Wee competition courtesy of Iain Duff, manager, Downpatrick Racecourse
It's for the TOALS RACEDAY at Downpatrick next Sunday (29th March)
First Prize is Sunday Carvery Lunch for 4 people - this includes admission, tickets and racecards
and runners up is 6 x Admission tickets
To enter: answer this simple question: Who won the Gold Cup last week?
email us at puntersguide@irelandclick.com before next Thursday 26th March!
Good Luck
22 comments:
WE HAVE THE KENTUCKY DERBY CHALLENGE STAKES (7.50) at Kempton and it's worth a whopping 50 grand
Weald Park from the Richard Hannon yard stands out for us and is as big as 10s..
Great picking over cheltenham PG. heard a great one over the weekend bout a fella i know who i cant name for wife purposes. The guy got let down by his boss on friday and ended up,with his last fiver, doing a double. bear in mind that this guy rarely goes into the bookies, he took Andytown with Our Cric. cracking double.
johnnyboy
Just got a tip for a horse called IMMINENT VICTORY in the 3.50 at Chepstow, it's around 11/2. Don't know much about the horse but may be worth a few quid!!
My NAP today is ELK TRAIL in the 3.25 at Warwick. I've backed it each-way as the 10/1 Paddy Power were offering was too good to turn down.
Audere Est Facere(c)did you back andytown?
Micky Ginge
Ginger
No, I didn't have a bet in that race. Anyway, I wouldn't back a horse just because of it's name!!!
I'd £20 each-way in Turthen in the Foxhunters on Friday though, 2nd at 33/1. Jumped the last in front but just tired up the hill. I was told about the horse about 2 months ago and it paid off!!
audere you read that tip off 606
No, the fella that gave me it read it off 606!!
i see all the bull sh**ers are posting under anonymos
Fred
Audere Est Facere(c) it was puntersguides tip for weeks.Andytown was the only course and distance runner in the race and the form gerard was on all week its a wonder you did jump all over his tip.Half of west belfast did and we are all quids in.
Micky Ginge
Audere Est Facere(c) it was puntersguides tip for weeks.Andytown was the only course and distance runner in the race and the form gerard was on all week its a wonder you did jump all over his tip.Half of west belfast did and we are all quids in.
Micky Ginge
disgraceful action by arsenal,its manager and fabregas last night but what do you expect of the premierships dirtiest team with more red cards than any other team.
disgraceful
real footy fan
Calm it lads - getting on like that bad loser Phil Brown!!!
Brian Horton
hooded top,trainers and leather jacket,on the pitch after a game he was not involved in and clearly cursing at the hull management then apparently spit at the assistant manager in the tunnell.
what a good example fabregas sets for all kids watching but what do you expect from a thug?
No doubt arsene did not see it like the other 90 red cards.
blind to the truth
Horton has retracted his statement!
Fools Gold
bull
Don't talk crap, he's not retracting his statement. In fact, he's taking it further!! Good on you Brian, although don't be calling Wenger as a witness because, as usaul, HE DIDN'T SEE IT!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7950287.stm
Phil Mickelson's win at Doral over the weekend saw him pull to within 0.52 points of Tiger Woods at the top of the world rankings.
Mickelson has never before held the number one spot but is poised to surpass his great rival after his one-stroke triumph in the WGC-CA Championship - his first World Golf Championship success.
The victory was Mickelson's second in the space of four weeks - having also won the Northern Trust Open at Riviera - and sees him climb back past Sergio Garcia into the number two spot.
The Spaniard actually had the chance to displace Woods at the top of the rankings heading into the event at Doral, but needed to win and hope Woods finished 27th or worse.
In the event, Garcia could only manage a tie for 31st while Woods battled hard to take a share of ninth to ensure he would have maintained a lead over his rivals regardless.
With all three players now expected to take some time off ahead of next month's Masters, top spot seems unlikely to change hands before the season's first major at Augusta National.
World rankings:
1 Tiger Woods 9.14pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 8.62, 3 Sergio Garcia 7.51, 4 Geoff Ogilvy 6.30, 5 Padraig Harrington 5.91, 6 Vijay Singh 5.86, 7 Camilo Villegas 5.01, 8 Kenny Perry 4.91, 9 Robert Karlsson 4.86, 10 Henrik Stenson 4.85 11 Jim Furyk 4.39, 12 Anthony Kim 4.35, 13 Paul Casey 4.30, 14 Lee Westwood 4.25, 15 Steve Stricker 4.21, 16 Ernie Els 4.18, 17 Rory McIlroy 3.96, 18 Stewart Cink 3.73, 19 Mike Weir 3.65, 20 Adam Scott 3.49.
mackers
hasn't a leg to stand on, I'm a barrister and without the video evidence, Horton has no chance off proving this.
Phil Brown is his witness yeah sure watch how quick the FA bin this one
Jap
Hull boss Phil Brown claims to have witnessed Fabregas - who categorically denies the allegations - spitting at Tigers assistant manager Brian Horton in the tunnel after his side were controversially beaten 2-1 by a late goal from William Gallas, which appeared offside.
Neither referee Mike Riley nor any of the other match officials mentioned anything of such an incident in their report to Soho Square.
The League Managers' Association confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that they had been contacted by Horton, adding: "As the incidents fall firmly within the jurisdiction of the Football Association, who are making their investigations in the prescribed manner, neither the LMA nor Brian Horton will be making any further comment at this time".
Brown, meanwhile, remains unrepentant in the ferocity of his criticism of Fabregas.
Speaking to BBC Radio Five Live, the Hull manager said: "The pictures in the national papers verify the aggression he was showing towards players and staff after the game.
"I could go on, but I am not one for crying over spilt milk.
"I then witnessed him going down the tunnel and turning around and spitting at my assistant manager's feet.
"Whichever way you want to look at it, he addressed that spitting incident at my assistant manager, who has managed probably 1200 games in his career. Disgraceful act.
"I am not going to report it, I am not going tittle-tattling to the FA - if they want to investigate that is their decision, and if Brian Horton wants to take it further he will get the full support of Hull City."
He spat at his feet, so bloody what I thought it was round the facial area waste of time if ask me
Charlie the Gooner
Audere Est Facere , what about that tip you gave????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? and Elk Trail???????????????????????????????????????????????? did a fiver double, did they win????????????????????????
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Snoopy Loopy - heads the weights.
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Snoopy Loopy has been left at the head of the weights after 88 horses stood their ground for the John Smith's Grand National at the latest forfeit stage.
Peter Bowen's charge will have to carry 11st 10lb for the four-and-a-half-mile marathon following the expected defections of Madison du Berlais and Exotic Dancer.
Other absentees include Star De Mohaison and Notre Pere but Cheltenham Gold Cup form could be advertised by My Will (fifth) and Roll Along (sixth).
My Will is one of five possibles from the yard of champion trainer Paul Nicholls, who is still seeking his first Grand National success.
The other acceptors from Ditcheat are Nozic, Eurotrek, Big Fella Thanks and Cornish Sett.
Last year's winner Comply Or Die, Cheltenham Festival winner Character Building and Butler's Cabin are all strong contenders for the home team, while Black Apalachi, 2006 Gold Cup winner War Of Attrition and King Johns Castle could make the journey from Ireland.
Tom George is looking forward to running Kilbeggan Blade, winner of three of his four starts this season.
"I see that Kilbeggan Blade is now set to carry 10st 4lb and it looks like we will definitely get into the National," said George.
"The race has been the plan since he won his second London National (at Sandown) in December.
"That was his only start over fences this term and we not only did this to protect his mark, but also because he seems to run better over fences after a spin over hurdles.
"His two victories at Sandown came on the back of hurdle appearances and he really enjoys a bit of a change.
"His run at Warwick should have put him just right for Aintree and it was a matter of getting a run into him rather than expecting him to win.
"He's only had four starts all season and he'll be going into the National a fresh horse which is the key to him."
Tom Mullins would not like the weights to be raised much more for Chelsea Harbour, who is now on 11st 5lb.
"I wouldn't want him to go much higher," said the County Kilkenny trainer.
The nine-year-old, fourth to Emma Jane at Naas on Saturday, was ninth to Comply Or Die in the National last April.
"He's come out of the race very well, no problems," Mullins went on.
"I just hope I can keep the pot boiling until then. He's had a long season which would be a slight worry.
"He's fit and he's well and I just hope we can keep him going for the nexttwo and a half weeks until he gets there. I'm going to freshen him up after Saturday."
Keith Reveley described Rambling Minster as being "in the form of his life" ahead of his date with destiny at Aintree on April 4.
The 11-year-old has won his last two starts, including when he stayed on powerfully to defeat Coe in the Blue Square Gold Cup at Haydock last month.
Reveley said: "He has come out of Haydock smashing and is in great form. Everything has gone well since and I just hope that I can keep him as he is now until the race.
"I don't mind about the ground. Good ground would be fine for me but he handles everything except extremes - extremely heavy or extremely firm.
"But it won't be firm as they do a good job of their watering. He'll handle anything, although I'm a bit worried about four and a half miles on heavy ground.
"I've thought more about the Scottish National for him in the past, although I've always thought that he is a National sort of horse.
"He did run in the Scottish National once but didn't run any sort of race on the day. However, he's won a Borders National and is in the form of his life.
"He wouldn't have got in the race in previous years but I think that he will this year with all these horses dropping out and it's worth having a go.
"He's got as good a chance as any and when he ran at Haydock, he found a lovely rhythm and jumped really well and his jumping is a big asset.
"I pray that he finds the same rhythm at Aintree. There's nothing that you can do about other horses knocking you over and we'll see."
My Will is effectively 8lb well-in following his fine Gold Cup effort and his owner Andy Stewart believes he goes into the race with leading claims.
"I was very pleased with him in the Gold Cup as he is a horse that basically had his first run since the Whitbread 19 months before in the Hennessy in November," said Stewart.
"We kept his handicap mark until the National weights came out and he got 10st 10lb and I'd have been very pleased if Exotic Dancer had stayed in.
"We thought that the ground would dry out on the Friday at Cheltenham and while Paul's four others were trained specifically for the Gold Cup, My Will is being trained for the Grand National and he's been put up 8lb to 160.
"When the weights came out six weeks' ago, Timeform immediately put together the ratings allowing for the weights and they had My Will clear by 3lb over the next best and that was before the Gold Cup run.
"I thought that he would be nearer last in the Gold Cup than fifth and he had some good horses including Albertas Run and Madison Du Berlais behind him which proves that he is still up there.
"I think that he is best with a bit of cut in the ground but it hasn't got to be. He doesn't want it screamingly quick, but you don't get that in Nationals.
"He wouldn't want it bottomless either but he's won on every surface.
"We don't school over big fences at home as nowadays they are not much different to Haydock or Cheltenham and you can't brush through the fences at Cheltenham without tipping up."
Chief handicapper Phil Smith is satisfied with the current framing of the weights as it looks likely the entire field will be running from within the handicap.
"The good news is that it looks like probably all the horses will be in the handicap and that's a relief, particularly as the top-weight is now 11st 10lb rather than 12st," said Smith.
"There are several horses mathematically well-in. Black Apalachi would be 10lb higher now than when the weights came out, Darkness would be 8lb higher and Character Building would be 5lb higher as a result of his win at Cheltenham.
"Snoopy Loopy would be an interesting top-weight as it's not much more than a year ago he was rated around 110.
"This year, if he runs, he is on 161 and to have the top-rated horse on that mark in the National makes me perfectly happy.
"Nine years ago Young Kenny was top-weight and he was rated 150, now the top rated is around 160, even though the top-weight is now 11st 10lb rather than 12st.
"As things stand the move to 11st 10lb looks all right, particularly as it does appear as if all the runners will be in the handicap."
ItK
having 100 on that one tonight PG
took 11s
Kev
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