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02/03/2008, 0:43 LEO Joined on 15/04/2006 Calvados,14 Posts 976 Re: Cheltenham Festival   Hi Catalpa and others, Channel 4 coverage of racing is "top drawer" Cheltenham Festival is the "Jumps" Olympics! I am a member at Ayr and, I have backed losers and partaken alcohol at; Devon and Exeter, Epsom, Cheltenham ,Thirsk,Wetherby,Ripon Doncaster,Haydock,York,Hexam,Sedgefield,Beverley,Newcastle,Carlisle,Kelso.,Musselburgh,Perth and Hamilton The atmosphere and the friendly banter, regardless of class or creed, are unique to Horse Racing (I am biased towards "The Jumps “) Walking in to a race meeting and shouting up a round of drinks at the bar before the first race with a few quid in your pocket, is definitely one of life’s pleasures!   Ps. a “couple “of years ago at Chelters , I had  £15 each way   “See More Business”         Leo. www.vianormandy.com ( I owe , I owe , so it's off to work I go! )    Report

02/03/2008, 10:18 le rouge Joined on 15/11/2005 Posts 55 Re: Cheltenham Festival Thanks for your memories and experiences - I shall miss it even more now!! Grrr!     Now in France!!    Report

02/03/2008, 10:35 Iceni Joined on 23/08/2004 Lot 46 Posts 2,906 Re: Cheltenham Festival le rouge I would be looking for a fellow fanatic with Sky who lives within striking distance. Sweeping generalisations : ATR gives good coverage (though far too much ferret racing for my liking), Ch4 is excellent, not enough but execllent and I am too mean to pay for Racing UK. BTW the way in which Mr Pointment ran out of steam so quickly yesterday was worrying but Natal possibly made up for that. John Di Free resource site for new and aspiring Virtual Workers    Report

02/03/2008, 15:02 le rouge Joined on 15/11/2005 Posts 55 Re: Cheltenham Festival Hi John I do have a friend who has SKY and is not too far away but he has never shown any interest in Racing. I suppose I could try the old 'bottle of decent red' bribe! It was ATR on the web I was thinking of but reading the small print it is not available outside the UK for 'legal reasons'. Same with Ch4 on the web. Yes agree about your observations on Mr Pointment. Looks like he will not take part in National now. Cloudy Lane looks a worthy favourite. Thought Natal would win.       Now in France!!    Report

10/03/2008, 23:29 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,495 Re: Cheltenham Festival Don't feel too bad if you are watching from the comfort of an armchair....... http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/image_galleries/racecourse_storm_damage_gallery.shtml?11 The hospitality this year may be a little less warm...... www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

11/03/2008, 18:39 dryliner Joined on 03/02/2008 Posts 3 Re: Cheltenham Festival you could watch it liva and have a bet at pmu cafe or log on to www.ladbrokes.co.uk bet a fiver a race and you can see all races live on your computer or www.racingpost.co.uk both are good sites    Report

11/03/2008, 20:50 Alan Zoff Joined on 27/07/2005 Allier 03 Posts 507 Re: Cheltenham Festival  Russethouse wrote: Don't feel too bad if you are watching from the comfort of an armchair....... http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/image_galleries/racecourse_storm_damage_gallery.shtml?11 The hospitality this year may be a little less warm...... Have just got back from the first day of the Festival, having been fortunate enough to be a guest in one of the hospitality suites. No sign of any damage. They must have done a great job putting it all back together as facilities and catering were spot on. Just wish I could have picked some winners.     "Live your dreams, don't dream your life"    Report

11/03/2008, 21:28 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,495 Re: Cheltenham Festival Hats off to them, it looked a real shambles....its such a lovely location - sadly I missed todays coverage as I had to get my own mane attended to www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

12/03/2008, 9:18 le rouge Joined on 15/11/2005 Posts 55 Re: Cheltenham Festival  dryliner wrote: you could watch it liva and have a bet at pmu cafe or log on to www.ladbrokes.co.uk bet a fiver a race and you can see all races live on your computer or www.racingpost.co.uk both are good sites Tried betting a fiver on the first race yesterday with Skybet and it did the countdown to the race and looked like it would show me the race, then when the count reached 0 it came up with a message saying 'for contractual reasons we cannot ....blah blah blah...outside the UK'. The same happened on Racing Post for the second race at which point I gave up. In the end I watched a replay of each race which became available between 30 and 60 mins after each race had finished. If you can avoid the heasdlines on the home page and go straight to the 'race replay page' then to all intents and purposes it is 'live' I suppose. It was a good compromise. Only had 1 winner but it was fun. Shame today is off due to the bad weather as was all lined up!!!       Now in France!!    Report

12/03/2008, 9:19 le rouge Joined on 15/11/2005 Posts 55 Re: Cheltenham Festival  dryliner wrote: you could watch it liva and have a bet at pmu cafe or log on to www.ladbrokes.co.uk bet a fiver a race and you can see all races live on your computer or www.racingpost.co.uk both are good sites Tried betting a fiver on the first race yesterday with Skybet and it did the countdown to the race and looked like it would show me the race, then when the count reached 0 it came up with a message saying 'for contractual reasons we cannot ....blah blah blah...outside the UK'. The same happened on Racing Post for the second race at which point I gave up. In the end I watched a replay of each race which became available between 30 and 60 mins after each race had finished. If you can avoid the heasdlines on the home page and go straight to the 'race replay page' then to all intents and purposes it is 'live' I suppose. It was a good compromise. Only had 1 winner but it was fun. Shame today is off due to the bad weather as was all lined up!!!       Now in France!!    Report

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