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April Giveaway
In the next month we will be giving away bets at Aintree and Punchestown thanks to Sean Graham and we have teamed up with Punchestown Racecourse to giveaway tickets to their festival at the end of April - keep online for April, it just could pay-off..
Punchestown News:
Betfair increases Punchestown presence with awards sponsorship
Punchestown racecourse is delighted to announce that Betfair are to sponsor both the Leading Trainer and Jockey Awards at this year’s Irish National Hunt Festival. Betfair will generously present the winning most jockey and trainer with a cheque to the value of €5,000 each.
This announcement is an expansion on Betfair’s existing commitment to the Irish National Hunt Festival, where they have sponsored the Betfair.com Novice Handicap Steeplechase since 2003.
Betfair already have betting markets available on both awards and will be offering an in-play betting market on both throughout the Festival. Should Willie Mullins continue his recent purple patch he looks set to retain the leading trainer award for the sixth consecutive year. Meanwhile, Ruby Walsh has claimed the honours in his respective category seven times in the last ten years losing out only to Paul Carberry in 2002 and again three years later in 2005. Unsurprisingly, Mullins and Walsh dominate the early Betfair betting and are trading at 1/2 and 1/3 respectively.
On hearing the announcement Ruby Walsh, champion jockey commented that “The Betfair leading Trainer and Jockey Prize at the Punchestown Festival is far superior to that offered by any other track at any other Festival in Ireland or the UK. It is an excellent bonus to what is already a brilliant Festival of racing”.
Graham Ross, Betfair’s Irish Country Manager stated; “As part of our ongoing support of the Punchestown Festival and our longstanding commitment to Irish Racing, Betfair is delighted to sponsor the Leading Trainer & Jockey Awards at this year’s Festival. We’re looking forward to building on the success of these awards in previous years and generating even more public interest in the achievements of the top training and riding performers at the highlight of the Irish National Hunt season.”
Dick O’Sullivan, General Manager Punchestown said “It is so encouraging to see such a significant industry figure such as Betfair not only sponsor a race at the Festival but also further enhance their support of Punchestown with their generous sponsorship of the Leading Trainer and Jockey Awards. This arrangement is an excellent fit for both parties and presents an opportunity to highlight this additional feature. The retained value of this award is sure to be very well received by all. We will keep all media and public up to date throughout the Festival with the on-course scoreboard and daily press releases”.
49 comments:
just read the last txt there bout bernard dunne and to be honest PG, theres no place on this blog for arseholes like that. De fella just spent the last 9weeks living and training in west belfast and then goes and wins a legit title. Now i know theres a lot of banter on the blog but a prick making statements like that should have his comments removed or better still, go up to Holy Trinity and tell that to the Hawkins or Dunne himself
arsehole hater
Just a guy on trying to annoy bloggers mate don't listen to him mate talking c**p
B Bingham
has anyone heard who big rogies next opponent is in May?
mackers
it has not been released yet.
its in the oddysey with the 3 young english olympic fighters on the same bill
Arsehole Hater
100% correct mate. Bernard Dunne is a gentleman and proved on Saturday that he is a top fighter. He fights out of a West Belfast club so of course the people in the North are pleased with his win!!
I bet the same guy was cheering on Ireland in the rugby, what a clown this guy is but he's only looking a rise out of us
Poland great bet at the weekend
stableboy
SPOT ON STABLEBOY - NO ROOM HERE FOR BIGOTS
jj
Very quiet this week folks - footy is not worth betting on and the good horses don't run to the weekend..
I'm hoping Slugger O'Toole gets into the Lincoln.
We told you about the whisper on him way back in January and he has since changed to the Stuart Williams yard
He loves Doncaster and the 33/1 on offer has to be worth a pound or 2???
Frank Warren's show at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast, will now take place on Friday, May 15.
The card, which will feature the second professional fights of the 2008 Olympic trio, James DeGale, Frankie Gavin and Billy Joe Saunders, will be topped by Commonwealth heavyweight champion Martin Rogan.
It has been pushed back a week because of television scheduling.
"Belfast is a great fight city, and I am delighted to be staging another show there," said Warren.
"The fans are among the most passionate in the world, and they will be in for a treat on May 15.
"Martin Rogan was involved in one of the best heavyweight fights I've seen for years when he beat Matt Skelton in February, and I'm really looking forward to watching his first defence.
"And DeGale, Gavin and Saunders are all very exciting young fighters who are destined for the very top."
Ticket details will be announced shortly.
I'm taking the wife and my son to this one, I think it will be a great night!!
whos rogan fighting?
Mickelson set to overtake Woods.
The gap between Woods and Mickelson in the standings is the smallest ever
Tiger Woods could see his position as the world number one taken by Phil Mickelson ahead of the US Masters.
The gap between the two has gone down to only 0.2 points in recent weeks.
Woods, who is back in action after eight months out following knee surgery, plays in this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational in Bay Hill.
If he fails to finish in the top two, Mickelson, who is not in action this week, would have a chance to leapfrog Woods at next week's Houston Open.
Woods has been world number one for the last 198 weeks, taking over from Vijay Singh and has been top of the standings for a total of 540 weeks in his career.
Mickelson has never filled the top spot in the rankings.
Fred The Red
Rogan's opponent hasn't been announced yet but tickets are set to go on sale very soon so obviously they would need to announce his opponent before the tickets go on sale!!
good double today for our pressroom
PRESSMAN and something they never hit - a DEADLINE
4s and 16s
CARBON FOOTPRINT in the 2.50 at Lingfield is my bet of the day.
The fav is a 1/2 shot from the Gosden yard but it should never be as short as that.
I'm on Carbon Footprint at 9/2.
Sorry, it's CARBON HOOFPRINT and not Footprint!!!
JOHN 3 : 16
CARBON FOOTPRINT still running
another bum nap from Audere Est Facere(c)
joey t
2nd at 7/1 Raffo....I maen joey t
Not a bad each-way tip!!
Raffo?
sorry my friend Joey t is the name,
naming conmen who are giving out bum tips each day is the game!
and you are number 1 at bum naps.Leave the napping to gerard who is a living,walking genius.
booked a holiday to miami with my winnings from his naps for cheltenham
joey t
Stuart Williams is playing the waiting game to see if Slugger O'Toole sneaks into the William Hill Lincoln at Doncaster on Saturday.
Like quite a number of other useful sorts, Slugger O'Toole needs horses to drop out and if five fall by the wayside, he will be in the final 22.
It will be the first time the four-year-old has raced for his new trainer, as he spent the previous seasons of his career with Geoff Huffer and then Barry Hills.
Last year he won three times, including at the South Yorkshire venue in a seven-furlong event.
"He will run on Saturday and the plan is either to run in that race or the Spring Mile," said Williams.
"He's not certain to get in the Lincoln, so we will have to see.
"He was held up a bit with the weather but we've had a clear run lately. I bought him at Newmarket sales. The main thing I liked about him was his form, so I took a chance."
great blog Gerard
great blog - backed Slugger O'Toole!
Horse NAP......
FOURPOINTONE 5.00 Taunton
ah no ...not again!
please be advised that this guys naps very rarely win.I don't think its a nap either , i just think its his fancy.
Wait till gerard puts his fancy of the day on the blog and you will not go far wrong with gerards picks
The Hoff
to be honest, this guy is usually better than me Hoff! it's his nap and his view nobody's is forcing anybody to back it!
In saying that I do like Rockiteer (5/2) in the 3.00 today..
Aintree Blog starts very soooooooooon
That's you told off Hoff!!
well i followed his cheltenham naps and done well.
since i started reading this i have not seen many winners from you
so there
the hoff
I only gave my selections for the final day of Cheltenham sure! What about the 33/1 2nd I gave in the Foxhunters on the final day? Didn't hear you mentioning that!
Can you not pick your own winners or are you too thick that you have to rely on others to pick them for you?? Maybe you should stick to betting at Portman Park or Brushwood!!
Last years 2nd King Johns Castle is out of the Grand National!!
He suffered an injury at home and has been withdrawn.
Haakima (5/2) in the opener at Kempton
Nice double with Rockiteer (5/2)
Audere Est Facere(c) WHAT A NICE GUY YOU ARE
ITS ONLY AN OPINION.
WHY BE NASTY TO OTHERS.LIFES TOO SHORT.
ANYWAY I WILL FOLLOW GERARDS NAPS THANKS ALL THE SAME
The Hoff
Gerard,
Here are some very interesting National trends that you may want ATN readers to know when trying to pick a National winner........
WEIGHT
In the last 57 years only Red Rum has carried more than 11st 5lbs to victory and Hedgehunter is the only horse since Corbiere in 1982 to carry more than 11st (Hedgehunter only carried 11st 1lb). We know there is no Red Rum in this years field so you'll be looking for a horse carrying no more than 11st.
AGE
The last time a 7 year old won the National was 68 years ago and you have to go back a further 27 years to find the last 6 year old winner. You'll be looking for a horse aged between 8yo - 12yo inclusive.
Only 2 teenage horses have won the National and the last one was 85 years ago.
Horses aged in double figures have won 12 of the last 18 runnings but 9yo's also have a decent record.
DISTANCE
Every winner of the National since 1970 has previously won over 3m or further so that defeats the myth that 2m 4f horses are perfect for the National.
In 07 the six runners who had yet to win over 3m or further failed to finish, as did the seven similar runners in 06.
BREEDING
No French bred horse has won the National in almost 100 years.
In 08 eleven French bred horses took their chance, including fav Monkerhostin, and none of them were placed.
HEADGEAR
Blinkered, visored or cheekpieced horses have a poor record in the National. Since L'Escargot in 1975 only Earth Summit has carried headgear to victory. Since then 146 horses have failed to carry headgear to victory, although McKelvey finished 2nd in 08 with headgear on.
IRISH HORSES
Irish trained horses have a good record in the National winning 6 of the last 9 renewals.
PREVIOUS RUNNERS
In last 20 years 18 of the horses finishing in the first 4 ran in the previous years National.
6 of the last 7 winners had previously run over the National fences.
CONCLUSION...
Taking all of this plus some other minor trends the first 5 selected are.....
1st - SLIM PICKINGS
2nd - BEWLEYS BERRY
3rd - CHELSEA HARBOUR
4th - NAUNTON BROOK
5th - DUN DOIRE
first time leaving a comment here lads so hopeful this will go through got a tip from good source Piccasos Sky in the 220lingfield Callan had the choice of 3 and chose this 20-1 fill yer boots
Floyd allweather
THAT'S NOW 14/1 ALLWEATHER??
just giving any interested parties a tip iv just got for tonight.
9.20 Kempton
AL GILLANI
was told to take the 3-1 now
just letting yiz know. As PG says,
the rest is up to yourselves
Johnnyboy
1st (1) Speak The Truth 5-2 Fav
2nd (2) The Cuckoo 10-3
3rd (7) Fasliyanne 6-1
10 ran
Also 14-1 Piccaso's Sky 4th
WIN £3.40
EX £10.50 CSF £10.75
Tote Place £1.50, £1.80, £2.00
Glad I took the 11/4 about Rockiteer this morning, was 11/8 when i cehlced a while ago, although there is a non runner or 2
Barstool
*checked that was meant to say.
Of course the horse has to win first.....
Barstool
another winner for you pg
1st 1 Rockiteer (IRE) evens F
2nd 3 Mad Moose (IRE) 9-2
THATS WHAT I MEAN TO STICK WITH GERARD AND HIS NAPS
THE HOFF
good nap Audere Est Facere(c)
Pam Anderson
What happened my NAP Hoff??
Good double PG had the latter at 9/4 wins 5/6
GP
Any chance you could start posting the links to the information instead of the entire posts copy and pasted from another site mr AEF? Its like good internet manners, although judging by your previous posts you have only been online for a few months. PS anything you say on here that is anyway derogatory towards anyone can be used against you in a court of law. That includes anon posters(like myself) as the blog site can be made to give over any information that may help to identify you. Please bear this warning in mind before anyone posts any sort of libelous statement in future.
HermonShermon
And what about other comments made to AEF, suppose they are ok...
Barstool
took your advise PG good double thanks.....
Iceman
Herman you are a clown, sue me!
Local Solicitor
Dead On Raffo/Herman/The Hoff ETC ETC.........
I thought you weren't coming back on here? Now you're just back under a different name talking the same old sh1te!!!
Do us all a favour!!
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