 quid on won £60 waheyy

[Robin91]

Started with £10, got £36.25 now, so £26.25 profit not bad! :y: Only had £2.50 e/w on comply or die though, 2 other bets on losers! Beginners luck I guess. :drink:

[GrantW]

Had a fiver e/w on

Comply or Die
Hedgehunter
Kelami.

Expected Hedgehunter to do better tbh. Got £72.50 back for Comply or die, so £42.50 up on my original bettings.

[MrHouston]

Mine fell off on gate 20 :n:

[phillyh]

Butlers-C was doing well until it fell :(

[Harv]

Mine fell off on gate 20 :n:

McKelvey died mate. Had to be put down which is so sad. Don't agree with the Grand National if I'm honest as they get hurt too much but yea....its a prestige race and I still bet on it :P.

I won £30 on Comply or Die and anther £20 on King Johns Castle.

[nazz1]

Comply or die has won the grand national!

Had 2.50 e/w on him! :y:

so did I

how much did you get back?

[nazz1]

mckelvey, did he really die?

[Harv]

mckelvey, did he really die?

Yea...had to be put down. Says he fell at the 20th, was unseated then ran into a barrier and couldn't get back up. Was killed there and then :n:. Must be so hard to love a horse like that and next minute its gone after you entered it into a race. I mean I know there bred for that but the trainer etc must get highly attached to them. R.I.P McKelvey

[nazz1]

that is well gutting, i bet on that horse too

i bet his trainer/owner is sick

all the time and money gone into training the horse, bet they get well attached

R.I.P McKelvey - You had my bet mate

[phillyh]

So sad :(
Horses are such nice animals too
Must be hard, like youve all said, they must get attatched!

RIP McKelvey

[MrHouston]

Ah heard there was one horse that died but didn't cath who it was, aaww

[nazz1]

look at us

we go on abroad on holiday for like 2 weeks and we miss our cars

with the car all we have to do is maintain it, wash it, drive it

with a horse your spending hours a day with it teaching it how to jump, cope with different grounds etc etc

in a car we just turn her on, foot down and go

[Harv]

look at us

we go on abroad on holiday for like 2 weeks and we miss our cars

with the car all we have to do is maintain it, wash it, drive it

with a horse your spending hours a day with it teaching it how to jump, cope with different grounds etc etc

in a car we just turn her on, foot down and go

Lol....good way of putting it tbh. The owner said "Any death is very regrettable and we can't defend them, but as an animal welfare organisation our duty is to work with the organisers to improve things," said RSPCA equine consultant David Muir.

"If you look at the National in the last eight years and compare it to the eight years before there has been a massive reduction in fatalities and injuries."

I remember I watched it as a kid and loads of horses had to be killed. Was really bad.

They also said that they were not sure if McKelvey was good enough to run but thought it would be ok. They gambled the risk and now its dead. Could happen to any horse though, must be truely gutting.

[nazz1]

It died doing what it liked best I suppose

the horses team just had to crack on, its one of them things, nobody was to know this was going to happen