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Author:  GazChap [ Sat Apr 05, 2008 23:09 ]
Post subject:  Grand National 2008
Did anyone have a flutter? I decided to have a crack at it, it was the first time I'd ever bet on the horses in my entire life. My Dad and brothers were having a go so I figured I'd join in.

I had a look through the list of horses. I know bugger all about horse racing so I didn't even bother looking at the odds or anything. I just picked a horse that had a name that struck a chord with me and put a £5 each way bet on it.

The horse I picked reminded me of ED-209 from RoboCop. You know, the whole "Put down the weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply" lark.

I picked Comply or Die.

Go me! ;)
Author:  ElephantBanjoGnome [ Sat Apr 05, 2008 23:21 ]
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Good bet, how much did you win?
Author:  Sheepeh [ Sat Apr 05, 2008 23:32 ]
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GazChap wrote:
Did anyone have a flutter? I decided to have a crack at it, it was the first time I'd ever bet on the horses in my entire life. My Dad and brothers were having a go so I figured I'd join in.

I had a look through the list of horses. I know bugger all about horse racing so I didn't even bother looking at the odds or anything. I just picked a horse that had a name that struck a chord with me and put a £5 each way bet on it.

The horse I picked reminded me of ED-209 from RoboCop. You know, the whole "Put down the weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply" lark.

I picked Comply or Die.

Go me! ;)


This. Exactly this. £5 E/W on Comply or die, with Ed-209 overtones. Are you me?

I won £37 at odds of 10-1.
Author:  GazChap [ Sat Apr 05, 2008 23:49 ]
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How did you manage that then, when I won £66.25 at 9/1?
Author:  Sheepeh [ Sat Apr 05, 2008 23:51 ]
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I believe I meant £2.50 each way, so the full "doubled" amount came to £5. I spent £5.
Author:  GazChap [ Sat Apr 05, 2008 23:55 ]
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Aaah.
Author:  Grim... [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:18 ]
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I won £54 on the first faller, and I will have come second and third in the work sweepstake. Whoo!
Only one horse dead though - I went for three.
Author:  Shewolf [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:16 ]
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I nearly bet on Comply or die..then I mentioned it to Sheepeh and BAH. I didn't bet on him myself in the end.

I did get 3rd and 4th though. :)
Author:  Malc [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:18 ]
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Grim... wrote:
I won £54 on the first faller, and I will have come second and third in the work sweepstake. Whoo!
Only one horse dead though - I went for three.


I came 2nd in the office sweepstake. (£23.50) and put 20p (I only had £2.00 in my online bookies account) E/w on a few horses (one each for the family), only one of which finished (not in the top 4).

Still I'm up almost £20. Which paid for takeaways (spending it before I've even received my winnings!)

Malc
Author:  Ian Osborne [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:22 ]
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How many horses died this year?
Author:  Craig [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:31 ]
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One. Pay attention.
Author:  Shewolf [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 14:30 ]
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Can anyoen tell me which horse died? :(
Author:  Sheepeh [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 14:35 ]
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Quote:
McKelvey, which finished second in last year's race, had to be put down after it unseated jockey Tom O'Brien at the 20th fence, then collided with a barrier and was unable to stand up.


Apparently.
Author:  KevR [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 14:36 ]
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The same horse nearly died in the National last year.
Author:  Pundabaya [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 15:41 ]
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It's at this point I'd like to be able to say "horses dying at the Grand National is terrible and cruel"...

But I'm terrified of the things, so all I can say is "Good show, but next year, try harder. Perhaps install some sort of spinning blade arrangement at Beechers Brook. Go for 10 horse fatalities!"
Author:  Curiosity [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 21:16 ]
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I bet on about seven horses. I was very excited when my 400-1 shot was winning after about 15 fences, but then I think it remembered its place and decided to run backwards or something.

Still, I had a five on CoD (how could I not bet on a horse with that acronym?) to win, and after subtracting my losses on the other horses I'm 25 quid up.

Though I lost 15 of that by betting on United/Everton on a double today. Oops.
Author:  Shewolf [ Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:23 ]
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Omg, it was Mckelvey.
Geez, that's fucked up. A TV show has been going on about him for ages and most of the people that watched it bet on him.
Author:  Morte [ Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:09 ]
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Shewolf wrote:
Omg, it was Mckelvey.
Geez, that's fucked up. A TV show has been going on about him for ages and most of the people that watched it bet on him.


No reason for the show to finish, there must be a couple more episodes available...people need to know how glue and dog food are made.

/Gets coat and flys, flys like the wind.
Author:  Shewolf [ Mon Apr 07, 2008 13:19 ]
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Oh how I would slap you.
Author:  Zardoz [ Mon Apr 07, 2008 13:26 ]
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I had 4 bets, all To Win. Got nowt.

My outside bet was 'Iron Man' Yeah Halozers! It fell very early.
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