Cheltenham Festival 2023

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Bigsie
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Good luck, trading my first ever Cheltenham and I have enjoyed it so far. :)
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Euler
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That first race was my first loss of the meeting. Shame to not get 28/28 but what's the point in playing it safe to get a number!
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They should rename it the Willie Mullins festival :lol:
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Dallas
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Glad they both got up ok from that
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Kai
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Wow, that was the most fun market I seen in a while, scalpers dream!

One loss so far for me, shoulda been 3 but crawled back

Slightly too greedy at times, not chasing perfection
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Naffman
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That Hewick fall looked absolutely dreadful, jumps racing is horrific to watch imo and I like racing, no wonder they can't grow the sport
Bigsie
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Great patient ride by the jockey there. Just lucky he didn't get caught up in the carnage by settling back.
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Naffman wrote:
Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:37 pm
That Hewick fall looked absolutely dreadful, jumps racing is horrific to watch imo and I like racing, no wonder they can't grow the sport
That was horrible
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Naffman
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Naffman wrote:
Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:37 pm
That Hewick fall looked absolutely dreadful, jumps racing is horrific to watch imo and I like racing, no wonder they can't grow the sport
Somehow up, looked like he snapped his neck in half
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Dallas
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Naffman wrote:
Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:38 pm
Naffman wrote:
Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:37 pm
That Hewick fall looked absolutely dreadful, jumps racing is horrific to watch imo and I like racing, no wonder they can't grow the sport
Somehow up, looked like he snapped his neck in half
The way it was shaking and driving his head into the ground I thought thats got to be a neck break at least
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When you watch jumps racing and see the spills both horses and jockeys take, its amazing more arent severely injured or killed
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Naffman wrote:
Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:37 pm
That Hewick fall looked absolutely dreadful, jumps racing is horrific to watch imo and I like racing, no wonder they can't grow the sport
I'd imagine it happens in the wild a lot and the horse will just lay there and die. At least they get the very highest standard of care. They certainly don't have to wait 12 hours for a horse ambulance. ;)
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Dallas wrote:
Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:38 pm
Naffman wrote:
Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:37 pm
That Hewick fall looked absolutely dreadful, jumps racing is horrific to watch imo and I like racing, no wonder they can't grow the sport
That was horrible
One reason I switched to automation.
I know it's just turning a blind eye, but racing's only real purpose is entertainment and in 2023 it all looks very brtual and unnecessary. You don't need obstacles to run a race so there's no reason on earth they can't all be flat races.
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Kai
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I'm just here to appreciate the markets tbh, genuinely liquid markets are a rare sight to behold
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Derek27 wrote:
Fri Mar 17, 2023 4:12 pm
Naffman wrote:
Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:37 pm
That Hewick fall looked absolutely dreadful, jumps racing is horrific to watch imo and I like racing, no wonder they can't grow the sport
I'd imagine it happens in the wild a lot and the horse will just lay there and die. At least they get the very highest standard of care. They certainly don't have to wait 12 hours for a horse ambulance. ;)
My PA isn't in today for this exact reason. Her horse was injured overnight probably running from something, but she only found out this morning.
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