Thread: The Grand National
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5th Apr 2008, 10:40 AM #1Pip Madeley Guest
The Grand National
It's the 161st running of the John Smith's Grand National at Aintree this weekend...
2008 Grand National - Runners
Anyone got a bet on? I've got McKelvey in the sweepstake at work... and I've put £2 e/w on McKelvey, Philson Run and D'Argent - should get something back!
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5th Apr 2008, 1:55 PM #2
"COMPLY OR DIE" is the bet if you're a Dalek fan.
But to be honest I think it should be banned. Jump racing is cruel to horses, the Grand National even more so.
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5th Apr 2008, 2:29 PM #3Captain Tancredi Guest
It's something that always seemed to mean something to my folks (then again my grandma was actually from Aintree) and my dad tends to put a pound on a horse for anybody who wants a go. But once you get into it, the idea of training (and neutering) horses for our pleasure, in the knowledge that one of them may well die in the course of the race, is uncomfortable for me these days.
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5th Apr 2008, 4:31 PM #4
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5th Apr 2008, 4:34 PM #5
Looks like my luck is changing, I should have put money on it. Where's that lottery ticket?
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5th Apr 2008, 8:17 PM #6
I picked the first three horses on each way bets and have won just over £40.
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6th Apr 2008, 2:28 PM #7Pip Madeley Guest
My horse got shot.
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6th Apr 2008, 3:01 PM #8
Like I said, cruel to horses.
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6th Apr 2008, 3:52 PM #9
My odds viewpoint:
2/7 - You can shoot this horse before it starts and it'll still win.
10/1 - It won a race once! It may do again, but probably not today.
33/1 - This isn't a horse, it's a donkey.
50/1 - Three legged horse.
100/1 - Two legged horse.
300/1 - Two legged horse that needs a zimmerframe and has a weak heart.
500/1 - The Jockey would do better with the horse on his back.
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6th Apr 2008, 10:31 PM #10
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6th Apr 2008, 10:49 PM #11Captain Tancredi Guest
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11th Apr 2008, 8:30 AM #12
My Horse fell at the 2nd!
One Day, I shall come back, Yes, I shall come back,
Until them, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties, Just go forward in all your beliefs,
and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine!
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