The TWF Horse Racing Thread

[Trips]

Kilcruit turned over at 1/12 on hurdles debut.

Bit late to the party on this, but I'm still convinced it wants further than 2m.

Ferny Hollow looked pretty impressive on chase debut after a year off the track. Dug in well to score relatively easily and will be much better for the run.

 

[Tony Towner]

Just a good old fashioned shoulder barge

https://twitter.com/x/status/1575812067550179328

 

[Trips]

Got a 2 month ban. In no way am I excusing what Elliott did, but how did he get 6 months and Soumillon 2? This was extremely dangerous

 

[Trips]

A two month ban, but gets to ride in the Arc. The French season is over after this weekend, so it's basically fuck all. Horrendous.

Yeah, it's a joke. Could you imagine pushing someone off a bike at 35mph, or out of a car at that speed. You'd be facing criminal charges

 

[b3h]

Anyone know when the GN riders are usually announced?

 

[b3h]

Wow, asif it's that close to the event, cheers.

Eva's Oskar.

 

[darlowolf64]

Hi

 

[Sniffer]

Shishkin, who looked well set to win the King George, seemed to lose his footing in the ground after safely clearing a fence and unseated his rider. A terrific finish to the race all the same but you have to feel sorry for the jockey/trainer and all those that had backed him.

 

[Trips]

Yeah, unlucky for Shishkin. Looked like he clipped his own foot which caused him to slip and unseat.

Most impressive performance yesterday came from Ill Est Francais, unrelenting pace he set (don't think he had one furlong over 15 seconds) and brilliant attacking jumping. A real star performance. A shame he looks to be skipping Cheltenham but looks to be coming back for a crack at the King George next year

 

[Trips]

In a shock to absolutely nobody, Constitution Hill won't be defending his Champion Hurdle crown. Obviously horse welfare comes first and its the correct decision, but it does open a discussion around how often we see the top horses. CH had only had one run all season, everything is now targeted at Cheltenham and Grade 1s through the year are basically treated as prep races for the festival.

In another blow to ante-post backers, Marine Nationale will also miss the festival and his crack at the Arkle

 

[AndyWolves]

If anyone is thinking of starting to do matched betting, there seem to be a fair few better than normal new customer offers around for Cheltenham

 

[Trips]

Just a heads up that I won't be running a tipster competition this year.

Excuse me????

 

[Sniffer]

Just a heads up that I won't be running a tipster competition this year.

@darlowolf64 - ? please ?

 

[darlowolf64]

Excuse me????

@darlowolf64 - ? please ?

I'll have a look and possibly set up the days in advance. If I do that, I might be a bit tardy with the table updates but will try to keep on top of it

 

[Trips]

Sorry Trips - I'm slammed with work at the moment and just won't have the time to put it all together.

Happy to share my standard sheet for anybody that wants to run it instead.

I'm only kidding mate, it's much appreciated you've ran it up til this point, no need to explain.

About time @darlowolf64 pulled his finger out anyway

 

[Stan Hullis]

I'm only kidding mate, it's much appreciated you've ran it up til this point, no need to explain.

About time @darlowolf64 pulled his finger out anyway

That is Wing Shooting Officer Darlowolf64 to you, thank you.

 

[darlowolf64]

That is Wing Shooting Officer Darlowolf64 to you, thank you.

I've got paperwork coming out of my arse! I haven't even been able to update the this day in history thread which I'm a bit sad about

 

[Trips]

@Nando @darlowolf64 - it's getting to that time of the year

 

[pagey]

I've got paperwork coming out of my arse! I haven't even been able to update the this day in history thread which I'm a bit sad about

That's a shitter mate, didn't your mates tell you as you approached the bar or were they to busy laughing?

 

[Tony Towner]

Just listened to Radio 5. Good to hear John Hunt back commentating